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Anastasia Of Beverly Hills • Anastasia Tweezers • Misc Beauty Tools
(78 reviews)
Average Rating. | 4.6 |
Would buy this product again. | 83% |
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OrangeMintPop on 11/9/2014 9:36:00 PM more reviews by OrangeMintPop
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Other
These are the best pair of ultra precision tweezers I own. They are very high quality and they pull out all the hair including the very fine baby hair. I have mine for over 2 years and they are holding up well- just be careful not to drop them because if the tweezers lands on the blade, they will be ruin. For $28, they are expensive but worth it since I find these superior to my my revlon and tweezermen. They do get dull over time especially if you use them daily but you can easily sharpen them at home. Check out my video to see how I sharpen my Anastasia Beverly Hllls Tweezers.
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kaysae on 7/17/2014 8:21:00 AM more reviews by kaysae
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
My gosh these tweezers are expensive, but they are the best! Now these tweezers are definitely not worth $28 (i dont think any should be unless theyre made of gold), BUT if you were already planning to buy other $20+ tweezers (ahem tweezerman), then you might as well shell out the extra few bucks for these babies. I previously owned two tweezermans (the standard slant ones) and those kept on breaking my hairs as I was trying to pull them out. Then I ordered an anastasia kit which included these tweezers (and stencils, brow powder duo, clear brow gel, mini dual ended brush/spoolie, bag case) and I fell in deep deep love. I now own two of these tweezers and they both work fantastically well. The price is extremely horrible but if you can get past that, or if you were originally planning to buy expensive tweezers anyways, pick these up! Sadly I would repurchase despite it being so expensive, they're that good.
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strippedwaxstudio on 4/17/2014 1:27:00 AM more reviews by strippedwaxstudio
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
I use these tweezers all day every day! They are the absolute best! They stay nice and sharp for a long period of time. My only regret is that i didn't by them sooner :)
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Stephaniejeann on 6/8/2013 12:13:00 AM more reviews by Stephaniejeann
Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
These tweezers are holy grail status for me. Tweezerman really doesn't have anything on these tweezers. They can reach hairs that my ultra precision Tweezermans can't reach, they're razor sharp, and are a must have to keep brows looking groomed and neat. With these tweezers and the Anatasia Of Beverly Hills scissors my brows are on point to say the least. These tweezers last too so they are well worth the investment!
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MlizK on 12/3/2012 5:58:00 PM more reviews by MlizK
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
These are fabulous! Precise, sharp, and pretty.
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mariamsultana on 10/11/2012 5:27:00 PM more reviews by mariamsultana
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I got this in an Anastasia brow kit about 2 years ago and they are still going strong! I would say that they are comparable to Tweezerman and I'm very happy with them.
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*TOP REVIEWER* NYCBeauty99 on 10/7/2012 6:14:00 PM more reviews by NYCBeauty99
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Tan, Warm Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
I'm quite surprised at how much I like these tweezers. I had already purchased some Sally Hansen Tweezers a while ago. I couldn't seem to pluck any hairs with the Sally Hansen tweezers from the day I got them. So, I figured I would spend a bit more on high quality tweezers. These tweezers are indeed worth the price. They grip the hairs firmly and make plucking very easy. I do not think that the edges are sharp enough to cut my hairs, but my hair is kind of coarse. The only thing that would make these tweezers a better deal would be to have the company offer free lifetime sharpening and repairs, like Tweezerman.
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butterflyashes on 8/7/2012 6:51:00 PM more reviews by butterflyashes
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse Eyes: Hazel
These tweezers are well worth the price tag; I've had mine for 3 years and it hasn't shown any signs of dulling. They make grooming a lot less painful and keep my unruly brows in shape.
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*TOP REVIEWER* DEWW on 3/29/2012 8:07:00 PM more reviews by DEWW
Age: 30-35 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Brown
Ok so I've had the same pair of Anastacia pink twezeers for over 4 years... our relationship began while on a trip to Chicago so I know exactly when I bought them and they are 95% as new, maybe a little less sharp but still in great shape. I forgot them when on a 3 week vacation and was in desperate need of some grooming so I bought a pair of Tweezerman but they didn't compare. So even though Anastacia's are really expensive (for me anyway) I was tempted to buy a new pair, but honestly I don't need to just yet, maybe in 6 months, so that would make them 5 years old, not bad ha?? :)
Status: HG
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*TOP REVIEWER* singwritenow on 1/8/2012 6:45:00 PM more reviews by singwritenow
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
I was in love with my Tweezerman until these tweezers came along. They are razor sharp and can pluck out the tiniest hairs that even Tweezerman can't reach. Highly recommend!
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Top Performers
Passing: M. Hasselbeck (SEA) - 273 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: S. Alexander (SEA) - 20 CAR, 95 YDS
Receiving: H. Ward (PIT) - 5 REC, 123 YDS, 1 TD
By Greg Garber
DETROIT -- The Pittsburgh Steelers were the overwhelming sentimental Super Bowl XL favorites, both here and in Las Vegas, but for better than three quarters, the Seattle Seahawks had Pittsburgh engaged in a serious football game.
It was over when ... |
Ben Roethlisberger picked up a big first down on third-and-3 from the Pittsburgh 38 with just under four minutes to go. The Steelers were able to run another two minutes off the clock, all but sealing the win. | Game ball goes to ... |
Hines Ward. The wide receiver had five catches for 123 yards and a touchdown. Plus, can you really pick against the Super Bowl MVP? | ESPN's take ... |
This was a sloppily played football game, but in the end, the Steelers made the big plays necessary to win. It started with the big 75-yard touchdown run from Willie Parker and was followed by the big interception from Ike Taylor when the Seahawks were driving to either take the lead or pull within one point. That play completely sucked the life out of the Hawks. Finally, the Steelers pulled a bit of trickery out of their bag to essentially end the game when Antwaan Randle El threw a touchdown pass to Ward. The Steelers are deserving champions, and this could be the beginning of big things for Roethlisberger despite a poor game from the second-year QB.
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"It's been an incredible ride," Bettis said. "I played this game to win a championship. I'm a champion, and I think the Bus' last stop is here in Detroit."
• Roethlisberger, who in the misery of last year's AFC championship loss to New England promised Bettis a trip back home to Detroit if he returned for another season, became the youngest quarterback (23) to win the Super Bowl. He did not play particularly well -- he only completed two more passes than the number of times he ran (seven), but his team won the game."We got the win, and that's all that matters," Roethlisberger said. "It was absolutely awesome to come up here and win one for Jerome."• Head coach Bill Cowher, who had made the playoffs 10 times in 14 seasons, finally won his first Super Bowl and followed through on his driving goal to hand owner Dan Rooney that sterling silver trophy."It's surreal right now," Cowher said. "It is a rewarding feeling to give that trophy to Mr. Rooney. That's what he brought me here to do. It really does complete a void that's been there." Technically, this was Pittsburgh's fifth Super Bowl victory -- tying the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys for the league's highest total -- but it feels like a different era. This one came more than a quarter century after the Steelers won four Super Bowls in a span of six seasons from 1974 to 1979."It's wonderful," Rooney said. "We're so thrilled to bring that back to Pittsburgh."The two plays of the game were, appropriately, Super Bowl record breakers.Parker's 75-yard touchdown run -- the longest in Super Bowl history -- 22 seconds into the second half proved to be the game-winning score. Seattle defensive back Kelly Herndon's 76-yard interception return was also the longest play of its kind in the 40-year history of Super Bowls, and it brought the Seahawks back into the game midway through the third quarter.Seattle, a franchise with low national visibility that operates in the remote Pacific Northwest, almost 700 miles from the nearest NFL team, competed exceptionally well. In the end, the Seahawks just couldn't overcome the odds that were stacked high against them.Hasselbeck completed 26 of 49 passes for 273 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. Shaun Alexander -- who was the league's leading rusher this season and set a record for touchdowns -- had decent numbers (20 carries, 95 yards) but did not find the end zone.The Seahawks struck first with a 47-yard field goal by Josh Brown with 22 seconds left in the first quarter -- but it could have been worse for the Steelers. Earlier, Hasselbeck appeared to hit Darrell Jackson with a 17-yard touchdown pass, but officials detected a slight (very slight) push off by Jackson on free safety Chris Hope in the end zone. The touchdown was recalled on the pass interference call, and the Steelers ended up in only a 3-0 hole.When the quarter ended, Jackson had caught five passes for 50 yards -- 33 more than the Steelers' entire offense. Roethlisberger was an unsteady 1-for-5 for 1 yard.It was a modest little play at the time, but when Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend cut down Seattle fullback Mack Strong, leaving him 6 inches short of a first down on a swing pass, the game found an equilibrium. The Seahawks had dominated time of possession to that point, and Roethlisberger had looked, well, like the 23-year-old quarterback he is. The Steelers' previous possession had ended on the Seattle 17-yard line when Roethlisberger threw an ill-advised pass intended for Randle El that was intercepted by Seahawks strong safety Michael Boulware.But on the ensuing drive, Roethlisberger found his game -- by finding his feet. On third-and-6 at the Steelers' 45, Roethlisberger pulled the ball down and ducked under a defender before spotting Ward. He tossed a shovel pass to his favorite receiver, and the play was good for 12 yards. Two plays later, Cedrick Wilson found a seam downfield and caught a Roethlisberger pass for another 20 yards.The biggest play of the first half was a ludicrous third-and-28 at the Seattle 40. Common sense dictated a safe 10-yard play that would bring the Steelers into comfortable field goal range. When Roethlisberger was flushed out of the pocket, he seemed on the verge of scrambling that distance but pulled up just inches short of the line of scrimmage, as though it were an invisible canine fence, ran sideways and spotted Ward streaking downfield. Roethlisberger heaved it across the field, and Ward beat Boulware to the ball. It was a 37-yard play, all the way down to the 3-yard line.After two handoffs to Bettis left Pittsburgh 1 yard short, Roethlisberger, rolling left, faked a pitch to Bettis but kept the ball himself. He cut back toward the middle and leaped toward the end zone, where he was met by linebacker D.D. Lewis. The play was ruled a touchdown, and replays suggested the ball had penetrated the plane of the goal line before Lewis knocked Roethlisberger back. With 1:55 left in the half, the Steelers had their first lead, 7-3.The pro-Steelers crowd that had been so docile for most of the half awakened with a deafening roar. And for the first time, you sensed that Seattle had squandered its decisive territorial advantage.When the half ended at 7-3, it was confirmed. Mike Holmgren's offenses are usually surgically crisp, particularly in the final moments. With Hasselbeck looking disoriented, the Seahawks lost critical seconds as they worked their way down the field. They reached the Steelers' 40-yard line with 48 seconds left but couldn't score.It was a tight, gnarly little half, but after a thundering, palate-cleansing performance by the Rolling Stones, the pace quickened. Maybe Mick Jagger should have sung "Start Me Up" before the game.The game was still in reach when the Steelers started the second half on their 25-yard line. But after a Roethlisberger-to-Ward pass fell incomplete, Parker stunned the Seahawks. The second-year undrafted free agent took a handoff and, after a crushing block by guard Alan Faneca -- and a diving whiff by Boulware -- disappeared. The play did not have the artistic sensibility of Marcus Allen's stop-and-go, left-right 74-yard touchdown run in Super Bowl XVIII, but it was 1 yard longer. So, Parker's swift, clean run (no one touched him once he crossed the 50), goes into the record books as the Super Bowl's longest.That made it 14-3. The Terrible Towels were out, and the volume soared beyond anything the Stones had achieved minutes before.The Seahawks were in trouble, and they oozed into field goal range; a successful kick would have left them in a one-possession game. Brown's 50-yard attempt nearly grazed the left upright, but on the outside.Pittsburgh was in position to put Seattle six feet under, but Roethlisberger suffered a brain cramp. This error in judgment completely changed the complexion of the game. On a critical third-and-goal at the Seattle 7-yard line, he underthrew Wilson and defensive back Herndon snatched it. Herndon raced down the field with an entourage, and he probably would have scored a touchdown if not for Ward's tackle. The 76-yard return was, almost laughably, another fairly spectacular Super Bowl record in a span of seven minutes.Instead of a worst-case scenario lead of 17-3 from Pittsburgh's perspective, it was about to be a four-point game. Tight end Jerramy Stevens, who engaged Steelers linebacker Joey Porter in a verbal skirmish in the week leading up to the game, had been noticeably tentative to that point, with a pair of dropped balls. But he reeled in a 16-yard touchdown catch when Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu was the victim of a subtle pick play by Seattle.Suddenly -- very suddenly -- it was a game. The Seahawks trailed only 14-10 with 6:45 left in the third quarter.Seattle was closing in on the end zone when Hasselbeck slipped into his Roethlisberger impersonation. He inexplicably floated a ball over the head of Jackson and Taylor, faced with his second potential interception, caught this one. A few minutes later, the Steelers pulled out the last gadget play and the game was over.The Bus was finally home, and a home crowd reveled in his joy."It's been an incredible ride," Bettis said. "I came back to win a championship, and now I have to bid farewell."Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs | 20 | 14 |
Passing 1st downs | 15 | 8 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 6 |
1st downs from penalties | 0 | 0 |
3rd down efficiency | 5-17 | 8-15 |
4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Total Plays | 77 | 56 |
Total Yards | 396 | 339 |
Yards per play | 5.1 | 6.1 |
Total Drives | 13 | 14 |
Passing | 259 | 158 |
Comp-Att | 26-49 | 10-22 |
Yards per pass | 5.0 | 6.9 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
Sacks-Yards Lost | 3-14 | 1-8 |
Rushing | 137 | 181 |
Rushing Attempts | 25 | 33 |
Yards per rush | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Red Zone (Made-Att) | 0-3 | 0-2 |
Penalties | 7-70 | 3-20 |
Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
Possession | 33:02 | 26:58 |
Passing Leaders
Hasselbeck | 26/49 | 273 | 5.6 | 1 | 1 | 3-14 |
Rushing Leaders
Alexander | 20 | 95 | 4.8 | 0 | 21 |
Hasselbeck | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 18 |
Receiving Leaders
Jurevicius | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 0 | 35 |
Engram | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 21 |
Scoring Summary
FG | 0:27 | Josh Brown 39 yd Field Goal Drive info: 8 plays, 22 yds, 3:34 | 3 | 0 | |
TD | 2:00 | Ben Roethlisberger, 1 yd run (Jeff Reed kick is good) Drive info: 12 plays, 59 yds, 6:15 | 3 | 7 | |
TD | 14:50 | Willie Parker, 75 yd run (Jeff Reed kick is good) Drive info: 2 plays, 75 yds, 0:04 | 3 | 14 | |
TD | 6:51 | Jerramy Stevens, 16 yd pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Josh Brown kick is good) Drive info: 3 plays, 20 yds, 0:47 | 10 | 14 | |
TD | 9:04 | Hines Ward, 43 yd pass from Antwaan Randle El (Jeff Reed kick is good) Drive info: 4 plays, 56 yds, 1:42 | 10 | 21 |


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7:00 PM ET, December 14, 2012
Verizon Center, Washington, DC
Kobe Bryant would like to see the Los Angeles Lakers play the Washington Generals next.
That won't happen but they will instead see the league's worst team that hails from the nation's capital.
The struggling Lakers have been defenseless during a four-game losing streak heading into Friday night's road matchup with the Washington Wizards.
The Lakers (9-14) fell 116-107 at New York on Thursday, allowing the Knicks to shoot 53.2 percent for the third-highest mark against them. They yielded 68 first-half points, and have given up an average of 62.3 during this slide.
"We are having a re-occurring theme that the first quarter is just not good, and then the first half is not great and in the second half we seem to turn it on, and we need to solve that problem real quick," coach Mike D'Antoni said.
Bryant scored 31 points and leads the NBA with 29.3 per game, but Los Angeles fell to 1-11 when he scores at least 30. The Lakers are trying to avoid their first five-game skid in two seasons.
"At this point I wish we had the Washington Generals on our schedule," Bryant said.
If the Lakers want to show improvement on defense, Friday presents an ideal opportunity. Washington (3-16) is last in the NBA in scoring at 90.4 points per game and field-goal percentage at 40.7.
Los Angeles had won nine straight in this series before a 106-101 defeat in the lone meeting last season March 7.
There's reason to believe that Dwight Howard, who had 20 points and seven boards Thursday, can turn in a monster effort. Howard is averaging 24.3 points on 73.4 percent shooting and 13.4 rebounds per game in his last nine against the Wizards -- all victories when he played for Orlando.
Lakers forward Pau Gasol has missed the past six games with tendinitis in his knees and remains day-to-day. Former Wizards captain Antawn Jamison has started five times in his place, and finished with three points Thursday.
Los Angeles is 2-8 on the road while Washington owns the NBA's worst home mark at 2-7.
Still, the Wizards have won three times since their 0-12 start and are eager to take advantage of the Lakers' woes.
"Everybody knows they've been kind of struggling and we look forward to take advantage of that," Washington reserve guard Shaun Livingston said. "You got to come to play and we're at home and we tend to play well at home so hopefully we can come in with a lot of momentum."
The Wizards fell 99-93 at Houston on Wednesday, although their backcourt of Jordan Crawford and rookie Bradley Beal combined for 37 points.
There are signs that Crawford and Beal are gelling. Crawford is averaging 19.5 points over his last eight games while Beal is averaging 17.5 over his last four.
"He is being more aggressive and that's the main thing," said Crawford about Beal. "He's not passing up as many shots as he was early and just being aggressive. We both have good size and we both kind of do the same thing, shooting and driving. We play off each other real well."
Gameday Matchup
Avg Points | 102.2 | 93.2 |
Avg Points Allowed | 101.0 | 95.8 |
Home Record | 29-12 | 22-19 |
Road Record | 16-25 | 7-34 |
Current Streak | W5 | L6 |
Last 10 | 8-2 | 3-7 |
Team Stats: Los Angeles | Washington |
Injury Report
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Last 5 Games
Starting Lineup
SF M. World Peace 12.4 | SF M. Webster 11.4 |
SG K. Bryant 27.3 | SG J. Crawford 11.6 |
PG C. Duhon 2.9 | SG B. Beal 13.9 |
SF D. Ebanks 3.4 | SF C. Singleton 4.1 |
C D. Howard 17.1 | C E. Okafor 9.7 |
View full depth chart: Los Angeles | Washington |
Team Stat Leaders
Points | K. Bryant 27.3 | J. Wall 18.5 |
Rebounds | D. Howard 12.4 | E. Okafor 8.8 |
Assists | S. Nash 6.7 | J. Wall 7.6 |
Steals | M. World Peace 1.6 | J. Wall 1.3 |
Blocks | D. Howard 2.4 | E. Okafor 1.0 |
Team rosters: Los Angeles | Washington |


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ALBANY – There's a new casino plan in the Capital Region. This time in Albany, but it's not downtown.
The latest plan calls for a casino and resort off Exit 23 of the Thruway.
A meeting with the Albany City Council started at noon Friday.
The possible casino site is a large, isolated plot of land on the edge of Albany. It's a family compound of the late Polly Noonan, longtime close confidant of legendary Mayor Erastus Corning. The family includes U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, although the senator's current residence is in Brunswick.
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US 8059707 B1 Abstract A decoding unit for decoding a modulated signal includes a summing unit having i) a first input, ii) a second input, and iii) an output. The summing unit is configured to i) receive the modulated signal at the first input, ii) receive a feedback signal at the second input, and iii) output a first waveform based on the modulated signal and the feedback signal. A demodulation unit has a first demodulation pathway and a second demodulation pathway. The demodulation unit is configured to i) select between the first demodulation pathway and the second demodulation pathway, ii) receive and demodulate the modulated signal with the first demodulation pathway, and iii) receive and demodulate the first waveform with the second demodulation pathway. The remodulation unit is configured to selectively i) output a first complex waveform based on the modulated signal, and ii) output a subsymbol waveform of the first waveform.
Claims(18) 1. A decoding unit for decoding a modulated signal, the decoding unit comprising:
a summing unit having i) a first input, ii) a second input, and iii) an output, the summing unit configured to i) receive the modulated signal at the first input, ii) receive a feedback signal at the second input, and iii) output a first waveform based on the modulated signal and the feedback signal;
a demodulation unit having a first demodulation pathway and a second demodulation pathway, the demodulation unit configured to i) select between the first demodulation pathway and the second demodulation pathway, ii) receive and demodulate the modulated signal with the first demodulation pathway, and iii) receive and demodulate the first waveform with the second demodulation pathway; and
a remodulation unit in communication with the first demodulation pathway and the second demodulation pathway, the remodulation unit configured to selectively i) output a first complex waveform based on the modulated signal, and ii) output a subsymbol waveform of the first waveform.
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10. A method of decoding a modulated signal provided by a transceiver, the method comprising:
at a summing unit, outputting a first waveform based on a sum of i) the modulated signal and ii) a feedback signal;
at a demodulation unit:
providing a first demodulation pathway and a second demodulation pathway;
selecting between the first demodulation pathway and the second demodulation pathway;
receiving and demodulating the modulated signal with the first demodulation pathway; and
receiving and demodulating the first waveform with the second demodulation pathway; and
at a remodulation unit:
selectively outputting a first complex waveform based on the modulated signal; and
selectively outputting a subsymbol waveform of the first waveform.
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receiving a second complex waveform based on the first waveform;
receiving a selected one of the first complex waveform and the subsymbol waveform; and
outputting the feedback signal based on i) the second complex waveform and ii) the selected one of the first complex waveform and the subsymbol waveform.
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at a hard decision slicer,
receiving the first waveform; and
outputting the second complex waveform based on the first waveform.
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providing a decoder in the second demodulation pathway; and
using the decoder, decoding the subsymbol waveform of the first waveform prior to completely decoding the first waveform.
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Description This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/528,037, filed Sep. 27, 2006, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/080,826 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,263,119), filed Feb. 21, 2002, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/334,347, filed Nov. 29, 2001. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference. This invention is directed to decoding modulated information, and is particularly concerned with improved equalization techniques for useful in decoding such information. The past few years has witnessed the ever-increasing availability of relatively cheap, low power wireless data communication services, networks and devices, promising near wire speed transmission and reliability. One technology in particular, described in the IEEE Standard 802.11b-1999 Supplement to the ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.11, 1999 edition, collectively incorporated herein fully by reference, and more commonly referred to as �802.11b� or �WiFi�, has become the darling of the information technology industry and computer enthusiasts alike as a wired LAN/WAN alternative because of its potential 11 Mbps effective data transmission rate, ease of installation and use, and transceiver component costs make it a real and convenient alternative to wired 10 BaseT Ethernet and other cabled data networking alternatives. With 802.11b, workgroup-sized networks can now be deployed in a building in minutes, a campus in days instead of weeks since the demanding task of pulling cable and wiring existing structures is eliminated. Moreover, 802.11b compliant wireless networking equipment is backwards compatible with the earlier 802.11 1M/2 Mbps standard, thereby further reducing deployment costs in legacy wireless systems. 802.11b achieves relatively high payload data transmission rates through the use of orthogonal class modulation in general, and, more particularly, 8-chip complementary code keying (�CCK�) at a 11 MHz chipping rate. As such, bitstream data is mapped into nearly orthogonal sequences (or code symbols) to be transmitted, where each chip of the code symbol is quaternary phase modulated. An 802.11b compliant receiver correlates the received CCK modulated signal with 64 candidate waveforms to find the most likely code symbol, from which the bitstream data is recovered through reverse mapping. The high-rate physical layer PLCP preamble and header portions are still modulated using the 802.11 compliant Barker spreading sequence at an 11 MHz chipping rate, resulting in a 1 or 2 Mbps effective header and preamble transmission rate depending on whether DBPSK or DQPSK modulation is employed. CCK was chosen in part because of its strong inherent resistance to multipath interference, which is likely to be encountered in the typical in-building deployment. Nevertheless, the confluence of strict power limits specified for operation in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and megabit+ expected data throughput rates limits conventional 802.11b to just a 100 or so feet between stations, depending on the number of interposing radio obstructions and reflections. Thus 802.11b remains susceptible to multipath interference, and to reception errors produced by inter-symbol (�ISI�) and inter-chip interference (�ICI�) in particular. To combat this, designers have sought to improve receiver performance with respect to CCK code symbol demodulation by using active equalization techniques. These include hard-decision feedback equalization of the baseband signal prior to symbol demodulation, and combining such hard-decision feed back with processing gain realized through fully decoding the perceived symbols. (See e.g. laid open patent application publication WO 00/72540 1, published Nov. 30, 2000 and incorporated herein fully by reference). However, these techniques appear to employ demodulation processing gain only after all chips of the preceding symbol have been received and correlated. Further, these techniques do not exploit non-CCK modulated information contained within the received signal, such as the PLCP header and/or preamble, for equalization purposes. One aspect of the present invention seeks in part to improve ISI and ICI cancellation in reception of modulated symbols by selectively decoding one or more subsymbols of such modulated symbols before they can be completely decided or perceived, and employing early detected decoded subsymbol information in the feedback equalization process. Accordingly, a decoder and associated method is disclosed which includes a feedback equalizer capable of receiving a modulated signal including a symbol defined by a first number of chips; along with a subsymbol processor to generate a subsymbol waveform upon receipt of a second number, less than the first number, of chips of such symbol and provide the subsymbol waveform to the feedback equalizer in order to equalize the modulated signal using the subsymbol waveform. Another aspect of present invention seeks to improve reception performance when symbols encoded by different modulation schemes are encountered, such as that specified for the high rate physical layer of the IEEE 802.11b standard. Yet another aspect is directed in particular to feedback equalization for Barker encoded symbols present in the received signal. As discussed below in connection with the disclosed embodiments, symbol or subsymbol decoding, Barker feedback and multiple modulation processing consistent with the present invention may be implemented in one or more environments, including the aforementioned decoder, a feedback equalizer, or as part of a larger transceiving unit, such as a transceiver, base station, network interface, or information processing system. Also, such symbol or subsymbol decoding processing may be carried out in whole or in part by a programmed information processor programmed in accordance with the techniques consistent with the present invention. Additional aspects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings, to which: Turning first to An RF receiver (not shown, see In this embodiment, chipped waveforms Y and M are presented serially (chip by chip, least significant chip order) to symbol/subsymbol demodulation unit 140. The symbol/subsymbol demodulation unit 140 includes logic for symbol/subsymbol decoding a modulated symbol present in Y and M which is, then DQPSK demodulated (via DBPSK/DQPSK demodulator 230) in a known manner to recover all data bits X corresponding to the signal. Full symbol decoding or decisioning consistent with this embodiment requires reception of all of the chips defining a given code symbol before decoding of that symbol can begin. Since each chip of Y and M is sent serially from the DFE 160 to the symbol/subsymbol demodulation unit 140, full symbol decoding or decisioning process takes a certain number �S� chips to complete. In the case of e.g. a Barker modulated symbol compliant with IEEE 802.11b, S=11 chips with a chip frequency of 11 MHz, and the experienced symbol decode rate is 1 or 2 Mbps depending on whether the symbols within Y are DBPSK or DQPSK modulated respectively. In the case of e.g. a CCK modulated data symbol also compliant with IEEE 802.11b, S=8 chips with a chip frequency of 11 Mhz, resulting in an effective symbol decode rate of 1.375M symbols/sec. In the case of CCK modulated data subsymbol, S=2/4/6 chips with a chip frequency of 11 MHz. Published WIPO patent application WO 00/72540 1 appears to suggest that remapping a decoded CCK symbol back into an 8 chip CCK waveform and loading the feedback filter once per symbol (once every 8 chips) can leverage CCK demodulator processing gain to address ISI. Thus, this reference teaches that, at the first chip of a current symbol decode, the previously decided CCK symbol is employed to perform all necessary ICI and ISI cancellation. However, for the remaining 7 chips, hard decision or slicer output (such as that would be provided by slicer 120) and/or soft decision analysis incorporating e.g. a hyperbolic tangent function approximation appears to be used exclusively to perform ICI cancellation. However, consistent with one aspect of the present invention and in accordance with the present embodiment, a decoded subsymbol waveform based on one or more subsets of the received chips defining a given symbol may be realized and fed back to the FBF 130 while such symbol is still awaiting to be completely decided or decoded, or even before all of the chips defining that symbol are perceived, to improve ICI and ISI cancellation performance at least during subsequent chips in the decode sequence. Partial loading of decoded subsymbol information consistent with the present embodiment of the invention attempts to reduce or eliminate �error propagation� caused by inaccurate hard decisions made by the slicer 120. Such decisions can propagate through the FBF 130 and affect decisions regarding succeeding chips of the current and following symbols, which, in turn may affect proper symbol recognition and demodulation. Instead of relying solely on hard decision processing, decision feedback analysis according to the present embodiment selectively injects a synthesized subsymbol waveform derived from decoded subsymbol information into the FBF 130 during certain chips of a symbol decode sequence to keep the FBF 130 on the right track. This is because the decoded subsymbol information is believed to be a more accurate decision spanning a number of chips of the current symbol than hard decisioning of individual chips, and when the corresponding subsymbol waveform is selectively loaded into the FBF 130 results in more accurate feedback cancellation and equalization of the baseband signal. Accordingly, as will be discussed in more detail below, the symbol/subsymbol demodulation unit 140 depicted in In accordance with the present embodiment, decoded symbol/subsymbol information can be ascertained at a number of different chips into the CCK symbol decode sequence, such as at chips 2, 4, 6, or 8 during the 802.11b compliant 5.5 Mbps data rate, and chips 4, 6, or 8 at 802.11b compliant 11 Mbps data rate. In turn, the remodulation unit 150 will create C″ based on the decoded symbol/subsymbol information and partial load parameters, such as the high speed rate (variable RATE discussed below) and which chip cycle(s) in the symbol decode sequence are desired for partial parallel loading (variable PARTIAL discussed below). Though not intended to be limiting in any way, subsymbol C″ here will be composed of a number of chips less than or equal to the number of chips received during the current symbol decode sequence. The generated chips (c0″ . . . ck″, 0<k<S) of the subsymbol C″ waveform will be loaded in parallel in one or more of the appropriate shift registers Tc 802, 806 810, 814, 818, 822, and/or 826 (see If either demodulation pathway is selected, full recovery of the bitstream data X corresponding to the symbols present in Y/M may be realized through feeding the output of mux 248 to the DBPSK/DQPSK demodulator 230. When PAYLOAD is false, M is assumed to represent part of PLCP header or preamble, and is demodulated in a known manner using the aforementioned Barker mode demodulation pathway: Barker correlator 210, RAKE filter 220, and DBPSK/DQPSK demodulator 230 ( Alternatively, where the emphasis is primarily on improving reception/decoding performance of the payload (CCK-encoded) portion of PLCP frame, it may be sufficient to only pre-load the FBF 130 with the decided Barker-encoded symbol encountered at the end of the PLCP header in order to address ISI from the immediately following CCK-symbol in the payload. In this embodiment, the output of the Barker Modulator 259 would be isolated from the FBF 130 ( Moreover, in this embodiment, as more clearly detailed with reference to Turning now to CCK demodulation mode (i.e. PAYLOAD and HIGH_RATE is asserted), waveform Y is directed to the CCK symbol decoder 240 which, for a given CCK modulated symbol C present in Y: 1) decodes or decides C using vector correlation, lookup and complex sign detect techniques once all chips c0 . . . c7 defining C have been perceived (�symbol decision processing�, handled by the symbol decision logic 305 shown in Partial load control logic 250 controls the partial decode parallel loading process of the ascertained C″ into the FBF 130 of the DFE 160, including intelligent assertion of partial load control (i.e. LOAD2, LOAD4, LOAD6, LOAD8 semaphores) based on the desired partial loading, defined here by the variable PARTIAL. PARTIAL can be fixed, predetermined and updateable and/or programmable depending on the desired implementation as is well known in the art. In one implementation consistent with the present embodiment, PARTIAL may be conveniently represented as an externally accessible bit-maskable nibble within a memory or register accessible to logic 250. The high speed transmission rate RATE (here 5.5 Mbps or 11 Mbps) specified by the PLCP frame header is also relayed to the CCK Symbol Decoder 240 and CCK Code Generator 256 to assist in ascertaining the decoded subsymbol/symbol C″, as will be discussed in greater detail below. In this embodiment, partial load control logic 250 comprises decisional logic circuitry capable of evaluating the current chip in the symbol decode sequence, perceiving and communicating which of the high speed transmission rates is specified by the PLCP frame (with reference to known PLCP preamble and header protocols), and managing the desired partial loading sequence, but any logic oriented circuit, programmed general purpose or specific purpose information processor or combination thereof may be utilized without departing from the spirit of the invention as long as such functionality can be carried out at the required chipping rates. With reference to A more detailed view of the CCK symbol/subsymbol decoder 240 of the current embodiment, as well as it's interaction with the CCK code regenerator 256 will now be discussed with reference to As shown in each of If, however, less than all chips of the current symbol have been transmitted by the DFE 160, the CCK correlation unit 254 instead employs subsymbol decoding processing with the aid of the subsymbol decode logic 304, which, in addition to monitoring the perceived chips of the current symbol, also monitors the PARTIAL and RATE variables issued and maintained by the partial load control logic 250 ( In order to better understand how subsymbol decoding processing according to the present embodiment occurs, consider first the case where it is desired that the FBF 130 be partially loaded at the 4th chip into the full symbol decode sequence (LOAD4 scenario). Referring to The following observations may be made. With only the first 4 chips c0 . . . c3 available, a 4 chip subsymbol, Subsymbol4, may be characterized as follows:
Next, assuming RATE=5.5 Mbps, φ2 is defined within the 802.11b Standard as being either π/2 or 3π/2, and φ3=0, with φ4 being either 1 or −1. Thus,
Substituting for φ2 and using Euler's formula, we have either:
Therefore, a subset of two candidate vector waveforms for predicted symbol Subsymbolpred4 exist at the 802.11b 5.5 Mbps rate and correlation can be performed to pick the best match (i.e. most correlated vector) between the two with reference to received chips c0 . . . c3 obtained from the DFE 160. In this embodiment, once correlation processing is complete and the most correlated candidate vector is found, the CCK correlation unit 254 selects the corresponding φ2″ value and apprises the CCK code regenerator 256 of the same. It also ascertains the common terms for the subset of valid candidates and relays this information to the QPSK demodulator 310. As discussed previously, based on these common terms, QPSK demodulator 310 discerns the phase of the predicted symbol correlated by the CCK correlation unit 254 (here the sum φ1+φ4) and then issues a decoded common term (e.g. ej(φ1″+φ4″)) to the CCK code regenerator 256. The CCK code regenerator takes this decoded common term and decoded angle information generated by the CCK correlation unit 254 to synthesize chips c0″ . . . c3″ of C″. Though not shown in the figure, once these chips are synthesized, they are loaded into the 4 least significant delay elements of FBF 130 ( Still referring to It should be noted here that if only LOAD4 is selected, according to this embodiment the FBF would be loaded with information from slicer 120 via mux 800 for chips 1-3, and then chips 5,6, and 7 of the current symbol decode sequence. Moreover, in view of 802.11b specified values for φ2, there exists a subset of 2 potential correlation candidates for RATE=5.5 Mbps and 4 if RATE=11 Mbps. In the embodiment shown in As before, the angle values and common terms corresponding to this best match are issued by the CCK correlation unit 254 and QPSK demodulator 310 to the CCK code regenerator 256. In this instance, the CCK code generator 256 generates and sends {c0″, c1″} to the two least significant tap inputs (tap0, tap1) of FBF 130 for loading delay elements 802 and 806 during the second chip of the current code symbol. However, it should be noted here that for design simplification considerations only in the present embodiment, a common subset of candidate vectors are utilized for both LOAD8 and LOAD6 modes and so here Subsymbol6 becomes an eight term vector with c6=c7=0. In either case, therefore, if RATE=5.5 MBps, the CCK correlation unit 254 must consider the received chips of C against 4 potential candidates (φ2 and φ4 have 2 potential values at 5.5 Mbps). Likewise in the case RATE=11 Mbps, the best match for C must be considered with reference to the complete constellation of 64 potential candidates�φ1, φ2, and φ3 each have 4 potential values to consider. Again, the angle values and common terms corresponding to the best match symbol (i.e. most correlated vector) within the candidate vector subset are discerned by the CCK correlation unit 254, the phase of common term φ1 is decoded and ejφ1″ issued by the QPSK modulator 310 to the CCK code regenerator 256. In accordance with this embodiment, the CCK code generator 256 generates and sends {c0″, c1″, . . . , c5″} in the LOAD6 situation to the first six tapped delay elements 802, 806, 810, 814, 818, and 822 of the FBF 130 (see It will be obvious to those having skill in the art that many changes may be made to the details of the above-described embodiments of this invention without departing from the underlying principles thereof. The scope of the present invention should, therefore, be determined only by the following claims. Patent Citations
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Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control (abbreviated to NOC) refers to a situation in which no single political party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 (just over a quarter) resulted in an NOC administration.
Administration in NOC councils[edit]
Typically, under the circumstances that no party achieves overall control of a council, the largest grouping will form alliances to create an ad hoc governing coalition. Due to local council elections tending to return larger numbers of smaller party and independent candidates than elections for higher bodies, this can allow these groups more influence than their numerical representation would otherwise allow.
Examples exist of alliances between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives (Birmingham City Council, Leeds City Council), Liberal Democrats and Labour (Southampton City Council until the 2008 local elections when the Conservatives gained control of the council), Conservatives and Labour in Ashfield and between all major parties and independents or residents associations. Alliances between different parties in this context are often referred to as a "rainbow coalition".[1]
It is possible for a council to be under no overall control even when there is an apparent majority, most usually with independents. This can arise when the councillors divide on other than party lines. The 2004 election to Isle of Anglesey County Council returned a notional majority of independents, but only Plaid Cymru maintained a party grouping, and not all of its members sat with the group. The remainder of the council, including members from the other main parties, formed four non-partisan groupings, none of which held a majority. The 2008 election resulted in the Original Independent grouping gaining a majority.
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We did the top 25 business schools in India around 5 years back. It is time to update the list with latest rankings so that readers would get to know the most updated list. You can also compared who the rankings have changed over the years. Bookmark this page as we will keep on updating this page every year for benefit of our readers.
Most Updated Top B-School Rankings in India
Rank 1) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Rank 2) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
Rank 3) XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur
Rank 4) Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi
Rank 5) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)
Rank 6) Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI)
Rank 7) S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
Rank 8) Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
Rank 9) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi
Rank 10) International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
Rank 11) Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
Rank 12) National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
Rank 13) Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
Rank 14) Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
Rank 15) Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Rank 16) Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
Rank 17) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
Rank 18) Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
Rank 19) T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
Rank 20) Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJSSoM), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
You can find below the rankings from year 2007-2008. The list above clearly shows how the rankings have changed and how some Business School rankings are going down, while the others are climbing up the charts.
Indian Business Schools (B-Schools) such as the IIM's (Indian Institute of Management) at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, XLRI are world famous for the quality of students it churns out year on year. IIMs have historically the highest number of students who become enterpreneurs in their professional life. The demand for these B-School students has consistently grown over a period of last few years.
Here is a list that I thought would be beneficial to the readers who are interested in B-Schools in India. I am also planning to put together a list of Top Engineering colleges too. I have searched the Internet and have not found a comprehensive list of. India has atleast got 100 good engineering colleges. Look out for that list in near future on this blog.
These are the schools that are generally regarded as the top B-Schools in India: (The list given below is in no particular order)
Here is the list of Top business management schools in India [5 Years back]
1.Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A)
Regarded to be the best of the best business schools in India, IIM Ahmedabad offers four programmes in Management.
The PGP – Post Graduate Program (equivalent to MBA), the FPM – Fellowship Program in Management(equivalent to Ph.D), the FDP – Faculty Development Program for Management teachers and Trainers and the MDP – Management Development Program – a refresher for middle and top level managers.
2. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM C)
The oldest of the IIMs, established in Kolkatta, IIM Calcutta is amongst the top three B schools in India.
The institute offers three full time programs. The PGDM – Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA), the FPM – Fellowship Program in Management, the PGDCM – Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management.
The institute also offer part time PGDBM – Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management for managers with relevant work experience. In addition, MDP – Management Development Programs are held in regular intervals for middle and top level managers.
3. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM B)
IIM Bangalore offers two year full time PGP – Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA) and a FPM – Fellowship Program in Management. Both these programs require the candidate to take CAT. The institute also offers part time non residential PGSM – Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management.
There is a separate entrance test for this program. This business school is ranked amongst the top three business schools in the country.
4. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM L)
IIM Lucknow offers a two year full time residential PGP – Post Graduate Program in Management and a four year FPM program.Both these programs require a candidate to take CAT.
The institute also has an interesting student exchange program where students of this B-School go to premier B-Schools the world over and do part of their education. Students and faculty from these internationally reputed B-Schools in turn visit IIM Lucknow. It is ranked amongst the top five B-Schools in India.
5. XLRI – Xavier Labour Research Institute, Jamshedpur
Xavier Labour Research Institute, popularly known as XLRI was established in 1949 at Jamshedpur.
The institute offers two courses at the post graduation level in management – a post graduate diploma in Business administration and a post graduate diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR). Online version of the brochure is also available.
6. ISB – Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is emerging as a preferred choice for MBA aspirants who want to pack in the program into a one year course.
As it gradually builds up its permanent faculty base, the ISB has created a unique and sustainable visiting faculty model with some of the world's leading academicians from Wharton, Kellogg, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Duke and Texas among others. The school offers a one year Post Graduate Program in Management.
7. FMS – Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
FMS is amongst the top 10 B-Schools in the country and probably one of the two attached to a university amongst the top ten. The full time program of FMS started in 1967.
Generally the demand for students is very high where most of the times students being placed within a day or two.
8. Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM I)
The Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI) is the latest addition to the IIM community. IIMI has a two-year post graduate programme emphasizing on Experiential learning, IT orientation, and Social Sensitivity.
IIM-I offers the following programs viz., (a) The Post Graduate Programme (PGP), a two year programme (b) Management Development Programme. These are held throughout the year. (c) Faculty Development Programme (FDP) is designed to assist in the development of teachers, researchers, and trainers for management education and (d) Executive Post-Graduate Programme (Exe-PGP) a 18-months programme, designed for working executives.
9. Indian Institute of Management, Calicut (IIM K – Kozhikode)
Established in 1996, The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK is the fifth Indian Institute of Management.
Its academic programmes encompass a range of long term full time diploma programmes such as the Post Graduate Programme in Management, and a number of short duration executive education programmes. The institute also offers an "Interactive Distance Learning Programme"
10. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS)
The Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, (JBIMS) was established by the University of Bombay in 1965 in collaboration with the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University with the objective of pioneering and furthering post – graduate management education in India. JBIMS has been ranked in Asia's Top 25 business schools by Asia Inc.
11. S. P. Jain Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (SPJIMR)
The Institute's PGDM programme amongst the best in the country offers the following specialisation in the second year (fourth and fifth trimester).
Finance Management, Marketing Management, Information Management and Manufacturing & Operations Management. Core subjects normally focus on the basic aspects relating to a particular area of specialisation. In addition, each participant can take courses from another specialization as a 'Minor Specialization'.
12. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Mumbai (Bombay)
The school commenced its operations in 1995 and has been awarding a full time two year masters degree, a doctoral program in management and Executive Education programs in management.
One unique feature of the program is that apart from the regular courses on Finance, Accounting, Operations and HR, SJM SOM prepares for technology management with core courses like Technology Policy, R&D Management and Managing technology transfer. To secure an admission, you need to take JMET, the Joint Management Entrance Test.
13. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (MDI)
Amongst the top management institutes in India, MDI offers a two year Post Graduate Program in Management.The curriculum is spread over six terms of about three months each.
The core curriculum is spread over four terms with the bulk of it covered in the first three terms. MDI has student exchange arrangements with Aarus School of Business, Denmark, CBPA, USA; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; EDHEC, France; ESCP-EAP and Sciences Po, France; Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany; McGill University, Canada; Norwegian School of Management, Norway; Queensland University of Technology, Bangkok; Solvay Business School, Belgium; Universita Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Itlay and Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.
14. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (NMIMS)
NMIMS offers a two-year full-time programme, spread over six trimesters and leading to the degree in Master of Business Administration. Number of seats: 240.
Students are admitted to the programme if they meet the required standards of the two stage selection process – Stage I: A written admission test; Stage II: Candidates who qualify at stage 1 will be required to appear for the second stage of selection process like the Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
15. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIM B)
XIM Bhuvaneswar, offers the following courses: Post Graduate Programme in Management, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management, Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management and Fellow Programme Management. The PGP in Management is the flagship programme of the Institute.
The courses impart a generalist perspective, in addition to training the students in technical and functional business skills such as accounting, finance, marketing and production.
16. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune (SIBM)
SIBM, Pune offers a Master's Degree in Business Administration – MBA Dual Specialization. Specializations include Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, Manufacturing, and Materials & Logistics Management. A total of 120 students shall be selected for this course.
17. Symbiosis Center for Management & Human Resources Development, Pune (SCMHRD)
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18. Institute of Management & Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT)
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19. International Management Institute, Delhi (IMI)
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20. Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy (BIM)
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21. Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
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22. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (IIFT)
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23. T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)
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24. Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai (LIBA)
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25. Institute of Management Development Research, Pune (IMDR)
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Pentagon Reverses Its Censoring of Passages in Afghan War Book
January 25, 2013 6:00 PMWASHINGTON -- In an illustration of the government's changeable ideas of what should be secret, Pentagon censors have decided that nearly half of more than 400 passages deleted from an Afghan war memoir can be printed without damaging national security.
The decision last week by a Defense Department security office is the latest twist in the striking fate of the 2010 book, "Operation Dark Heart," by Anthony Shaffer, a retired Army officer who described his work as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan. The Army initially cleared the book for publication, but then the Defense Intelligence Agency objected, asserting that the manuscript contained classified information.
So the Pentagon spent nearly $50,000 to buy and destroy the entire 10,000-copy first printing of the book, before allowing a second printing with 433 passages blacked out. Mr. Shaffer later filed a lawsuit challenging the deletions.
The new review by the Defense Department concluded that 198 of the supposed secrets were now "properly declassified" and could be printed after all.
In a further complication to the "Operation Dark Heart" case, a small number of review copies of the original uncensored edition had been distributed before the Pentagon bought the 10,000 copies. By examining the unexpurgated copies, it is possible to find out what security officials thought was dangerous, and what they now have decided is safe to print.
For instance, the name of Bagram Air Base, a hub of American operations in Afghanistan, was removed from the first edition, but the censors now say it can be restored. But a reference to the nickname of the National Security Agency, "the Fort" – a name well known for decades to neighbors of the agency at Fort Meade, Md. – remains classified.
Mr. Shaffer, who retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 2011, said the restored passages may be used in a new Turkish-language edition of the book. But he noted that the Defense Department had decided that the official description of activities that won him a Bronze Star -- in a document not initially marked as classified and already released at a public Congressional hearing -- was now classified and could not be publicly discussed.
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Published April 7, 2011 at 1:44 PMWelcome to AtlantaFalcons.com managing editor Jay Adams' blog-style posts where Jay JAWS about the Falcons. JAWS, of course, stands for Jay Adams Writes Stuff, which means all the Falcons news and information that slips through the cracks — and some that doesn't — can be found right here in these posts
ESPN.com NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas writes more draft gold today, focusing on the past players drafted at the slots of each of the NFC South teams.
The Falcons, in the No. 27 spot, have a solid chance of drafting a high caliber player if history is any indication.
Don't want to steal any of Pat Y's thunder, so click here if you want to see his list and analysis.
One thing I will say is that Pat brings up the idea of the Falcons taking a wide receiver with the No. 27 pick if they like the value. I have to tell you, I'm starting to really get on board with that idea.
I know I've written about defensive ends to death since the offseason began, but wide receiver would be a very likely option in the first round if there's one available the Falcons think would be worth taking at No. 27. I actually can see this being so much of an option that the Falcons could even trade back if there's nothing they like at 27 and know they can get better value in the second.
If Maryland wide receiver Torrey Smith is there, I can see him easily being the choice. If he's not, I could see receivers like Troy's Jerrel Jernigan, Boise State's Titus Young, Miami's Leonard Hankerson or Kentucky's Randall Cobb being the pick if the Falcons trade away No. 27 and get into the early part of the second round.
I wrote before about how it generally takes three seasons before a wide receiver really starts to reach his potential, so I think Falcons fans have to be patient with whoever comes in, if the Falcons go that direction in the draft. But, as Yasinskas notes, head coach Mike Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff have been talking about a need to get more explosive, and taking a wide receiver who can take some pressure off Roddy White would certainly push the offense in that direction.
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ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: A barrel of oil costs about $74 today. 8 cents of that currently goes into the "Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund," which has about $1.6 billion in assets. Democrats want to raise that 8 cent tax to 41 cents and bring the trust fund up to $15 billion. So why are Republicans accusing Democrats of trying to "raid" the trust fund to expand the size of government? Democrats have placed the proposal into a larger bill that would help extend unemployment insurance, stop a pay cut to Medicare doctors, extend expiring tax credits for businesses and much more. The official price tag of the bill – it would add about $80 billion to the deficit over ten years – is partially offset by that $15 billion addition to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. "This kind of sleight of hand and gimmickry adds insult to injury," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex, at a press conference on Capitol Hill. "This bill raises the tax of the trust fund into the bill, but just as quickly it steals that money out of the fund," said Sen. David Vitter, R-LA. "They should be brought before some court somewhere for accounting fraud for what they're trying to do to the United States government," said Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, of his Democratic colleagues. Remember the Al Gore's infamous social security trust fund lock box? Same principle. Republicans, arguing that the trust fund shouldn't be considered as part of the federal budget, have offered an amendment to the bill that would take the trust fund off the federal books. They say the unemployment/Medicare/tax credit extension bill should really be considered to raise deficits by more than $95 billion. Democrats see a Republican conspiracy to do away with the oil tax hike. Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin accused Republicans of trying to protect oil companies by scuttling the tax hike. "They've come up with a pretty creative argument to protect the oil companies," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, accusing Baucus of returning to the "the last refuge of bean counters… it seems to be the argument that one falls back on when one cannot argue the substance and one just wants to muddy the waters."
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With the growing number of articles telling us that teflon isn't safe, I've been thinking about throwing out my non-stick pan. I know...cast iron is the best replacement...but I've also heard that "ceramic coated" cookware is a good replacement for teflon. Any leads on brands and stores where I could find this type of cookware in the GTA would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I just bought a little ceramic coated nonstick pan from Zellers. It was $9.99 for a 7" frying pan - they had some larger pans too, but I don't remember the prices. So far, I'm delighted with it, and if it doesn't hold up, I didn't exactly blow a lot of cash on it. It stands up to higher temperatures than Teflon, is harder to scratch, and can go into the oven. It's a nice alternative for those things that I don't like to do in my cast iron.
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I've seen commercials for a non-stick line by Starfrit called Quicklean that are nickle/chrome coated. I've tried to find info on them but haven't found much.
I would assume they aren't a high end product especially because they are carried by WalMart. I would be interested in seeing them in person though.
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swiss diamond pans are probably the cadillac of non-stick.
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The new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince introduces us to the evil Lord Voldemort as a young boy. The trailer will be unveiled theatrically Friday in front of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Warrier, but you can watch it here today. You can see it in HD at Moviefone. The movie […]
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This teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's upcoming biography of George W. Bush went up yesterday. Judging from the trailer, it looks like W. takes a bifurcated look at the nation's 43rd president, contrasting his wild early years with Bush's later life as governor of Texas and President. At least, that's how the trailer is structured. […]
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• News flash: Tim Burton is going to follow the formula. In casting choices, that is. Burton is set to direct a live-action Alice in Wonderland and guess who's going down the rabbit hole? Burton's platonic main squeeze Johnny Depp, according to Filmonic. I think I just had a Willy Wonka moment. • Movie sequels […]
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Box office results for the weekend of July 25-27 Top 10: 1. The Dark Knight, $75.63 million. 2. Step Brothers, $30 million. 3. Mamma Mia!, $17.9 million. 4. The X-Files: I Want to Believe, $10.2 million. 5. Journey to the Center of the Earth, $9.4 million. 6. Hancock, $8.2 million. 7. WALL-E, $6.3 million. 8. […]
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RoboCop is returning to the screen. That shouldn't surprise anyone, given all the comic booky fare filling theaters. A revival of Robocop was inevitable, especially since the first appearance of Robert Downey Jr. clad in metal in Iron Man so vividly called the sci-fi bionic policeman to mind. RoboCop 2 (1990) was shot in Houston […]
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With an unprecedented eight movies in a row that earned more than $100 million, Will Smith is the biggest star in the world, but he doesn't head Forbes list of stars who provide the best returns on the studios' investment. That spot goes to Vince Vaughn, whom the magazine says earned "$14.73 for every dollar […]
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