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Ayza Khalid
Islamabad, Pakistan
I have completed my BBA Hons from FAST School of Management.
I have heard that 'image' is essential for all commodities. Like people products also have personalities, which are determined by the image that they are given. I would like to give products their personalities so when consumers look at a product they can relate to it. In order to achieve my goal I want to work in the marketing department of one of this prestigious organization so that I may challenge myself and push my creative limits while practicing marketing theories.
Advertising and marketing is my passion - to be able to provide household products with a identity, a personality that consumers can relate to is my goal.


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Yesterday we saw the new Samsung Gear 2 get taken apart, and now it is the turn of Samsung's latest smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 launches tomorrow, although the guys from iFixit have already managed to get their hands on the handset, and have taken it apart.
Every so often, our Earth-bound teardown team gazes skyward. Today, we look to take the Samsung Galaxy S5 to pieces. Will this device be immortalized among the stars of repairability—or will it plummet to the ground like a blazing meteorite?
According to iFixit, the Samsung Galaxy S5 score 5 out of 10 on their repair index, with 10 being the easiest to repair, you can find out full details on why the handset is difficult to repair over at iFixit.
Source iFixitFiled Under: Android News, Mobile Phone News, Top News

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While I was browsing Vegetarian Times, I found another wonderful resource! I've shared the reasons to become a vegetarian, detox foods, and several other stories from Vegetarian Times with you but I found one that is even more interesting and helpful than the others!
There is not question that some foods harm your body while others heal your body. Luckily for us, Vegetarian Times takes some of the guesswork out of it! They released a list of healing foods that include:
- Acai
- Almonds
- Avocados
- Blueberries
- Cabbage
- Coffee
- Cranberries
- Garlic
- Mushrooms
- Soy
- Walnuts
The list goes on and on. Included in the list is also what these healing foods help heal. Whether they help fight gum disease or help digestion, it's all there!


text: On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 03:23:58PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 03:07:41PM +0100, Sven wrote: > [...] > > > Note also that distinct packages could add and remove the same directories, > > > so directory entries should not be removed without checking there is no more > > > usable files inside. > > > > I will implement a package reference counter, so that packages could add a > > single dir, and if this dir is already present in the ld.conf file, then we > > simply update the ref counter for that line, maybe listing also the package > > name for completeness and to be able to run the update-ocaml-ldconf script for > > a package multiple times without problems. > > Hmmm, you will have a hard work implementing a package reference counter which > will not be broken when this file is edited by hand, which makes sense IMHO. Then what do you suggest ? None of the other ideas are perfect, maybe having a separate file would be the best thing to do ? > > > OTOH, a dh_ocaml debhelper script would be helpful to automatically call > > > update-ocaml-ldconf in post{inst,rm} scripts. > > > > huh ??? > > > > Do you mean to have a dh_ocaml script which would add the propper > > update-ocaml-ldconf calls in the post{inst,rm} files ? > > Exactly. This way, you do not have to create post{inst,rm} scripts, > but instead add ``dh_ocaml --add dir'' or ``dh_ocaml --remove dir'' in > debian/rules. > The easiest implementation is with a Perl script, as explained in > /usr/share/doc/debhelper/PROGRAMMING.gz > I could try to play writing it if you do not mind shipping a Perl script ;) Well, it would be for integration in debhelper, isn't it ? If not i much prefer a ocaml script (apart from not speaking perl, which wouldn't help me writing such a thing). But i will look at it as time permits. Friendly, Sven Luther


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Sam Barshop's idea for a motel chain seems so simple to him, he wonders why other people didn't think of it first. Sometimes, in fact, he acts like he's surprised hem thought of it. When he talks about La Quinta Motor Inns Inc., he smiles, scratches his head, and says, "There's really magic to it."
But people who have watched Mr. Barshop do not buy the tow-in-the-sand modesty. In a little over a decade, he has increased the size of his chain more than 20 times and given it perhaps the highest occupancy rate in the nation.
Mr. Barshop is chairman and president of LA Quinta, a firm he and his brother started in 1968, with five motor inns -- a term her prefers to "motel" -- to help handle the influx of visitors to San Antonio's Hemisfair. Those first five La Quintas came complete with reestaurants, pools, meeting rooms, and all the other features of a "full service" motor inn. But they did not do as well as they could. The problem was, Mr. Barshop, says, "I don't know how to run a restaurant."
Also he discovered some things about his business that went against what had become almost inviolate rules in the motel-boom days of the 1960s.
"People come for the rooms," he says. This means, he explains, they don't come for the restaurants, the banquet rooms, the pools, and meeting rooms.By eliminating or letting someone else provide these things, the Spanish-motif La Quintas are able to offer accommodations priced between luxurious, full-service establishments such as Holiday Inn and so-called budget motels, like Motel 6.
The nkind of guest mr. Barshop is interested in attracting to a Quinta has a lot to do with the setup, he says. Throughout the lodging industry, about 50 percent of the guests are business people; at La Quinta, this figure is 75 percent. "Family visitors are not our market," he explained. "We don't turn them down, but you have to segment your market."
The business traveler is not that hard to please, Mr. Barshop contends.
"People want a comfortable bed, a clean-bathroom, a color TV and radio, and a good location," he believes. e is especially interested in a good location. Thus, La Quintas are typically located near airports, on interstate highways leading into major cities, near universities, office complexes, and medical facilities.
"Sam's found the formula that works very well for him and stuck to it," says Earl Sasser, a Harvard Business School professor who has been working on a study of the lodging industry and has done some consulting for Mr. Barshop. "He has identified his market niche -- the business traveler -- and developed a strategy around that person."
The strategy of identifying and serving a distinct market, Professor Sasser believes, will be the trend in the industry in coming years. Lodging chains such as Holiday inn, that attempt to serve both business travelers and vacationers are "vulnerable" to uncertainties of fuel supply and the overall economy, he contends.
A spokesman for Holiday Inns -- the largest chain of its kind in the world -- says the firm got to be the largest by appealing to "all kinds of travelers" and expects the firm to continue growing for that reason. Also, with more than 1, 500 inns in the US, even gas-conscious people who take short trips will find a Holiday Inn nearby.
La Quinta's targeted locations and reduced-frills policies, Mr. Barshop claims, have given it the highest occupancy rate of any such chain in the US, "in excess of 84 percent."
And how many of these well-occupied motor inns are there? The president of the company that owns them isn't sure. "Gee, we're opening 'em so dadgum fast, I'm not sure." There were about 97 of them in 24 states in early September, with at least 14 more under development, he figured.
The high occupancy rate can also be attributed to the fact that there are fewer rooms at a La Quinta motor Inn to occupy, Mr. Barshop says his inns have from 100 to 125 rooms. many of his competitors have over 200 rooms.
The company maintains complete control of all of its inns, Mr. Barshop explained; they are not franchised. Most of them are operated by older married couples who are La Quinta employees and who are given living accommodations and a salary. "We've taken the old 'mom and pop' concept and brought it into modern times," he said.
Mr. Barshop's lack of knowledge about how to run a restaurant does not mean there's no place to eat at a La Quinta. He builds a restaurant next door to one of his inns and lets another firm run it for him, while he collects the rent. Like La Quinta, the restaurants are usually run by a chain. Several of the La Quintas have a Denny's restaurant next door.
While Mr. Barshop is generally quite optimistic about La Quinta's growth, one possible hinderance is the tight market for funds to build more of his inns. "It's pretty difficult to get real estate financing these days," he says. To get around this problem, he has obtained mortgage commitments from several insurance companies. In the past two years, he has gotten mortgages from eight of the top 10 insurers.
In addition he has entered into several joint ventures with private financiers. In these arrangements, the financial partner provides mortgage and equity funds; La Quinta develops and operates the property for manangement fees. he has not had much trouble finding partners for this idea, Mr. Bishop says, because they see it as a good hedge against inflation.
When he obtains the financing for a new inn, Mr. Barshop probably builds it faster that most of his competitors. using precast masonry walls and modular construction, he can complete a La Quinta in about nine months, compared with over a year at a similar establishment. "Fifty-four percent of the buildings are built off the site," he says. he even uses modular bathrooms that come complete with all fixtures and can be installed in about four minutes.
Mr. Barshop's expansion plans include one strict rule: Any new inn must be built within 300 miles of an existing facility. This "concentric circle" scheme , he argues, insures name identification in an area before a new inn is introduced.
While he eventually wants La Quintas nationwide, Mr. Barshop says one area receiving much of his attention these days is a section of the country he calls "the energy belt," which includes parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and utah.
"This will be the new 'Sunbelt,'" he says. "We believe this area will experience the greatest growth -- both for us and for a lot of other industries."


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2 Alaskans Weigh Uniting in Race Against Governor
ANCHORAGE — The two challengers to Gov. Sean Parnell are discussing uniting their campaigns, representatives of the candidates said Monday.
The challengers, Byron Mallott, a Democrat, and Bill Walker, running as an independent, were in their second day of discussions on Monday about whether they would run as a bipartisan or nonpartisan ticket, Mr. Mallott's spokeswoman, Laury Scandling, said in an email.
She said a formal statement was expected by noon Tuesday.
Any changes to the ballot have to be made by Tuesday, and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, the state's top elections official, must agree to allow them. The lieutenant governor candidates for the merging campaigns would also have to drop out.
The Alaska Dispatch News reported that the deal being discussed would have Mr. Walker run for governor and Mr. Mallott for lieutenant governor.
Polls have suggested for months that Mr. Parnell, a Republican, would win a three-way race with Mr. Mallott and Mr. Walker, but would face a more difficult challenge against a single candidate, especially Mr. Walker.
Some Democrats and Republicans who oppose Mr. Parnell have been pushing the Mallott and Walker camps to join forces.
If the two camps reach an agreement, it remains unclear whether Mr. Walker will drop his Republican Party registration or be willing to abide by Democratic Party core values, including on the issues of abortion and Medicaid expansion.


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Mum's skin is like an Etch A Sketch pad due to strange allergy
A MUM with a rare skin condition can draw on her own skin then watch the pictures fade again.
"After seeing my skin raise at the slightest touch, I wondered if I could draw on it"Sarah Beal
Sarah Beal, 43, says it makes her like an Etch A Sketch pad.
The mum of three has dermatographia, in which the slightest pressure causes swelling for around an hour.
She said: "My skin is so sensitive that even clothes can feel uncomfortable.
"When I lie in bed the quilt can feel like needles pressing into me.
"But being able to draw on my skin is so cool – it's my party trick."
Sarah, of Arley, Warks, developed the condition three years ago.
She added: "It came out of nowhere.
"After seeing my skin raise at the slightest touch, I wondered if I could draw on it.
"It gets itchy and sore afterwards, but it's so interesting to see the pictures stay on my skin like that."


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The Songhees
First Nation
The Songhees First Nation has approximately 630 members, of whom 400 live on the 60 hectare Songhees Reserve #1A.
Located adjacent to the Township of Esquimalt and the Town of View Royal. The community is comprised of five main families and several smaller families. Administration and Governance is under the authority of an elected Chief and Council.
Economic Development
Songhees implementation of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act and the First Nations Lands Management Act is intended to improve our investment climate, create economic opportunities for our members, attract quality development and encourage business partnerships.
Chief and Council share their responsibility to govern the Nation equally. Any Council decision requires the approval of a quorum of four (4) Council Members. Elections are held every two years. As evidenced by election results since 1957, Songhees has exceptionally stable leadership.


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Thursday, 22 September 2016
Thinking About Next Year
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These sound like fun challenges Mickie....I just need more hours in the day..lol. Enjoy your classes xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Jane xxDelete
Like the sound of the last two, wouldn't enter the first one. Not sure about the flower one as could be rather limiting, don't have many specific flower stamps or dies, most are just flowers which could be anything.ReplyDeleteReplies
Flowers that could be anything might just be the answer Marianne. xxDelete
The 2 calendar ones would mean being committed to doing every one - I prefer the last one. The flower one is too limiting. The song one could be quite fun to dip in and out of. So, you are doing watercolour stuff too! Just started my intermediate course which goes on well into next year, so I'll be kept busy! Have fun :DReplyDeleteReplies
Enjoy your course Kaybee - Intermediate - I am so impressed, Watercolour does not come naturally to me at all! Do pass on any tips you may think useful xxDelete
I love the sound of the flower a month. I have been woeful at keeping up the A-Z challenge this year...ReplyDeleteReplies
I like the sound of all of those!ReplyDelete
I'm hoping you will start doing some inspirational pieces for the challenge posts Mickie. It would be lovely to have more colour on the blog and see what you have been up to. HugzReplyDelete
I like the idea of a Tag calendar and with a whole month to enter the challenge more people can join. Alongside, this whole-of-the-year endeavour one or two bi-weekly challenges would be my favourite option as weekly ones don't leave enough time (but that's me).ReplyDeleteReplies
Bi-weekly certainly does allow us all more time. Will bear this in mind xxDelete
Love the idea of dipping in and out --- flowers, songs, poems etc not sure about the tag calendar as one would need to do all 12! I do agree that weekly challenges are so limiting time wise as 7 days just whiz by. XReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Jane - you are so right about the week whizzing by - I really would like to know where the year has gone! xxDelete
The themes sound interesting and it would be good to have something you could dip in and out of as well as something to commit to for the whole year. 4 different challenges a month does however sound a lot - most of us have other challenges/swaps we take part in as well. Still it's up to us whether we take part or not.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your comments. Definitely something for us to think about before we make any final decisions. xxDelete
Quite like the idea of the tag calendar to keep going all year and then we can all join in the other challenges as and when we have time.ReplyDelete
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With Verrazano, Halo line proves more than persistent
Twenty years ago, the long-term prospects for the male line of dual champion sire Halo did not look all that bright. His best son, 1989 Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, had been exported to Japan, widely viewed at the time as the dumping ground for failures and rejects. His other Kentucky Derby-winning son, Sunny's Halo, was a failure as a stallion, and, although his champion son Devil's Bag was a pretty good stallion, he showed no signs of siring the precocious, classic horse that excites commercial breeders.
The Halo male line in America suffered another serious blow seven years ago when 2005 Horse of the Year Saint Liam, the best son of Halo's leading sire son Saint Ballado, died after only one season at stud without leaving an obvious male heir.
Today, the late Sunday Silence is immortalized as the greatest sire and sire of sires in Japanese history, a horse so good that even less-accomplished sons like Silent Name and Hat Trick are making a positive contribution in the land of their father's birth. Another unheralded son of Halo, the beautifully bred Southern Halo, became one of the greatest sires in Argentine history, and his best American son, More Than Ready, is the sire of current Kentucky Derby favorite Verrazano, who is exactly the type of horse that will make breeders salivate.
Halo himself survived a very unusual start to his stud career. The late Charles Engelhard purchased the Hail to Reason half-brother to Racing Hall of Fame member Tosmah for $100,000 at the 1970 Keeneland July selected yearling sale, despite the fact that the tempestuous colt flipped in the walking ring outside the pavilion.
Halo developed into a good grass horse at 3, winning the Lawrence Realization, which attracted a bid from English breeder Irving Allen. When Allen's representatives discovered that Halo was a cribber (a horse that clings to objects with his teeth and sucks air into his stomach) – then considered a disqualifying flaw by old-fashioned English breeders – the sale was rescinded and Halo returned to the barn of trainer MacKenzie Miller. Halo improved further as a 5-year-old, winning the Grade 1 United Nations Handicap and Grade 2 Tidal Handicap, earning a place at Windfields Farm alongside his "cousin" Northern Dancer, a son of a half-sister to Halo's dam.
Halo was no Northern Dancer as a stallion, but he developed into a terrific sire, with six champions and seven Grade 1 winners among his 63 stakes winners from 749 foals (8.4 percent).
Halo's close relationship to Northern Dancer offered breeders many opportunities to inbreed to their shared grandam, Almahmoud, a combination that has resulted in innumerable top horses, including champions Serena's Song, Fantastic Light, Ashado, Daiwa Major, and Singspiel, but one of the best racehorses to emerge from the direct cross of Halo and a Northern Dancer mare was Southern Halo.
Bred by Northern Dancer's breeder, E.P. Taylor, out of 1977 Grade 3 Test Stakes winner Northern Sea from the great family of Lea Lark, Southern Halo clearly possessed plenty of racing ability. Purchased for $600,000 at the 1984 Keeneland July sale by Stavros Niarchos, he failed to place at 2 in Ireland but won 5 of 22 starts for trainer D. Wayne Lukas over the next two years in America. Southern Halo was beaten only a head by Clear Choice in the 1986 Grade 1 Swaps Stakes and finished second in the Grade 1 Super Derby to Wise Times, but he never managed to win a stakes race.
That résumé omission, combined with the fact that he was markedly back at the knee and upright in his pasterns, made him a marginal stud prospect in Kentucky, so Southern Halo was sold to Haras La Quebrada near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Southern Halo quickly proved himself the most successful sire of the modern era in Argentina, winning seven sire championships and siring 18 Argentine champions among his career total of 175 stakes winners from 1,828 foals (9.6 percent).
That overwhelming success led to Ashford Stud re-importing him as a shuttle sire in 1996, but he did not meet the same success in the land of his birth. Southern Halo sired Canadian champion Edenwold, but by far his most important North American-conceived offspring was More Than Ready. Out of the Woodman mare Woodman's Girl, More Than Ready was bred by Woodlynn Farm and sold for $187,000 to Edward Rosen as agent for James Scatuorchio.
Exceptionally precocious for a contemporary racehorse, More Than Ready won his first five starts at 2, commencing with a 4 1/2-furlong maiden romp at Keeneland in April and ending with an equally easy triumph in the Grade 2 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga in July. His natural front-running exuberance played against him in longer juvenile events, and he disappointed in his last two starts.
More Than Ready won the Hutcheson Stakes with the same style early at 3, finished second in the Louisiana Derby and Blue Grass Stakes, and hung on grimly for fourth in the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Todd Pletcher then transformed him into a come-from-behind sprinter-miler, finally getting that elusive Grade 1 victory in the seven-furlong King's Bishop Stakes.
More Than Ready retired to Vinery Stud in 2001 and began shuttling to Vinery's Australian division that same autumn. He has been successful in North America from the beginning, but his record in Australia is actually far superior to his achievements here. More Than Ready's 51 Australian-conceived stakes winners include nine Group 1 winners, led by the great filly More Joyous, winner of 21 of 30 starts and earner of more than $4.4 million.
More Than Ready is a great sire in Australia and is certainly a very good one here. His 65 stakes winners from 951 North American foals age 3 and up (6.8 percent) include Grade 1 winners Regally Ready (out of Kivi, by King of Kings) and Buster's Ready (Beatem Buster, by Honour and Glory), as well as Breeders' Cup winners Regally Ready, Pluck (Secret Heart, by Fort Wood), and More Than Real (Miss Seffens, by Dehere).
Verrazano certainly looked like a horse who will develop into a Grade 1 winner in his Tampa Bay Derby victory March 9. More Than Ready gets winners on all surfaces, but has yet to sire a major winner at a distance longer than 1 1/8 miles. Those opportunities are very thin on the ground in the United States these days, and his female line certainly will not hurt Verrazano's chances of going 1 1/4 miles or beyond.
His dam, Enchanted Rock, by Giant's Causeway, had little chance to prove her stamina, running 10th in her only start, but she comes from a very high-class family that has consistently produced high-class middle-distance horses by stallions with far more speed than stamina for the past 50 years.
The late Robert Kleberg, owner of King Ranch, imported Verrazano's fifth dam, Monade, by the miler Klairon, in 1964 after a championship career in Europe that saw her win Group 1-level events at distances from a mile to 1 1/2 miles and run second to Soltikoff in the 1962 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Monade produced Grade 1-placed stakes winner Pressing Date, by Never Bend, but her daughters and their descendants have established one of the best families in the contemporary international stud book. Her descendants include champion Queena (by Mr. Prospector), and Grade 1 or Group 1 winners Sadeem (by Forli), Chic Shirine (by Mr. Prospector), Too Chic (by Blushing Groom), and Brahms (by Danzig).
Verrazano is the second foal and second graded stakes winner produced by Enchanted Rock, whose first, El Padrino, by the recently deceased Pulpit, captured the 2012 Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes. She has since foaled current juvenile filly La Madrina, by Tapit, and an unnamed yearling filly by Pulpit and is back in foal to the same sire.
Kleberg's granddaughter Emory Hamilton bred Verrazano and sold him at the 2011 Keeneland September yearling sale through her sister Helen Alexander's Middlebrook Farm for $250,000 to Let's Go Stable. Hamilton retained La Madrina for racing, and it will be interesting to see whether El Padrino's full sister appears at Keeneland this fall.
If she does, buyers will be more than ready.


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Maybelline Mineral BB Mousse Review
- Details
- Friday, 11 November 2011
This new revolutionary product has been advertised heavily all over Asia recently. I immediately wanted to try it out because I was so intrigued with the concept of "light & poreless" skin. They released a pure mineral foundation a while back and I was pretty happy with it's performance. I'm also a fan of the pure mineral concealer so to be honest, I had high hopes for this BB mousse. Afterall, I have never tried or seen a BB cream that applies in a form of mousse. Sounds interesting.
I headed into my local drugstore and literally spent a good 5 minutes inspecting the bottles hoping to find 'shade information' until a sales assistant came by to ask if I needed help. I don't know if this is true or not but she ended up telling me that it only comes in one shade. The BB cream is supposed to adapt to our skin tone. Fair enough...
It comes in a form of a can. As always with spray cans, an disadvantage is of course not being able to see the contents inside. Other than that, nothing much special about the packaging.
I realised that you have to release the nozzle real quick because A LOT of product comes out. Don't be fooled of the mousse texture because you WILL realise that a quick pump is more than enough. I was recommended to apply the product with my hands but I had such a hard time. It didn't apply smooth and it was extremely difficult to blend. It didn't spread evenly across my face because it dries pretty quick. I honestly didn't feel the 'lightness' that was promoted. I was slightly disappointed.
After several times trying to work the product with my hands, I decided to experiment with makeup brushes and I realised that using a fluffy soft brush works best. This way, it applies evenly and smoother. The mousse dissolves into a thin liquid consistency (kind of like airbrush makeup fluid) and surprisingly worked alright. My pores appeared smaller and my face didn't look caked which was good but it still didn't feel 'light' on the skin. I was pleased about the colour actually adapting to my skin tone too.
An hour or two later, after giving my dog a bath and drying her off - I remember glancing briefly at the mirror and suddenly thinking "HUH? Why do I look so tan?" I thought it was the lighting in the living room so I walked into the bathroom to inspect my face with proper lighting. My face was at least 2 shades darker than the rest of my body. The makeup oxidizes SO MUCH. I couldn't believe how dark my face was and this is supposed to be a BB cream? It's supposed to have SPF 30 so I was surprised with the colour pay out.
To be fair, I really haven't tested it too long but I know it's long enough for me to decide I can't wear this product out anymore.
- Really does minimize appearance of pores
- Decent oil control
- Gives my skin a dewy healthy look
- Decent coverage
- Cons:
- Can be difficult to apply. Streaks with fingers. A fluffy brush works best (for me)
- Oxidizes like there is no tomorrow
- Doesn't feel that 'light'
- Too much product is pumped out each time
- Lacking variety of shades
- MUST be set with powder
- If water touches your face, the bb mousse will run!! No joke!!! Face CANNOT get wet.
I think the concept of the product is pretty neat but it's not there yet. It feels like an unfinished product. Would be nice if there's more shades. It's not a bad bad product but I don't think I'll be repurchasing. I'm just disappointed because it actually applies quite nicely but the oxidizing totally ruins the results. I don't recommend this if you have pale skin but if you are more on the tanned side- this product could work for you I guess. I would give this product 2 out of 5 stars.
Note: As always, this review is just based on my own honest opinions. Remember we are all different so it may work differently for you. I wish I have a comment option so you guys can let me know your thoughts on this product.


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N. America, Far East
CIA Group, London, is turning its sights on North America and the Far East following consolidation of its European network. It has announced a beefed-up European board, under the leadership of new CEO Mainardo de Nardis, 36, former managing director of CIA Medianetwork Europe. The move frees up Chris Ingram, founder and chairman of CIA Group. "Before, we said we couldn't do more than two continents at a time," said Mr. Ingram. "We'd like to be of some significance in the U.S. by the end of next year. We can't understand why people think it's too late to enter the American market."
Singer leaves Burnett
for key D'Arcy job
Leo Burnett USA's top account manager on its Kraft Foods business, Gary I. Singer, is leaving to join D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, St. Louis, in the new position of managing director-chief operating officer. The senior VP-worldwide head of Kraft at Chicago-based Burnett is the second top-level Burnett manager on Kraft to leave in recent months, following Senior VP-Account Director Ellie Callison, who left to join Burnett client Hallmark Cards.
Saatchi losing
kids' market execs
Julie Halpin has resigned as general manager of Saatchi & Saatchi Kid Connection, New York, and Chris McKee and Rachel Geller resigned as creative director and account planner, respectively, at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, New York. They are said to be starting a new youth marketing unit as part of WPP Group, London. Ann Adriance, exec VP and director of brand development at Saatchi, will assume Ms. Halpin's role.
Groups 'don't understand'
Winston campaign:*RJR
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and American Lung Association, which have petitioned Federal Trade Commission to investigate its advertising for Winston, "do not understand" the brand's new campaign. The groups claim the campaign, which states the brand has "no additives," implies it is safe or safer than other cigarettes; RJR said the "No bull" campaign is aimed at conveying "a product point of difference that was developed in response to adult smokers' interest in a cigarette that delivers true tobacco taste." Long Haymes Carr, Winston-Salem, N.C., is Winston's agency.
Nike, Namath team
in new Ground Air spots
Nike has brought National Football League legend Joe Namath out of retirement in a new ad campaign created by Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore. The premise is that the New York Jets great is returning to the gridiron years after his prime just for the chance to play in Nike's new Ground Air Zoom football cleats and cross trainers.
NAD rules in GM,
Ford ad dispute
National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus said Ford Motor Co.'s comparative ads for the Ford Expedition do not improperly exclude General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet Suburban. GM challenged the TV, print and Internet "best-in-class" ads by J. Walter Thompson USA, Detroit, claiming the two sport utility vehicles were in the same class. But NAD found GM's own ads position the larger Suburban in a different class than GM's smaller Yukon and Tahoe, which are mentioned in Ford's ads.
Bozell retains
Great Western work
Washington Mutual Corp. has elected to retain Bozell, Costa Mesa, Calif., to handle the fall advertising campaign for its Great Western Bank subsidiary, acquired earlier this year. There was speculation that the thrift would consolidate all ad work with McCann-Erickson Worldwide, Seattle, its agency of six years.
Campbell lines up
White NFL promo
Campbell Soup Co. will add Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Reggie White's photo to labels of its Chunky soup in a promotion to benefit food banks. The program, called "Tackle Your Hunger," starts at the beginning of football season and features an on-pack sweepstakes giving one instant winner $100,000. Radio from Y&R Advertising, New York, is planned.
Kinski, MacLaine
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Visa USA today plans to break a network TV campaign to support its platinum card. The first spot, from BBDO Worldwide, New York, features actress Nastassia Kinski and positions the platinum card as a status symbol. Neither MasterCard International nor American Express have run TV campaigns supporting their platinum card products. In a spot that broke last week for Visa's debit card, actress Shirley MacLaine appears as a presenter.In that TV spot, also from BBDO, Ms. MacLaine must show identification when she writes a check even though the


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Monolayer assisted LIFT printing of nanodroplets
Problem Definition:
Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) is a direct-write technique for printing materials through the thrust provided by an irradiating laser pulse [1]. Because of its simplicity and flexibiltiy over the years this technique has been used for a broad range of applications such as organic electronics, biosensors, intergrated optics and plasmonics.
Serial printing of nanodroplets using conventional LIFT technique needs stringent conditions like tight focusing of the incident laser beam using high NA objective lenses and expensive fs lasers with smaller heat affected zones. This project will focus on printing of metallic nano-droplets using the LIFT technique in assistance with microspheres (Fig. 1). The microsphere when irradiated with the laser pulse focuses and enhances the field intensity just beneath the sphere which in turn provides the push to print nanodroplets onto another receiver substrate. Compared to the conventional method the proposed technique has several advantages such as parallel printing of thousands of dots in single shot, much lower transfer threshold and smaller printed features.
Figure 1: Schematic depicting monolayer assisted LIFT
[1] Bohandy, et al.,"Metal deposition from a supported metal film using an excimer laser", J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 60 (4) (1986).
The main aim of the work is to investigate in detail the microsphere-assisted LIFT of metal nano-dots. The project will focus on the following two main areas:
1) Optimization of the key parameters (Surface pressure, pull speed, concentration, particle surface functionalization) for fabricating monolayers based on polystyrene and silica spheres of different diameters using Langmuir Blodgett (LB) method (Fig. 2) onto glass and quartz substrates.
2) LIFT printing of metallic nano-dots employing the monolayer coated samples with the microspheres acting as focusing elements. This will involve optimization of printing parameters (fluence, wavelength, ambient pressure, metal film thickness, distance between the donor and the acceptor substrate).
Figure 2: Illustration of LB method for monolayer fabrication.
The project involves a collaboration of CMST (faculty of engineering, department Elis) and PCN (department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry).
Keywords:Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), Langmuir Blodgett, monolayer, microsphere, nanodroplets
Location:De Sterre, Ardoyen CMST + at home.


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Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have all followed a similar path: founded in the '70s and '80s; expanding to unbelievable size and influence throughout the '90s; settling back somewhat as the technology-Internet bubble popped; and then finally recovering to become huge, mega-cap, and mega-profitable enterprises with stable, increasing dividends. While Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) -- founded in 1939, and a public company since 1957 -- comes from a different era, the spin-off in 1999 of its non-computer businesses to become Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A), with all computer-related businesses being retained by the parent, essentially meant that the new Hewlett Packard was, for better or worse, solely a computer company from that point onward.
Prices have declined recently for all of these firms, as there is a perception that they have missed out on the latest technologies, or have become less agile competitors. Intel, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard are behind the curve in tablet computing and smartphones, and Cisco has experienced limits to growth, along with tough new competition, at least at the low end of the product line.
With the decline in their stock prices, yields for these firms are now at or above 3%. That opens the possibility that these stocks may be attractive value plays. In this article, I will provide some basic introductory data for each firm, then I will present some recent financial data and ratios for comparison. I will then come to a conclusion as to which, if any, might be attractive as dividend-paying value stock investments.
Overview: Four Major Technology Firms
Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 and went public in 1990. John Chambers became the CEO in 1995, a position he still holds. In March 1990, Cisco was briefly the world's most valuable company with a market capitalization of $569 billion. Currently, Cisco has a market capitalization of $98 billion, with around 66,000 employees. Cisco only recently began paying a dividend -- in March 2011. A significant increase was just announced, effective with the next payout, with an ex-dividend date of 10/2/2012. With the increase, the quarterly payout is now $0.14, generating a yield of 2.93%, based on the quarter-end stock price of $19.09.
Intel was founded in 1968 and went public in 1971. The growth of Intel has been synonymous with the PC revolution ever since the introduction of the IBM PC in 1981, which was powered by the Intel 8088 chip. Intel currently has a market capitalization of $115 billion, with around 100,000 employees. The company has paid a dividend since 1992, with the most recent increase effective 8/3/2012. The current quarterly payout is $0.225. Based on the quarter-end stock price of $22.65, Intel offers the highest yield of the four tech stocks being reviewed, at 3.97%.
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, with their initial task being to develop a Basic interpreter for the Altair 8000, the first microcomputer. Landing a contract with IBM in 1980 to develop an operating system for the new IBM PC, which became MS-DOS, was the breakthrough the fledgling firm needed. Microsoft went public in 1986, and today has a market capitalization of $253 billion, and around 94,000 employees. Microsoft began paying a dividend in 2003. The dividend has just been increased to a quarterly payout of $0.23, to be effective on the next ex-dividend date, 11/13/2012. Based on the quarter-end stock price of $29.76, the yield is now up to 3.09%.
Last, and as will be seen, least, there is Hewlett-Packard. Hewlett-Packard was famously started in David Packard's garage in 1939, and went public in 1957. Initially an electronic testing equipment manufacturer, the company was in the thick of things as the electronic computer came of age, expanding into calculators, mini-computers, printers, and imaging technology. In 1999, all computer-related businesses were retained, and all other businesses were spun off into a new firm, Agilent Technologies, which still exists today. Hewlett-Packard's management turnover and board dissension over the past several years has greatly damaged this once-proud franchise. The current market capitalization is down to only $33 billion. Hewlett-Packard has around 350,000 employees, although job cuts are ongoing as a consequence of the firm's troubles. The company has paid a dividend for over 20 years, with a current quarterly payout of $0.132. Based on the quarter-end stock price of $17.06, the yield is now up to 3.09%, the highest yield Hewlett-Packard has ever seen. The troubles notwithstanding, the firm increased its dividend recently, effective with the ex-dividend date of 6/11/2012.
Recent Data On Earnings, Financial Condition, Valuation, And Sentiment
A comparison of earnings results for the most recent five quarters for the four firms is shown in the table below:
Interestingly, both Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard reported a loss for the most recent quarter. It was the first quarterly loss ever for Microsoft. Impairment of goodwill accounted for most of the losses in both cases. Hewlett-Packard also had some restructuring charges. Impairment of goodwill usually means a firm overpaid for an acquisition that failed to deliver the expected benefits. In the case of Microsoft, at least, the firm can afford the loss. Even after absorbing the loss for the final quarter of Microsoft's fiscal year ended 6/30/2012, the firm still reported positive results for 2012. By contrast, Hewlett-Packard's loss for the most recent quarter ended 7/31/2012 -- which was the third quarter for the firm's fiscal year 2012 -- was of such gargantuan proportions that it caused the trailing 12 month P/E to be negative. Barring a miracle in the current quarter ending 10/31/2012, Hewlett-Packard will experience a loss for the complete fiscal year 2012 when it is reported a couple of months from now.
When evaluating a value stock, or any stock for that matter, the condition of the balance sheet is critical. A comparison of some of the more relevant values is shown in the following table. Additionally, current valuation ratios are shown:
As can be seen, Cisco, Intel, and Microsoft are in pretty good shape, while Hewlett-Packard's financial condition leaves much to be desired. As for valuation, Intel represents the best value of the three relatively healthy stocks, while Cisco is next, then Microsoft. Ignoring P/E, Hewlett-Packard represents an extreme value considering the other valuation ratios, as would be expected for a stock under severe duress like Hewlett-Packard.
Finally, I reviewed some of my favorite research report providers to see what they had to say about these firms and how they were rated. Results are shown in the table below:
As you can see, Cisco, Intel, and Microsoft are all well-regarded by Morningstar, S&P, and Credit Suisse, while Hewlett-Packard is down the scale somewhat, although still not as far down as I would have thought. Interestingly, all of the firms are rated poorly by Government Metrics International (GMI), a corporate governance and accounting risk ratings firm. Cisco has the best rating from GMI, Intel and Microsoft are next, while Hewlett-Packard has the worst rating possible. If nothing else, the Hewlett-Packard rating shores up my faith in GMI -- the GMI ratings system recognizes problems when they exist. Companies are negatively affected, as far as GMI ratings are concerned, by acquisitions, restructurings, perceived litigation risk, high levels of goodwill / intangibles on the balance sheet, and management/board turmoil, to name a few conditions that raise concern.
Before I conclude, in the interest of full disclosure, I want to note that I am not a financial professional, nor am I certified in any way as a financial advisor. I am an independent, individual investor, focusing on dividend-paying stocks exclusively.
Cisco Systems
Cisco embarked on a major turnaround plan a couple of years ago, as long-time CEO John Chambers felt the pressure from disappointing results that had been going on for far too long. The firm also succumbed to the new reality that the go-go days were over, and it was time to pay a dividend. While it took some time for the changes to unfold, the most recent quarterly earnings release -- just this past August -- showed a 56% increase in profit, with sales growth in the U.S. at least partially offsetting difficult conditions in Europe and a slowdown in China. Cisco "doubled down" on the dividend approach to enhancing shareholder value, announcing a whopping 75% dividend increase, to be effected with the next quarterly payout. With a tough business environment being predicted for the near-term, Cisco appears more capable than most firms of being able to weather the storm. Of the four firms reviewed, I believe Cisco is the most compelling as an investment. In fact, the opportunity may be slipping away, as the yield has just recently slipped under 3% due to stock price appreciation in just the last few days.
Intel Corporation
Intel came out with a revenue/earnings warning just three weeks ago, blaming sluggish demand for new PCs from both the enterprise segment (i.e., corporations) and emerging markets. A significant percentage of the decline is perceived (by analysts) to be caused by both businesses and consumers switching from PCs and laptops to tablets and smartphones, as these less expensive machines can perform many tasks that formerly required a computer. The warning, and the belief that the causes are structural -- not temporary -- has resulted in a precipitous price drop in Intel stock since the announcement. The yield has risen correspondingly, and is now nearly 4% -- a return not seen since the financial crisis in 2008 -- when Intel was just a few cents above $12 a share.
While there is no doubt that the new devices are displacing PCs to some extent, the end-user PC is not going away anytime soon, not to mention all the servers needed to support ever-increasing network traffic. With tremendous R&D resources to bring to bear, Intel is belatedly entering the tablet/smartphone fray. A new Windows 8 tablet from Hewlett-Packard powered by Intel's new "Atom" chip was recently announced, as was a new smartphone powered by an Intel chip, the Motorola Mobility from Google.
I believe that Intel is facing up to the reality that the "Wintel" monopoly that Intel and Microsoft have enjoyed for so many years is slowly fading, and that the firm has the resources and the acumen to respond. I will concede that a return to glory is not guaranteed, and even if it occurs, it won't be soon. The stock could certainly fall further. Yet, with a 4% yield, and considering the financial strength of the firm, I believe Intel is a buy at today's levels. I would advise starting a position cautiously -- maybe starting out with only a third to a half of the number of shares desired -- and adding more upon further declines. If September marks a bottom for Intel and the stock starts moving back up, you could abandon the pullback strategy and pay a bit more than the recent price to complete a position without over-paying by much.
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft is in a somewhat unique position, due to its overwhelming success with Windows and Office. Just about any change in the status quo is disruptive to what has possibly been the greatest business model of all time. Further, duplicating that past success will be well-nigh impossible.
Still, with abundant resources -- including a cash hoard that boggles the mind, and a profit stream from Windows and Office that won't be shutting off any time soon -- "The Empire" (nickname for Microsoft, taken from "Star Wars") will be a major player in computing for many years to come. While continuing to invest in the legacy products and cloud computing, Microsoft has released its own tablet entry -- the Surface -- and is trying to break into the smartphone market by partnering with Nokia to offer a smartphone with Windows 8 software.
Additionally, the Xbox has emerged as a rare product success that came after Windows/Office, which shows that it is possible for Microsoft to evolve successfully outside of the computing arena. Considering the resources that Microsoft possesses, anything can happen, and with a yield in excess of 3%, an investor can afford to wait for this software giant to find its way forward. The stock is off recent highs reached in mid-September, and now might be a good time to start a position. Still, it is not undervalued based on the standard valuation parameters, so I would suggest starting small and adding shares upon a decline.
Hewlett-Packard was historically known for innovation and quality, and transitioned successfully from electronics to computing throughout the '70s and beyond. Following the merger with Compaq in 2002, Hewlett-Packard became the world leader in PC and related hardware sales, such as printers. Since then, it has been all downhill, with management turnover and board conflicts, a short-lived entry and exit from tablets and smartphones, a number of acquisitions that have failed to live up to expectations, and most importantly for investors, a collapse of the stock price since 2010 from the $50s to below $20, dropping as low as $16.23 on 9/26/2012. See this recent MarketWatch article by Paul La Monica for an excellent synopsis of the firm's recent woes. With layoffs, restructuring expenses, further goodwill impairments, and more bad news beyond my imagination possibly to come, Hewlett-Packard represents "the ultimate value trap" -- a sentiment expressed by noted short seller Jim Chanos here on 7/18/2012. Chanos, who achieved distinction as a noted short seller of Enron before it imploded, stated in the interview that he is short Hewlett-Packard.
A purchase of Hewlett-Packard at today's levels is certainly better than having bought it at any point in the preceding five years. That is about the best that can be said for buying now. The chances of a turnaround soon are not good. Thus, the stock should only be bought as a speculation. Still, the existing cash cow PC and printing businesses, while declining, still generate enough sustenance that the firm should be able to stay afloat for quite a while, and a recovery of some sort could happen. But until some improvement is seen, the stock will likely continue to decline. Still, I don't see an Enron- or WorldCom- type implosion happening anytime soon, but rather a slow "death by a thousand cuts" if the situation does not improve.
So, to quickly summarize: I favor Cisco right now; Intel has merits as a value play, but has more risk; Microsoft also has merits, but is not really a terrific value right now; and Hewlett-Packard is very high risk, but could be high reward if an unexpected turnaround occurs in the next year or two.
Disclosure: I am long CSCO, INTC, HPQ. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Additional disclosure: I recently sold MSFT at recent highs. I will buy it back if it declines sufficiently.


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APSA approaches, and I want to let you know about some Japan Political Studies Group events that might interest you. Our business meeting will be on Saturday, September 3 from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Marriott, Room 303. This meeting's theme will be "New Voices in Japanese Politics Research," and we will have short presentation from three PhD students working on Japan: Jordan Hamzawi (UC Davis), Diana Stanescu (Princeton), and Joshua A. Williams (University of Washington). All of them are researching interesting topics, and I will make another post before the conference with titles of their presentations.
Following the business meeting, we will head to the nearby Good Dog Bar for drinks and/or dinner (this will probably start around 8 on Saturday night).
The JPSG gets to sponsor (only) one panel at APSA. This year, that panel is called "Japan's Security Challenges in a Changing World," and it will be on Friday, September 2 from 10:00 until 11:30 in the Marriott room 412.
I hope to see you there,


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Social Welfare, Women & Child Development
The Welfare of SC/ST and OBC, includes Post Delivery Financial
Assistance to Women for Nutrition; Stitching Charges of
School uniform for S.C. Children, Free Education for Meritorious
SC and OBC students; Apni Beti Apna Dhan; Holiday Camps
for Scheduled Caste; Encouragement to inter-caste Marriage;
Development of Skills amongst SC children living in Jhugies
and Slum Areas; Seminar on Life, Mission & Work of Baba
Saheb Dr.B.R. Ambedkar, Monetary Relief/ Rehabilitation
of Victims of Atrocities; Strengthening of Machinery for
the enforcement of PCR Act, Housing Scheme for Scheduled
Castes (Dr.Ambedkar Awas Yojana) etc..
For Social Security and Welfare of Women and Children, there
are schemes like Creches for the Children of Working Mothers;
Construction of Anganwari Centre; Home for Delinquent/Neglected
Children; Children in need of care and protection; Financial
Assistance to Widows/Destitute Women; Nari Niketan etc.
For the disabled, schemes of Scholarship, Subsidy on Petrol/Diesel;
Prosthetic aid, Unemployment Allowance; Free Vocational
Training in Computer and Beauty Culture etc. are being implemented.
For the aged, scheme of Old Age Pension is being implemented
and Identity Cards to Senior Citizens are also being issued.
An ex-gratia payment to the family of deceased Govt. servants
is being released by this department. The following institutions
are functioning in the Union Territory of Chandigarh for
providing shelter to the aged:-
A sum of Rs.50000/- is granted to the married couples provided
that one of the spouse belongs to S.C. Community. The applicant
shall apply on plain paper alongwith SC certificate, marriage
Registration Certificate and proof of their residence of 3 years in
Chandigarh with photographs of their marriage.
(ii) Applicant should be resident of Chandigarh for the
last 3 years.
This is a U.T. budget scheme and each beneficiaries is
given Rs.1000/- p.m. The eligibility criteria for the grant
of this benefit is as under:-
44 creches for children of working mothers are being run through
various voluntary organizations as per approved norms.
III. National Family Benefit Scheme
Objective; To provide financial assistance to the family on the death of Bread Winner.
Required Documents
Pattern of Assistance
IV. Nari Niketan
Nari Niketan at Sector 26 Chandigarh has been set up to provide
shelter and protection to destitute, deprived, socially marginalized
women in difficult circumstances for motivation of better
life by way of earning income. Mathii making project are being
carried out in the institution by the Chandigarh Child &
Women Development Corporation. A vocational Training Centre
has also been constructed in the premises of Nari Niketan.
Persons who are blind, deaf, orthopaedically handicapped who
suffer from 40% to 70% disability are getting disabled pension @Rs.1000/pm and disability above 70% are getting disabled pension @Rs.2000/pm.
(i) The applicant should be resident of Chandigarh for the
last three years.
(ii) Income limit for getting Handicapped Pension is Rs. 12500/p.m.
II. Petrol Subsidy
Handicapped persons who are owner of motorized vehicles are
entitled to 50% subsidy on actual expenditure on purchase
of petrol/ diesel. The physically handicapped persons having
an income upto Rs.12500/- per month from all sources are eligible for
subsidy. Those physically handicapped persons who are already
in receipt of the conveyance allowance either from any voluntary
or State source shall not be eligible for grant of subsidy
on purchase of petrol/ diesel.
III. Assistance to handicapped persons purchase of
The financial assistance is provided to physically handicapped
persons for purchase of Aids/ Appliances to increase their
mobility in their day to day working. The quantum of assistance
is determined in proportion to the income of the applicant.
Monthly income of the applicant from all sources should not
exceed Rs.12500/-. The applicant is entitled for the 100%
cost on purchase of artificial limbs/ aids/ appliances subject
to maximum of Rs.40,000/-
V. Unemployment allowance to the disabled persons
The Social Welfare department is providing Unemployment Allowance
to the disabled persons. The assistance of Rs. 500/- in addition to Disability pension is entitled.
The eligibility criteria for availing this benefit is as under:-
Old Age Pension @ Rs.1000/- p.m. is being given to the eligible
old age persons in U.T. Chandigarh, whose minimum age is
60 in case of both male and female.
The eligibility criteria
for grant of old age pension is as under:-
(i) The applicant should be resident of Chandigarh for the last 3 years.
(ii) Income limit for getting handicapped pension is Rs. 12500/p.m..
(II) Senior Citizens Home
Senior Citizens Home is situated in Sector 43-A, Chandigarh.
The main objective behind setting up this home was to give
secure and homely atmosphere to the well off citizens who
have paying capacity but living alone in Chandigarh. There
are 24 rooms with attached toilets, a health center, Multi-purpose
hall and a Day Club. In case of emergency, there is medical
tie up and ambulance arrangement with the Government Medical
College Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. This home is being
managed by the Chandigarh Child and Women Development Corporation.
(III) Old Age Home
Grant in aid is being given by the Social Welfare Department
for running the Management of Old Age Home in Sector 15,
Chandigarh. At present, the Home is being managed by the
Lions Club Chandigarh Central. All the needs of the Old
& Destitute People are being looked after well in this
Chandigarh Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Minorities
Financial & Development Corporation Limited is providing
loans for self-employment ventures to poor eligible applicants
i.e. Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Minorities and
dependents of Safai Karamcharis and free training in various
field with stipend such as Computer, Community Health Workers,
Driving, Stenography, Tailoring, Dress Designing, Beauty
Culture etc.
The Chandigarh Child & Women Development Corporation
is engaged in the economic development and welfare of women
and children in U.T., Chandigarh. This Corporation is also
the channelising agency of National Handicapped Finance
and Development Corporation for Welfare of Handicapped persons.
The corporation has provided loan for self employment, It
provides training in tailoring courses Dress Designing course,
Computer course, Beauty Culture and Stenography course.
This Corporation has a Tailoring Production Centre, which
undertakes sewing work from general public Govt. Institutions
and other organization. This Corporation is also running
a working women hostel in Sector 24 which can accommodate
72 inmates.
About 50 Non-Government Voluntary Organisations are working
in the Chandigarh and are engaged in various welfare activities
and getting grant-in-aid of Rs.20,000/- from the Social
Welfare Department, Chandigarh Administration. Some of these
NGOs are detailed as under:-
The NGO is organising Counselling Sessions with
the adolescent girls of the Urban slums of UT, Chandigarh.
Taken up the cause of Breast Feeding Promotion in
a big way and is celebrating Breast Feeding Week from
Ist to 8th August for the last 4 years.
Running a Beauty Care Centre, Stitching and Tailoring
Centre in villages Raipur Khurd, Hallomajra and Behlana
To undertake schemes for the education, training
and rehabilitation of adolescent girls. To provide
for settling of family disputes and counseling to
deserted and divorced women. To provide institutional
service to widows, destitute, divorced and deserted
To help victimised women against atrocities.


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Them's the Rules
Sam Farmer, 25 Jan 2016
Why did the refs make that call? When the rules are at issue in an NFL telecast, the networks turn to Mike Pereira '72 and Mike Carey '71.
Sweet Victory: Beating Bear Bryant
Mark Purdy, 10 Jan 2016
Remembering a great moment in Bay Area sports—and paying tribute to quarterback John Pasco '52, who left us in November.
A Beacon of Light
Clay Hamilton, 22 Dec 2015
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Santa Clara Magazine
Invaders from Earth
Ed Cohen, 18 Dec 2015
Ethicists are split on when, how, and why humans should go to Mars.
Breaking the rules
Michelle Quinn, 2 Dec 2015
Caryn Beck-Dudley is bringing her outsider experience to SCU's Leavey School of Business
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
Steven Boyd Saum, 25 Nov 2015
Thanksgiving memories of turkey, football, and revolutions that changed the world.
Boob spelled backwards
Jim Harrington, 2 Nov 2015
After his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, DJ Mike "No Name" Nelson '96 decided to help raise awareness with a 3,000-mile trip and a hit charity single penned by his son.
Like no place on earth
Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77 , 30 Oct 2015
Talking with John A. Sobrato '60 about building Silicon Valley—literally—and shaping it for future generations.
Going to BAT
Thomas Neumann, 21 Oct 2015
His Major League Baseball career is in the past, but Randy Winn '96 is still stepping up to the plate to help the entire baseball family.
If innocent please contact
Denny Walsh, 15 Oct 2015
After 15 years in prison, Larry Pohlschneider walked out a free man thanks to the efforts of Maitreya Badami and the Northern California Innocence Project.


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Finished Courses:
Professional Ethics
Public Speaking
Interaction with Media
Situational Awareness
Comparative Linguistics
Dialectical Differences
Methods of Translation and Interpretation
Military Operations
During my career with other organizations like TRW, NGMS, NEXCOM, EKOPLAST and ECOLOG, I have performed different duties and held a wide range of responsibilities. The experience has helped me to make myself proficient in my work and help the department carryon day-to-day duties in a safe and prompt manner
Hiring, controlling time sheets, contracts, salaries, working schedule, uploading contents for the interpreter – translators for US Army in Afghanistan especially in Kandahar (FOB Lindsey). Working with local nationals, US, Canadian and UK citizens
In charge of 12 Camps (FOB's) in Afghanistan and around 300 employees European, Afghani (LCN) Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepali (TCN). Checking employees Time Sheet, Daily Report, Cash Box, Equipment Report, Media Editing
Working for JCC (Join Contracting Company) Unit, preparing proposals, participated in contract negotiations, oversaw contract administration, preparing bid process specifications, progress and supporting reports
Monitoring contracts to verify contractual and company objectives are met, providing administrative support to one or more functional areas of Human Resources
For that period I was part of many US. Army unites such as: Legal Office, Liaison Monitoring Team, Military Police, Public Affair, Force Protection, also I did document translation and meetings
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration
Diploma in Medical High School (Nursing)


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NEW SSD, Boot Error, Suddenly not genuine.
This weekend, I bought and installed a new SSD into my computer. I re-installed my Windows 7 (Home Premium x64 OEM) onto it, (fresh install, no migrate) and immediately formatted my mechanical HDD.
I went into my BIOS and changed boot priority. I also changed BIOS Drive positions, with my SSD as #1 and HDD as #2.
As soon as I got Windows installed, I started re-installing programs, setting up my admin account, and generally resetting my system, theme, Rainmeter, etc.
During boot, I get a message that asks me to choose OS - Windows 7, or Windows 7. It starts a 30s timer, then chooses the highlighted option and boots normally.
Then I started getting messages that I wasnt running Genuine Windows. I clicked the Resolve Online button, and downloaded the authenticator software, which told me I needed to buy a copy of Windows.
This irritated me, because I am running a key I bought legitimately, and I have the packaging and CoA.
I called MS Tech Support. I spoke with a very helpful gentleman. He checked out my product key. He had me activate my product, which I hadnt done on my new install yet, and I got a Genuine tag to appear under the Windows Experience Rating in My Computer>Properties. He said I was good to go.
Now, 48hrs later, Im getting the "Not Genuine" message again. I have a screenshot of Windows claiming to be Genuine and Not Genuine at the same time. (See Attached photo.) I have installed a lot of updates since my re-install, so I do seem to be getting those.
This computer is custom built, and I purchased an OEM version of windows separately from the builder - legit, physical packaging - and I opened the packaging and installed it myself about a year ago. It has been fine until I installed the new drive this weekend.
I appreciate any help and insight someone can provide.
Thanks in advance.
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
Microsoft Windows 10 Professional / Windows 7 Professional
Windows Genuine and Activation Issue Posting Instructions
Post a full / unedited WGA report, so the geeks can take a look at it and see whats going on.
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
Thanks. I'll post it in a few hours when I get home. (I'm at work)
Appreciate the help.
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
You needed to unplug all other HD's during install. In rare cases having a Dual Boot configured with a ghost OS can cause activation problems.
Please post back a screenshot of your maximized Disk Management drive map and listings, using SNipping TOol in Start Menu.
The Genuine logo on your System page is not like any I've seen before. I wonder if your builder modified it somehow. But if MS has validated the key then their policy is to get it activated one way or another.
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|17 Jul 2012
I had assumed the logo difference was just part of the 3rd Party Theme. I bought it from a theme/customization website.
A few months back, long before I bought the SSD, I had the mechanical HDD set up to triple boot: Mint, Win7, and Win8 consumer preview. Once I had really decided that Win7 was the OS for me, I formatted both the Mint & Windows 8 partitions. After those partitions were formatted, I would still get the boot option screen, so I found a program called BootICE that stopped that from happening, quickly and easily, and thought no more about it. That was a couple of months ago, and I've had no sign of either OS I removed.
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
Windows 7 Pro x64 Windows 10 Pro x64
Use EasyBCD to delete the unwanted boot entries.
EasyBCD - CNET Download.com
Is windows activated ?
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
Yes, it's activated. MS Tech support had me do that while on the phone with them.
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
The next time you reinstall I would move everything off the HD to wipe the boot sector with Diskpart Clean Command which will solve the ghost boot entries permanently.
Then take the time to get a perfect Clean Reinstall using these same steps for OEM.
If EasyBCD doesn't show the ghost entries to delete on Edit Boot Menu tab, you can also clean up the BCD using Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
|My System Specs
|17 Jul 2012
OK - got it sorted. I hadn't wiped the System Reserved from the HDD. EasyBCD worked like a champ, solved boot error fine. Used Partition Wizard to finish wiping the HDD and reset my partitions, I think that should solve the Genuine issues as well.
Thanks for everyone's help here, I appreciate it! marking as solved now.
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The brains behind the Great Train Robbery died today aged 81.
Bruce Reynolds led the 17-strong gang that escaped with £2.6million in used notes in 1963 – the equivalent of £41million today.
Fellow gang member Ronnie Biggs, 84, wept when he was told the news.
Son Michael, 38, said: "My father showed a lot of emotion and there were tears.
"Bruce was his oldest friend – someone he had known since they met in borstal when he was 13."
Reynold's artist son Nick, a member of the band Alabama 3 who recorded the theme tunes to TV gangster series The Sopranos, confirmed his dad had died in his sleep at home in Croydon, South London.
He called him "a quintessential Englishman who spent some time on the wrong side of the tracks".
Eddie Richardson, the 1960s London gang boss, said: "He was his own man. He done his own thing. There's only a couple left now."
Former antiques dealer Reynolds, nicknamed Napoleon, wanted to pull off a crime to go down in history.
At just after 3am on August 8, 1963, driver Jack Mills stopped his mail train at a red light at Ledburn, Buckinghamshire.
The gang, who had rigged the lights, coshed Mills, handcuffed him to his mate and helped themselves to the loot.
Reynolds fled to Mexico and was joined by his wife and son but the cash soon ran out and he came back to England.
In 1968 he was found in Torquay and sentenced to 25 years.
Paroled in 1978 he moved, alone and penniless, to a tiny London flat.
In the 80s he got three years for dealing amphetamines.
Most of the train cash was never recovered but 13 men were jailed with many getting 30-year terms although all served less.
Biggs, a fugitive for 36 years, returned in 2001 and was freed from jail due to illness.
Reynolds family friend John Schoonraad said Bruce turned his back on crime in later life.
He added "He did his time and turned into a very nice man."