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Michele Anderson Landahl Chippewagal Animal abuse through Abandonment Battle Ground, Washington
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Michele claimed to love these animals and even joined "causes" for animals on her Face Book site, which by the way is gone or name changed. She left these animals without a thought to their outcome in life; she did not care at all. I don't know about anyone else but I find this despicable and down right "Animal Abuse".
Michele Landahl you had an obligation to help place these animals considering you took them in. Animals depend on us and we take the responsibility when we adopt them, however they come into our homes they are our responsibility.
Michele you ran out and left a cat you had for 18 years, "Bukka" was given to you for Christmas by your friend and you abandoned her, again, despicable, and just a plain lousy thing to do to these poor animals. [continued below]....
If I had not done the foot work and taken them to "West Columbia Gorge- No Kill" shelter their fate would most likely been very dark.
You NEED to think about that, I think you are a creep for doing such a horrible injustice to these most beautiful dogs & cats.
I hope you suffer like Karma as you deserve to. Enough for now.
If anyone else has thoughts about this please, chime in.
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International takes up the case of Dr Kamal Said Qadir
Amnesty International takes up the case of
Dr Kamal Said Qadir
KRM has been in contact with the Amnesty
International in London who responded with great
concern and understanding. KRM has been informed
that today the Amnesty International has formally
written to KDP leader Mr Masud Barzani and KDP
authorities in Arbil raising with them a number of
urgent concerns about the human and legal rights of
Dr Kamal Qadir including his access to independent
legal representatives.
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for civil society and freedom in Kurdistan.
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The Kingston Yellow Jackets baseball team traveled to Knoxville Christian School, Wednesday losing 4-2 in the six inning contest.
KCS took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a single and a double; however, Kingston scored twice in the top of the second inning for a 2-1 lead, including an RBI single by Bryce Woody.
The Kingston Lady Jackets finished the District 4AA regular season Tuesday night with a 10-0 loss at CAK to finish second with a 6-2 league mark and fell to 17-10 overall. The only district losses are to CAK.
"We just can't seem to pull it together when we play them. We just don't swing the bats like we normally do, but CAK has a very talented team," Kingston coach Ruth Thompson.
Three of the five original Roane County Knights lacrosse team will be attending Tennessee Wesleyan for 2016-17.
Dylan Miller, Nicholas Goldschmitt and Caleb Edgar will be playing for the Bulldogs, and are part of the five who started four years ago on the first team. The other two graduating seniors are Elisha Stephenson and Austin Stanton.
Goldschmitt and Edgar signed Tuesday morning with TWC Coach Kevin Parker.
Parker said Tuesday, "I am excited to have them. Roane County is new to lacrosse."
Harriman High School has been involved in some good soccer games this season and have competed with some good teams; however, a much larger Pigeon Forge team visited Harriman Tuesday .
The Tigers have been playing very well this season and look to make some big noise in the post-season tournament which starts tonight (Friday).
Harriman lost 6-0 to the Tigers.
The Blue Devils have a "never say die attitude no matter how tough things get."
Kolby Robbins and Jimmy Vanosdale combined to two hit the Oliver Springs Bobcats 14-3 Friday night in the regular season finale at Arrowhead Park to sweep the home-and-home series.
Robbins pitched five innings, allowing three runs on two hits with two strikes, two walks and a hit batter, while Vanosdale went to the mound in the bottom of the sixth, striking out one and walking one for the Tigers.
The Midway Lady Waves solidified second place in the District 3A softball tournament with a 9-0 victory over the Rockwood Lady Tigers Friday at Brickyard Springs; however, Monday's game at Midway was postponed due to the rainy forecast. No make-up game was announced.
Payton Kelley and Raygn Hall combined for a two-hit shutout over the Tigers. Kelley was the winner, allowing one with six strikeouts, while Hall gave up one hit with five strikeouts.
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Riley Roberts scored two goals with one assist, while Brandon McClure, Zach McCoig and Benji Headrick each scored a goal. Assists were by Zac Williams, Collin McCoig and Joao Victor Loao. That was Headrick's first career goal.
The Kingston Yellow Jackets hosted Loudon in a non-district game Friday night and posted a 9-4 victory; however, Monday's game with Knoxville Christian School was canceled due to the impending forecast.
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Skip to comments.Is President Obama A Pathological Liar?
Posted on 06/21/2012 9:36:55 AM PDT by kingattax
The Obama Record: The most frightening aspect of this president may not be his radical ideology but his rank dishonesty in selling that ideology. Now he's been caught lying about family racism.
In "Dreams from My Father," his 1995 memoir, Obama used the story of his paternal grandfather's imprisonment and torture at the hands of British colonists in Kenya as an example of white cruelty.
He claimed Hussein Onyango Obama was unjustly detained for six months before being released a crippled, lice-ridden "old man." In fact, none of it is true, according to Washington Post editor and biographer David Maraniss,
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Yes. Next question.
Remember, for him....the END justifies the MEANS.
Given what I personally have determined about Obama, a much better question is "has Obama EVER told the truth?"
I think he is. Along with being a dangerous narcissistic megalomaniac and possible sociopath.
But unlike some liars, I hinbk he knows when he is lying. But he has correctly estimated the intelligence of most of the idiots who support him and so has no concern about them making an issue of it.
Whoa. That is a whole pancake-stack of crazy.
Good job the media warned us about this. Oh right.
R U nutz? He has professed Marxism, associated with Marxists was raised by Marxists and tries to rule as a dictator.. That doesn't frighten you?? His being a LIAR is more scary? Jeeeeez!
No. Clinton is a pathological liar. Obama simply wants nothing of his past discovered that hasn't been media spun.
Obama is a liar but he lies for a purpose. Clinton lied simply to lie because he knew nobody would ever call him on his lies.
It's certainly taken a LONG time for some to start figuring this out. Now, he actually looks for opportunities to LIE—like the executive privilege crap he's trying to pass off as his right as the king.
Please tell me that's still true.
You ARE what you eat! :)
Does a bear s#it in the woods? Does Obama spend each day filling the air with lies? Is the Pope a Catholic?
Not only was she fully covered by her insurance company, but Zero was acting as her lawyer during that time, and so would have been intimately familiar with the details of his mother's case.
The man is not only a pathological liar, but a fantasist of Munchausian proportions.
The question would never be asked if the answer wasn't yes.
Is the Pope Catholic?
Do bears . . . never mind!
The title is redundant. The utterence, "Barak H. Obama" is a lie.
Muslims see lies as a useful tool. They feel no shame in lying (at least to non-Muslims, and probably other Muslims as well).
Furthering the agenda is much more important than that
Bourgois concept of the "truth".
Truth is only that which will further the agenda.
I agree with what you said.
Oh, gosh yes. Just figuring that out?
Where have you been??
This is eHows' definition of PATHOLOGICAL LIAR:
"Pathological liars are, in essence, people who lie more often than they tell the truth, usually for self-serving purposes. They've discovered that they can get what they want more easily by telling lies, and they do it so often that lying becomes a routine behavior. Unfortunately, many pathological liars suffer from other psychological illnesses, such as personality disorders. They cannot be trusted."
I think we, who cared, knew before he was even elected.
Let's see:
Kerry testified that American forces in Vietnam raped women, killed children, cut off ears and 'ravaged the countryside' like the 'hordes of Genghis Khan'.
Clinton committed perjury and has created laundry lists of evasions and downright falsehoods.
And don't get me started on Al Gore.
Will Obama improve on what has become a truly formidable Democrat record for pathological mendacity?
Vetting: Four years too late.
I believe Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs summed up the existence of Obama with the lyric...
"A lie? The truth? Which one will I use?"
Wasn't talking about him, but it fits perfectly.
I would like to write about this. Do you have any sourcing that I can use. Thanks!
A True POS in this modern era . . .
Habitual: Yes
Pathological: No
I first read it here:
Any relative of Obungi deserves to be tortured.
But on a lighter note, I doubt that his real father Frank Marshall Davis, the bisexual child raper and Stalinist poet, has any close relatives in Africa.
Answer: Yes.
Comment: Except for those statements wherein he is unable to tell the difference between lies and the truth. With this buffoon such statements are more frequent than realized by many.
The meaning was lost in translation. What he meant was a different action and involved a pooch.
His pathological lying is just a one symptom.
He's got more mental problems than you can shake a stick at.
After he's run from his office we may see some very interesting stories about his delicate psyche. Underneath the facade is pretty much an evil tyrant.
When asked if he was a pathological liar, President Obama replied 'No' and then made the oceans stop rising.
Need the picture of the black bear crapping in the woods or the Pope praying on bended knee or the Sun coming up in the East.
I don't know if he's "pathological", like Clinton, or just so arrogant he thinks he never has to tell the truth.
Next question please.
Is Joe Biden dumber than a bag of hammers?
Next question please.
Is Nancy Pelosi bat-sh*t crazy?
Is Obama a pathological liar? Is he a bigger liar than Clinton? Is it possible to be a leader of the American left without being a liar? Is there a single Democrat in Washington, in the media, or anywhere who isn't a liar, either by intention, or through ignorance?
Short answer: yes.
"You ARE what you eat! :)"
Ah, the fact that Obama eats a lot of fried food explains the way he is...
Liar, yes.
Pathological, no.
Clinton was a pathalogical liar. He was good at it because he was able to convince himself his lies were true.
Obama is not pathological in the least. He is shrewd and calculating. His biographical lies were shrewdly chosen to create a persona that would cater to the socialist base that elected him.
No, he is not pathalogical in the least. All of his lies are calculated and by design. They serve his purpose.
Oh how I wish I could be victimized as much as Obama.
Occidental College, Hahvahd, Illinois state senator, US Senator, President.
My, how whitey has kept you down, Barry.
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On the date of January 23 Two Thousand Three in the year of our Lord, Miss Michelle and I moved into a larger home. We moved because my two teenaged boys and one bathroom could no longer co exist. The larger home was forty years old and in need of MUCH repair. We worked like dogs fixin' here and there. We ripped out overgrown shrubby, added a screen porch with a southern exposure so we would get the cooling breezes in the evening. One night on the porch we were talking about new landscaping that we installed that day, and I said "What we need is a bottle tree." Miss Michelle being a Yankee by birth (No southern woman would put the word hell in a child's name) did not know what I was talking about. After much lying, I mean storytelling, she reluctantly agreed as long as I kept it in the back where the neighbors could not see. To the best of my recollection (we were sipping out the jar that night) this is what I told her.
I was born and raised in South Carolina. My father's people are from Moncks Corner, and my mother's Copy of Cowboy Jilespeople are from between Ridge Spring and Monetta. I spent my childhood on farms in both areas visiting Grandparents. When I would go to the bottom, (an area where Americans of African decent lived) I would see bottle trees. I remember my Maum Nanny Nora Bell telling me about the haints, furies, and plateyes being caught in the bottles. She also told me, "ifin I didn't hush up she'd sew my butt shut so I couldn't get no wind to run my mouth." Anyway there were these bottle trees away from the house usually past the outhouse near the edge of the woods or field. The trees usually had blue Milk of Magnesia bottles and milk bottles along with a wide assortment of liquor bottles. The colors ranged from blue, green, clear, to brown. Most of the trees were not thickly populated with bottles. The bottles were upside down with the neck facing the trunk. She would not let you go near them until the sunshine was directly shining on the bottles.
Being a child I wanted to know about the plateyes. I knew about the haints, and furies because Governor Bath (not really a governor just a term of respect) was a seer. He had been born with a veil over his face, and people would have him over to see if they had these sprits about them. I remember my seeing. I was scared to death. I think it took several switchings to keep me in the house. (Maum Nanny Nora Bell was a large woman, but when I ran she could catch my little cracker butt, and switch me back to the house.) My seeing went well no haints or furies about me. I was quickly shuffled out of the big room to the back of the house to the kitchen and given sugar bread to pacify me.
Maum Nanny Nora Bell told me that the plateye "is a much afeared spirit." They haunted and plagued the living relentlessly before driving them "fool" or to early graves. She told me Plateye spirits resembled their earthly bodies, but they also changed to different shapes sometimes into a cat, other times a farm animal, or even another human being without a face. The plateye would sneak up on you as an animal then change into the plateye right in front of you. Nora Bell said, "plateyes are wicked spooks dat roams the earth achanging shape for wicked purposes." She told me, "whened you seed a plateye he'd scare de breff plum outa mortal folkses." Plateyes had no enemies and would stop at nothing to terrorize place or until proper "funeralization" took place. (I could never figure out if it was the plateye's funeral, or someone else's) Granddaddy did not have a bottle tree on his property, but Mawm Nanny Nora Bell and Granddaddy would mix gun power and sulphur and sprinkle it around the house. She said, "dem plateyes caint stand the smell."
Having convinced Miss Michelle, I drove to my Mother's old home site. There was an old squarish post about four by four size in really great shape. Well it wouldn't come out of the ground for hell or high water. I had to drive back to my house (one hour trip) to get shovels, and two teenage boys to help. Finally we dug it up and it was in fantastic condition. I found the center of the backyard and planted the post. I combed the antique shops for old "Milk of Magnesia" bottles. I also found an old milk bottle for a local dairy and poultry cooperative which had Columbia, South Carolina in raised letters. I also picked up old sprite, coke, pepsi, sun drop, and ginger ale bottles. I continued to search for colored bottles. Finally after spending about one hundred dollars I had enough bottles for a start. I drilled holes at about forty five degree angles, and used rebar for the branches. Miss Michelle loved it. She started searching for unique bottles for the tree. Then she saw a bottle tree in "Southern Living" and went buck wild. Man the bottles started pouring in. We had so many that I started drilling everywhere to use up the bottles. The tree thickened up nicely. Then we searched for larger and larger bottles and jugs. Finally the bottles were so thick and filled the tree to the point I could barely get the mower under it. I thought it needed something else, so I bought some solar powered colored twinkling Christmas lights. I placed the solar panel at the top and ran the lights out on the rebar. I made sure that at least three lights were in the bottles I selected. Well we fixed drinks and waited on the porch for dusk. Well those lights started twinkling, and it looked like the haints, furries, and plateyes were trapped in the bottles. After about a week or so Miss Michelle woke me up in the middle of the night and said, "Go look at the tree." Well I wasn't about to get out of bed, I asked "what is wrong?" She said, "That tree is flashing so bright it looks like some UFO landing in the back yard." So I hauled my sleepy self to a large picture window in the kitchen to get a good view of the bottle tree. Those little LED lights were and are so bright that the walls inside our kitchen were changing color like a honky-tonk.
We continue to work on the tree and plan to fill it to the ground. Heck complete strangers bring friends to see the tree both day and dusk. Now when Miss Michelle calls Yankee friends they complain that she sounds so southern. I guess one of them haints missed the tree, and fixed her up to be a true southern bell.
I live with the beautiful Miss Michelle Marie our two strapping young men Jiles McCane and Aaron Michael. Miss Michelle's mother Maria or "Grandmother" visits often There are also three ruint cats and two ruint tiny dogs, Miss Spot the wonder dog, Miss Possum Le'Fay, Miss Silla Wheezy, Mr. Agustus McCrae, and Miss Itty Bitty. Another cat Miss Eula Mae (named after an Aunt) ran off (just like my Aunt) to my neighbors house, and visits on special occasions.


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This just in – Rt Rev Charlie Masters has been announced as the new ANiC Moderator (coadjutor), taking over from Rt Rev Don Harvey in 2014. More when I get it….
UPDATE from ANiC email:
The Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) synod has elected the Rt Rev Charles Masters as Co-adjutor Diocesan Bishop to succeed our Diocesan Bishop and Moderator the Rt Rev Donald Harvey when he retires in 2014.
The election took place at St Peter and St Paul Anglican Church in Ottawa on November 14 with the Primate of the Anglican Church in North America, the Most Rev Robert Duncan, presiding.
The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America, of which ANiC is a diocese, must approve the election.


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BSE:532638 | NSE:SHOPERSTOPEQ | 58888:shop | IND:Retail - Departmental Stores | ISIN code:INE498B01024 | SECT:Retail
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The Directors present herewith 18th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company together with the Audited Statements of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2015.
1. Financial Performance
(Rsin lacs) Year ended Year ended Particulars 31-Mar 2015 31-Mar 2014
Retail Turnover
Own merchandise (including concession sales) 306,930.78 274,109.89
Consignment merchandise 30,088.43 27,590.06
Other Retail operating income 3,437.78 3,290.47
340,456.99 304,990.42
Less: Value Added Tax 16,095.48 14,581.77
Less: Cost of consignment merchandise 20,162.71 19,051.33
304,198.80 271,357.32
Other Income 1,765.49 1,338.88
305,964.29 272,696.20
Profit before Depreciation & Tax 15,536.96 12,448.43
Less: Depreciation 8,580.71 6,177.89
Profit before Tax 6,956.25 6,270.54
Less: Provision for Tax 2,882.72 2,570.07
Profit after Tax 4,073.53 3,700.47
Add: Balance brought forward from previous year 20,294.15 17,508.89
Amount available for appropriation 24,367.68 21,209.36
Less: Adjustment of depreciation charge Sch. II 69.30 -
24,298.38 21,209.36
Proposed Dividend (incl. Dividend Distribution Tax) 752.54 730.19
Transfer to General Reserve 203.68 185.02
Balance carried forward 23,342.16 20,294.15
2.Performance Review
Your Company has opened 5 departmental stores i.e., one store each at Ludhiana, Ahmedabad, Pune, Visakhapatnam and Mangalore taking its chain of stores to 71 stores (including four airport stores) spread across India. Further, the Company has also opened 1 HomeStop store at Pune taking its tally to 19 stores.
The revenue of the Company is Rs. 305,964.29 lacs (previous year Rs. 272,696.20 lacs), registering a growth of 12.20 % y-o-y basis. The net profit achieved was Rs. 4,073.53 lacs (previous year Rs. 3,700.47 lacs).
Your Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs. 0.75 per equity share of Rs. 5 each (Previous year Rs. 0.75 per equity share of 5 each). The payment of dividend is subject to approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
The dividend will be paid to the members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on July 23, 2015 and in case of shares held in dematerialised form, to the members, whose names are furnished by National Securities Depository Limited and Central Depository Services (India) Limited, as on that date.
During the year, the unclaimed dividend pertaining to the Financial Year 2006-07, was transferred to Investor Education & Protection Fund after giving due notice to the concerned shareholders.
4. Finance
The Company continues to focus on judicial management of its working capital with various initiatives for bringing down the cost of borrowings. The various parameters such as commercial paper, working capital demand loans, vendor bill discounting facility, etc were kept under check through its continuous monitoring.
5. Credit Rating
During the year, the following credit ratings were assigned to the Company:
1. India Ratings & Research Private Limited (A Fitch Group Company):
- IND A1 for Commercial Paper Programme of Rs. 500 million.
- IND A1 for Short Term Debt Programme/Commercial Paper of Rs. 500 million.
2. Credit Analysis & Research Limited has assigned the following credit ratings:
- CARE A to the Long Term Bank facilities of Rs. 672 crore and CARE A1 to the Short Term Bank facilities of Rs. 31.50 crore.
- CARE A1 for Commercial Paper issue/ Short Term Debt issue aggregating to Rs. 100 crore.
- CARE A for Non-Convertible Debentures issue amounting to Rs. 100 crore.
3. CRISIL Limited has assigned CRISIL A1 rating for Commercial Paper programme of Rs. 100 crore.
6. Subsidiary & Joint Venture Companies
Hypercity: Hypercity Retail (India) Ltd; the subsidiary Company achieved the total revenues (net of taxes) of Rs. 90,768.49 lacs (previous year Rs. 85,311.32 lacs), registering a growth of 6.4%, y-o-y basis. Hypercity has operated 15 stores for full year. Hypercity has posted net profit of Rs. 1,347.72 lacs (previous year loss of Rs. 8,581.45 lacs).
Crossword: Crossword Bookstores Ltd; the wholly owned subsidiary has chain strength of 96 stores across the Country. The revenue of the Company in year under review was Rs. 9,038.66 lacs (previous year Rs. 8,841.47 lacs). Crossword has incurred a loss after tax of Rs. 716.13 lacs (previous year loss of Rs. 388.63 lacs).
Timezone: Timezone Entertainment Pvt. Ltd; is engaged in the business of operating Family Entertainment Centers (FECs) under the ''Timezone'' brand. There are 23 FECs which are set up and operated at leading shopping malls by Timezone. The revenue of the Company in year under review was Rs. 5,553.81 lacs (Previous year Rs. 4,606.15 lacs), registering a growth of 20.57% y-o-y basis. The Company has achieved the maiden net profit of Rs. 122.54 lacs (previous year loss of Rs. 148.86 lacs).
Nuance: Nuance Group India Pvt. Ltd; is a joint venture Company formed between The Nuance Group AG, one of the leading airport retailers in the world and Shoppers Stop Ltd; to operate the duty free stores at International Airport at Bengaluru, India. The revenue of the Company in year under review (15 months period) was Rs. 13,591.50 lacs (previous year (12 months) Rs. 9,518.16 lacs). Sales growth on like to like basis was 11.6% mainly resulting from growth in passengers. The Company has delivered profit after tax of Rs. 133.87 lacs (previous year Rs. 515.86 lacs) despite increase in concession fees by maintaining margins and controlling the discretionary spends.
The other subsidiaries of the Company viz., Upasna Trading Ltd; Shopper''s Stop Services (India) Ltd; Shopper''s Stop.Com (India) Ltd; and Gateway Multichannel Retail (India) Ltd; either have insignificant or no operations during the year under review.
There have been no changes in the subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies during the year under review.
The financial statements along with the report of Directors and Auditors thereon of the above mentioned subsidiary companies are kept open for inspection by the members at the Registered Office of the Company. These statements are also available on the website of the Company www.shoppersstop.com.
7. Consolidated Financial Statements
The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with the applicable Accounting Standards. These Statements, together with Auditors'' Report thereon form part of the Annual Report.
The statement containing the salient features of a Company''s subsidiaries and joint venture companies under Section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013, is attached to the Financial Statements.
8. Employees Stock Option Plan
The Nomination and Remuneration (including Corporate Governance) Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and monitors the Employees'' Stock Option Scheme in accordance with the SEBI Guidelines.
During the year under review, the Company has granted 160,675 and 4,325 Employee Stock Options at a grant price of Rs. 362/- and Rs. 524/- respectively per option to the specified employees of the Company and its subsidiary companies.
During the year under review, the Company has allotted 152,045 equity shares of Rs. 5/- each on exercise of vested options by certain employees of the Company and its subsidiary companies under the ESOP Scheme.
The particulars as required to be disclosed pursuant to the SEBI Guidelines is annexed herewith as Annexure I.
The Company has received a certificate from its Auditors, that the scheme has been implemented in accordance with SEBI Guidelines and the resolution passed by the members of the Company. The said Certificate would be placed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company for inspection by members.
9. Human Resources
The Company continued to create a productive, learning and caring environment by implementing robust and comprehensive HR processes, fair transparent online performance evaluation and taking new initiatives to further align its Human Resource policies to meet the growing needs of its business. Special designed training modules for the frontline employees are being delivered from time to time to meet the training needs of the employees. People development continues to be a key focus area in the Company. These processes within the Company have enabled the Company to earn 27th position in "Top 50 Great Places to Work" amongst 600 top Indian Companies in the year 2014. As on date of the Balance Sheet, the Company had a total of 6,829 Customer Care Associates.
10. Corporate Social Responsibility
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has been constituted by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Committee comprises of Ms. Abanti Sankaranarayanan, as a Chairperson and Mr. Ravi C. Raheja, Mr. Gareth Thomas, Mr. Govind Shrikhande as members.
The CSR Policy may be accessed on the Company''s website at the link: http://corporate.shoppersstop.com/uploaded_files/6a821c5- ec98.pdf. The report on CSR is annexed herewith as Annexure II.
11. Directors & Key Managerial Personnel
In accordance with the provisions of the Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Neel Raheja, (DIN 00029010) Non-Executive & Non-Independent Director of the Company, will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
Mr. Manish Chokhani (DIN 00204011) and Mr. Gareth Thomas (DIN 07010320) were appointed as Independent Directors of the Company on July 31, 2014 and November 5, 2014 respectively. The Company has received requisite notice under Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013, from a member proposing their appointment as Directors of the Company. The Board and the Nomination & Remuneration (including Corporate Governance) Committee recommends their appointment as an Independent Directors of the Company for a period of 5 (five) years.
A brief particulars about these Directors are provided in the Notice convening the ensuing 18th Annual General Meeting of the Company.
The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet with the criteria of Independence as prescribed both under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges.
Mr. Shahzaad Dalal and Mr. Gulu L Mirchandani, had informed to the Board that due to time constraints and other personal commitments, they would not like that their appointment as Independent Directors under the Companies Act, 2013 be approved at the 17th Annual General Meeting of the Company held on July 31, 2014 and would continue as Independent Directors only till such date. The Board of Directors records its sincere appreciation and recognition of the valuable contribution and services rendered by them during their long association with the Company.
None of the Key Managerial Personnel has resigned or being appointed during the year under review.
12. Performance Evaluation
The Board of Directors of the Company and the Nomination and Remuneration (including Corporate Governance) Committee had decided that after every board meeting, all directors will evaluate the performance of the Board and its committees under the following criteria:
1. Quality of Pre-Read for the Meeting
2. Presentation by Management Team Members
3. Degree of Participation of Board Members
4. Openness
5. Contribution by Board to the Company
Other than above criteria, a qualitative feedback has also been taken on the conduct of the Board, subsequent to every Board Meeting. The score thereof has been tabulated and shared with the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration (including Corporate Governance) Committee and the Board of Directors in order to ascertain the areas of improvement.
Based on these parameters, the Nomination and Remuneration (including Corporate Governance) Committee and the Board of Directors had evaluated the performance of each director, including Independent Directors comprising therein and each director as a member of relevant Committees of the Company.
13. Familiarisation programme for Independent Directors
Periodic presentations are made at the Board Meetings, on business, performance updates & business strategy of the Company. The Company had arranged Training / Familiarisation programme for the Independent Directors of the Company through one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms. They had carried out a detailed Training / Familiarisation programme for them, inter-alia as prescribed under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with amended clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. The details about this programme is uploaded on the Company''s website and is accessible at the web link: http://corporate.shoppersstop.com/Investors/ Training.aspx
14. Remuneration Policy
The Board of Directors has on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration (including Corporate Governance) Committee has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, senior management and their remuneration. The said policy is annexed herewith as Annexure III.
15. Disclosures
Extract of Annual Return: The details forming part of extract of the annual return in form MGT 9 is annexed herewith as Annexure IV. Meetings of the Board of Directors: The Board of Directors met 6 (six) times in the year under review. The details about the board meetings and the attendance of the directors are provided in Corporate Governance Report.
Audit Committee: The Audit Committee comprises of four Non-Executive Directors i.e., Mr. Deepak Ghaisas, as the Chairman and Mr. Ravi C. Raheja, Prof. Nitin Sanghavi, Mr. Manish Chokhani as the members. The Board of Directors has accepted the recommendations made by Audit Committee from time to time.
Related Party Transactions: All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on arm''s length basis and were in ordinary course of business of the Company. During the year, the Company had not entered into any contract / arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions.
The Related Party Transactions Policy, including policy for determining ''material'' subsidiaries and on materiality of related party transactions, as approved by the Board of Directors is posted on the Company''s website and is accessible at the web link: http:// corporate.shoppersstop.com/uploaded_files/d4595fa-d959.pdf
Since all related party transactions entered into by the Company were in the ordinary course of business and were on an arm''s length basis, the disclosure under form AOC-2 is not applicable. However, the Directors draw attention of the members to Note 36 to the standalone financial statement which sets out related party disclosures.
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments: The details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the Notes to the standalone financial statement.
Other Disclosures: The Board of Directors state that no disclosure and / or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:
- Details relating to deposits covered under Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
- Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the Company under any scheme save and except ESOP referred to in this Report.
- Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
- Managing Director of the Company has not received any remuneration or commission from any of the Company''s subsidiaries.
- No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.
The Company has adopted a policy for prevention of sexual harassment at work place and is fully committed to comply with its various provisions. The policy inter-alia provides for protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for prevention and redressal of such complaints. During the year under review, there were three complaints received pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The same has been disposed off completely.
16. Material Related Party Transactions
Pursuant to SEBI''s Circular No. CIR/CFD/POLICY CELL/2/2014 dated April 17, 2014 read with Circular No. CIR/CFD/POLICY CELL/7/2014 dated September 15, 2014, all existing material related party contracts or arrangements as on April 17, 2014, the date of aforesaid SEBI''s circular, which are likely to continue beyond March 31, 2015 needs to be placed for approval of the Shareholders in the first General Meeting subsequent to October 1, 2014.
A transaction with a related party shall be considered material, if the transaction(s) entered into individually or taken together with previous transactions during the financial year, exceeds 10% of the annual consolidated turnover of the Company as per the last audited financial statements of the Company.
The Company had entered into the various transactions with Hypercity Retail (India) Ltd; (Hypercity) a 51% subsidiary, which are standing as on April 17, 2014, and are continuing beyond March 31, 2015. The details in respect of these transactions are provided in the explanatory statement to the Notice convening the ensuing 18th Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Accordingly, this material related party contracts or arrangements as on April 17, 2014, with Hypercity, which had continued beyond March 31, 2015, is placed before the shareholders for their approval at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company.
17. Risk Management
In line with the new regulatory requirements, the Company has formally framed a Risk Management Policy to identify and assess the key risk areas, monitor and report the compliance and effectiveness of the same. A Risk Management Committee has been constituted to oversee the risk management process in the Company. The committee has reviewed the major risks which effect the
Company from both the external and the internal environment perspective. Appropriate actions have been initiated to either mitigate, partially mitigate, transfer or accept the risk (if need be) and monitor the risks on a regular basis. Based on the detailed review the following key risks inter-alia have been identified:
Internet Usage: India''s Internet user base is currently third largest in the world. This, coupled with the rising consumer confidence in online retail, is driving the growth of e-commerce in the country. With a significant number of Indian consumers turning Internet users, and eventually, online shoppers, selling through the online channel is set to redefine retail. The Company in order to counter the impact of loss in business due to online e-commerce sales, has designed a two pronged strategy which includes, Omni-channel approach to driving sales with the emphasis on seamless and engaging customer experience and plans to sell products and brands online via tie up with leading online E-Commerce portals.
Development of new technologies: E-Commerce platforms being adopted by Brands themselves or by B2C & B2B Applications; as well as the obsolescence of older technologies could have a significant impact on the performance of the Company. The Company will be making focussed and substantial investments to embrace new technologies and infrastructure for the Omni channel, which is a combination of physical store and online site.
Vendor production capacity / supply reaching full capacity bottlenecks: The Company''s expansion plans combined with renewed vigour on the e-commerce retail segment & possible new entrants in the brick & mortar segment of retail, these factors may trigger a constraint in terms of vendors reaching their production / supply capacity. The Company is looking at establishing new sources within and outside India, to mitigate the problem.
Economic Slowdown: Economic slowdowns have a direct impact on consumption. Retail being the end service provider of consumption in the supply / Value chain, is bound to face difficulties in an environment of economic slowdown. The Company continuously looks at stepping up the marketing activities and strong cost control to protect its profitability.
18. Internal Financial Controls
The Company has laid down internal financial control''s, through a combination of Entity level controls, Process level controls and IT General controls inter-alia to ensure orderly and efficient conduct of business, including adherence to the Company''s policies and procedures, accuracy and completeness of accounting records and timely preparation and reporting of reliable financial statements/ information, safeguarding of assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors.
The evaluation of these internal financial controls was done through the internal audit process, established within the Company and also through appointing professional firm to carry out such tests by way of systematic annual internal audit program. Based on the review of these reported evaluations, the directors confirm that, for the preparation of financial accounts for the year ended March 31, 2015, the applicable Accounting Standards have been followed and the internal financial controls are generally found to be adequate and were operating effectively & that no significant deficiencies were noticed.
19. Whistle Blower / Vigil Mechanism
The Company has established a vigil mechanism and adopted a whistle blower policy, pursuant to which whistle blowers can report concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company''s code of conduct or ethics policy. The mechanism provides adequate safeguards against victimisation of persons who use this mechanism. The brief detail about this mechanism may be accessed on the Company''s website at the link http://corporate.shoppersstop.com/uploaded_files/ ce848df-1585.pdf
20. Corporate Governance
The Company has complied with the corporate governance requirements as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and as stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges. A separate Section on corporate governance and the certificate from the Statutory Auditors of the Company, confirming the compliance thereof is annexed to the Report.
The specified information about the elements of remuneration such as salary, benefits, bonuses, stock options, pension, etc., of all the directors, details of fixed component and performance linked incentives along with the performance criteria, service contracts, notice period, severance fees, stock option details are provided in said Corporate Governance Report.
21. Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report
Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges is presented in a separate Section forming part of this Annual Report.
22. Auditors Statutory Auditors
Your Company''s Statutory Auditors, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, who retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting are eligible for re-appointment. They have confirmed their eligibility and are not disqualified for re-appointment under the Companies Act, 2013. They have confirmed that they have been subjected to the peer review process of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and hold a valid certificate issued by the Peer Review Board of ICAI.
The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors recommend the re-appointment of Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company. The shareholders are requested to appoint Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.
The Auditors'' Report to the members for the year under review does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. Secretarial Audit
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed V. Sundaram & Co, a firm of Company Secretaries in Practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit Report issued by them, is annexed herewith as Annexure V. The said report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
23. Energy Conservation, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings & Outgo
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is annexed herewith as Annexure VI. During the year under review, the foreign exchange earnings was Rs. 5,972.14 lacs and outgo was Rs. 3,993.33 lacs.
24. Demat Suspense Account Unclaimed Shares
As on date there are 13 members holding 700 Equity Shares of Rs. 5/- each (post sub-division) allotted in Initial Public Offering of 2005, lying in the escrow account due to non-availability of their correct particulars. Despite various reminders to them, by Karvy Computershare Private Limited, our Registrar and Share Transfer Agent, no response has been received. As a result, the said unclaimed shares have been credited to ''Shoppers Stop Ltd-Unclaimed Shares Demat Suspense Account'' in view of compliance of clause 5A of the Listing Agreement. Such members may approach the Company with their correct particulars and proof of their identity for crediting requisite shares from Demat Suspense Account to their individual demat account. During the year under review, no shares were transferred from the suspense account to any of the aforesaid members. The voting rights on these shares shall remain frozen till the rightful owner of such shares claims the shares.
25. Particulars of Employees
I n terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rules 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, a statement showing the names and other particulars of the employees drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the said rules are provided in the Annual Report.
Further, the disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are provided in the Annual Report.
Having regard to the provisions of the first proviso to Section 136(1) of the Act, the Annual Report excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to the members of the Company. The said information is available for inspection at the registered office of the Company during working hours and any member interested in obtaining such information may write to the Company Secretary and the same will be furnished on request. The Annual Report including the aforesaid information is also available on the Company''s website.
26. Directors'' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors confirms that:
a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
b. appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied them consistently and judgments and estimates have been made that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2015 and of the profit of the Company for the year ended on March 31, 2015;
c. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;
e. the proper internal financial controls has been laid down and that the internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively;
f. the proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws are in place and were adequate and operating effectively.
27. Awards and Recognition
During the year under review, your Company received many awards and felicitations conferred by reputable organisations.
Some of them are:
- Human Resource team of the Company has received following awards at 23rd Global HR Congress:
a. 8th Best Employer of the Year,
b. Award for Innovation in Recruitment, and
c. Award for Excellence in Training.
- 25th Rank in the "Great Places To Work in Asia".
- Awards at Loyalty Summit:
a. Customer Choice Loyalty Programme Awards,
b. Best Loyalty Programme in the Retail Sector,
c. Direct Marketing Campaign of the Year, and
d. Best use of Social Media to Enhance Loyalty.
- "100 Most Valuable Brands of The Year 2014" by World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC) and KPMG.
- Selected as "SUPERBRAND" in India.
- "Tata Institute of Social Sciences" (TISS) Leap Vault CLO Awards - L&D Team of The Year Award.
- Best Supply Chain Company in Retail Vertical in the 8th Express Logistics and Supply Chain Conclave.
- Best Employer Brand Award at the 5th Asia Best Employer Brand Awards.
- National Award for Excellence in Training & Development for the Best Leadership Development Program for Top Management at the World HRD Congress.
- Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award established by Institute of Directors.
- 27th position in "Top 50 Great Places to Work" amongst 600 Top Indian Companies.
- Global Award for Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation from World Quality Congress.
- The Most Efficient Supply Chain Company in Retail vertical by Confederation of Indian Industries Summit.
28. Material Changes
There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company which has occurred between March 31,2015 and the date of this Board of Directors'' Report.
29. Acknowledgement
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation to all customers, business partners, suppliers, banks and financial institutions for their continued support and co-operation extended by them.
Your Directors also place on record their sincere appreciation to all associates of the Company for their unstinted commitment towards the growth of the Company.
The Directors acknowledges the confidence and faith reposed by Shareholders in the Company and look forward to have the same in future as well.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors Chandru L. Raheja April 30, 2015 Chairman
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Classic Theme Restorer 1.5.6 Requires Restart
by Aris
Squared tabs, appmenu, add-on bar, small button view and many more 'old' features for Firefox 29+ (Windows / MacOSX / Linux).
All builds & changelogs on versions page!
This add-on is not compatible with your version of Firefox because of the following:
About this Add-on
Firefox 48+: old location bar popup:
CTR preferences > Location Bar (3) > Autocomplete popup > Alternative appearance
Main features (on CTRs preferences window)
- Tab appearance: squared tabs (classic)
- Tab appearance: curved tabs (all colored and visible)
- Tabs not on top + [tabsontop="false/true"] attribute
- Tab width and height settings
- Tab title in Firefox titlebar
- Tab loading animations
- Tab close button on all tabs, active tab, toolbars start/end
- Restore tabs empty favicon
- Custom 'new tab' page url (Firefox 41+)
- Double click on tabs toolbar opens 'new' tab [Windows only]
- Hide tabs toolbar with one visible tab
- Custom colors for tab backgrounds, text and text shadow
- Custom tab separators
- Application button on toolbars (+ icon variations)
- Application button on titlebar [Windows only]
- Custom title for application button on titlebar [Windows only]
- Predefined/custom application button colors
- Small navigation toolbar buttons
- Movable back-forward buttons
- Alternative appearance for preferences/options page
- Open preferences/options page in a window (simulates preference window)
- Alternative add-ons manager appearance (Firefox 40+)
- Show add-ons version number inside add-ons manager (Firefox 40+)
- Activity indicator (throbber) on toolbars
- Bookmarks-star button in location bar
- Rss-Feed button in location bar
- Old Search UI (Firefox 43+)
- Movable status-bar panel
- Old location bar appearance (Firefox 48+)
- Additional location bar
- Combine stop & reload buttons
- Hide location bars stop, reload & go buttons
- Hide private browsing mask
- Findbar on top or bottom
- 'Icons & Text' and 'Text only' modes
- Add [iconsize="large"]/[iconsize="small"] attributes to #nav-bar node
- Compact panel menus (bookmarks, history...)
- Green/blue site identity button for verified websites and secure connections
- Replace context menu icons with labels (Back, Forward...)
- Add up to 20 additional toolbars to to top browsers area
- Replace generic favicon with different icons
- Favicon of a website in locations bars identity button
- Different padlock icons for secure connections
- AeroBlue toolbar colors for Windows 8/XP/Classic, Linux, MacOSX
- Hide navigation toolbar
- Inverted/white toolbar button icons
- Predefined toolbar settings to alter colors, sizes, borders
- Disable some of browsers default ui animations
- Force some hidden toolbars to appear in fullscreen mode
- Remove title/menu/tabs toolbars background color (Windows 10)
- Disable browsers Loop (chat), Reader & Pocket features
- ...and more
Features (not on CTRs preferences window)
- about:preferences keeps last selected category/tab
- 'Add-on Bar' (toolbar context menu)
- Toggle 'Add-on Bar' using 'Ctrl + /' btw. 'Cmd + /'
- 'Additional Toolbar(s)' (toolbar context menu)
- Spaces, Flexible spaces, Separators
- Bookmarks menu & sidebar buttons
- History menu & sidebar buttons
- Additional movable reload & stop buttons
- Movable urlbar container
- Movable main menu button (three lines)
- ...and more
Squared tabs
Default 'curved tabs' can be optionally replaced with classic 'squared tabs'.
Tabs on MacOSX look more like Windows tabs with MacOSX colors on purpose.
Curved alternative tabs
All tabs are curved and use colours known from squared tabs.
Tabs 'not' on top
Simulates 'tabs.onTop=false' setting and moves tabs below navigation toolbar. On MacOSX tabs also get a 'reversed appearance'.
Application button / application menu settings
Application button on [Firefox] titlebar [Windows only]
The titlebar button is fixed on titlebars left like on Firefox since version 4.0. It is enabled by default on Windows systems.
Application button on toolbars
On toolbars the button appears like a default toolbar button.
Application button colours
On titlebar and tabs toolbar the application button can be orange, blue (Aurora), black (Nightly), blue (Palemoon), red, green and gray in normal browsing mode and purple in private browsing mode like on previous Firefox versions.
The new appmenu is not an exact copy of the old one, but looks as original as possible. The 'splitmenu' will not be restored and the appmenu popup/submenus also miss some non-replicable menuitems.
Small navigation toolbar buttons
Navigation toolbar buttons get alternative margins and paddings to simulate old 'small icon view'.
Hide 'Navigation Toolbar'
Hiding navigation toolbar might be interesting after content got moved to other toolbars.
'Add-on Bar'
A toolbar at the bottom of the window. All movable buttons and items can be placed on it. Add-on bar can be enabled/disabled using toolbars context menu (right-click on a toolbar) or using 'Ctrl + /' (Windows/Linux) btw. 'Cmd + /' (MacOSX).
'Additional Toolbar'
A toolbar between navigation toolbar and bookmarks toolbar. It can be enabled/disabled using toolbars context menu (right-click on a toolbar).
Icons + text / text only mode
Simulates old icons + text / text modes where text was displayed below toolbar buttons or button icons got hidden.
Bookmarks menu button
A default 'menu button' which opens the 'classic' bookmarks menu. Positioned on bookmarks toolbar the button also displays its label.
Bookmarks and history sidebar buttons
Buttons which toggle bookmarks and history sidebar.
Back-forward, reload and stop buttons
Browsers default buttons got merged with urlbar and cannot be moved to different toolbar positions or to different toolbars. CTR adds duplicates of these buttons to the customization palette.
Combined reload-stop button
Place reload button AFTER stop button and enable the corresponding option on CTRs preference window. Hovering the option on preference window to get extra information.
Toolbar: [something]...[stop-button][reload-button]...[something]
Spaces, flexible spaces and separators
These toolbar items appear in customizing mode and can be moved to toolbars like on previous Firefox versions.
Windows - Linux - MacOSX
This add-on was tested on Windows 7 (AeroBasic, AeroGlass, Classic) & 8(.1) & 10 & XP (Classic, Luna-Blue/Silver/Olive, Zune, Royale), Linux Mint KDE, Ubuntu and MacOSX 10.8/10.9/10.10/10.11. On other Systems or non OS-default themes tab colors may look wrong. Bookmarks, history, stop, reload, back and forward toolbar buttons use default OS icons (Firefox Windows icons on Windows systems, Firefox Mac icons on MacOSX and Firefox Linux icons on Linux systems).
Info, known 'issues', 'glitches', problems
1) Application menus 'cut', 'copy' and 'paste' buttons do not always work like they should.
2) Switching between AeroGlass and AeroBasic on Windows 7/Vista can change application buttons position, if the menubar is disabled. Maximizing/restoring browsers main window or restarting Firefox resolves the problem. This glitch is caused by Microsoft Windows and titlebars behavior and not by this add-on.
3) Entering and leaving customizing mode 'disables' right-click menu items for bookmarks inside bookmarks menu button. A restart resolves this issue.
4) Tab colors on MacOSX fit to current ui instead of using Firefox 28 colors. This is intended and not a bug.
5) It is strongly recommended to remove Foxtab and Shareaholic before installing Firefox 29 or newer, because both add-ons break Firefox ui in Fx29+. Using Foxtab and/or Shareaholic with CTR causes even more errors, because CTR allows to move/remove more items than the default Firefox does.
If one of these add-ons has corrupted the ui, the add-ons manager has to be accessed via menubar (right-click on a toolbar -> select menubar, Tools -> add-ons) and Shareaholic and Foxtab have to be uninstalled and CTR has to be disabled. After a browser restart, CTR can be enabled again. After another restart "restore defaults" in customizing mode has to be hit once.
It is recommended to switch to a clean new profile or at least to trigger "Restore Defaults" in customizing mode to avoid UI issues after upgrading from Firefox 28 (and older) to Firefox 29 (and newer).
Profile Switcher add-on and Profilist add-on can help creating new profiles.
AVAST AV software,"Browser Cleanup" and disappearing Firefox add-ons
If Avasts "Browser Cleanup" still accidentally removes Firefox add-ons consider removing or disabling "Browser Cleanup" feature.
gHacks.net article (10 Reasons why you may want to try Firefox's Classic Theme Restorer add-on)
Version Information
Version 1.5.6
- Spanish (es) translation updated (thanks to strel)
- French (fr) translation updated (thanks to BlackJack)
- Upper Sorbian (hsb) translation updated (thanks to milupo)
- Lower Sorbian (dsb) translation updated (thanks to milupo)
- Polish (pl-PL) translation updated (thanks to Mrere)
- Japanese (ja) translation updated (thanks to mm_k)
- Location bar (3) > Autocomplete popup > disable height limit
-- height did not stop at screens bottom for default popup
- 'Searchbar > Old search' + 'options window': always open 'search' category
- 'Searchbar > Old search' + 'options tab': do not duplicate options tab
- Tabs (1) > Tabs > remove empty favicon from pinned tabs
-- pinned tabs could overlap in some cases
- Fx49+: General UI (2) > Bookmarks popup: hide recently added bookmarks
-- removed previous CTR code
-- option is now using browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked switch
-- properly working with menubars bookmarks popup on MacOS again
- Location bar (3) > Autocomplete popup > disable height limit (thanks to atelierJVA)
-- miscalculation on a dual vertical screen setup
- Fx51+: Location bar (2) > "Favicon": image color/opacity
- Fx51+: Location bar (2) > "replace i-icon with globe": image color/opacity
[new option(s)]
- Location Bar (3) > Autocomplete popup > Highlighting... > remove 'bold' state
-- this option removes a semi-bold state recent Firefox builds offer
- Fx51+: Location bar (1) > Location bar > hide zoom button (if present)
- Fx48+: General UI (1) > General 'about:' pages: alternative appearance
- Windows/Linux & Fx50+: General UI (2) > Bookmarks on toolbar: old appearance
[general change(s)]
- prefwindow: removed obsolete descriptions
- Location bar (3) > Autocomplete popup > Remove 'search with' and 'visit' items
-- tweaked code for the case where no items are inside the popup
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
- What's this?
- View the source
This add-on is not compatible with your version of Firefox because of the following:
Development Channel
The Development Channel lets you test an experimental new version of this add-on before it's released to the general public. Once you install the development version, you will continue to get updates from this channel. To stop receiving development updates, reinstall the default version from the link above.
Caution: Development versions of this add-on have not been reviewed by Mozilla.
- Version 1.5.6beta6:
This add-on is not compatible with your version of Firefox because of the following:


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