Career Search Test Knowledge Base
career search? I need help choosing a career i really like. And im trying to do one of those online test that they give you in high school to figure out what you will be good at, but cant find one. can someone help me find a tool to determine what i would be better at doing?
Where can I find a good FREE Career/Personality Test? I've been in the military for 3 years now, but know that i don't want to stay in. I'm a military police officer and I've decided that law enforcement just isnt for me. Ive been searching everywhere to get an accurate test that isn't going to make me give up a bunch of personal information (phone numbers, home address...i can deal with email.) I've been googling it all day and haven't found anything satisfactory.
Where can I find a career apptitude test/list of careers online? Like I said, something online. And free. Also, I don't want a test that simply categorizes you (Art, music, food, etc.), but instead gives you suggestions. And if it's possible, I'd like a website that lists out a variety of jobs (NOT a job search like Monster.com) with their description, salary, general requierments, etc. Thank you.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter or Holland Codes career test? I'm wanting to purchase a career/personality test that will tell me what kinds of occupations match up to my personality, characteristics, abilities, etc. Which one of these is better? Any personal experience with taking the tests please share! Here are their respective websites: Keirsey: http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1 and www.keirsey.com Holland Codes: http://www.hollandcodes.com/self_directed_search.html
In search of a career change. What do I do? Where do I look? After ten years, I want to do somethign new. The only problem is I don't know qhat I want to do. I'm young and driven with a marketing background, so anything's an option. Any suggestions where to go to figure out what I would be good for next? Like an aptitude or placement test or something? How about a job board to find said dream job too? Thanks!:0)
Okay so I took a career interest test through my college and it came back with a high interest in 6 areas....? so is that why I have a hard time deciding exactly what I would be happy doing? I scored a high interest in : Production services Farming/Environmental Physical Sciences Biological Sciences Politics My personality type is INTJ. The thing is, I like so many different things but I dislike math and computer science (which is the most recommended career/major fields). I like philosophy, thinking, English, anthropology, etc The only thing I can be sure of, I do not want to go back to retail or food service if I can help it. What career area would be good for me. I took this "test" to limit my search, but it just gave more things to consider. Advice for a 32 year old who never wanted a career? I just like so many different things it is hard to eliminate.
career searching? okay, so i'm going into the 8th grade this year, and i'm just really worried about my future. i haven't figured out my career, which really frightens me. i've been researching for my career, and taking career test, but i'm not really really interested in becoming an actress, movie director, writer, or entrepreneur, and i've only decided to become one of them, because of the fame or money, and because i do enjoy writing, and i do enjoy watching movies, and I am interested in how to make movies... and because i do enjoy acting, and because i would also want to own my own hotels when i grow up... I also found out becoming a doctor seems interesting to me, because i'm always willing to help people no matter what, giving advice, and i also enjoy science, i just don't love science. so what should i do, because i'm going mad crazy from searching and searching?
Know of any career tests? Does anyone know of any good (and FREE) career tests on the internet? I have tried enddlessly searching for one and they eaither suck or they make you pay at the end before you get the results.
Searching for a career..? I am trying to settle down to one career.. I have 6 different things to choose from. I am looking for the advantages && disadvantages of each of them in order to choose one to major in. Here they are: ++Registered Nurse ++Photographer ++Ultrasound Technician ++Wedding Planner ++Paramedic//Emt ++Hospitality [[hotel manager, ect.]] Also, if anyone knows of a website to do a career assestment test that'd be great! Thanks!!!
Help with career/college path? I'm a junior in HS and I 'm thinking about college and what I may be interested in studying. However, I don't know what I want to do for a career. I've tried searching for online tests to see what I might be good at but haven't found many. It's difficult. I might be interested in medical, education, writing, counseling(mental health), something math related w/o science involved. Is there anything that could help me with my decision or any suggestions? Also, I'd like to be accepted into a UC(University of California) college preferably UC Davis or Santa Barbara. Is it really hard to get into one of those schools? I'm studying hard this year and did pretty well last year, but in my Freshman year I didn't have a good GPA. Could anyone give as much advice as they can about college to me? What it's like, how to do well, how to prepare in HS junior/senior year...? Thanks :o)
Is Respiratory Therapy Technicians a good job? I took at career test and I rank high on Respiratory Therapy Technician. Is this a good job? What kind of web site could I go to to search for jobs opening that are around in my state?
What kind of jobs should I look for if I want to start a career in computer programming? I have been searching for an answer to this one for awhile but I just cannot seem to get it. I am currently working as a low grade software tester, it's not a super involved version of software testing, but it is IT experience. I've moved up to a test lead position but still I cannot find a job anywhere. So what kind of job can I look for that will let me do some programming and get it on my resume without already having work experience in programming? I know a few programming languages fairly well, so that at least isn't an issue I know the easy answer is "go to college" (which, i am, just part time) but my circumstances make it so that I have to be working full time. So is there anything I can do? Any jobs that I can look for? I'd go anywhere in the country for the chance. Am I just dreaming here? Are there no companies that want a truely dedicated worker even if he's inexperienced? If i'm way off and am just screwed i'd like to know that too.
Which Career is Best for me? Yes, I know a lot of you initially want to say "What ever you like to do" or "What you enjoy." I don’t want to hear any of this. Essentially I am searching for a job title or field that utilizes the skills I have which are excellent writing, communication, people and leadership skills. I have taken those Online Career Assessment tests but they have turned up to be not much help. Anyhow, any ideas?
Anyone Ever Been To A Career Counselor? Has anyone ever been to a career counselor? If so, can you tell me what the counselor did for you and what the general procedure is? I've had some testing done before (personality, interest, etc.) by a psychologist, so that's already out of the way. I was hoping a career counselor could help in getting me more information about specific careers, outlooks, education, etc. Specifically, I am looking for more information than I am able to find just by myself doing an internet search! No need to pay someone to do that...!
Career Advice....? My husband is doing a little soul searching. He has lots of experience managing a restaurant - that is what he has done for the past 10 years....however, he is pretty unhappy with the career path he has chosen. He has a college degree in Advertising, but does not necessarily want to go into that field. Restaurant Management is all the experience on his resume...My question is - what are some careers that require ANY degree to get started - and will pay well, even if not at first...He has heard good things about a 'Landman' but I have no clue what that is. Anyone know anything about this career? Or maybe some advice on something he could pursue? He is open to anything...has taken career placement tests...and they all say the same thing..you would be a great Restaurant Manager! ha! Thanks for the help!
Is the site http://www.careerplanner.com/ a trustable one, or is it a fraud/scam !!!!!???? I'm currently confused and not entirely sure of what to choose my career field as. While searching on the internet I came across this site which (once you pay it a fee) it gives you a test to do, and based on the test answers it sends a report to you in which it lists a bunch of careers from its 12,000 career database which would best suit you - or so the site says..... My question, is this site trustable??? or is it some sort of scam, also if someone knows any another TRUSTABLE site offering this type of career test or career counselling, please tell me here as soon as possible, thank you!!!!!
How do you figure out your path in life?? I feel lost and hopeless even!! I have spent time alone and done alot of soul searching over the past 6 years, and I have researched tons of careers, done more tests than I care to mention, and haven't found anything that truly appeals to me HELP!!!
To Veterans, thinking about a career in the military.? I am a 6'2 210 lb male 16 year old birthday 8/3/90. I have always admired and had tremendous respect for people in the military. I have trouble with endurance and am overweight but I can be extremely determined and can make decisions under pressure. During school testing I scored in the 99th percentile for English, I am also pretty aggressive. I am a great marksman and have a passion for firearms. I messed up during high school and will have to get my G.E.D. Will this hurt my chance for recruitment? My police record is clean other than 1 arrest when I was 14. The charges were dropped because of an illegal search and seizure. I also have a perscription for Adderall (adhd). No serous medical problems but I do see a psychiatrist but I have always been careful what I say to her. Since I know what I say will be documented and effect the rest of my life. What service would you recommend for me? And do you think anything listed will keep me from being recruited? Thank you for your time and opinions.
How can I improve my essay? My first college essay is due tomorrow and I am willing to take any advice that it will improve it. The essay is for a class for freshmen. We were assigned to a take a test that it is supposed tell you your personal stregnths and write an essay reflecting on it. So here is my essay: Reflection Paper 1: My Strengths We all have strengths as well weaknesses, but too often we dwell on are weaknesses rather than build on our personal strengths. A reason for identifying our personal strengths is to make better decisions, handling stress, developing better study skills, joining clubs, and choosing a major, all issues we have to deal with as freshmen in college. Once we recognize these strengths we can achieve success not only in college, but in all areas of our lives. After taking the strengths quest test it became conscious to me of the many skills I obtain. My results were Restorative: being adept at dealing with problems, Responsibility: taking psychological ownership of what I say I will do, Analytical: searching for reasons and causes, Adaptability: preferring to “go with the flow”, and Relator: enjoying close relationships with others. In the brief descriptions for all of my themes I found many phrases to strongly to describe my personality. For example the Restorative theme describes that “It is a wonderful feeling to identify the undermining factors, eradicate them and restore something to its true glory “ this is true for me because I challenge myself often with difficult problems that I feel almost burdened to resolve, so it is a relief when I disentangle the problem. This theme correlates with the Analytical theme which describes someone with this theme as: “You peel the layers back until, gradually, the root cause is revealed”, this is true for me because I enjoy this part of problem solving. “Whether large are small, you feel emotionally bound to follow it through to completion”; a description of someone with the Responsibility theme ,which is true for me because integrity is something I value and I feel required to fulfill my duties, but I often feel bound to keep my good reputation. One theme I am unsure about is the Relator theme. A person with this theme is described as not shying away from meeting new people and enjoy turning strangers into friends and I don’ t think these qualities quite illustrate my personality . I have always considered myself as private and reserved that takes a significant amount of time to form relationships, so to be one of my themes was bit of a surprise. A theme of mine that I once considered negative was Adaptability. Someone with this theme is portrayed as enjoys living in the moment and has an easy going attitude; my mother would describe this as being lackadaisical. But, now I can use this as strength. People with this are able to expect the unexpected and remain calm under strength. Now that I realize this strength I can apply it to my life. Now that my strengths are recognized I am able to use them to face the challenges and rewards of being a freshman. One challenge many freshmen face is choosing a major. I can use the Relator theme to talk with mentors about career planning. I can research different careers that incorporate all 5 themes. In college developing good study habits is extremely important. Since there is always room for improvement, I am able to use the Adaptability theme because I am flexible and capable of remaining calm under stress. With the Analytical theme I naturally dissect ideas and examine them carefully, which can be used as a tool in study sessions. In terms of extracurricular activites, I can use the Relator and Responsibility themes in organizing or joining a club to build relationships and also do humanitarian work with an organization that shares the same values as I do. I can also utilize my analytical skills by joining a debate team. Identifying one’s personal strengths should be encouraged. These strengths can be utilized to contribute to one’s personal and spiritual life. Not only can we utilize our strengths, but build on our existing strong points.
Free Career Assessment/Aptitude Test Online? Does anyone know where I can take one of these assessments online for free? I tried Yahoo! searching for some websites, but none of them looked legit. Best Answer will be chose. Thank you, -Chanel
Career Question? (If there are any school counselors please answer)? I like to be a school Counselor. What is the process? I know there is a state test. Which I already searched and Az askes for a masters degree or higher. But starting in the process where do I start. Can I take social and behavior science from a community college then transfer to a University. What field do i get my bachlors in? And same as Master's degree. Is it just plain Phsychology. And school counsling is implied. I really don't know. But I like to become a school counselor.
Gap in software carrer? I HAVE COMPLETED MY B TECH IN 2004 , AFTER THAT I GOT TRAINING IN RTOS FROM MAY 05 TO FEB 06. AFTER LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPMENT JOB FOR A LONG TIME I JOINED A SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION ) COMPANY BUT THE WORK WAS NOT ACCORDING TO MY WISH SO I LEFT THE COMPANY JUST AFTER 3 MONTHS. NOW I AM LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPMENT OR TESTING CAREER IN SOFTWARE BUT NOT GETTING ANY CALL. WHAT I SHOULD DO NOW TO SETTLE MY CARRER ????? PLZ HELP ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. is there any consultancy in delhi ncr regeion for getting reliable fake ex.?
Switching careers from Manufacturing? I have a master’s degree in manufacturing and recently became a new product launch manager. I want to get out of manufacturing and want to know if there are career professionals who can help me identify other careers that make use of my skills and help me craft a search strategy. Career counselors seem to just help administer personality tests - I am looking for someone who will work with me to find a job.
Nordstrom Careers, Inc.? Do anyone know about this nordstrom company? They say Our company's name: Nordstrom Careers, Inc. About us: We are selling in USA advertising packages like ads in Europe Newspapers, Email marketing packages, Search engine services. What is your role: In this Representative position your task is to receive and clear at the bank the money orders or cashier checks that our US customers have to pay to our company for advertising packages. In this way we will receive some payments faster (US money orders/checks are cleared in Germany in 30 days from the day are received). You have 10% commission from every payment that you will process, so you are paid for your services same day you process the payment because you will deduct your share directly. The job is 100% legal in U.S.A. and all our sales activities are recorded at US Work Bureau. In order to start this part time job today we have few requirements: 1. Be at least 18 years old and have a bank account (in order to cash cashier checks/money orders same day, without fees). Important: We don't need your bank account info or details and will not ask for it for any reason. You will not pay any fees or any membership for this job. 2. Have an address where you will receive money orders and cashier checks from our customers, your home address will be fine, or a PO Box, if you have one. 3. Possibility to check your email and respond to our messages (if any) same day. All you need is an established bank account, where you will cash the checks. It really depends where you cash the checks. We do not welcome new bank accounts for our business for a few reasons. First, you won't be able to cash checks fast, because the banks put at least a few weeks' hold to deposits into a new account. We do make background research on all the international customers before we sell our advertising packages. We also verify the checks/money orders for funds availability before it arrives to you. In an outstanding case of any problem, we offer a full guarantee to cover the fees. That way you can feel absolutely protected and safe. Our support team will assist you 100% in order to have all payments processed in time. If there will be something that you don't know, simply ask our support team and you will have all the answers within few hours or minutes. My name is Claude Rhone and I will keep you informed regarding payments and procedures. This is step by step explanation of entire job, it is very simple and can be done in your spare time: 1. You complete the name and address below 2. We advertise our services and in 4-5 days after you sent your address you start to receive payments from our customers (money orders, checks) made payable to your name and address for instant processing 3. You cash one payment (check or money order) - at the bank same day 4. You deduct your 10% from total amount of the check or money order that you receive and clear at the bank. 5. You transfer us 90% minus transfer costs (all transfer costs are paid from our 90%) with bank to bank transfer or Western Union 6. You receive another payment and you process it same way. This job implies only checks/money orders cashing, nothing else is required to work for us. We will never ask you any fees to work for us. To begin this job TODAY we need your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (your postal address -- home address) FOR PAYMENTS that will be mailed (shipped) to your address: Full name: Address: City, State, Zip code: 2 Email Addresses: Phone number: Reply today with this info and job will be started. Check twice your name and address to be correct, it is very important. The money orders and cashier checks that will be processed by you can be cleared same day you receive the USPS delivery. If you agree and want to start the job, Your response with your name and address is expected today. From the moment we have your approval and your name and address we will start the advertising program and ask customers to send checks and money orders to your address. How you will be paid: You will have 10% from each payment that you receive and process AND also will receive every two weeks $1,000 paycheck from our company starting the day you process your first payment. After 30 days of testing period we'll sign by mail contract for long-term. Within these 30 days, testing period, your approval to work for our company is a US legally binding contract, you cannot agree now, make us spend money advertising and then leave this job. We provide 1099 form at the end of each year. Please be responsible. Job is very simple and all terms are clear, we will instruct you step by step if you don't know anything.
What does one do with a degree in psychology? Whether it be behavorial, comparative, whatever.? I'm currently at a point where I just don't know what to do for the rest of my life. I've tried majors like BioChem, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Bio-Molecular/Medical science, and now I'm thinking about pursuing Psychology or Culinary Arts. It's as if my interests are stepping down in power. Yet, the earlier majors I've already tried did not present many favorable results. I am in search of a career path where I would be good at and enjoy doing for 365 days every year. I've taken personality tests/inventories and they've always produced results aiming at my artistic ability. I do have a large interest in music, architectural stuff, and even watching/analyzing people's behaviors. I like pointing out other's errors and mistakes. Even correcting them should I feel the urge to. I also like creating. Ever since I was young, I had a love for Legos. I liked drawing simple blueprints of existing structures and rooms. This I did often when I was in High School. Now, I'm just lost.
CDA for childcare...how do I get certified? I am considering a career in child care, and in WI I must be CDA certified. I've tried doing a general search online, and I haven't had much luck. Is it just a test I need to study for and take, or is this a course I need to complete? Can I do this online or must it be classroom hours? Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!
Please help I am desperate. need guidance.? I am very confused, depress and have lost all my confidence. I feel the main cause of all my problems is that I don’t know what I what to do in my life. I am confuse as to which career to choose, I have done counseling, aptitude test but nothing helped, in this confusion I have not even completed my graduation I have failed in my graduation 3 times, it not that I am bad at studies, I was an above average student, previously if I decided to do some thing I would give my best shot , but now negative thoughts and constant worry of my future and fear of failure have stopped me from concentrating on my studies. For the past few years I have lost all my confidence, my mind has become a worried mind and is full of negative thoughts, its hyper active all the time and I feel restless all the time. I constantly fear failure and always keep worrying of my future and end up doing nothing in the present. I have been reading motivational books but nothing has helped. I always make commitments to improve my self but end up doing nothing, which has further demoralized my confidence level. I find it difficult to make small decision and keep double checking small and easy tasks which normally doesn’t require much attention. I have become lazy and have gain weight. I constantly keep on searching something that will help me take decision in life but nothing has helped. I have been watching vulgar and porn site almost every day. I get up late in the morning and sleep late at nights. I don’t get sound sleep and I get up in the morning with a dizzy and heavy head.I have no social life, I am good in solving others problem but feel total confused in solving mine. I have been waiting for some miracle to happen to take me out of this uncontrollable situation. I want to get out of this frustration, confusion and fear. I really want to make a career choice and start working hard on it. I want control over myself and a peace full mind. I want to have a social life. I want to live a happy life. Please help.
I need all your support, please? I am a student of Mexico in search of a university but not that requisite I need to show so that they can help me, not if I must send a test or something? and to where?. For that reason I need that somebody says to me that to do. Also if they can say me where they distribute the career of Astronomy and where are their addresses.
do you think that yahoo is anti-islamic racist?!!? please check this site http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=allah&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 a picture with god name on a pig?!! what on earth is this picture supposed 2 mean/??! ISLAM’S ANSWER TO THE RACIAL PROBLEM BY A GERMAN DIPLOMAT THE HAJJ This annual pilgrimage, or Hajj as it is called in the Arabic language, is one of the five pillars, one of the five fundamental religious duties to be performed by Muslims. Without going further into the details of the conditions to be fulfilled in order to be able to proceed on this pilgrimage, or of the rites and rituals to be observed in its course, let me describe in a few words the most striking and unforgettable sight that will be present itself to your eye upon reaching the sacred territory: You will see a multitude of men, women and also children, close perhaps to two million, from every corner of the world, black and brown of complexion, Yellow and white, Arabs and Iranians, Turks and Malays, Chinese and Africans, black and white Americans, blond and blue-eyed Europeans- in short to quote one of our great Germanic Poets, Frederick Schiller : " Who knows the nations, who the names of all who here together came?" NO DISTINCTION And there is still more that fills us with wonder: Whether black or brown, yellow or white, rich or poor, young or old, every male that our eye beholds is dressed alike, wearing two white seamless sheets of simple material, thus eliminating completely all marks and signs of distinction of dress between the African and American, the Asian, Australian and European, the mighty and wealthy and the poor and lowly. Here they have come, brother unto brother, sister unto sister, bearing witness to the brotherhood of mankind, to the equality of all human beings before their creator, for it is to worship Him and to extol His glory that has brought them here. They have heard and heeded His call, and their reply uttered, nay cried out by all and sundry, echoing and re-echoing from the surrounding mountains is: "LABBAIK, ALLAHUMMA LABBAIK" HERE AM I, O ALLAH, HERE AM I, THERE IS NONE WHO IS THE PARTNER, ALL PRAISE AND BLESSING BELONG TO THEE ALONE, FOR THOU ART THE SOVEREIGN, AND THOU HAST NO PARTNER." The pilgrimage to Mecca, the huge assembly of believers from all five continents, the gathering together of the multitude of worshippers of all races on the plain of Arafat is perhaps the most spectacular expression, symbol and proof of unity and brotherhood of man as enunciated and upheld by the religion of Islam, and it is equally a symbol and proof of the equality of man before Allah, the Supreme Being, as taught by this religion. The concept and idea of the oneness of humanity is Islam's unique contribution to human civilization, and it came as a natural sequel to its cardinal doctrine, the doctrine of " TAUHID" or the unity of God. The doctrine which runs through all teachings of the Holly Quran like a red thread, has found its most concise and terse expression in the 112th chapter of the Holly book, called "AL-IKHLAS," or purity of Faith: "Say He is God, the One and Only; God the Eternal, Absolute; He begotten not, nor is He begotten; And there is None like unto Him." Holly Quran 112: 1-4 (Read these verses and the verses following in conjunction with their commentary by A. Yusuf Ali.) THE RABB He, Allah, the One and Only, is the author of all existence; He is our creator, to Him we belong and to Him is our return. And He is more than mere author and creator: He is also the "RABB" of his creation and His creatures: and "RABB" according to the great authority on the Holly Quran , Imam Raghib, in Arabic it signifies 'THE CHERISHER, SUSTAINER AND FOSTERER OF A THING IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO MAKE IT ATTAIN ONE CONDITION AFTER ANOTHE RUNTIL IT REACHES ITS GOAL OF COMPLETION AND PERFECTION." "Thus Allah being the "Rabb ul-Alamin," the "Rabb of the worlds," as He is called in the opening chapter, of the Holly Quran and of all of us, whom He created. "HE DEALS WITH ALL OF US ALIKE, NO MATTER TO WHICH RACE, NATION, TRIBE OR PARENTAGE WE MAY BELONG, for He created us all alike, as the Holly Quran further elucidates in numerous verses and words, such as: "AND MANKIND IS NAUGHT BUT A SINGLE NATION." Holy Quran 2:213 We are all the children of Adam, and Adam was made of dust. Here Dawned the idea for the first time in human history that all men have a common origin and that, because of their common origin, because we belong to Allah, all and sundry, to whom is our ultimate return, the whole of humanity is but one family, one nation and should, ideally, form one fraternity, the universal brotherhood of man. The differences of color and languages, of build and of features are not regarded as differences of quality, or as marks or degrees of excellence, but as an expression of the diversity in nature: Says the Holy Quran: "AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THIS,THAT HE CREATED YOU FROM DUST: AND THEN, BEHOLD, YE ARE MEN SCATTERED( FAR AND WIDE)" "AND AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND THE VARIATIONS AND DIVERSITY OF YOUR TONGUES AND OF YOUR COLOR; VERILY IN THAT ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO KNOW." Holy Qur'an 30:22 Allama Yousuf Ali, commenting on this verse, remarks: "All mankind were created of a single pair of parents; yet they had spread to different climates and developed different languages and different shades of complexions. And yet, their basic unity remains unaltered. They feel in the same way, and are equally under God's care". Whatever a country in which a people lives, whatever the language they speak, whatever the color of their skin, they are recognized as one family, living under one roof- the canopy of heaven scattered, but of common origin: Says the Holy Qur'an: "O MANKIND! REVERENCE YOUR GURDIAN LORD, WHO CREATED YOU FROM A SINGLE PERSON, CREATED OF LIKE NATURE, HIS MATE, AND FROM THEM TWAIN SCATTERED (LIKE SEEDS) COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMAN." Holy Qur'an4:1 UNITY OF MANKIND There is one verse in the Holy Qur'an, however, which not only re-states the common origin of man, explains the division of humanity into nations, or race and tribes, tells us that the object and purpose of this division was also the ultimate unification of humanity, but goes a step further: It points out to us the one and only criterion, the only standard by which man is judged by god, and thus by which we should also judge our fellow-man. As you will presently see, THIS CRITERION IS NOT HIS COLOR, NOR HIS RACE, NOT HIS SOCIAL STANDING OR CASTE, NOT EVEN HIS SKILL AND THE DEGREE OF HIS INTELLIGENCE. It is something which to achieve lies within reach of every human being, black or brown, white or yellow, rich or poor, if only he made an effort to cultivate it within himself. Says the Holy Qur'an: "O MANKIND WE CREATED YOU FROM A SINGLE (PAIR) OF A MALE AND A FEMALE, AND MADE YOU INTO NATIONS AND TRIBES, THAT YE MAY KNOW EACH OTHER. VERILY THE MOST HONORED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS (HE WHO IS) THE MOST RIGHTIOUS OF YOU AND GOD HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE AND IS WELL AQUAINTED (WITH ALL THINGS)." Holy Qur'an 49:13 "The principle of the brotherhood of man laid down here", observe an author of an English translation of the Holy Qur'an, "is based on the broadest foundation. The address here is not the believers: but to men in general, who are told that they are all, as it were, members of one family, and their divisions into nations, races, tribes and families should not lead to estrangement from, but to a better knowledge of each other. Superiority of one over another in this vast brotherhood does not depend on race, nationality, wealth or rank but on righteousness, on the careful observance of duty towards God and fellow-man, on moral greatness", to which I maybe permitted to add: and on the strength of one's "IMAN", of faith in the one and only God because it is through faith and through submission unto the will of God only through which we can attain to moral greatness. This verse of the Holy Qur'an is the answer of Islam to racism, an answer which, as far as the Muslim community is concerned, did not remain a pious exhortation but sounded the death knell of racial discrimination in the world of Islam as borne out not only by the example set by the Prophet Mohammed (P.B.O.H.); but also subsequent events in the history of all Muslim nations and by the general attitude of the Muslims until the present day. I am inclined by personal experiences gathered during travels in almost all Muslim countries in the course of the last 25 years, to insist that, in consequence of these teachings of Islam and their translation into practice by the Prophet (P.B.U.H.); such a complete change was brought in the minds and hearts of all who embraced Islam, in the minds and hearts of all Muslims that is, that to them racial differences present no problems at all, nay, that they are largely almost totally unaware of, and most certainly little disturbed or embarrassed by, such differences. A BEAUTIFUL PATTERN OF CONDUCT There are instances galore in the life of the Prophet Mohammed, upon whom be peace and blessings of God, which show us that, as is the case with regard to all injunctions of the Holy Qur'an, he was the perfect exemplar, the beautiful pattern of conduct also with regard to the application and actualization of the principle of the brotherhood of man in his own dealings with his followers as well as in his personal relations with adherents of other faiths. But we can only appreciate fully how formidable a task it was to establish this principle among his followers, if we look at the social conditions which prevailed in Arabia before the advent of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) .Let me in order to illustrate this point, quote from a book of a non-Muslim author, namely from "The social structure of Islam" by reuben levy: " The population of Arabia , outside of a few settled communities embedded in it, has throughout historical times been so constituted as to form a number of groups or tribes, very loosely held together either by loyalty to a particular leader or by the assumption of descent from a common ancestor, whether real or legendary. Within each of such groups or tribes, the independence of individual units- the tents or families- has always been taken as a matter of course, and the head of each unit has been regarded as being in status the equal of every other. In the heads of the families lies the power to elect the "SHAYKH" or tribal chief, of whom in theory, no special qualification is required. In actual practice, however there is normally a strong prejudice in favor of choosing the "SHAYKH" from amongst the number of particular families. At the time of the rise of Mohammed such families held a position of great influence within the community, so that in any claim to authority the factor of birth was considered of a paramount importance. Noble ancestry was the supreme test of nobility, and no person whose genealogy was not entirely free of hereditary taint for example ancestors of servile or Negro origin could be regarded as conforming to the requisite standard. Such person were relegated to the humbler ranks of society and were thus compelled to undertake careers that inevitably marked them as inferior beings ... In the same way that the old nobility resisted the assumption of equality by other Arabs, so the inhabitants of Arabia as a whole refused to consider foreigners as being their peers." The Arabs regarded themselves as a superior race. And as regards the Negroes they did not recognize them except as slaves. It is to this situation to which the Holy Qur'an refers in the following verse: "AND HOLD FAST ALL TOGETHER , BY THE ROPE WHICH GOD (STRETCHES OUT FOR YOU), AND BE NOT DIVIDED AMONG YOURSELVES; AND REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE GOD'S FAVOURON YOU; FOR YE WERE ENEMIES, AND HE JOINED YOUR HEARTS IN LOVE, SO THAT BY HIS GRACEYE BECAME BRETHREN; AND YE WERE ON THE BRINK OF THE PIT OF FIRE, AND HE SAVED YOU FROM IT. THUS DOTH GOD MAKE HIS SIGNS CLEAR TO YOU: THAT YE MAY BE GUIDED." Holy Qur'an 3:103 Among the measures introduced by the Prophet of Islam to level the differences of rank and of race among his steadily growing community perhaps prayer ought to be mentioned in particular. Five times a day the Muslims meet together for prayer. Among the first Muslims were members of the noblest Arab families as well as a good number of Negro slaves. At prayers they all stood shoulder to shoulder before the Almighty, and when, in the further course of prayer, they prostrated before their Lord, it might well have been that the head of a noble Arab praying in a row behind a Negro slave rested at the latter's feet. In prayer and in the company of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) no differences of status was recognized between the two. UNITY IN PRAYER From standing side by side in the ranks of prayer, the next step was a mere corollary; they mingled freely on terms of perfect equality on all other occasions. Service to God was thus the door through which the fraternization of humanity was effected... The negro slaves and the noble Arab were made to meet together on terms of equality in prayer and in religious gatherings. It was thus impressed on their minds, that they were all equal before God, and life once molded on these lines led to the natural consequence that the negro slaves and the Arab nobility enjoyed equal status in society. In the first Muslim community a negro slave, Bilal, was chosen by the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) himself to deliver the "ADHAN", the call to prayer, while the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) himself was the "IMAM" or leader of congregation. Thus, of the two office-bearers of the Mosque, the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) himself of noble blood and birth, was one, the other being Bilal, a negro. In his famous oration, which he delivered on the occasion of his "Farewell Pilgrimage", his last pilgrimage before he closed his eyes forever, the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) re-affirmed re-stated the principle of equality and brotherhood of man in Islam, thus bequeathing it as a sacred legacy to generation after generation of Muslims after him until the present day. Let me quote from the oration: "YE PEOPLE! LISTEN TO MY WORDS, FOR I KNOW NOT WHTHER ANOTHER YEAR WILL BE VOUCH SAFED TO ME AFTER THIS YEAR TO FIND MYSELF AMONGST YOU AT THIS PLACE." "YOUR LIVES AND PROPERTY ARE SACRED AND INVIOLABLE AMONGST ONE ANOTHER UNTIL YE APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD... AND REMEMBER, YE SHALL HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE YOUR LORD WHO SHALL DEMAND FROM YOU AN ACCOUNT OF ALL YOUR ACTIONS... YE PEOPLE, YE HAVE RIGHTS OVER YOUR WIVES, AND YOUR WIVES HAVE RIGHTS OVER YOU. TREAT THEM WITH KINDNESS AND LOVE... KEEP ALWAYS FAITHFULL TO THE TRUST REPOSED IN YOU." "YE PEOPLE LISTEN TO MY WORDSAND UNDERSTAND THEM. KNOE YE THAT ALL MUSLIMS ARE BROTHERS UNTO ONE ANOTHER. YE ARE ONE BROTHERHOOD." "ALL MEN ARE EQUAL IN ISLAM. THE ARAB HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER THE NON-ARAB,NOR DOES THE NON-ARAB HAVE SUPERIORITY OVER THE ARAB, SAVE IN THE FEAR OF GOD." That the Prophet's bequest was heeded and the example set by him was followed by subsequent generations of Muslims through out the ages and history. It is impossible for me within the limits of the time allotted to me for this talk to render a detailed, much less a comprehensive account of all such facts and incidents which afford proof of my assertion. I can only quote some of them, and I maybe permitted to do so at random: One of the acid tests of unrestrained and unrestnoted inter-racial relations are inter-racial marriages. That such marriages were never frowned upon by Muslims in borne out by the fact that many a Ruler of the Umayad and Abasside as well as of later dynasties, had Turkish, Greek or even Negro mothers. On the other hand, social rank or high office did not bestow upon the bearer special privileges before the law and certainly did not entitle him to ill-treat a brother Muslim with impunity. The following incident which is reported to have occurred during the reign of Omar, the second Caliph after the death of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) is an example of absolute equality of all men in Islam. EQUALITY BEFORE LAW Jabbala, king of the Ghassanides, having embraced Islam, set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca. While performing the circumambulation of the Ka'aba, a humble pilgrim engaged in the same sacred duties, accidentally dropped a piece of his pilgrim's dress over the royal shoulders. Jabbala turned round furiously and struck him a blow. The poor man went to the caliph and prayed for justice. Omar sent for Jabbala and asked him why he has so ill-treated a brother Muslim. He answered that the man had insulted him, and had it not been for the sanctity of the place, he would have killed him on the spot. Omar replied that his words added to the gravity of his offense, and that, unless he obtained the pardon of the injured man he would have to submit to the penalty of the law. When Jabbala refused to do as he was bidden because- as he returned- he was a king and the other only a common man, Omar replied " king or no king, both of you are Muslims and both of you are equal in the eye of law." But perhaps one of the most instructive examples of the policy of Islam towards different races is furnished by Spain. Permit me to quote from Syed Amir Ali's fundamental work "The spirit of Islam": "Immediately by their arrival on the soll of Spain, the Muslims or Saracens publish an edict assuring to the subject races, without any difference, the most ample liberty. Suevl, Goth, Vandal, Roman and Jew, were all placed on an equal footing. Their woman were invited to intermarry with the conquerors. ...THE FIDELITY OF THE ARABS IN MAINTAINING THEIR PROMISES, THE EQUAL-HEADED JUSTICE WHICH THEY ADMINISTERED TO ALLRACES AND CLASSES, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ANY KIND, SECURED THEM THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE... The Jews profited most by the change of government ", and when many centuries later Spain was re- conquered by ferdinand and Isabelle, innumerable Jews left the country for Muslims lands, preferring a life in their home-country under the new rulers of whose racial and religious tolerance they were not convinced. RELIGIOUS OF TOLERANCE And this is another aspect of the principle of the brotherhood of mankind as envisaged and enunciated by Islam: namely religious tolerance. The essence of the attitude of Islam towards adherents of other faiths is to be found in the charter which was granted to the Jews by the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) after his arrival in Madina, and in the massage which he sent to the Christians of Najran, a town in Southern Arabia, then largely inhabited by Christians, after Islam had fully established itself in the Arab Peninsula. "IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE GOD," says this first charter of freedom of conscience, "GIVEN BY MOHAMMED, THE PROPHET(P.B.U.H.), TO THE BELIEVERS, WHETHER OF THE QURESH OR OF YATHRIB(AS MADINA WAS THEN CALLED) -AND TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, OF WHATEVER ORIGIN, WHO HAVE MADE COMMON CAUSE WITH THEM: ALL THESE SHALLCONSTITUDE ONE NATION... THE JEWS WHO ATTACH THEMSELVES TO OUR COMMONWEALTH SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM ALL INSULTS AND VEXATIONS:THEY SHALL HAVE AN EQUAL RIGHT. WITH OUR PEOPLE TO OUR ASSISTANCE AND GOOD OFFICES. THE JEWS OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES-(and here follows the names of the various Jewish tribes of Medina and the surrounding territories)- AND ALL OTHER SDOMICILED IN YATHRIB, SHALL FORM WITH THE MUSLIMS ONE COMPOSITE NATION; THEY SHALL PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION AS FREELY AS THE MUSLIMS;THE CLIENTS- MENING THE PROTECTED, AND THE ALLIES OF THE JEWS SHALL ENJOY THE SAME SECURITY AND FREEDOM." This was a paraphrase of the charter granted by the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) to the Jews after he had arrived in Yathrib, a town which because of him became known as MEDINAT-UN-NABI -THE CITY OF THE PROPHET, or in short Madina, while the massage to the Christians of Najran , sent to them almost at the end of the Prophet's mission, runs as follows: MASSAGE TO CHRISTIANS "TO THE CHRISTIANS OF NAJRAN AND THE NEIGHBOURING TERRITORIES,THE SECURITY OF GOD AND THE PLEDGE OF HIS PROPHET ARE EXTENDED FOR THEIR LIVES, THEIR RELIGION AND THEIR PROPERTY- TO THE PRESENT AS WELL AS THE ABSENT AND OTHERS BESIDES; THERE SHALL BE NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRACTICE OF THEIR FAITH OR THEIR OBSERVANCES; NOR ANY CHANGE IN THEIR RIGHTS OR PRIVILEDGES; NO BISHOP SHALL BE REMOVED FROM HIS BISHORPIC NOR ANY MONK FROM HIS MONASTERY, NOR ANY PRIEST FROMHIS PRIESTHOOD, AND THEY SHALL CONTINUE TO ENJOY EVERYTHING GREAT AND SMALL AS HERETOFORE; NO IMAGE OR CROSS SHALL BE DESTROYED; THEYSHALL NOT OPPRESS OR BE OPPRESSED; THEY SHALL NOT PRACTICE THE RIGHTS OF BLOOD VENGEANCE AS IN THE DAYS OF IGNORANCE- (the era before the advent of Islam)-; NO TITLE SHALL BELEVIED FROM THEM NOR SHALL THEY BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH PROVISIONS FOR THE TROOPS." "This document," observes Sayed Amir Ali in his book quoted before " has furnished the guiding principle to all Muslim rulers in their mode of dealing with their non-Muslim subjects, and if they have departed from it in any instance the cause is to be found in the character of the particular king. If we separate the political necessity which has often spoken and acted in the name of religion, no faith is more tolerant than Islam to the followers of other creeds. "Reasons of State" may have led a sovereign here and there to display a certain degree of intolerance, or to insist upon a certain uniformity of faith; BUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF HAS EVER MAINTAINED THE MOST COMPLETE TOLERANCE. Christians and Jews, as a rule, have never been molested in the exercise of their religion, or force to change their faith. If they are required to pay a special tax, it is in lieu of military service, and it is but right that those who enjoy the protection of the State should also contribute in some shape to the public burdens. Towards the idolaters there was greater strictness in theory, but in practice the law was equally liberal. If at any time they were treated with harshness, the cause is to be found in the passions of the ruler of the population. The religious element was used only as pretext." If there have been instances of religious intolerance in the history of the Muslims nations, these instances- and that should be very clearly understood- did not happen because of Islam but in spite of Islam and they only betray back of knowledge of the teachings of Islam, and of understanding of the spirit and principles of that religion. You might like to interpose here that the idea of racial equality and of the brotherhood of mankind is not the exclusive property of Islam, nay that these ideas have been proclaimed by different individuals and ideologies in different places of our globe and at different times. You might like to quote to me- as I did to you- from various sacred and profane works of the most dissimilar authors, and you will certainly insist that in the west- in Europe and America- this idea has been accepted and adopted as a principle or policy, of organized society, since the 18th century at the latest when the Age of Enlightenment had dawned and the French Revolution had sounded the clarion call of "Liberate, Egalite, Fraternite!" EQUALITY IN ACTION I certainly can not and shall not claim that the idea of racial equality and of human brotherhood is the invention of Islam and has only been proclaimed by that religion and by nobody else. BUT I CLAIM AND INSIST THAT ONLY IN AND AMONG THROUGH ISLAM HAS THIS IDEA EVER BEEN REALIZED IN ACTION OVER CENTURIES AND AMONG THE MOST DIFFERENT AND DISSIMILAR NATIONS AND RACES. In spite of the lofty ideals of enlightenment and of the French Revolution the West did not and has still not solved the racial problem, nor has the West been able until today to establish racial equality everywhere in its hemisphere. It is barely thirty years ago racism raised to the position of State Philosophy- the most brutal and barbaric racism that can be imagined- the one I referred to at the very beginning of my talk, was crushed in my own country. Racism in the shape of "Apartheid" is still allowed to raise its ugly head in South Africa, and racism is certainly not eradicated in the United States in spite of the abolition of slavery that took place some time ago and in spite of legislation introduced after the Second World War, aiming at the leveling of differences between the various racial groups and at the doing away with racial discrimination. In the Socialist World, Marxism Leninism or Communism has introduced its own brand and type of racism - namely what I maybe permitted to call "IDEOLOGICAL RACISM" WHICH IS AS HATEFUL AND ABHORRENT AS BIOLOGICAL RACISM. So, wherever we look we find that neither the ideals of Age of Enlightenment and of the French Revolution, nor the UN charter of Human Rights, the latest exercise in bringing about racial equality and in abolishing racial discrimination have been able to achieve their goal, while Islam has most certainly done so. I maybe forgiven if at this place I narrate some of my own personal experiences as a Muslim: I mentioned before as in the course of the last 25 years or so I have visited almost every Muslim country and I have been posted for longer or shorter periods in about half a dozen of them. Wherever I went I was immediately accepted by the local Muslims as one of theirs, and my religious affiliation proved to have an incomparably stronger and deeper effect on them than my nationality or the color of my skin. As a matter of fact the latter were of absolutely no consequence at all in their attitude towards me. And when I married to a young Muslim lady from Pakistan, more than 22 years ago, it did not create the slightest embarrassment to the family of my wife nor to us, the young couple. The marriage was accepted with the same naturalness as any marriage of two Pakistanis, and no one of my Muslim relative or friends ever considered or treated our children as half-caste in the ugly meaning of that word, nor were my children ever made to feel any different from full-blooded Pakistani, or full-blooded German children. They, who grew up among Muslims never knew of racial differences between men until- yes, until in the wake of one of our numerous transfers from one post to another we perforce had to make a brief sojourn in South Africa. There they saw for the first time in their life those ugly signs "For Whites Only" And it was there that they were made to realize that in a country where racism reigns, Ahmed can not play football in the street with John, and Leila cannot just drop in at Linda's to admire her new doll. And what a shock they got when they saw that their father and their mother, in order to do such a simple transaction as to buy postage stamps, had to enter the post office through different doors. - But then they stood in front of a beautiful church, and their perturbed minds were set at rest when,- for it was Christmas time - they read the invitation written in bold letters above the door: "ALL ARE WELCOME ," MUCH SMALLER LETTERS, ONCE AGAIN THE UGLY SIGN "FOR WHITES ONLY!" So even here, in the House of God, and during Christmas, the Festival of Joy and of Love, there was no bridge to cross the deep, deep gap between fellow human-beings who have everything else in common- except the color of their skin. THE SUCCESS OF ISLAM Why, then, has Islam succeeded where other systems and ideologies seem to have failed? What is the secret of its success, and in what way can the religion of Islam contribute to the solution of the racial problem under which millions and millions of our fellow human-beings are still reeling? In my humble opinion Islam has succeeded where other systems and ideologies have failed because of two decisive factors: NAMELY THE UNIVERSALITY OF ITS TEACHINGS AND THE DIVINE SANCTION ON WHICH THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF MANKIND IS BASED. A Muslim believes that Islam is not only the last of the world's great religions but also an all-inclusive religion which contains within itself all religions which went before it. It is one of its most striking characteristics that is requires its followers to believe that all great religions of the world that preceded it have been revealed by God, and it is a fundamental principle of Islam that a Muslim must also believe in all prophets who were raised up before the Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H.). Prophets according to the express teachings of the Holy Qur'an were sent by God to all nations: Says the Holy Qur'an: "AND THERE IS NOT A NATION BUT A WARNER HAS GONE AMONG THEM." Holy Qur'an 13:7 But whereas all previous Prophets were sent with SPECIFIC MISSIONSTO THEIR OWN PEOPLE ONLY, Prophet Mohammed(P.B.U.H.) was SENT TO ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH, as the Holy Qur'an teaches us: "O MANKIND! I AM THE APOSTLE THAT HATH COME TO YOU IN TRUTH FROM GOD: Holy Quran 4:170 and elsewhere: WE SENT THEE NOT BUT AS A MERCY FOR ALL NATIONS." Holy Qur'an 21:107 "There is no question now," say Allama Yusuf Ali in his commentary to this chosen verse, of race or nation, of a "CHOSEN PEOPLE" or "THE SEED OF ABRAHAM' or 'the seed of David' or of Hindu Arya-Varta, of Jew or Gentile, Arab or Ajam, Turk or Tajik, European or Asiatic, White or colored; Aryan, Semitic, Mongolian, or African; or American, Australian or Polynesian." The Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.) was sent to them all- and that distinguishes him from all other Prophets, and that also distinguishes Islam from all other religions. The massage that was revealed to the Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H.) from On High was a massage addressed to all nations on earth, and the principles set forth in that message applied universally to the whole mankind. He was the last of the Prophets, and Islam, based on the revelation which the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) received is the final and perfect expression of the Divine will. Says the Holy Qur'an: "THIS DAY HAVE I PERFECTED YOUR RELIGION FOR YOU, COMPLETED MY FAVOUR UPON YOU, AND HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOU ISLAM AS YOUR RELIGION" Holy Qur'an 5:4 It is the self-same God, the Supreme Being, the Ultimate Cause, the One and Only, our Lord and Creator Who has also spoken to us, through the mouth of the Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H.), the words which I have already quoted earlier and which I should like to call back into our memory: "AND MANKIND IS NAUGHT BUT A SINGLE NATION." Holy Qur'an 2:213 "VERILY, O MANKIND, WE CRWEATED YOU FROM A SINGLE (PAIR) OF A MALE AND A FEMALE AND MADE YOU INTO NATIONS AND TRIBES, THAT YE MAY KNOW EACH OTHER, (NOT THAT YE MAY DESPISE EACH OTHER). VERILY THE MOST HONOURED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS HE WHO IS THE MOST RIGHTEOUS (AND GOD FEARING DUTIFUL) OF YOU." Holy Qur'an 49:13 In Islam and to every single one of its followers the equality of man and the brotherhood of mankind are not the figment of the human brain and mind. They are guiding principles decreed by God. Equality and Fraternity, as well as liberty, according to the teachings of Islam, are religious categories, and only where they are conceived as such can these lofty ideals become reality. There is no road to the unification of humanity, no road to a brotherhood of man which knows no boundaries of color, race, country, language and rank except through God, the Creator and "Rabb" of all that is in the heavens and on earth. Without absolute and unreserved faith in Him, and in the truth and universality of His revelation- without the will to serve Him, which is the purpose of our creation, and to follow His commandments and guidance this goal can never be achieved as history tells us. ABSOLUTE VALUES Only God, the Absolute, has established absolute values by which we can access our and our fellow- "VERILY, THE MOST HONOURED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, O MEN, IS HE WHO IS THE MOST RIGHTIOUS, THE MOST GOD-FEARING, OF YOU." Holy Qur'an 49:13 This is the yard stick by which in Islam man is measured, and not his race, caste, or rank. Peace and mutual trust among individuals and nations alike can only be brought about if we base our inter-human relations on the recognition of, and strict adherence to, ABSOLUTE VALUES. Materialism, humanity's ideal in modern times, lacks all prerequisites because its VALUE CONCEPTS HCANGE FROM TIME TO TIME AND FROM PLACE TO PLACE. Islam is the only force which provides man with the spiritual and ,oral foundation on which lasting peace and mutual trust and respect among the nations of the world can be built. Islam is, first and foremost, an international religion, and it is before the grand international ideal of Islam, the ideal of equality of all races and of the unity of the human kind, an ideal founded on the belief in the Oneness of God, that the curse of racism and narrow minded nationalism, which have been and still are responsible for many of the troubles of the ancient and the modern world, can be swept away. The Muslim community, past and present, has not only established true and lasting brotherhood among its members, a brotherhood that encompasses everyone who belongs to it, irrespective of racial or social differences, it has also shown us by its example the road to this goal. THE STARTING POINT IS FAITH, UNQUESTIONING FAITH IN GOD, THE "RABB" OF THE WORLD. From there it leads us to submission unto His will-the stage at which we willingly and cheerfully obey His commandments and actualize the principles laid down by Him for our actions and conduct- until we reach the stage of supererogatory service to God and men. The road leads us, to use Arabic terms, from IMAN, FAITH to ISLAM, SUBMISSION and ULTIMATLY to IHSAN. And this the road we have to tread if we want to bring about mutual respect and trust among men, the road to the abolition of all racial and social discriminations, the road to the unification of mankind, to the universal brotherhood to which the assembly of Muslims of all races and from every nook and corner of the world at Mecca during the day of Hajj of pilgrimage bears witness. But this assembly also shows us that our unity lies in God, and God only. May we be inspired by their faith and example; may we follow their road, A'ameen! (This is a paper read at the international Islamic Conference in London on April4th by brother Muhammad Amen Hobohm, who is a diplomat now in the West German embassy in Sri Lanka).
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What is a good art major that pays really well?? I'm currently a junior in high school. Well, I really want to major in graphic design, but I searched online..and it pays a little bit..I think about $35,000 a year. I think thats way too low for annual salary. I went on collegeboard.com and it saids that to be graphic designer, you have to work long hours.......well it sucks that if you work long hours in a career and not be paid well. So, my question is, what are some other art majors that pays well and not require really hard work?? By paying well, I mean at least over $60,000 a year. My mom wants me to major in Animation...but I never have an interest in that......and I really do love drawing on the computer more than on paper. I'm kinda undecided now, before I knew I wanted to be a graphic designer...but now, I just don't know since the salary for graphic design is fairly low. Also, if you know any career test that I could take online, please give me links! Thanks!
Anyone want to know all the wrestlers?well here it is? RAW brand Male wrestlers Shelton Benjamin Lance Cade Carlito (Carly Colón) John Cena Daivari (Shawn Daivari) Jim Duggan Mick Foley Shad Gaspard Charlie Haas Jeff Hardy JTG (Jayson Paul) Brian Kendrick King Booker (Booker Huffman) Bobby Lashley (Franklin Lashley) Paul London Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli) Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch) Rory McAllister (Russell Murray) Trevor Murdoch (Trevor Rhodes) Randy Orton Chuck Palumbo William Regal (Darren Matthews) Sandman (Jim Fullington) Snitsky (Eugene Snisky) Super Crazy (Francisco Pantoja Islas) Umaga (Eddie Fatu) Val Venis (Sean Morley) Female wrestlers Jillian Hall (Jillian Fletcher) Mickie James Maria (Maria Kanellis) - Also an interviewer Melina (Melina Perez) Candice Michelle (Candice Beckman) Referees Mike Chioda - Senior Official Jack Doan Marty Elias (Marty Rubalcaba) Chad Patton Other on-air talent Jonathan Coachman - Interim General Manager Todd Grisham - Backstage interviewer and occasional ring announcer Jerry Lawler - Color commentator of RAW and occasional wrestler Shane McMahon - Occasional appearances Mr. Kennedy (Ken Anderson) - Appears in a non-wrestling role, due to a triceps tear Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of King Booker Jim Ross - Play-by-play commentator of RAW and Executive Vice President of Business Strategies Ron Simmons - Occasional appearances Inactive talent Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazem Ali) - Manager of Umaga - (kayfabe) Suffered an injury at the hands of Bobby Lashley Lilian Garcia - Ring announcer - Suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom) - (kayfabe) concussion, Suffered a "Blown Out" knee, will require surgery Triple H (Paul Levesque) - Recovering from a quadriceps muscle tear Stables and tag teams Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch Paul London and Brian Kendrick Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and SmackDown!'s Matt Hardy) The Highlanders (Robbie McAllister and Rory McAllister) The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) SmackDown! brand Male wrestlers Batista (Dave Bautista) Deuce (James Reiher, Jr.) Domino (Cliff Compton) Kenny Dykstra (Ken Doane) Edge (Adam Copeland) Eugene (Nick Dinsmore) Finlay (David Finlay) Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr) Funaki (Shoichi Funaki) The Great Khali (Dalip Singh) Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero III) Matt Hardy Mark Henry Kane (Glen Jacobs) Brett Major (Matt Cardona) Brian Major (Brian Myers) Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky) Shannon Moore Jamie Noble (James Gibson) Montel Vontavious Porter (Alvin Burke, Jr.) Dave Taylor Jimmy Wang Yang (James Yun) Female wrestlers Kristal Marshall - Also a Backstage Interviewer; Teddy Long's Personal Assistant Michelle McCool Torrie Wilson Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon) Referees Mickie Henson - Senior Official Jim Korderas Charles Robinson Other on-air talent Cherry (Kara Drew) - Valet of Deuce 'N Domino Tony Chimel - Ring announcer Michael Cole (Michael Sean Coulthard) - Play-by-play commentator of SmackDown! and Managing Editor of WWE.com Vickie Guerrero - Assistant General Manager Hornswoggle (Dylan Postl) - Sidekick of Finlay John "Bradshaw" Layfield - Color commentator of SmackDown! Theodore Long - General Manager Maryse (Maryse Ouellet) - Appears in commercial post-bumps Runjin Singh (Dave Kapoor) - Translator of The Great Khali Inactive talent Sylvan Grenier- Working dark matches Gregory Helms - Major neck injury, receiving neck fusion surgery Hardcore Holly (Bob Howard) - Suffered a (kayfabe) broken arm; healing from elbow surgery Chris Kay - Referee; Under 60 day suspension[citation needed] Ashley Massaro - (kayfabe) Suspended by Mr. McMahon Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez) - Knee surgery; has been (kayfabe) re-injured The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) - Suffered a biceps tear Stables and tag teams Deuce 'N Domino with Cherry The Major Brothers (Brett Major and Brian Major) ECW brand Male wrestlers Chris Benoit The Boogeyman (Marty Wright) Elijah Burke CM Punk (Phil Brooks) Marcus Cor Von (Monty Brown) Tommy Dreamer (Tom Laughlin) Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner) The Miz (Mike Mizanin) Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan) Nunzio (James Maritato) Stevie Richards (Michael Manna) Matt Striker (Matthew Kaye) Kevin Thorn (Kevin Fertig) Viscera (Nelson Frazier, Jr.) Referees Scott Armstrong (Joseph James Jr.) - Senior Official John Cone Mike Posey Other on-air talent Brooke Adams - Appears in Extreme Exposé Kelly Kelly (Barbara Blank) - Appears in Extreme Exposé Layla (Layla El) - Appears in Extreme Exposé Justin Roberts - Ring announcer Joey Styles (Joseph Bonsignore) - Play-by-play commentator of ECW Tazz (Peter Senerchia) - Color commentator of ECW Inactive talent Rob Van Dam (Rob Szatkowski) - Out indefinitely with a (kayfabe) concussion, contract expiring, not expected to re-sign Stables and tag teams The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker) Developmental talent Ohio Valley Wrestling Male wrestlers Jay Bradley (Brad Bradley) Paul Burchill Colt Cabana (Scott Colton) Chet the Jett (Neil Bzibziak) Atlas DaBone Jesse Dalton (Ray Gordy) Justice Dalton (Drew Hankinson) Jacob Duncan (Ryan Wilson) Charles Evans Jake Hager Kassidy James (Cassidy O'Reilly) K.C. James (Kurt Sellers) Johnny Jeter Mike Knox (Mike Hettinga) Vladimir Kozlov (Oleg Prudius) Michael Washington Kruel (Mike Kruel) Steven Lewington Mike Mondo (Michael Brendli) Derrick Neikirk Nick Nemeth Antoni Polaski (Michael Depoli) Mason Raige (Jeff Velocci) Cody Rhodes (Cody Runnels) Dan Rodman (Daniel Rodimer) Chris Rombola Shawn Spears (Ronnie Arniell) Ace Steel (Chris Guy) Aaron Stevens Female wrestlers Victoria Crawford Katie Lea (Katarina Waters) Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan) Roucka (Milena Roucka) - Valet of Mike Kruel Other on-air talent Dr. Thomas (Tommaso Whitney) - Manager of Charles Evans & Justin LaRoche Kevin Keenan - Referee Inactive talent Matt Cappotelli - Recently had successful brain surgery; return date unknown Stables and tag teams The Daltons (Jesse Dalton and Justice Dalton) The James Boys (Kassidy James and K.C. James) Team Elite (Mike Knox and Derrick Neikirk) Terminal Velocity (Chet the Jett and Steven Lewington) Florida Championship Wrestling Male wrestlers Afa Jr. (Afa Anoa'i, Jr.) Robert Anthony Drew Galloway G-Rilla (George Murdoch) Kofi Nahaje Kingston Heath Miller Ryan O'Reilly Shawn Osborne (Shawn McGrath) Eric Perez Sheamus O'Shaunessy Sonny Siaki Russell Simpson Harry Smith Ryklon Stephens Keith Walker T.J. Wilson Female wrestlers Nattie Neidhart Shantelle Taylor (Shantelle Malawski) Krissy Vaine (Kristin Eubanks) Other on-air talent Wes Adams - Referee Nick Patrick (Nick Hamilton) - Referee Stables and tag teams The Samoan Fight Club - (Afa Jr. & Sonny Siaki) Unassigned talent Male wrestlers Eddie Colón René Duprée (René Goguen) Chris Gray Mariusz Puczko Hade Vansen Female wrestlers Beulah McGillicutty (Trisa Hayes) Talent Relations Management James Tyler Bailey - Director of Talent Relations Simon Dean (Mike Bucci) - Talent Development Manager John Laurinaitis - Senior Vice President of Talent Relations Stephanie McMahon - Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing Creative team Court Bauer - SmackDown! brand John Carle - Unspecified Christopher DeJoseph - SmackDown! brand Brian Gewirtz - Vice President; Head Writer for RAW brand Michael Hayes (Michael Seitz) - Vice President; Head Writer for SmackDown! brand Jen Hunt - Unspecified Dave Kapoor - RAW brand Ed Koskey - RAW brand David Lagana - Head Writer for ECW brand Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels, Jr.) - ECW brand Zachary Soto - SmackDown! brand Pantelis Ypsilantis - ECW brand Producers / Trainers Arn Anderson (Martin Lunde) - RAW Senior Producer Brad Armstrong (Brad James) Gerald Brisco Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi) Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia) Robert Gibson (Reuben Kane) Steve Keirn - FCW Director Blackjack Lanza (Jack Lanza) Dean Malenko (Dean Simon) - ECW Senior Producer Pat Patterson (Pierre Clemont) Brother Love (Bruce Prichard) Dr. Tom Prichard - FCW Head Trainer Irwin R. Schyster (Mike Rotunda) Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood) Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus) Al Snow (Allen Sarven) - OVW Head Trainer Tim White Steve Williams Barry Windham Other roles Sue Aitchison - Manager of Community Relations "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Steve Williams) - Makes occasional appearances Thomas Barreca - Executive Vice President of WWE Enterprises Jayson Bernstein - Director of Corporate Communications Eric Bischoff - Makes occasional appearances Robert A. Bowman - Member of the Board of Directors Max Bretos - Part-time interviewer Dorothy Brill - Senior Vice President of Human Resources Carlos Cabrera - Spanish commentator Peter Clifford - Vice President of Affiliate Sales Edward S. Cohen – Executive Vice President Kristi D'Aliso – Promotions Manager Lou D'Angeli - Director of Promotions and Event Marketing Gary Davis - Director of WWE Smackdown Your Vote! Carl Demarco - President of WWE Canada Basil DeVito – Director of Marketing Initiatives Pete DiNicola - Senior Vice President Darren Drozdov - WWE.com reporter Kevin Dunn - Executive Vice President of Television Production The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison) - Makes occasional appearances Howard Finkel - Part-time announcer Donna Goldsmith - Executive Vice President of Consumer Products Paul Heyman Hillbilly Jim (Jim Morris) - Public Relations Jim Johnston - Music Director Brian Kalinowski - General Manager of Digital Media Edward Kaufman - Executive Vice President David Kenin - Member of the Board of Directors' Jack Korpela - Part-time color commentator of Heat Neil Lawi - General Manager of WWE Music Dan Levi - Senior Vice President of Marketing Josh Mathews (Josh Lomberger) - Editor and host of WWE 24/7, occasional commentator Linda McMahon - Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mazzola-McMahon - Director of National Public Relations Shane McMahon - Executive Vice President of Global Media, Head of Media Relations Department Vince McMahon - WWE Chairman Heather Mitchel - Producer Stephan Moore - Retail Development Manager Christopher Nowinski - Public Relations Gene Okerlund - Part-time interviewer Joseph Perkins - Member of the Board of Directors "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) - Makes occasional appearances Dr. Ferdinand Rios - Physician Jason Robinson - Set Design Geof Rochester - Executive Vice President of Marketing Monty Ross - Senior Director of Marketing Marcelo Rodriguez - Spanish commentator James A. Rothschild – Senior Vice President Hugo Savinovich - Spanish commentator Bob Schrader - WWE.com Fan Columnist Melissa Seffens - Director of Network Affiliate Marketing Frank Serpe - Chief Financial Officer Michael Sileck - Chief Operating Officer Joel Simon - President of WWE Films Stuart Snyder - WWE President Michael B. Solomon - Member of the Board of Directors Steve Taylor - Vice President of Event Operations Tim Walbert - Member of the Board of Directors Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. - Member of the Board of Directors Andrew Whitaker - Senior Vice President of International Television Mark Yeaton - Timekeeper Mae Young - Makes occasional appearances Julie Youngberg-Drozdov - Costume designer Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference 1960 Maurice Catarcio The Matador Citation needed 1960 Edward Gossett Eddie Graham Citation needed 1963 Antonino Rocca Antonino Rocca Citation needed 1963 Buddy Rogers "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers Citation needed 1969 Ed Farhat The Sheik Citation needed 1970 Wahoo McDaniel Wahoo McDaniel Citation needed 1972 Karl Istaz Karl Gotch Citation needed 1972 Camille Tourville Tarzan Tyler Citation needed 1974 Fred Blassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie Retired from wrestling to focus on being a manager. Citation needed 1974 Miguel Feliciano Miguel Feliciano Citation needed 1975 James Dudley James Dudley Citation needed 1976 Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan Citation needed 1977 Wladek Kowalski Killer Kowalski Citation needed 1978 Charles Kalani, Jr. Professor Toru Tanaka Citation needed 1978 George Stipich Stan "The Man" Stasiak Citation needed 1979 Scott Irwin Yukon Eric Citation needed 1979 Ivan Koloff Ivan Koloff Citation needed 1979 Vincent J. McMahon Vincent J. McMahon Retired as owner of the WWWF and sold it to his son, Vincent K. McMahon. Citation needed 1979 Jimmy Valen Jimmy Valiant Citation needed [edit] World Wrestling Federation era [edit] 1980's Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference 1980 Ernie Ladd "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd Citation needed 1980 Bill White Wild Bill White Citation needed 1981 Lawrence Whistler Larry Zbyszko Citation needed 1981 Ed White Moondog King Citation needed 1982 Eddie Gilbert "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert Citation needed 1982 Lanny Kean Moondog Cujo Citation needed 1982 Paul McWight Moondog Rover Citation needed 1983 Tatsumi Fujinami Tatsumi Fujinami Citation needed 1983 Masa Saito Masa Saito Citation needed 1983 Bill Smithson Moondog Spike Citation needed 1984 Stan Hansen Stan Hansen Citation needed 1984 Houston Harris Bobo Brazil Citation needed 1984 Buzz Sawyer "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer Citation needed 1984 Mikel Scicluna "Baron" Mikel Scicluna Citation needed 1984 Ray Stevens Ray Stevens Citation needed 1985 Mad Maxine Mad Maxine Citation needed 1985 Dick Murdoch Dick Murdoch Citation needed 1985 Dewey Robertson The Missing Link Citation needed 1985 Johnny Rodz Johnny Rodz Citation needed 1985 Buddy Rose "Playboy" Buddy Rose Citation needed 1985 Wendy Savinovich Wendi Richter Citation needed 1985 David Schultz "Dr. D" David Schultz Released after incident with reporter John Stossel. Citation needed 1986 Dory Funk, Jr. Hoss Funk Citation needed 1986 Stan Frazier Uncle Elmer Citation needed 1987 Takeshi Akabane Little Tokyo Citation needed 1987 Josef Bednarski Ivan Putski Citation needed 1987 Randy Colley Moondog Rex Citation needed 1987 Lionel Giroux Little Beaver Ended career after he suffered a back injury in a match with King Kong Bundy. Citation needed 1987 Raymond Kessler The Haiti Kid Citation needed 1987 Michael Kirschner Corporal Kirschner He failed a drug test and was suspended. Afterwards, Kirschner decided not to return. [1] 1987 Larry Latham Moondog Spot Citation needed 1987 Pedro Morales Pedro Morales Citation needed 1987 Barry Orton Barry O Citation needed 1987 Debbie Szestecki Debbie Combs Citation needed 1987 Eric Tovey Lord Littlebrook Citation needed 1987 Robert Windham Blackjack Mulligan Citation needed June 1987 Tom Zenk Tom Zenk Contract dispute. Citation needed July 4, 1987 Keith Franke Adrian Adonis Citation needed 1988 Sika Anoai Sika Citation needed 1988 Tom Billington Dynamite Kid Citation needed 1988 Craig Minervini Craig DeGeorge Citation needed July 21 1988 Brian Blair B. Brian Blair Left due to unfulfilled promises to win the Tag Team titles never came to fruition. Citation needed September 22 1988 Conrad Efraim S.D. Jones Citation needed 1988 Sam Fatu Tama Citation needed 1988 William Haynes, Jr. Billy Jack Haynes Citation needed 1988 Oliver Humperdink Oliver Humperdink Citation needed 1988 Reginald Lisowski The Crusher Citation needed 1988 Velvet Mykietowich Velvet McIntyre Citation needed 1988 Paul Orndorff "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff Citation needed 1988 Ken Patera Ken Patera Citation needed 1988 James Raschke The Baron Citation needed 1988 Sylvester Ritter Junkyard Dog, JYD Citation needed 1988 Bruno Sammartino Bruno Sammartino Citation needed 1988 David Sammartino David Sammartino Citation needed 1988 Patricia Karisma-Schroeder Leilani Kai Citation needed 1988 Michael Smith Sam Houston Citation needed 1988 "Superstar" Billy Graham "Superstar" Billy Graham Citation needed 1988 Peter Stilsbury Outback Jack Citation needed 1988 Noriyo Tateno Noriyo Tateno Citation needed April 1988 Bruce Reed "The Natural" Butch Reed Citation needed August 1988 Don Muraco Don Muraco Citation needed 1989 Tully Blanchard Tully Blanchard Was fired after failing a random drug test. Citation needed 1989 Scott Casey Scott Casey Citation needed 1989 Jean Gagné Frenchy Martin Citation needed 1989 Ronald Herd "Outlaw" Ron Bass Citation needed 1989 Melissa Hiatt Missy Hyatt Citation needed 1989 John Minton Big John Studd Citation needed 1989 Masashi Ozawa Killer Kahn Citation needed 1989 Harley Race Harley Race Citation needed 1989 Robin Smith Rockin' Robin Citation needed 1989 Max Taogaga Siva Afi Citation needed December 1989 Tom Lister, Jr. Zeus Citation needed [edit] 1990's Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference 1990 Roger Barnes Ronnie Garvin Citation needed 1990 Allen Coage Bad News Brown Left due to claims that Vince McMahon failed to live up to promises. Citation needed 1990 Bill Eadie Ax Citation needed 1990 George Gray One Man Gang, Akeem Citation needed 1990 Hector Guerrero Gobbledygooker Citation needed 1990 James Janos Jesse Ventura Citation needed 1990 Al Perez Al Perez Citation needed 1990 Anthony White Tony Atlas, Saba Simba Citation needed 1990 Juanita Wright Sapphire Citation needed 1991 Brady Boone Battle Kat Citation needed 1991 Nick Busick Big Bully Busick Retired from wrestling. Citation needed 1991 Paul Centopani Paul Roma Citation needed 1991 Carly Colón Sr. Carly Colón Retired from wrestling. Citation needed 1991 Jim Barrell Boris Zhukov Citation needed 1991 Pete Doherty The Duke of Dorchester Citation needed 1991 Rick Harris Black Bart Citation needed 1991 Genichiro Tenryu Genichiro Tenryu Citation needed 1991 Koji Kitao Koji Kitao Citation needed 1991 André Rousimoff André the Giant Retired because he was too ill to continue wrestling. Citation needed 1991 John Tolos The Coach Citation needed 1992 Kerry Adkisson Texas Tornado Fired after failing random drug test. Citation needed 1992 Ray Fernandez Hercules Citation needed 1992 Elizabeth Hulette Miss Elizabeth Left the WWF shortly after her divorce from Randy Savage. Citation needed 1992 Adnan El Kassey General Adnan, Billy White Wolf Citation needed 1992 Andy Kindler Jamison Citation needed 1992 Mike McGuirk Mike McGuirk Citation needed 1992 James Reiher "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka Citation needed 1992 Terry Szopinski The Warlord Citation needed 1992 Pat Tanaka Pat Tanaka Citation needed 1992 John Wisniski, Jr. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Citation needed January 1992 Adolfo Bresciano Dino Bravo Retired from wrestling. Citation needed December 1992 Kevin Wacholz Nailz Reportedly released after he attacked Vince McMahon over a dispute over money. Citation needed 1993 Charles Ashenoff Max Moon Citation needed 1993 Rob Bartlett Rob Bartlett [[Wikipedia:Citing sources}Citation needed]] 1993 Wayne Bloom Beau Beverly Citation needed 1993 Tom Boric Paul Diamond Citation needed 1993 James Brunzell "Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell Citation needed 1993 Barry Darsow Smash, Repo Man Citation needed 1993 Mike Enos Blake Beverly Citation needed 1993 Jorge Gonzales Giant Gonzales Citation needed 1993 Jimmy Hart Jimmy Hart Left after McMahon asked for him take a 50% pay cut. Citation needed 1993 Raymond Heenan Bobby Heenan Left after McMahon asked for him take a 50% pay cut. Citation needed 1993 Steve James Lance Cassidy Citation needed 1993 Ken Johnson Slick Left to concentrate on preaching in his church. Citation needed 1993 Ed Leslie Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake Citation needed 1993 Sean Mooney Sean Mooney Citation needed 1993 John Nord The Berzerker, The Viking Citation needed 1993 Matt Osborne Doink the Clown (#1), Matt Borne Citation needed 1993 Lanny Poffo The Genius, "Leaping" Lanny Poffo Citation needed 1993 Sherri Russell "Sensational" Sherri Martel Citation needed 1993 Jerome Saganovich Jerry Sags Citation needed 1993 Merced Solis Tito Santana Citation needed 1993 Philip Theis Damien Demento Citation needed 1993 Brian Yandrisovitz Brian Knobbs Citation needed 1994 Tony Halme Ludvig Borga Retired due to injury Citation needed 1994 Jim Harris Kamala Citation needed 1994 Bruce Hart Bruce Hart Citation needed 1994 Keith Hart Keith Hart Citation needed 1994 Heidi Lee Morgan Heidi Lee Morgan Citation needed 1994 Fred Ottman Typhoon/Tugboat Citation needed 1994 Robert Rechsteiner Rick Steiner Citation needed 1994 Mike Shaw Bastion Booger Citation needed 1994 James Ware Koko B. Ware Citation needed November 1994 Randy Poffo "Macho Man" Randy Savage Left to go to WCW Citation needed 1995 Afa Anoai Afa Citation needed 1995 Samula Anoai Samu Left due to excessive travel schedule. Citation needed 1995 Lou Albano "Captain" Lou Albano Citation needed 1995 Scott Bigelow Bam Bam Bigelow Left due to problems with the Klique. Citation needed 1995 Jeff Bradley Charlie Hunter Citation needed 1995 Steve Doll Steven Dunn Citation needed 1995 Harry Fujiwara Mr. Fuji Left due to excessive travel schedule and knee problems. Citation needed 1995 Claude Giroux Dink Citation needed 1995 Alfred Hayes Lord Alfred Hayes Left after getting in a car accident which resulted in him contracting gangrene and being confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Citation needed 1995 Robert Horne Mo Citation needed 1995 Mike Jones Virgil Citation needed 1995 Stan Lane Stan Lane Citation needed 1995 Ray Liccachelli Doink the Clown (#2) Citation needed 1995 Dan Marsh Dan Marsh, Danny Davis Citation needed 1995 Troy Martin Dean Douglas Quit after backstage problems with The Clique. Citation needed 1995 Debra Miceli Alundra Blayze Released after talking to WCW under contract. Citation needed 1995 Chris Pallies King Kong Bundy Citation needed 1995 Josip Peruzovic Nikolai Volkoff Citation needed 1995 Darryl Peterson Man Mountain Rock, Maxx Payne Citation needed 1995 James Richland Jimmy Del Ray Citation needed 1995 Gary Sabaugh The Italian Stallion Citation needed 1995 Akio Sato Akio Sato Citation needed 1995 Joe Scarpa Chief Jay Strongbow Citation needed 1995 Dan Spivey Waylon Mercy Retired after being injured in a match with Kevin Nash. Citation needed 1995 Jack Tunney Jack Tunney Citation needed 1995 Sione Vailahi The Barbarian, Sionne Citation needed 1995 Richard Vigneault "The Model" Rick Martel Citation needed 1995 Bill Watts Bill Watts Had many conflicts with Vince McMahon. Citation needed 1995 Timothy Well Timothy Well Citation needed September 1, 1995 Lawrence Pfohl Lex Luger, The Narcissist Jumped ship to WCW, breaking his promise to Vince McMahon that he would stay. Citation needed 1996 Chris Candido Skip Citation needed 1996 Wayne Cowan Uncle Zebekiah Citation needed 1996 Mike Droese Duke "The Dumpster" Droese Citation needed 1996 Chad Fortune Travis Citation needed 1996 Terry Gordy Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy Citation needed 1996 Robert Miller Bushwhacker Butch Citation needed 1996 Louis Mucciolo Rad Radford, Louie Spicolli Citation needed 1996 Jinsei Shinzaki Hakushi Citation needed 1996 Warrior Ultimate Warrior Contract was terminated after several no-shows. Citation needed 1996 Erik Watts Troy Citation needed 1996 Brian Wickens Bushwacker Luke Citation needed January 1996 Buddy Landel Buddy Landel Left after an injury sustained in a match with Bret Hart. Citation needed 1997 Tony Anthony TL Hopper, Uncle Cletus Citation needed 1997 Robert Bedard Rene Goulet Citation needed 1997 Scott Bednarski Scott Putski Citation needed 1997 Rick Bogner Fake Razor Ramon Citation needed 1997 Jamie Crookshanks J.C. Ice Citation needed 1997 Sid Eudy Sycho Sid, Sid Justice Citation needed 1997 Roy Wayne Farris The Honky Tonk Man Citation needed 1997 Doug Furnas Doug Furnas Citation needed 1997 James Hines Bobby Fulton Citation needed 1997 Barry Horowitz Barry Horowitz Citation needed 1997 Barney Irwin The Goon Citation needed 1997 Phil Lafleur Phil Lafon Citation needed 1997 Clarence Mason Clarence Mason Citation needed 1997 Masanori Murakawa The Great Sasuke Citation needed 1997 Todd Pettengill Todd Pettengill Citation needed 1997 Alex Porteau Alex "The Pug" Porteau Citation needed 1997 Jake Roberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts Released after failing drug tests. Citation needed 1997 Richard Rood "Ravishing" Rick Rude Left for WCW. Citation needed 1997 * Unknown The Commandant Citation needed 1997 Khosrow Vaziri Iron Sheik Citation needed 1997 Kelly Wolfe Wolfie D Citation needed January 1997 Jose Lothario Jose Lothario Citation needed November 1997 Bret Hart Bret "The Hitman" Hart Left after the incident at Survivor Series 1997 known as the Montreal Screwjob. [2] December 1997 Jim Neidhart Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart Left WWF a month after the Montreal Screwjob. Citation needed 1998 Achim Albrecht Brakkus Citation needed 1998 Theodore Annis Teddy Hart Released for having "attitude problems." Citation needed 1998 Rodney Anoa'i Yokozuna He was unable to pass a physical required for professional wrestlers and was released. Citation needed 1998 Tom Brandi Salvatore Sincere, Tom Brandi Citation needed 1998 Joseph Bruce Violent J Citation needed 1998 Don Callis The Jackyl Citation needed 1998 Robert Fuller Tennessee Lee Citation needed 1998 Mike Hallick The Mantaur, Tank Citation needed 1998 Michael Hegstrand Hawk Citation needed 1998 Brian Lee Chainz, Evil Undertaker Citation needed 1998 Pablo Marquez Babu Citation needed 1998 Anthony Norris Ahmed Johnson Released after his wrestling style had begun to cause injury to his opponents. Citation needed 1998 Takeo Otsuka Mens Teioh Citation needed 1998 Luc Poirier Sniper Citation needed 1998 Juan Rivera Savio Vega Citation needed 1998 Shigeki Sato Dick Togo Citation needed 1998 Joseph Utsler Shaggy 2 Dope Citation needed 1998 Wally Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-San Citation needed May 1998 Tammy Lynn Sytch Sunny Left the WWF for ECW. Citation needed July 1998 Ricky Morton Ricky Morton Citation needed August 1998 Del Wilkes The Patriot Citation needed September 1998 Shian-Li Tsang Mrs. Yamaguchi-San Citation needed October 1998 Jesus Castillo Jesus Castillo Citation needed October 1998 Jose Estrada, Jr. Jose Estrada, Jr. Citation needed October 1998 Miguel Perez Miguel Perez Citation needed October 25, 1998 Leon White Vader Left after contract expired. Citation needed 1999 Christopher Daniels Conquistador Dos Citation needed 1999 Michael Durham Johnny Grunge Citation needed 1999 Paul Ellering Paul Ellering Citation needed 1999 James Myers George "The Animal" Steele Citation needed 1999 Ted Petty "Flyboy" Rocco Rock Citation needed 1999 Mike Plotcheck Bart Gunn, Bodacious Bart Citation needed 1999 Alicia Webb Ryan Shamrock Citation needed February 1999 John Tenta Earthquake, Golga Citation needed April 1999 Don Harris Don Harris, Jared Grimm, Jacob Blu, 8-Ball Citation needed April 1999 Ron Harris Ron Harris, Jason Grimm, Eli Blu, Skull Citation needed April 1999 Dan Severn Dan "The Beast" Severn Citation needed May 1999 Marcus Merowitz Marc Mero Citation needed July 19, 1999 Nicole Bass Nicole Bass Left after claiming she was sexually harassed. Citation needed September 1999 Marianna Komlos Marianna, Mrs. Cleavage Citation needed September 1999 Paulo da Silva Giant Silva Citation needed October 5, 1999 Vince Russo Vince Russo Left after having a falling out with Vince McMahon over the increased workload placed upon him. Citation needed October 16, 1999 Jeff Jarrett Jeff Jarrett Contract expired. Citation needed November 1999 Robert Maillet Kurrgan, The Interrogator Citation needed November 1999 Ken Shamrock Ken Shamrock Left to go back to UFC. Citation needed [edit] Early 2000's Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference 2000 Robert Backlund Bob Backlund Citation needed 2000 Rebecca Budig Rebecca Budig Citation needed 2000 Duane Gill Gillberg Citation needed 2000 Glen Ruth Thrasher Citation needed 2000 Jason Traverse Jason Sensation Citation needed January 2000 Carl Ouellet Jean Pierre LaFitte/Pierre Citation needed January 2000 Jacques Rougeau The Mountie Citation needed February 2000 Gertrude Vachon Luna Vachon Released from her contract due to allegedly taping the mouth of a producer shut. Citation needed March 2000 Curtis Hughes Mr. Hughes Citation needed May 30, 2000 David Smith The British Bulldog Citation needed June 2000 Cathy Dingman Barbara Bush (B.B.) Citation needed July 2000 Vic Grimes Key Citation needed September 2000 Caryn Mower Muffy Mower Citation needed October 2000 Dennis Knight Mideon, Phineas I. Godwinn Citation needed November 3, 2000 Frostee Moore Mandy Citation needed December 2000 Brian Gerard James Road Dogg, Jesse James, Roadie Released after showing up for a Raw show in an "unfit work state" due to drug use. Citation needed December 2000 Cynthia Lynch Bobcat Released from her contract. Citation needed 2001 Sara Calaway Sara Storyline ended; made brief appearances for WWE later. Citation needed 2001 Jim Dotson Jim Dotson Left to pursue other interest. Citation needed February 27, 2001 Stacy Carter The Kat, Miss Kitty Released for behavior problems backstage. Citation needed June 2001 Jason Arhndt Joey Abs Citation needed June 2001 Peter Gasperino Pete Gas Citation needed June 2001 Ron Killings K-Kwik Mutually agreed on release due to lack of push. Citation needed June 2001 Rodney Leinhardt Rodney Citation needed July 2001 Joseph Hitchen Just Joe Citation needed July 9, 2001 Marcus Bagwell Buff Bagwell Released for unprofessional conduct. Citation needed August 2001 Charles Warrington Chaz, Mosh, Beaver Cleavage Released from his contract. Citation needed September 2001 Terri Poch Tori Was asked to train more but refused and was released. Citation needed September 2001 Jesús Guadalupe Delgado Seldaña Essa Rios Citation needed September 24, 2001 Brian Adams Brian Adams, Crush Left WWF when he was asked to go to a developmental territory. Citation needed September 24, 2001 Bryan Clark Bryan Clark, Adam Bomb Left WWF when he was asked to go to a developmental territory. Citation needed November 30, 2001 Joanie Laurer Chyna Laurer sat out her contract after negotiations stalled around May 2001; her WWF contract ended November of that year. Citation needed 2002 Raymond Rougeau Raymond Rougeau Citation needed 2002 Billy Silverman Billy Silverman Asked for release due to constant hazing. Citation needed April 2002 Takao Yoshida Taka Michinoku Citation needed [edit] World Wrestling Entertainment era [edit] 2002-2003 Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference 2002 Uliuli Fifita Haku, King Tonga, King Haku Citation needed 2002 Jerry Lynn Jerry Lynn Went To TNA Wrestling. Citation needed May 7, 2002 Scott Hall Scott Hall, Razor Ramon Released for obscene behavior on a plane trip and for drug and alcohol related issues. Citation needed May 8, 2002 Curt Hennig Mr. Perfect Released after reportedly becoming intoxicated and getting into a fight with Brock Lesnar on a return flight from the United Kingdom. Citation needed May 26, 2002 Raymond Traylor The Big Boss Man Citation needed July 2002 Gurjit Singh Tiger Ali Singh Citation needed August 25, 2002 Sean Waltman X-Pac, 1-2-3 Kid Left WWE in a mutual decision. Citation needed September 7, 2002 Michael Alfonso Mike Awesome Citation needed September 27, 2002 Sean Stipich Shawn Stasiak, Meat Citation needed October 2002 Steve Blackman Steve Blackman Retired due to injury. Citation needed October 2002 David Fliehr David Flair Released from developmental contract. Citation needed November 24, 2002 Page Falkinburg "Diamond" Dallas Page Left after a neck injury suffered in a match with Hardcore Holly. Citation needed November 24, 2002 Perry Satullo Perry Saturn Citation needed December 5, 2002 Charles Wright The Godfather, The Goodfather, Kama Mustafa, Kama, Papa Shango Citation needed January 2003 Barry Buchanan Bull Buchanan, Recon Citation needed January 2003 Scott Levy Raven, Johnny Polo Left After A Contract Dispute. Citation needed February 14, 2003 Accie C. Connor D'Lo Brown Left to wrestle in Japan. Citation needed March 2003 Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly Left to pursue other ventures. Citation needed March 2003 Debra Marshall Debra Walked from WWE in 2002 following Stone Cold Steve Austin's departure, WWE did not announce this until 2003. Citation needed April 2003 Eric Angle Eric Angle Released from developmental contract. Citation needed May 2003 Wayde Bowles Rocky Johnson Citation needed June 2003 Terry Taylor Terry Taylor, Red Rooster Citation needed July 2003 Terry Bollea Hulk Hogan, Hollywood Hogan, Mr. America Contract Expired. Left To star in both TV and Movies. Citation needed July 1, 2003 Mike Lockwood Crash Holly, Crash Released on suspicion that he was using drugs. Citation needed December 6, 2003 Nathan Jones Nathan Jones Requested release due to heavy travel schedule. Citation needed December 31, 2003 Kevin Nash Kevin Nash, Diesel Left After Contract Expired. Citation needed [edit] 2004-2005 Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference February 4, 2004 Zach Gowen Zach Gowen Released due to alleged attitude problems. Citation needed February 9, 2004 Chris Klucsaritis Chris Kanyon Kanyon claims that he was released because he is a homosexual. Citation needed February 12, 2004 Ernest Miller Ernest "The Cat" Miller Retired Citation needed February 12, 2004 Desmond Thompson Lamont Citation needed March 15, 2004 Bill Goldberg Goldberg Contract expired, declined to re-sign. Citation needed March 15, 2004 Brock Lesnar Brock Lesnar Left to pursue career in the National Football League. Citation needed April 3, 2004 Sean O'Haire Sean O'Haire Released after he was involved in an altercation with a female and was charged with assault. Citation needed April 3, 2004 Terri Runnels Terri Runnels, Marlena Released Due To Budget Cuts. She Also Claims It Was Time For Her To Retire. Citation needed April 15, 2004 Yoshihiro Asai Ultimo Dragon Asked for release to go back to Japan. Citation needed June 2004 Rue DeBona Rue DeBona Asked for release. Citation needed June 2004 Brian Lawler Grandmaster Sexay, Brian Christopher Released for allegedly using muscle relaxers. Citation needed June 2004 Jacqueline Moore Jacqueline Released due to budget cuts. Citation needed June 15, 2004 Chavo Guerrero Chavo Classic Released for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier. Citation needed July 17, 2004 Solofa Fatu Rikishi, The Sultan, Fatu Released after refusing to lose weight. Citation needed August 5, 2004 Ryan Sakoda Sakoda Citation needed August 10, 2004 Rena Merowitz Sable Was released due to budget cuts. Citation needed August 17 2004 Scott Rechsteiner Scott Steiner He & WWE agreed on his release. Citation needed October 26, 2004 Carmella DeCesare Carmella DeCesare Was no longer needed and released. Citation needed November 1, 2004 Matthew Bloom A-Train, Albert, Prince Albert Budget cut; released while he was injured with a torn rotator cuff. Citation needed November 1, 2004 Monty Sopp Billy Gunn, Mr. Ass, Billy G, RockaBilly Left After Contract Expired. Citation needed November 2, 2004 Rico Constantino Rico Was released due to budget cuts; Retired from wrestling. Citation needed November 3, 2004 Nidia Guenard Nidia Was released along with Gail Kim and Chuck Palumbo. Citation needed November 3, 2004 Gail Kim Gail Kim Released due to budget cuts. Citation needed November 4, 2004 John Hugger Johnny Stamboli Citation needed November 12, 2004 Linda Miles Linda Miles, Shaniqua Released because of attitude problems. Citation needed December 31, 2004 Dwayne Johnson The Rock, Rocky Maivia Retired from wrestling to focus on his movie career. Citation needed February 2005 Amy Weber Amy Weber Left after hazing from other Superstars. Citation needed March 2005 Rochelle Loewen Rochelle Loewen Left because she felt she wasn't getting enough exposure. Citation needed April 11, 2005 Terry Gerin Rhyno Released for having a rather public argument with his wife in a hotel foyer, breaking a vase in the process. Citation needed April 11, 2005 William Moody Paul Bearer Citation needed April 12, 2005 Nora Greenwald Molly Holly, Mighty Molly, Molly Requested release for personal reasons. Citation needed April 12, 2005 Aaron Aguilera Jesús Aguilera, Jesús, Uno Citation needed April 18, 2005 Lance Evers Lance Storm Asked for his release due to the condition of his back. Citation needed May 11, 2005 Matt Wiese Luther Reigns Citation needed June 2005 Lauren Jones Lauren Jones Left to star in movies and TV shows, considers coming back. Citation needed June 30, 2005 Marc Lloyd Marc Lloyd One of the first release in WWE's major budget cuts in Late June/July of 2005. Citation needed July 5, 2005 Maven Huffman Maven Was released along with 20+ others in July 2005. [3] July 5, 2005 Matt Hyson Spike Dudley, Spike WWE decided not to renew his contract. Believed to be a cost-cutting measure by WWE. [3] July 5, 2005 Peter Gruner Billy Kidman, Kidman Was released due to budget cuts. [3] July 5, 2005 Mark Jindrak Mark Jindrak Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3] July 6, 2005 Jackie Gayda Miss Jackie Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3] July 6, 2005 Joy Giovanni Joy Giovanni Was released due to budget cuts. [3] July 6, 2005 Devon Hughes D-Von Dudley, Reverend D-Von WWE decided not to renew his contract. [3] July 6, 2005 Mark Lamonica Bubba Ray Dudley, Buh Buh Ray Dudley WWE decided not to renew his contract. [3] July 6, 2005 Matt Morgan Matt Morgan Was released along with 20+ others in July 2005. [3] July 6, 2005 Dawn Marie Psaltis Dawn Marie Was also released along with 20+ others in July 2005; she was pregnant at the time. [3] July 6, 2005 Hiroko Suzuki Hiroko Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3] July 6, 2005 Kenzo Suzuki Kenzo Suzuki Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. [3] July 8, 2005 Jim Cornette Jim Cornette Released after many backstage confrontations at OVW. [3] July 18, 2005 Earl Hebner Earl Hebner Released for selling WWE merchandise without permission. Citation needed July 19, 2005 Dave Hebner Dave Hebner Released in connection with Earl Hebner incident. Citation needed July 22, 2005 Lisa Moretti Ivory Is one of the 20+ superstars released in July 2005. Citation needed July 25, 2005 Brian Heffron The Blue Meanie Short-term contract expired Citation needed August 13, 2005 Frankie Kazarian Frankie Kazarian Asked for his release after WWE wanted him to cut his hair. Citation needed August 26, 2005 Christopher Irvine Chris Jericho Left wrestling to tour with Fozzy, do movies and spend time with family. Citation needed September 11, 2005 Daniel Puder Daniel Puder Was released due to budget cuts; offered a lower salary but refused. Citation needed September 21, 2005 Mark Copani Muhammad Hassan Taken off TV at request of UPN over a storyline. Quit shortly thereafter. [4] October 29, 2005 Brian Hebner Brian Hebner Released, shortly after his father Earl Hebner and uncle Dave Hebner, for behavior problems. Citation needed October 31, 2005 Jason Reso Christian Contract expired. Citation needed December 5, 2005 Christy Hemme Christy Hemme Released as a budget cut. Citation needed December 8, 2005 Yoshihiro Tajiri Tajiri Asked for his release so he could go back to Japan. [5] [edit] 2006-2007 Release date Real Name Ring Name(s) Notes Reference 2006 Terry Funk Terry Funk Was injured at One Night Stand and advised not to return. Citation needed January 2006 Elisabeth Rouffaer Elisabeth Left WWE because she didn't feel like wrestling was the right job for her. Citation needed January 6, 2006 Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández Juventud Guerrera, Juventud Released for poor behavior backstage. Citation needed January 17, 2006 Jon Heidenreich Heidenreich Released by WWE after taking time off for ear infection. Citation needed February 2006 Thea Vidale Momma Benjamin Gimmick had ended. Citation needed February 10, 2006 Tom Matera Antonio Budget Cut [6] February 10, 2006 John Roselli Romeo Budget Cut [6] February 13, 2006 "Cowboy" Bob Orton "Cowboy" Bob Orton budget cut [7] February 22, 2006 John Toland James Dick Released due to backstage incident with his tag team partner. Citation needed February 22, 2006 Chad Wicks Chad Dick Released due to backstage incident with his tag team partner. Citation needed March 9, 2006 José Alvarado Nieves Super Porky Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8] March 9, 2006 Unknown Octagoncito Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8] March 9, 2006 Unknown Piratita Morgan Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8] March 9, 2006 Unknown Tsuki Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8] March 9, 2006 Unknown Mascarita Sagrada, Max Mini Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8] March 9, 2006 Unknown Pequeño Violencia Was released with entire Juniors Division. [8] March 21, 2006 Matt Anoai Rosey Mutual decision, both parties thought it was a good idea for him to take time off. Citation needed April 4, 2006 Travis Tomko Tyson Tomko Asked for release due to lack of Matches. Citation needed April 27, 2006 Brian Mailhot Palmer Cannon Requested release after hazing by other superstars. Citation needed May 26, 2006 Orlando Jordan Orlando Jordan He was released for having an unauthorized person with him on the road and backstage at events. Citation needed June 6, 2006 Joseph Laurinaitis Road Warrior Animal, Animal, The Road Warrior Released after throwing a temper tantrum backstage because his character ideas were all turned down by management. Citation needed June 14, 2006 Virgil Runnels III Goldust, Dustin Rhodes Released because he missed a Raw show while attending to family problems. Citation needed June 29, 2006 Joseph Dorgan Johnny Parisi Citation needed July 2006 Stacy Keibler Stacy Keibler, Super Stacy Let contract expire to pursue an acting career. Citation needed August 25, 2006 Kurt Angle Kurt Angle Granted an early release from his contract for personal reasons. [9] September 17, 2006 Patricia Stratigias Trish Stratus Retired from wrestling. Citation needed September 27, 2006 David Cash Kid Kash Released due to "attitude problems" [10] September 28, 2006 Peter Polaco Justin Credible, Aldo Montoya, P.J.Walker Released after no-showing an ECW taping and for failing to contact WWE management afterwards. Citation needed September 29, 2006 Marty Jannetty Marty Jannetty Fired for going AWOL and not contacting the office afterwards. Citation needed October 12, 2006 Francine Fournier Francine Released from her contract. [11] October 12, 2006 Brent Albright Gunner Scott, Brent Albright Released from developmental contract [12] October 26, 2006 Ted DiBiase "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase [13] November 1, 2006 Dionicio Castellanos Psicosis He was released following an arrest for allegedly stealing a car in Mexico. [14] November 26, 2006 Amy Dumas Lita Retired to focus on acting and music career. Citation needed December 13, 2006 Amy Zidian Amy Zidian Released from her contract because of attitude problems. [15] December 15, 2006 Dan Morrison Danny Doring Released from his contract. [16] 2007 Todd Romero Steve Romero Citation needed January 18, 2007 Chris Anderson C.W. Anderson, Christopher W. Anderson Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Doug Basham Doug Basham Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Carlene Begnaud Jazz Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Rodney Begnaud Rodney Mack Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 David Heath Gangrel Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Danny Holly Danny Basham Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Mike Shane Jake Gymini Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Todd Shane Jesse Gymini Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Charles John Spencer Tony Mamaluke Budget cut. [17] January 18, 2007 Sylvester Terkay Sylvester Terkay Budget cut. [17] January 19, 2007 Chris Chavis Tatanka Budget cut. [18] January 20, 2007 Bill DeMott Bill DeMott, Hugh Morrus Budget cut. [18] February 2007 Paul Wight The Big Show Contract expired. [19] February 27, 2007 Andrew Martin Test Released from contract [20] March 22, 2007 Rebecca DiPietro Rebecca Released [edit] RAW Jillian Hall (Jillian Fletcher) Mickie James Maria (Maria Kanellis) - Backstage interviewer, occasional wrestler Melina (Melina Perez) - WWE Women's Champion Candice Michelle (Candice Beckman) Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of King Booker [edit] SmackDown! Cherry (Kara Drew) - Valet of Deuce 'N Domino Kristal (Kristal Marshall) - Backstage interviewer, occasional wrestler Maryse (Maryse Ouellet) - Hostess of SmackDown! Michelle McCool Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon) Torrie Wilson [edit] ECW Brooke (Brooke Adams) - Member of Extreme Exposé Kelly Kelly (Barbara Blank) - Member of Extreme Exposé Layla (Layla El) - 2006 WWE Diva Search winner, member of Extreme Exposé [edit] Inactive Divas Ashley (Ashley Massaro) - (kayfabe) Suspended indefinitely Lilian Garcia - RAW ring announcer, inactive due to injury [edit] WWE Developmental Divas [edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling Victoria Crawford Katie Lea (Katarina Waters) Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan) Roucka (Milena Roucka) - Valet of Mike Kruel [edit] Florida Championship Wrestling Nattie Neidhart Shantelle Taylor (Shantelle Malawski) Krissy Vaine (Kristin Eubanks) [edit] Unassigned Talent Beulah McGillicutty (Trisa Hayes Laughlin) [edit] Notable former WWE Divas Ariel (Shelly Martinez) Nicole Bass Chyna (Joanie Laurer) Debra (Debra Marshall) Christy Hemme Molly Holly (Nora Greenwald) Ivory (Lisa Moretti) Miss Jackie (Jackie Gayda) Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore) Jazz (Carlene Begnaud) The Kat (Stacy Carter) Stacy Keibler Gail Kim Lita (Amy Dumas) Dawn Marie (Dawn Marie Psaltis) Nidia (Nidia Guenard) Terri Runnels Sable (Rena Mero) Trinity (Stephanie Finochio) Trish Stratus (Patricia Stratigias) Sunny (Tammy Lynn Sytch) Tori (Terri Poch) Luna Vachon (Gertrude Vachon)
Radiation Therapy Job Opportunities? Okay, my mom has always told me that if you have a health career, you can go anywhere you want because those jobs are needed everywhere. So I decided to go into Radiation Therapy Technology. But today I did a test job search, and I found NO job listings on Monster, and only 7 on Yahoo. So my question is this- is Radiation Therapy a job where you can go anywhere, and if not, what is?
Future Search? I'm a junior in high school, and I have begun to think about what I am going to do with my future. But I am having a really hard time finding something that I will be interested in--job-wise. I've mostly focused on a business major until now, but I can't put my finger on something that I am really passionate about. I need help finding careers/majors that best suit me, whether this be by some test to see what I like, or another way. Thanks.
Gap in software carrer? I HAVE COMPLETED MY B TECH IN 2004 , AFTER THAT I GOT TRAINING IN RTOS FROM MAY 05 TO FEB 06. AFTER LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPMENT JOB FOR A LONG TIME I JOINED A SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION ) COMPANY BUT THE WORK WAS NOT ACCORDING TO MY WISH SO I LEFT THE COMPANY JUST AFTER 3 MONTHS. NOW I AM LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPMENT OR TESTING CAREER IN SOFTWARE BUT NOT GETTING ANY CALL. WHAT I SHOULD DO NOW TO SETTLE MY CARRER ????? PLZ HELP ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Do you know? a website where I can take a career aptitude test for free? I'd prefer not giving my e-mail address. don't tell me to search it, I want one that somebody has tried and it's at least somewhat reliable (but I know obviously a test won't tell me what job to have) thanks =]
What to do in my career? I am 31 years old, i have done PGDCA, IGNOU and 2yrs DNIIT from NIIT. I have worked as faculty in NIIT, lateron i was fed up with the monotonicity of teaching job. I came delhi in search of bright future. Appeared for few interviews in .NET programming but failed. Now i want to shift in Software testing or Cisco Networking. Kindly suggest me which one will be best for me as my age is one delimiting factor also. So, suggest me which track i should choose, or programming is the best. Currently i am working as ERP Executive in an MNC company. reply me ASAP.Santosh Gupta mail Id: santoshjbn@gmail.com /santosjbn@yahoo.co.in
American SATs? My wife and daughter and I and emigrating to the USA on an EB5 investment visa this time next year but I still want to work when we move out there. Could I have some answers from either expats or Americans please? No jingoistic Brits who still labour under the illusion that The British Empire reigns supreme etc. please. That's your opinion I dropped out of university and have had a successful career in IT and data analysis for nearly ten years but my highest paper qualification is four A-levels. Would it be worth taking the USA SAT tests for an American qualification to aid me in my job search whilst I complete a part-time degree course with the University of Central Florida? Secondly are there any employers in central florida who wouldlook kindly upon empoying expats over locals due to specialist UK knowledge - e.g. in the tourist industry Thanks thus far - I was hoping for that response - the degree is for my benefit so I'd do it anyway but looking on the usual online job boards the ads all say - must have Bachelor Degree minimum - My opinion is that any employer who automatically screens me purely on the basis on my degree status is too short sighted to be worth working for anyway I'm 32 incidentally - It was my birthday yesterday so saying I sound pretty old has made me feel just that :-( Can anyone give advice on taxes - what would I be paing out on say a 45K salary - and do I have to have a 401K since I have private retirement arrangements anyway? To clarify - the UK University system uses A Levels as entrance criteria but as A Levels are also subject specific they are also used by employers to determine aptitude for a job etc - hence my wondering whether SAT s were used the same way. Thanks