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To give real service, we must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. A satisfied customer is our best business strategy.
Through home schooling funds, Jonathan, my son, purchased a laptop from Computer Trends, Lethbridge, AB, for $999 as well as an extended 2-year warranty for $300, covering parts and labor. Jason Vetter, manager, was the salesperson. Jonathan uses his computer every day, taking all home schooling by internet.
After 15 months of possession and use, Jonathan’s right arrow key was sticking and his audio was working only intermittently so we took it in for servicing. The moment I placed the laptop on the counter, Vincent, the service tech, looked closely at the key and said, “There was something spilled on the keyboard.” My thought was, “What? Is this some indication that they have no intention of honoring their warranty? How can he be so sure something was spilled?” My response was, “I find that hard to believe or understand, seeing we do not allow Jonathan to have food and beverage around the computer.” We left the computer there.
We asked about the audio ports as well. They said those were broken because of abuse. “What kind of abuse?” we asked. They cited a few possibilities, none of which we were aware that we were guilty, though Jonathan could have been, but they also acknowledged that the break in the audio port could be simply metal fatigue, in which case, warranty covers. However, they chose to believe it was abuse. How convenient!
I was out of town when Marilyn told me these things. I told her I would take care of it when I got back. On Thursday, November 16, all three of us, Marilyn, Jonathan and I went in and spoke to Edward, the service manager (Jason Vetter, the manager, was not in). Edward said that the keyboard problem was not a spill as Vincent formerly said, but it was food crumbs. We reiterated that we could not understand how this would be so, seeing we do not use food around the computer. We also informed him that when Marilyn cleans Jonathan’s room, wherever she cleans, including the little table on which his laptop is operated, there are never any crumbs or food of any kind. She has found no such evidence at any time. (We say this in case there were times when Jonathan may have disobediently eaten at the computer when we were not present. Marilyn checks and cleans on a regular basis, not once finding evidence.) Nor is there anyone else who ever uses our computers.
Edward did not accept our word. While he did not directly call us liars, he may as well have done so. I fail to see any other alternative. As for the sticking key, he did acknowledge that it was not stuck because of food. Why was it then stuck? All he knew, he said was that there was food throughout the rest of the keyboard. As to the audio ports, though he acknowledged it could be metal fatigue, he preferred to conclude it was abuse.
He asked us if we wished to leave it for repairs, telling us we would have to pay for them. I decided to take the laptop with me and call Karl Marten, a reputable computer tech in Lethbridge, who works for the Lethbridge Community College as well as operating his own computer tech service. Karl had suggested we bring it to him for examination. We left it with him and he called us back the next day, saying, “There was no food at all. It was silica dust. There is no way they can by rights refuse you warranty coverage. This is normal wear and tear, not abuse at all.” Asking him about the broken port, he said that while it can be abuse, it can easily be metal fatigue and that firstly, Computer Trends had no right or grounds to make the assumption that it was abuse, and secondly, it simply was not right to employ reverse onus, that is, expect us, the customer, to prove our innocence before honoring the warranty.
He offered to take the laptop to Computer Trends and talk to them. Doing so, he told them there was no food involved at all, that it was dust. He spoke to both Edward, with whom he said there was no reasoning and preferred to say no more, saying he had nothing good to say, and he spoke to Vincent, who, he said, was a bit more reasonable but, in the end, they would not honor the warranty.
Informing me of these things, Karl also told me that Computer Trends would replace the keyboard for a reduced sum of $120. He thought that because of the dust, the keyboard would have to be replaced. “Where did the dust come from, Karl?” we asked, not aware that Jonathan was using it in dusty conditions. He suggested some possibilities, none of which seemed to apply, like using it on the road with an open window, which Jonathan has never done (he gets car sick reading or looking inside a moving vehicle at anything, as does his mother).
Notice: At first, Jonathan was accused of spilling liquid on the keyboard. Upon examination, they said it was not liquid. Then, after their examination, we were accused of food crumbs. Believing the possibility of this report, presuming Computer Trends would not lie to us, and being stern with Jonathan, I demanded he tell me the truth, not that I had any valid reason to believe he was lying to me. He insisted on his innocence and reasonably explained how. My wife too reiterated her housecleaning practices and observations, which I know to be true. A second examination of the keyboard by an unbiased yet experienced and competent party revealed that there was no food involved, just as we had practiced and declared, to no avail.
Edward then acknowledged that it was not food crumbs after all, or at least that it could have been dust, but nevertheless denied warranty coverage. If it could be dust, why was he as fast to say it was food, with examination, as Vincent was to declare it was spilled liquid, without examination? Edward also denied coverage of the audio port, choosing to believe the less costly to them of two possible alternatives, abuse and metal fatigue.
From their “a” to “f” of the conditions whereby warranty coverage does not apply, we fail to see where Computer Trends has fairly and accurately determined we are conclusively guilty and therefore not entitled to due warranty coverage. We are, in effect, judged to be liars and fools.
I ask: What is the good of a warranty when it is left up to the warrantor to decide subjectively? If it is a matter of the warrantor’s opinion, and it is going to cost the one rendering the opinion, how can I, as a customer, having paid my money up front for this very kind of contingency, have any confidence that the warranty is of any value? The sum of the matter is that Computer Trends took $300 from my son for shop-extended warranty, giving him their word that they would cover repairs for another 2 years over the 90 days, and we are left with having to pay repairs, though it cannot be honestly determined that we were misusing, abusing or in any way negligent.
I had heard of, and from, others who strongly felt they were abused by the Computer Trends service department in Lethbridge. Why did I not heed their admonitions? I suppose it was because we thought we were receiving good value for our money in the initial purchase, and because I am wary of hearsay. Also, meeting Jason Vetter, I thought he was one who might deal fairly and honor his word. Obviously, I was wrong, unless Mr. Vetter is not aware of these details. I wanted to speak to him but he was not available.
Hello Victor. I have reviewed your email and spoke with my head office regarding this matter. Computer Trends extended coverage does not cover physical damage or normal wear and tear. We cover any manufacturers defects on hardware only. If we find any foreign substances in the computer (dust, dirt, crumbs, liquid, etc..), we consider this to be outside the normal coverage guidelines of the manufactures workmanship. We will not be covering the laptop under warranty. We will offer to you a replacement keyboard at Computer Trends cost as well as free labour to install the keyboard. If you would like to go ahead with this, send me an email and I will email you the total costs involved. Thank you for your time.
While I can understand a position whereby a manufacturer should not be expected to cover a harmful, foreign substance, this case seems a bit grey to me. Being grey, and seeing you have my money and sit in the driver’s seat, what can I do but ask for understanding?
For example, what is “normal wear and tear”? While I am sure there are others who handle their warranties the way you do, I know there are those who would give a customer the benefit of doubt, not that it seems you have any doubts.
Part of my problem has been that the moment I brought the computer in, before it was even checked out, we were already accused of spilling something on the keyboard, which turned out not to be the case. Then, even after opening and examination, we were accused of food crumbs, which also turned out not to be true. It seemed evident that Computer Trends was out to find an excuse to not honor their warranty.
Now, having had a third party’s opinion (Karl Marten’s), based on years of knowledge, experience, and his examination, we are informed that one, it was dust, and two, in his opinion, it ought to be covered. And that is the issue, it seems. If it is a matter of opinion, then you win and we lose, seeing you hold the cards and are naturally biased.
Nevertheless, you are offering a slight compromise, and if you inform me of the costs, I will consider. I would like to get this under way. Jonathan needs it for his home schooling, as mentioned.
I must now confess to you that I was foolish before God in purchasing an extended warranty. My thinking was, “Jonathan is young; he may be careless or inefficient in certain ways and may therefore need the warranty.” (Of course, your warranty states that you do not cover such contingencies anyway.) But long ago, the Lord directed me to look to Him alone and directly for coverage and protection. Is man’s word better than His? Is man more capable of looking out for us than He? Man charges, calculating his profits to his advantage. By nature, unless redeemed in soul and spirit by the Presence of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, man is not there for his fellow but for himself. That is the “nature of the beast.” So what am I doing, paying you $300 in advance to cover something speculative, for which I ought to be trusting Him, and which He is willing and able to provide freely? I was foolish. I strayed from my Maker and Lord and now suffer the consequences.
Jason, I hope we can still work something out here. Send me the costs; tell me what, in totality, you are able and willing to do for us (like with the audio port included), as soon as possible. You can mail me or call 553-2252. I will be here this afternoon.
Hi Victor. I have a price for you on the keyboard. $119 installed. The labour is free. Let me know if you want to go ahead with it. If so, I will have our parts buyer purchase you one asap.
Thank you, Jason. I would like you to order and install please. I just talked to Kyle who promised to relay the message to Vincent, seeing you were not in. Now what about the audio port?
Great job holding your ground on this one, I believe that Victor will see the value in your strong conviction regarding company warranty policy.
As you have already heard, Victor realized and openly confessed that he was wrong in having purchased the warranty because putting his trust in men rather than in God in this matter.
Victor began to realize and understand that he was at fault (before God) when your company made it clear that you were committed to making sure the problem with Jonathan’s computer was not covered under warranty. Not once, but twice, you (your company representatives) falsely accused Victor (Jonathan) of doing damage to the computer keyboard in ways that made it clear that the repair would not be covered. You presented yourselves as opposed to the possibility of covering for the problem from the get-go.
You had put an adversarial conflict in motion. Victor, your customer, was automatically put on the defensive. Now, this is not the position that you, as a customer, want to be in with those that hold the power over you to do with you as they please, especially when they perceive their interests to be in conflict with yours. That is the reason God warns us not to put our trust in man. Man is selfish, and will do whatever he can get away with in serving himself.
There was no meeting or exceeding your customer’s expectations here, as you proclaim is your goal in your “Core Values” statement. Quite to the contrary, this affair was an unpleasant surprise about the nature of your warranty contract, and how you handle your customers. It was disappointing rather than satisfying.
This brings up another point. You have heard Victor’s rationale for having purchased the warranty. He thought it would protect him against suffering loss due to Jonathan perhaps being careless, though they (Victor and his wife, Marilyn) teach and supervise Jonathan to be responsible with his possessions. While it is Victor’s fault that he did not carefully read the warranty paperwork, why was he under the impression that it would cover a wide range of repairs, necessitated by whatever?
I am not implying that you gave him this impression. My point here is that his kind of thinking is common among computer purchasers, and you know it. They think they are purchasing an insurance policy. You did not do anything here to communicate otherwise, to make sure Victor understood the true nature of your warranty contract, which does not even include repairs necessitated by normal wear and tear. Had he known that, he surely would not have purchased it. How many people would?
While Victor appreciates that you are trying to accommodate him by offering the keyboard at cost, he is not impressed with your warranty policy or your strong convictions in the way you have handled things. Who in their right mind would be?
Your statement, Richard, is further corroborating evidence that you, and your company, are not listening to what the customer (in this case, Victor) is telling you. Businesses, and the people running them, do not hear what their customers are telling them when they are set on their own goals and agenda, which deviate from the customer’s needs and goals. You have made policy around serving yourselves at the cost of your customers.
I suggest that you carefully, and even prayerfully, consider this situation, and the wider implications. You should not be putting your customers, or yourselves, into the kind of adversarial relationship as you have demonstrated here. Victor was warned by others of such problems. The future trend of your business depends on how you respond to this present situation.
You have just received a substantial gift of exceeding value, the truth about what is happening in your business. Whether or not you appreciate this gift we will soon know, and the results will be manifest for all to see.
Richard and Jason, Victor here.
Your note sent to me inadvertently speaks volumes. You have, as Paul says, and as we have sadly experienced, taken the adversarial approach with us from the outset. Adding insult to injury, none of you has even attempted to specifically answer the points and objections I made, and though I have asked you repeatedly about the audio port, you have ignored me. How can you make the statements you make about your company’s service standards, as recorded in this document, and do what you are doing, without hypocrisy? Your words and actions do not agree.
I have highlighted portions in my letters to you (see below), which, it appears, you have yet to read. I am not impressed. I have simply expressed that it appears I have little choice but to accept whatever you are willing to do while unilaterally seated at the controls. As the situation now stands, I cannot say with heart and soul to anyone interested in buying a computer, that Computer Trends is the place to go. I hope you boys will consider that though you are doing somewhat to pacify me, it does fall short of what we honestly believe we are entitled to in any good business relationship. I think Paul gives you a good explanation of that.
Paul thanks for your comments and I’m sorry that Victor did not understand our warranties in that it does not cover breakage, abuse or normal wear and tear. He was very welcome to ask as many questions as possible at the time of sale to put him at ease with his responsibilities of ownership and the responsibilities for coverage by Computer Trends Canada Inc.
The extended warranty’s sole purpose is to protect all of our customers from manufactures defects so I believe that Jason and I have made the correct judgments in this warranty claim even though it was hurtful to Victor and family.
Unfortunately for Victor, he has to step up and take some of the responsibility for the repair costs in this case; Computer Trends is taking care of the Labour.
I believe that we are making a good compromise in this claim as we would not be in business today if we covered all of the costs when people unintentionally break their laptops. You have to understand that Jason and I are faced with these difficult decisions on a daily basis so I have to keep a good balance of what is best for the Customer and what is best for the Company. With warranty claims sometimes the Customer does not always come out on top.
Richard, what about Victor’s questions, which follow my letter? He is your customer.
I see that today Jason has finally answered about what Victor must buy to fix the audio port, but what about this question regarding the cause of damage there, not to mention the rest of the highlighted areas that you have not answered?
Jason and Edward have determined that the damages were caused by breakage not metal fatigue so they have come up with a cheaper solution than replacing the motherboard or computer. It looks like someone was wearing head phones and got up and broke the ports. These damages are not covered by any manufactures warranty. Any external port breakage is not covered as they are very delicate and are directly attached to the most expensive part of the laptop the motherboard.
Here is some more information regarding laptop warranties and how the claims are determined.
One thing your normal warranty does not cover is damage or problems with the laptop due to something caused by the user or an accident. If your dog runs through the power cord dragging the laptop off the kitchen table to the ground (true story) and said laptop breaks, you’re not covered. Some manufacturers and retailers do offer fix coverage resulting from accidents, but this coverage is always more expensive and an extra. One option you may consider is laptop insurance. It’s a bit hard to find insurance companies that offer this, but one that I know about is Safeware. You can get a quote for the cost of insurance coverage on a laptop via an online form. Cost varies by state and the value of your laptop, but generally it seems to be between $48 – $100 for 1-year of insurance for a $1,500 laptop. Coverage includes fix, repair or replacement due to accident, theft, vandalism, fire, flooding for anywhere in the U.S. and while you’re travelling.
If you have renters insurance or homeowners insurance, there’s a good chance that if a laptop is lost due to a natural disaster then your laptop is also covered. Note, this does not include laptop damage coverage due to accidents (such as drops, spills, dogs or your kids wrecking your laptop). Insurance companies will often reimburse you for either the current replacement value of a notebook with similar specifications similar to the laptop you lost, or for the depreciated cost of your lost laptop. You would prefer a policy with current replacement value reimbursement because it’s usually going to cost you more to replace a laptop than what the old laptop would have been actually be worth on eBay (laptop value often drops fairly fast after a year).
Renters and homeowners insurance can often cover your laptop when out of the house as well, so be sure to ask your insurance agent exactly what you’re covered for and where. Keep in mind though, there’s always a deductible on insurance, so for instance you’ll pay the first $250 (or so) in repairs regardless and for every claim you make your insurance premium will go up in the future.
Hello Victor. I have an approximate eta on when we are getting the keyboard. It will be December 17th. With regards to the audio port, Edward did mention to you that the least expensive way to fix this would be to purchase a PCMCIA audio card that slides into the side of the laptop. If you want to fix the port that is on the laptop, you would have to purchase a new motherboard. Let me know if you have any questions.
Richard says breakage and normal wear and tear are not covered. You have chosen to assume it was one of those categories, though you have acknowledged it could well be factory defect, but you draw a conclusion in your favor because it will cost you otherwise, though you have promised to cover.
Many a man has had “strong convictions” when they were wrong. Your company warranty policy, I am told by a prominent tech, Karl Marten, is not to be compared to that of several others with whom he deals on a daily basis. Yours serves your interests; others serve theirs as well as the interests of their clients, who receive fair value as promised.
Even as it stands, we have waited nearly three weeks and it appears we will be waiting another three.
I am amazed at your shortsighted and narrow point of view and your apparent inexperience in dealing with your clientele. As of today, you will be losing business. Is it worth it? Stick to your guns, guys. As Richard says, “Great job holding your ground on this one.” Great in what respect? That you can demonstrate willpower and prejudice? That you can apparently successfully abuse someone and save your money while losing far more in reputation and future sales? If that is “great,” would it not be far more advisable to do a “very poor job”?
Karl Marten now declares that while he only heard of your questionable business practices, he now not only will not recommend anyone dealing with you, he will highly recommend that they do not. We will do the same, hopefully not out of resentment or bitterness, but simply because it would only be fair to others. While I ignored warning signals, perhaps others will heed, spare themselves, and go where they will be treated not just “nicely,” with empty words and expressions of virtue, but with honesty, honor and decency.


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After B.J. and Warren's wedding party all the guests made them on the way home.
The following morning C.C. got up very early to prepare a romantic breakfast for him and Sophia, who was back in his life again. C.C. enters the kitchen where Rosa the Capwell maid since years is making breakfast.
"Good morning, Rosa! Could you please pack the breakfast in a basket because I want to have breakfast outside?" C.C. asked in a very good mood and puts a bottle of champagne and two glasses next to the basket on the table.
"Good morning, C.C.! You are in a very good mood, aren't you? Have you planed something special?" Rosa asked and pointed at the glasses.
"Yes, I'm in a very good mood and I have planed something special!" C.C. answered happily.
"May I ask what you have planed?"
"Oh yes! I want to have breakfast at the beach with Sophia and ask her if she wants to marry me again!" C.C. said and waited for Rosa's reaction.
"I didn't know that you are together again!" Rosa said ironically.
"We only are since yesterday, but I always loved her. Could you please put the basket into my car? I have to hurry now because I want to surprise Sophia!" C.C. said and left the room.
Rosa has to think about her beloved daughter Santana who had a love affair with C.C. and left Santa Barbara forever after the end of their relationship. During this time C.C. went upstairs to wake up Sophia. C.C. entered the bedroom, went to the bed where Sophia was still lying asleep, he gave her a tender kiss on her forehead.
"It's time to go up, Darling!" C.C. said tenderly.
"No! I' m still tired and I don't feel very well! So please let me sleeps some hours more, ok?" Sophia said tired.
"But I have a surprise for you, don't you want to see it?"
"I would love to see it but can't you show me it later?" Sophia asked.
"Wait a minute! I will be back in a few moments!" C.C. said and left the room to go downstairs and take the basket to make the picnic in the bedroom, because Sophia doesn't feel well and he doesn't want to wait to make her the marriage propose later.
In the meantime Sophia has sat up in the bed and thinks about CC's surprise.
"What is he going to do? Something is wrong with him, it isn't usual that he is in such a good mood early in the morning!" Sophia said to herself.
C.C. entered the room again and came close to Sophia, who's still sitting on the bed, to blind-fold her.
"What's wrong with you, CC? The man I had married three times wasn't like you! So tell me what are you going to do?"
"I want to surprise you! You have to patient two minutes!" C.C. answered. C.C. goes into the corridor to take the picnic basket. Back in the room he lays a blanket on the floor and arranges the breakfast and lightens up a few candles.
"When will you show me the surprise?" Sophia asked impatiently.
"Just one moment!" C.C. replied while he checked if everything was perfect. Then he went to Sophia, took her hand to lead to the place he had prepared for them.
"So! Now I'm going to take the bandage from your eyes! Are you ready?"
"Yes, I am!" Sophia answered.
He takes the bandage from her eyes and Sophia is very surprised.
"Oh! It's very lovely and you only have done this for me?" Sophia said and smiled at C.C. in love.
"You're right! I only have done this for you, because I love you!" C.C. said and gave Sophia a kiss on the cheek.
"Have you done something what I don't know yet?" Sophia asked.
"No! I promise you that I haven't done anything!" C.C. answered and thought by himself – not yet, but I'm going to do!-.
C.C. gave Sophia a glass of champagne, in which he has thrown the ring for Sophia.
"Cheers!" both said at the same time.
"Mmmh! There's something in the champagne, C.C.!"
"No, that's impossible!" C.C. replied.
"Oh! I'm sure there is something in my glass! I'm going to show you it!"
Sophia drank the glass empty and took a ring out of it.
"Is that nothing?" she asked, showing the ring to C.C..
"What's that? May I have a look at it?" C.C. replied and smiled.
Sophia gave him the ring. It was a silver ring with a diamond that C.C. has ordered at the jewellery the same morning.
"I think it is a ring!" he said to tease Sophia up.
"I know that it is a ring, but what has it to do in my glass?" Sophia said and smiled because she had an idea what C.C. would tell her next.
C.C. started to get nervous and thinks about how to ask Sophia if she wants to marry him again.
"I ... have to ask you... something! I would ask you if you want to marry me again?" Finally C.C. had asked Sophia and waited impatiently for her answer.
"I' m honoured that you asked me to be your wife again but..." Sophia made a short break she wanted to tease C.C. up.
She doesn't want to marry me again C.C. thought by himself.
"But I would be more honoured to be Mrs C.C. Capwell again!" Sophia said with a smile on her face and tears came up in her eyes.
"I'm so happy that you want to marry me again!" C.C. said and they kissed.
"CC! I want you to make me a favour! I don't want that anybody knows that we are going to marry again, because I only want to share it with you!" Sophia said seriously.
"I promise you that no word will come over my lips. I would do everything if only you marry me!" C.C. replied.
In the meantime B.J. and Warren are looking for a job outside from Santa Barbara.
"Would you prefer to move to the east coast or to stay here at the west coast?" B.J. asked her husband.
"It doesn't matter as long as you are by my side." Warren answered.
"I would prefer to move to the east coast, Warren. I think it would be easier for us get a good job there."
"This sounds like if you already have received an answer!"
"Yes, I have! And do you know what? We will both get a job at a good newspaper in New York."
" I think that our families will be sad if we leave town." Warren said.
"But have you forgotten that we have decided to move because we don't want to be too close to our families? We wanted to make our own life!"
"No, I know that and of course we will move. But I thought that our families will miss us and we'll miss them!"
"I find that we have to organize a goodbye party for our families and friends when we know when we'll move to New York!"
The same evening the whole Capwell family were invited to have dinner at Mason and Julia's home. Mason has announced that he will have news for his family.
"Come on; Mason! Have you finished? The first guests will arrive in a few minutes!" Julia shouted.
"Yes! Yes! I've finished! Now they may come!"
The doorbell rings and Mason goes to the door to open it.
"Good evening, Kelly, Connor. Come in!" Mason said.
"Are we the first?" Kelly asked her brother.
"Yes, but I'm sure that the others will arrive soon!"
"So, we might have the best seats, Kelly!" Connor joked.
"Mason have you seen Dad today?"
"No, I haven't! Why? Is something wrong?"
" I just wondered because I haven't seen him today at the office!"
Again the doorbell rings, this time Ted and his wife Lily arrive.
"Ted I told you that we would be the last at the party!"
"You're not the last! And even if you were don't care about it because in my point of view it's petty bourgeois to be on time." Mason answered.
"I told you that Connor and Kelly would arrive later than we, because I know my sister and she always needs hours to make herself ready to go out!" Ted said.
"I'm sorry, but I have to disappoint you but I'm already here, dearest brother!" Kelly replied a bit angrily.
"Where are Dad and Sophia? Normally they are the first to arrive?" Mason said and began to worry that something could have happened to them.
"I've called your father and Rosa told me that C.C. and Sophia had left the house already!" Julia said.
Kelly who knew that her parents were reunited since B.J. and Warren's wedding had to smile.
"Why are you smiling, Kelly?"
"Oh, yes! I am sorry Mason, I've forgotten that you are not updated about the latest news."
"What in hell are you talking about, Kelly?" Mason asked and hoped that his sister's answer would tell him that his father and Sophia were reunited again. Sure there were times when the relationship between C.C. and Sophia were a thorn in Mason's side, but that has changed and Mason has accepted that C.C. always loved Sophia and that he always will.
"They are together again, but don't tell Dad that you already know it. I think that he would prefer to tell it to you himself!" Kelly said seriously.
"I swear that no word will come over my lips!" Mason said and laughed.
The doorbell rang for the third time and finally C.C. and Sophia arrived and were guided into the living room by Julia.
"I find that you look ill, Sophia!" Julia said.
"Yes, I am but I don't wanted to miss the news Mason has announced when he phoned!" Sophia replied.
At the same time the Capwell men are standing at the other end of the living room and talk.
"Dad, you look very tired!" Ted said.
"My beloved sons I'm very tired and would prefer to be at home and sleep but Sophia insisted in coming to the party because Mason has some news for us!" C.C. answered.
"Why are you so tired? We knew that you weren't at work today, so tells us what has made you so tired?" Ted said and smiled, because he had an idea why his father was tired.
"I haven't slept very much last night!"
"And what was the reason for that?" Mason asked with an impish smile on his face.
"My sons that hasn't to interest you, but I tell you that it was my tiredness worth!" C.C. replied with a big smile on his face.
"What are the news you wanted to tell us Mason?"
"I'm going to tell you and the whole family after the dinner, Dad!"
After the dinner the whole family was in the living room to have a glass of champagne and Mason is beginning a speech.
"My beloved family. Julia and I have good news for you. We are going to have a baby!"
"Congratulations!" the whole family said at the same time.
"I also has some news for you! Sophia and I are going to marry again." C.C. said.
The whole family was happy about C.C.'s announcement with exception of Sophia. She look at him very angry but tried to hide it in front of the family. Sophia will have enough time to talk to C.C. when they will be alone. The whole family celebrated the good news. Some hours later Sophia went to C.C. and said: "I'm going home, I'm very tired but you can stay if you want!"
"No, I'm coming with you!"
C.C. went to Mason and told him that they are going to leave because Sophia doesn't feel very well.
In the car on their way home Sophia didn't talk to C.C., because she was so disappointed and angry, because he promised her not to tell anyone about their marriage plans.
"Do you fell such bad, Darling?" C.C. asked.
" Oh, no! I'm fine but you disappointed me, do you know that?"
"You know very well what I'm talking about! Why have you told the children that we are going to marry again? You promised me to say nothing! I have the impression that you don't take promises serious!" Sophia answered and felt that she became more and more disappointed.
"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry about my behaviour, but I'm so happy that you want to marry me again that I couldn't control myself and I wanted to share my happiness with my... our family!" C.C. replied and smiled at the woman he loves.
"Ok! I think that I can accept your apologize once more, but it's the last time! I love you!" Sophia said and gave C.C. a kiss on the cheek.

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Charles Dunne has apologised for his red card in Saturday’s clash with Burton Albion at Adams Park.
The 20-year-old was shown a yellow card in either half of the 2-1 defeat to the Brewers.
With it being his second sending off the season following his dismissal at Oxford United, he will be suspended for Wycombe’s next two games.
However, he wasn’t going to be available for selection against Torquay United on Saturday due to being on international duty with Republic of Ireland U21s.
Gareth Ainsworth said: “Charles was very rash and very silly. It's a young pro's tackle. The last thing I said to him was be careful. I've been in that situation, I've been sent off before.
“It was a rash challenge to do on a yellow card and he'll be feeling bad tonight. It's not all down to him but it didn't help, with 10 men and the penalty and a few decisions I did disagree with.
“Charles has apologised to the boys. He's a man, he'll take in on the chin. It's part of his learning and it's unfortunate he's getting lessons in the first team on the pitch.

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text: Among the first discotheques in Europe, after London and Paris, it was opened in 1967 in Belgrade. It was named "kod Laze Secera" (at Laza Sugar`s) after the owner then and people were coming there because of quality music and great atmosphere. The reopening took place in 2015 when the club was simply named Secer (Sugar). This small club is within easy reach of the city center.

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Which Windows programming language to learn?
Discussion in 'Software Development' started by Sharker, Jan 5, 2006.
I have done quite a lot of programming in non-windows languages, i.e. Basic and Fortran 95, I've done a bit in C and a tiny bit in Pascal some time ago. Way back in the dim recesses of my memory I did use Visual Basic with Win 3.1, but I understand that Visual Basic is rather restricting and not such a good one to go for.
I would be grateful for advice.
I use C++ and LOVE it. But I started with C#.net.
I am also a C++ advocate. I started using it last year when I took my first C++ college course, and I have stayed with it since then and intend to stick with it. I am also trying to teach myself wxWidgets which is a cross-platform library for developing graphical applications. However, I have not come very far on my wxWidgets studies as I am having a bit of trouble finding some decent tutorials.
C++ is definitely a very powerful language; if you are in need of an integrated development environment (IDE) to edit and compile and link code and such, I recommend Code::Blocks Studio. Dev-C++ is also another good one. Both of these are free..
I hope that I have been of some help. I have been meaning to reply to your post, but I have not had much time to work on the computer since college started last week.
Microsofts version of C++. It has taken C++ and added functionality to enable developers to build a GUI interface. This capability is not available with standard C++.
As I'm particularly interested in making windows applications perhaps I should look at Visual C++ rather then just C++?
Is there a free Visual C++ compiler available?
Microsoft has no version of c++. They have a compiler that builds c++ code called Visual C++. Buy the standard edition - it's only $100.
Otherwise, use Code::Blocks or Dev-C++.
It's got C#, C++, VB7, and ASP (for web development). It's free. I'd recommend learning C#, but that's just me. C++ is like half object oriented and it's a little difficult to get your head wrapped around it at first if you aren't forced to use it. C# is very similar to java--a real object oriented language. It's your call, though. C++ is a really good language to learn.
C# programs need the .net framework to run though. It is installed by default on XP but not on win98. Users of win98 and maybe even ME need to download the framework to run your programs and it is a whopping 24 megs!
C++ is a good place to start. It has all of the basic concepts and is quite powerful.
Java is similar to C++ but can't do quite as much, but if you want your programs to work on all platforms, Java is the one to use.
The .NET languages is quite good if you are developing Windows applications. VB.net is the easiest, but I find C# can do more stuff.
I recommend learning C++ first, then learn a bit of Java (once you know C++ this should be easy). Then go with C#.
Thanks people. I Think I'll begin with C++ and give the new express software a try.
Can anyone recommend a good C++/Visual C++ tutorial on the net? Or a good book that is available in the UK? Then I can get started.

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Bredel hose pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) have replaced piston pumps on a series of prestigious €1.8 million concrete grouting projects performed in seas around the Chinese coastline.
Bredel hose pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) have replaced piston pumps on a series of prestigious €1.8 million concrete grouting projects performed in seas around the Chinese coastline. A total of 90 Bredel pumps have been ordered for drawing the abrasive cement/sand/water slurry from the mixing tanks into the holds of the seafaring vessels, and for metering the grouting accordingly. The pumps have overcome leakage and wear issues associated with the previous piston pumps, and subsequently reduced downtime, maintenance and spares costs.
In China, specially equipped engineering boats (about the size of small tugs) are fitted with concrete-carrying silos or holds. The boats ferry between tidal, pile driving and quayside construction sites to deliver concrete grouting in line with project requirements.
Earlier this year, WMFTG China secured five orders comprising a total of 90 Bredel heavy duty hose pumps required for a series of new grouting projects. Including 45 Bredel 65 and 45 Bredel 80 models, the pumps will be installed across six engineering boats (15 pumps aboard each vessel).
Bredel hose pumps have been selected in place of piston pumps, which on previous grouting projects created issues such as fluid leakage, component wear and unplanned maintenance. In order to comply with local environmental regulations and meet higher quality requirements, WMFTG got the opportunity to supply a Bredel pump for trial. The success of the trial proved that Bredel technology could overcome the leakage and wear problems, thus reducing costs through greater uptime and reduced maintenance and spare parts. In addition, a safer working environment would be created.
The reason that the previous piston pumps struggled was the abrasive nature of the cement, sand (8%) and water mix (0.7 water-to-cement ratio). Discharged into the pile driver at pressures of over 10 bar, conventional pumps are subjected to continual wear problems. Conversely, in Bredel pumps, nothing but the hose touches the fluid. This means that the only wear part is the hose, which can be quickly and easily replaced if required. As a result, Bredel is the pump of choice for all slurries, as well as viscous, shear-sensitive or aggressive fluids.
The larger Bredel 80 models used on the grouting projects in China draw the slurry from the mixing tanks into the hold at 330 l/min. These pumps run for approximately 2-hour periods at 29 rpm. The smaller Bredel 65 pumps, which meter the grouting, run for the same amount of time (at 30 rpm), at a flow rate of 200 l/min. The running time of the pumps is controlled automatically via a PLC.
WMFTG has already delivered 30 Bredel pumps for the first two engineering boats, and the customer is now gearing up ready to start site. Another 60 pumps are in production and will follow in two months.

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Modulates airflow according to humidity.
Completely mechanical, no power required.
Silent - no fan noise.
The GHN humidity sensitive extract grille is the perfect solution for the passive stack ventilation of kitchens, toilet, bathrooms, shower rooms and wet rooms. Its robust and reliable humidity sensor ensures optimum performance at all the times, with remarkable longevity.
The GHN extract grille provides increased airflow when demand is high (as determined by the level of humidity), and reduced airflow when demand is low. This means of control prevents over ventilation during cold periods in winter, when thermal draught is at its greatest, and offers a much improved energy performance over uncontrolled passive stack ventilation.
With the GHN grille (and humidity sensitive air inlets), passive stack systems can be classed good practice , (or best practice when used as part of a hybrid system) by the Energy Saving Trust's Good Practice Guide (GPG268).
The Aereco humidity controlled extract grille is designed specifically for passive stack systems. it is the only grille that is completely mechanical and requires no electricity what so ever. A specially designed nylon strip mounted inside the grille reacts to relative humidity changes.
The centrally mounted nylon strip contracts inside the grille when humidity increases. This in turn opens the grille allowing airflow to pass.
The humidity sensor is very accurate and will start to open at 30% relative humidity, until fully open up to 65% relative humidity.

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SAN JUAN, MM--Baser Amer will embark on his national team duties at the Southeast Asian Games, and it is not just San Beda coach Jamike Jarin who is very glad to see his star point guard go for the gold.
"The entire San Beda community is very happy that he made it to the SEA Games team," Jarin, who graduated from San Beda High School, told sportswriters on Saturday, a half-week after the announcement of Amer's inclusion to the Gilas Cadets squad for the Singaporean tournament starting on June 10.
Jarin also said, "Even his family, the people from Davao, our Muslim brothers, they're very happy that Baser Amer will don the national colors."
The former Batang Gilas mentor also noted that this will be the very first time Amer will become part of a national team as he missed out on becoming one during his youth team days.
"He wasn't able to do that in the youth team because of personal things," Jarin explained why the Red Lions' spitfire point guard did not play for the youth squad despite getting raves from high school coaches.
In spite of that, Jarin is happy that Amer will finally team up with supposed youth team comrade and best friend Kiefer Ravena.
"It is a reunion--the first time for Kiefer and Baser to be teammates with the national team, so I'm very, very excited for them."
On the other hand, Amer told some scribes that he is happy that he will be with the Gilas Cadets, which has been practicing everyday and is raring to once again show its dominance in the Southeast Asian basketball scene.
Expected to win it all, the Gilas Cadets will battle five more teams in the SEA Games basketball tournament.


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Argus Hotel Darwin is also centrally located for easy access to the Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin Waterfront restaurants and Wave pool, not to mention the Mindil Markets, and Sky City Casino.
The Argus Hotel compliments Argus Apartments, and extends 102 Superior King, Superior twin (x2 king singles) or Deluxe 2 bedroom Queen with the latest in furniture, facilities and services. All hotel rooms open onto a Juliet balcony for guests who wish to embrace Darwin’s energetic environment.
To ensure we meet your expectations, Argus Hotel Darwin offers complimentary WiFi, complimentary newspaper, and a complimentary tour booking service.
Hotel facilities include, gymnasium, swimming pool, meeting facilities, laundry facilities and secure onsite parking. Guest Services include 24 hour reception, express check out, a tour planner service, Business services, and a dedicated friendly team to look after all our guest needs, especially those last minute request.

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Maybe you’re preparing to launch a new company or a new product. Or enter a new market.
Where do you begin? How do you plan for marketing?
You’re not alone in wondering. At FrogDog, we work with brilliant companies—rock stars at what they do—who don’t know how to plan for marketing, either. Fortunately, they’re smart enough to know what they don’t know.
The beautiful thing? We get to step in, take over the heavy lifting when it comes to strategy, planning, and execution, and make their companies shine.
Before you can set marketing goals, you need to start with business goals.
What does your company want to achieve over the next year across the organization? What does it want to achieve with each product and service? What’s the rationale behind new-market expansion? What’s the reasoning behind the chosen new market?
Once you’ve outlined your business goals, you can develop marketing goals that serve them. Your marketing goals should always cascade from your business goals. After all, marketing serves the company’s global objectives—always.
From there, let the marketing planning begin. Once you know what you’re aiming to achieve with marketing, planning marketing to hit the target gets a lot easier.
As you think through what’s involved from goals to execution, we’ve put together a few resources to help. Read on.
If you need to think through what to think through, take a quick look at our article on annual marketing planning, which has useful question prompts to stoke your brainstorm.
If you need help convincing your team about the value of qualitative research in planning for marketing, forward them this article.
If you need help on thinking through a competitive analysis, we’ve got it here, and if you’d like guidance on audience analysis, read this.
Without research and analysis, you’re shooting in the dark—which is a great way to waste time and money.
Need the Basics on Pricing and Naming?
Back up, you say? Before you can even get to the research, you need to think through naming the new product? And how about pricing it?
For guidance on how to name a product, read this article. For help thinking through price setting for company growth, click here.
With your research and analysis in place, you can use the information you’ve gathered about your market, your target audiences, and the competitive landscape to develop a marketing strategy and plan.
First, if you don’t think you need a plan and think you can play it by ear—or if your team thinks this way—click here. Bolster these points by reading and sharing our article on why your business needs a strategy. And if your team isn’t even sure about the difference between a strategy and a plan, give them this article.
Once you’ve convinced them of the importance of marketing strategy and plan development, read our white paper on strategy and planning concepts, which will help take you step by step through the process.
What do you need to say to your target audiences to get them to understand what you’re offering and to take the action you need them to take to achieve your goals?
Use your research and analysis to develop key marketing messages to achieve your objectives. For guidance on identifying your company’s value proposition, read this article. The take a look at our overviews on how to message to your audiences and develop marketing messages that resonate with your customer.
Your marketing mix is composed of the vehicles that get your messages into the eyes and ears of your target audiences—and encourages them to act.
Here’s how to develop an effective mix of marketing tactics.
And as you assess the evolving landscape between traditional and digital marketing, read our overview about the difference between the two and how they intersect.
Don’t start marketing until you know how you’ll measure whether what your doing is working to achieve your goals.
If you’re not sure how, to set measures reference our white paper on developing marketing measurement for business goals.
And if you and the rest of your company wants to know when they can expect to see results from your marketing efforts, we have an answer to that question, too.
Want our help? After all, marketing is what the FrogDog team does and does well—allowing you to focus on the things only you can address.

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Our Life Groups provide a great way for us to grow in faith together. Meeting every other week in various locations in and around Tunbridge wells, these groups are a mainstay of life at TWCF.
We often hear encouraging stories of how God is at work in and through the activities of the groups, through answered prayer, teaching and discussion as well as in the fun times that the groups have socialising together.
If you want to build great friendships and want to grow and develop in a smaller and more informal setting than is possible in our larger Sunday gatherings, Life Groups are for you. These groups are essential to our connections together as a church community, if you are not yet involved in one, please join!
If you’ve not already done it, our simple two session Getting Connected course will help you find the right group.
For further information about the groups including when and where they meet, please contact us.
For part of each session of Radiant Kids on Sundays the children meet in Life Groups to talk together, apply the teaching they’ve just had and pray together. This personal time of encouragement and engagement is particularly important in supporting all the children with issues that are important to them.
In addition to the weeks in the youth programme, which are big and bold, we also have weeks which are designed to support the youth as they grow together in faith. These evenings are entitled Empower and build in time spent together in smaller groups where the youth are able to take principles that are taught and apply them to their own lives, talk together and pray together. These weeks are also full of fun, and hanging out together.

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Weapon system based on the Vector SMG, including custom models, two textures sets and sounds.
- Fixed Rifle/Recoil stock incorrect mesh name. Game was looking for a model that wasn't there causing CTD when dropping or equipping a follower with the Vektor. If bug continues, please post in comments.
- Please post in the comments if you encounter any bugs.
This mod adds the Advanced Systems Vektor custom weapon system to Fallout 4.
Based on the Vector Kriss Polymer SMG, it's a compact close to medium range weapon.
It's not a heavy hitter, but is quick with an advanced recoil system noticeable especially in fully automatic mode.
The Vektor uses 10mm ammunition, with a .45 conversion available at a bench.
It's mostly up-gradable with the mods listed below.
RECEIVERS: All vanilla options, including .45 conversion.
MAGAZINES: Standard, Large and Drum magazines in both normal and quick eject forms.
MUZZLES: Flash Hider, Muzzle Break, and Suppressor.
SCOPES: Standard Iron Sights, Reflex, Recon, Standard Short and Nightvision Scopes.
GRIPS: Standard, Recoil Compensating (same model as Standard) and Tactical Marksman Stocks.
I have several more in the works including barrels and front attachments for bottom rail.
They'll be added in future updates.
As of Version .90 you can choose to download the Institute version, or Wasteland version.
Install with your favorite Mod Manager.
The Commonwealth version is sold by the following weapon dealers.
The Institute version is sold by the friendly Requisition Vendor.
player.additem XXXXXXXX 1 where X is the item ID.
This took me weeks, and am releasing it before I'd like to, but I haven't actually played FO4 in a long time.
The biggest thing not included in the initial release is the pistol version.
The pistol functions with 10mm animations, but I'm leaving it out due to mag positioning problems and animations not making much sense.
the actual rifle grip is a little off. I tried to split he difference between the grip/trigger and front hand grip.
With new animations or barrels including in future updates, this should be less noticeable and/or not an issue.
Both stocks clip with the right shoulder. I should be able to fix this in the next update.
After uploading the files to Nexus and playing a bit, I noticed the trigger is positioned wrong. Will fix in next update.
I'll probably upload a version with both mod texture sets in one, for people who won't mind the file size.
Any suggestions, comments, critiques, etc, are welcome in the comment section.
Please post if you encounter any bugs, or notice anything spectacular missing.
I've tried to balance the stats, but I'm sure I missed something or perhaps something is too powerful.
Please let me know if any tweaks are needed.
This was created with Audacity, Photoshop, 3DS Max, Nifskope, Material Editor, and FO4Edit.

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So the Olympics are over. Are you happy to be back to the “normal programming schedule” or are you sad they are over?
If you are glad the Olympics are over and ready to move on I would just encourage you to keep some of the motivation with you to get a little healthier. I thought I would share with you one of my favorite and simple snacks that I recently found out is also alpine skier Lindsey Vonn’s go to snack before her workouts (she happens to be a gold medalist from the 2010 Olympics).
It is just a simple yogurt parfait but it is filling and healthy. I like to eat well-balanced snacks and meals and this covers it.
I use plain Greek yogurt because of the extra protein. I would like to say though be careful of what kind of Greek yogurt you purchase because they are not all created equal! Read the labels and look at the ingredients list. If you are getting true plain Greek yogurt it should only have 2 ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized milk and Active Cultures. If you cannot handle the plain yogurt and need a flavored yogurt try to choose the one with the least amount of sugar.
I do add a little sweetener to my plain yogurt because let’s be honest, it is a little tart! I prefer to do it that way because I can control the amount of sweetener and the type I use at home instead of having the high fructose corn syrup added in the processing. Depending on my mood or what I have available I use honey or a liquid Stevia. I am sure Agave Nectar would be good also.
I top it with berries which provide unprocessed carbs and fiber that are important and good for you. I typically use frozen because they are cheaper, they don’t mold if I don’t get to them all in time, they taste just as good, and give you the same health benefits.
I also top it with a little crunch, my go to is raw chopped up almonds because they add healthy, energizing omega-3 fats.
I hope you enjoy this healthy snack as much as I do!


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Ecooking Organic Lip Balm gives your lips care and shine. It’s ideal for dry lips or if you just want some really moisturizing lip balm made exclusively on natural ingredients and organic ingredients.
Ecooking is a Danish skincare range that is rich on organic and natural ingredients and does not compromise on effect. Ecooking is based on honesty and transparency, which is why all labels show precisely what the products contain.

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K C Chakrabarty Resigned After Lackluster Tenure of 5 Years - Will New DG Live Upto Expectations and Give New Direction to RBI ?
K C Chakrabarty Resigned After Lackluster Tenure of 5 Years - Will New DG Live Upto Expectations and Give New Direction to RBI, PS Banks and Their Employees ?
I was surprised in the last week of March, 2014, when I read the news about Dr K C Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor has resigned with merely 3 months left for completion of his tenure. Dr Chakrabarty was elevated as Deputy Governor of RBI (prior to his appointment as DG of RBI, he was the CMD of PNB) in June 2009 for a period of three years amidst lot of speculations. Later on in 2012, he got an extension of two years. He is said to be the first RBI top official to quit before retirement in the last two decades. With resignation of Chakrabarty, out of four posts, two posts of deputy governor will fall vacant as the government has not yet brought in any replacement for Anand Sinha, who retired two months ago.
Soon a new DG is likely to join RBI from banking sector. Let us go thrugh the flashback of Chakbrabarty's tenure as RBI DG. This will help our viewers to read his tenure in the right perspective. A number of commentarers have given their view - some of which are required to write what their editors what to do so. I will try to analyse frankly and from the view as I have observed during this period closely. Some of our readers and even my close friends are likely to put question marks about my ability to analyse the tenure of DG of RBI. They are free to hold their views and criticise my views.
Right from his days when Chakbrabarty was heading PS Banks, he was known for his outspoken manner on various issues. It was almost impossible to reign him once you have provoked him. In the meetings, even the EDs, GMs faced dressing down frequently. Thus, when he was elevated to DG, RBI, I heard my senior colleagues talking in hushed tones, what will happen in RBI, if he continued his style of working and outbrusts on many important but controversial issues. They used to wonder how he will be reigned in RBI. These bankers did not have to wait for long and he failed to check his habit of crossing, what we Indians like to call Laxman Rekha. A huge controversy surfaced when he reportedly told journalists off-the-record in New Delhi that RBI should have been more aggressive in combating inflation. Then RBI Governor took strong exception of such a statement which was against his stance and without his concurrence. Chakrabarty was immediately stripped of key portfolios and it was considered as the biggest snub to this DG. Thus, he was reigned by a person who is well known for his knowledge and integrity. After this episode he was never able to come out of the shadow of Mr Subbarao and remained subdued.
During his tenure he is known for some of his pro-customer decisions like to bar the pre-payment penalty that banks impose on home loan borrowers. He also seems to have played a critial role in stopping banks to lend below their base rate and exposing the mis-selling by banks through so called zero interest loans. However, mostly he remained glued to his pet subject of financial inclusion, as it was also close to heart of Finance Ministers for vote bank. However, financial inclusion has still to take deep roots inspite of Chakrabarty being incharge of this portfolio for long time. Banks have only done lip service to please the outspoken DG. Although Chakbrabarty had headed two PS Banks, he never realised the pitiable condition of their employees. As and when he got a chance, he showed his outbursts against PS bank officers and blamed them for the rising NPAs and other ills. He also felt strongly that PS bank employees are over-paid and better paid than private sector banks. This has done the biggest damage to the credibility of PS Bank staff, who are still struggling with IBA for wage revision which is already over 17 months overdue. Although Chakbrabarty had vast experience as a banker, but it seems he had no branch experience and thus was far away from practical field knowledge. Some of the links to support his view about salaries in PS banks are : State-run banks’ average salary overtakes that of private peers.
Personally speaking I feel the nadir of his tenure was when he gave clean chit to three private after the expose of Cobrapost and he announced that there were no irregularities by these banks inspite of the fact that there was sufficient evidence. Read the following links ( (a) Money laundering: RBI gives clean chit to private banks, says there were no irregularities; (b) K C Chakrabarty Wants to Keep Penalties at "Peanut" Level - Advocates only Naming and Shaming of Shameless People. (c) "Fines on banks should be only for naming and shaming: RBI Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty".
Immediately after the above clean chit, RBI had to issue statement that RBI has not given clean chit though Chakbrabarty had issued such a statement. The DG RBI had to cut a sorry figure when later on these banks were penalised by RBI. Such hurried clean chit by a person with such vast experience exposed his immaturity, and love for the private sector banks and bias against PS Banks. (See links below : (i) Cobrapost sting: No clean chit to banks, says RBI ; (ii) Cobrapost expose: RBI penalises Axis, HDFC, ICICI banks.
The reasons for his resignation are still not known and speculations are rife.
The first speculation for his sudden resignation is his differences with present (and also with previous incumbent) RBI Governor on policy matters. However, Dr Chakrabarty himself has denied any such differences. Another theory going around is that this is the indirect fall out of the episode of United Bank of India where the CMD, Ms Archana Bhargava had to suddenly take VRS. It is a known fact that Mr Chakrabarty was close to her and had certainly played a role in helping her rise to top post. Another theory going around is about the impact of the likely change in Central Government in about 2 months time. Newspapers have also reported that he wants to be relieved by 25th April, 2014 on personal grounds. Another news item reports that he is likely to take up an overseas assignment. Joining the dots, people are concluding that he wishes to be out of picture by the time new Government takes over. I am sure the truth will be soon out as Chakrabarty is the type of person who will speak his mind if he is suitably provoked by an interviewer !
With the exit of Dr Chakrabarty, the above controversies will be laid to rest. However, people will keep on discussions about his contribution to Indian banking sector inspite of his academic knowledge and vast experience in the the banking sector. Is it sufficient to remain in limelight and in headlines by raising controversies? What reforms were brought by him in RBI and banking sector during this long tenure of 5 years at the central bank. What was his contribution as CMD of two PS Banks - whether the foundation of those bankers were strengthened or building was raised too fast on the fast deteriorating foundations. These will always remain as controversial as the man himself. Thus, I am forced to conclude that his tenure was lack luster and he failed to bring new energy to RBI or its policies inspite of his high academic qualifications and vast experience of working in the largest banks in India. Banking sector has gone from bad to worse position in last 5 years with rising NPA and all around pessimism among the bankers. He has to share equally the blame for this mess in banking sector as he was the DG who had the best knowledge about practical banking and its ills.
Although I took VRS at a much junior level as compared to CMDs, yet as a keen observer of the things around and my personal experience in the banking, I am of the view that next RBI Deputy Governor (to be selected from the banking sector) must have certain qualities and enjoy the confidence of RBI Governor for his abilities. The qualities he requires are strong academic background, a vision for the nation and Indian economy, practical knowledge about banking.
During last 10 days newspapers have floated various names, some of them are from the same block to which Dr Chakrabarty belonged. The name appearing in newspapers are chiefs of: (a) Punjab National Bank (KR Kamath), (b) Bank of Baroda (SS Mundra), (c) Bank of India (Vijayalakshmi Iyer), (d) Canara Bank (RK Dubey) (e) Arun Kaul of UCO bank and (f) Indian Overseas Bank (M Narendra). As each one of them lobbied for self, newspapers headlines have given different names for the likely new DG. Some of these names are pathetic as any banker who had worked with them will tell you. Some of them are poor in field experience whereas others do not have vision and have reached the top through luck and / or their connections in the right place. If one such person is picked up, it will be again a waste for RBI. Now it is a well know fact that RBI had favoured relaxation in the eligibility criteria to include private sector bankers as well, but government was not open to the idea and thus now the race has been restricted to the same coterie who have become CMDs by lobbying at the right places.
The latest news which is in making rounds in the banking circle (on 2nd March, 2014) is that Chairman and MD of Bank of Baroda, SS Mundra, is likely to be named as one of RBI's deputy governors in place of KC Chakrabarty (Earlier names floating strongly were KR Kamath, RK Dubey etc.) The panel, had interviewed the candidates last week and is reported to have recommended Mundra's name to finance minister P Chidambaram. Let our readers comment here whom they would prefer as the next DG of RBI from banking sector based on the parameters of Honesty (no corruption); Good Academic Qualification; Depth in banking (specially topics of FEX, Risk Management, Financial Inclusion, Effects of Policy and Policy Rates ) and above all a Vision for banking industry which will be beneficial to the Nation and Growth of Economy.

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In this course, you will learn to rack installations, provision server hardware, and direct operating systems or hypervisor installations. Significant content is devoted to management, maintenance, and troubleshooting. You will review Cisco data center virtualization solutions and how to execute a virtualization solution based on a detailed implementation plan.
This newly updated course designed the hands-on labs around UCS Manager v2.2(1d), vSphere v5.0, 5.1, and v5.5, and VM-FEX and VM-FEX with Pass-Thru Switching. Current and prospective data center administrators will gain a better understanding of Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series components, including systems architecture, installation, and administration. You will focus on the individual components of a complete solution and the installation, configuration, and maintenance of a Cisco UCS installation in various types of environments. Hands-on configuration labs throughout the course will reinforce the information given in lecture as you build a complete solution.


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Win a Christmas Cabin in Thailand!
We're offering 4 lucky pairs of friends the chance to join The Yacht Week in Thailand on our first ever Christmas Week (19th-26th December, 2015). Each pair will win a cabin on a yacht for the most sun-filled festive frolics.
We will place you on the perfect yacht along 3 other pairs who have won a cabin. We will send you the details of your yacht, the Arrival Document and invite you to a Facebook group to meet the rest of your crew at least 2 weeks prior to departure.
For more details email info@theyachtweek.com.

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She lives with Nyssa. She has a house with Nyssa. She does not need one with Oliver. She needs to come home.
Through two timelines (present & past) follows the evolution and eventual dissolution of Laura and Carmilla's relationship.
"But you know: she isn’t to be fixed, and no amount of your care can take away three hundred and some-odd years of trauma. But you’re going to try your hardest to make sure tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, are softer than those before."
based off of this little headcanon from my tumblr: fierce bby feminist laura hollis stepping up big-time to address, & help carmilla address, ptsd. bc it's a big thing. hollstein angst & definitely so much fluff too. trigger warnings for ptsd-related stuff.
Allison wakes up to a familiar figure seated in the chair beside her hospital bed. She thinks she might be dreaming because it’s been four long years. And if she is being honest with herself, it wouldn’t be the first time Lydia Martin has preoccupied her dreams. “You’re in my city, you know that? It’s inconvenient of you to almost die here,” says Lydia, who is currently focused on a compact mirror and the careful reapplication of blood-red lipstick.
It wasn't necessarily what anyone expected. Except maybe the one person who'd kill to defend it (and may yet).
So maybe Lydia's just as enraptured with the new girl as the rest of the school. And maybe Allison quickly turns into the closest thing she's ever had to a best friend. And maybe she still wants more than that.


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Looks like Tektronix has something up its sleeve. With an interesting promise to revolutionize oscilloscope, their soon-to-be-unveiled oscilloscope will come with functionality that we have never seen before. It certainly sounds remarkable. Will it live up to it? Find out at the launching end of this month (please see the schedule below according to your geographic region).
Meanwhile, you can also visit the microsite at http://bit.ly/scoperevo and start guessing what that new revolutionary functionality might be! Could it be something you have always wanted or something that you never thought you would need?


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Its mission is to keep the Egyptian and Arabic speaking communities informed and aware with all national and international news, and all social and community activities in Canada.
El-Masri newspaper prints 12,000 copy distributed free in Quebec and Ontario in Canada.
For mail 879 St-Charles ave.

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Alta Mora is a new winery from the Cusumano family. These grapes are grown and harvested on the slopes of the active volcano, Mt. Etna, in Sicily. This volcano is the largest active volcano in Europe and one of sixteen in the world that is said to pose a high risk to life and property, according to the UN.
It has been a lifelong dream for the Cusumano brothers to build a winery among these black, fertile and dynamic soils. They believe in taking a great risk to produce great, unique wines. The name Alta Mora translates to “Tall, Black” representing the great heights of the vineyards on the mountain and the dark, black volcanic soil. The volcano itself is nearly 11,000ft high and vineyards are planted up to 4,000ft high – the tallest in Europe. This brand truly captures the essence of patience, work ethic, energy, and love of unique beauty.

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It is true a smile can light up a room. Even though it was blowing a gale with intermittent savage showers we braved it to the local farmers market. If it could do little else but blow away a few cobwebs of the winter blues it would be worth it.
The buffeting winds and invasive rain had kept a lot of folks away but there were enough there to create some market bustle. But the stands were still heaving with produce even though the hour was getting late. There would be lots of fragrant bread and fresh vegetables left to pack away at the end.
We ordered a coffee and sat in a sheltered corner of the big, old drafty barn of a building that housed the market on Sunday mornings. The perfect place to, as they say, watch the world go by. People were getting on with the business of looking, buying and eating. There was a talented guy playing a guitar alternatively with a clarinet beside a hopefully opened guitar case to receive small change. It was pitifully empty. No one danced. Not the right place, not the done thing.
I felt almost anonymous sitting there able to observe without anyone taking a blind bit of notice of me. The young woman, with a very young baby in a hand knitted hat that skirted its eyebrows held against her shoulder, was just part of the sparse crowd. Until she turned around. Her smile was dazzling. A smile that had started deep within and burst forth playfully on her mouth. Not the beatific smile of the enlightened that always makes me wonder, quite cynically I must add, what substance are then on. This was a smile that was so real it was infectious. She was happy and it showed.
I don’t know the smiling woman, I most likely never will, but her face is burned into my mind – and I must admit my heart. It makes me happy to think of her. This to me is a new meaning of lighting up other people’s lives. No words, views, or debates. No interaction, hugs, kisses or caresses. No knowing, sharing, or caring. Two apparent strangers, plus a half if you count the baby, whose lives touched – and it changed something forever. It was a little bit of magic injected into an ordinary day. A glimpse into the true nature of humanity – ourselves. A connection that enforces the fact we are connected – one. A window into the divine.


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This rugged ball cap includes the Garrett Metallic logo with textured gold color.
One Size, Stretch to fit.


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The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra led by maestro Gintaras Rinkevičius closes its 30th Anniversary season with an impressive opus by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Symphony No. 3. It is not accidental that this particular work has been chosen for the special occasion. According to musicologist Jūratė Katinaitė, "maestro Gintaras Rinkevičius is the first Lithuanian Mahler expert, who starts the history of reception of Gustav Mahler's legacy in Lithuania." Over the years, Mahler's music has become an integral part of the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra's repertoire. Conducted by Gintaras Rinkevičius, the orchestra has recodrded almost all symphonic works by Gustav Mahler.
Gustav Mahler spent the summer of 1893 in Steinbach on the Attersee, a mountain village in Austria. That year he became "a summer composer"; he spent the long summer days in the countryside, where he could compose undisturbed, and then returned to the hectic life of a conductor during the season in the city. It was there, right on the shore of the lake, surrounded by mountains and meadows, where Mahler wrote his Third Symphony devoted to the subject of man and nature. "No need to look at the landscape. I have composed all this already," said Mahler to his close friend Bruno Walter, a legendary German conductor, who had come to visit him. Then Mahler played through the score of the Third Symphony at the piano, and Walter later wrote: "His whole being seemed to breathe a mysterious affinity with the forces of nature. I saw him as the God Pan."
The conceptual essence of the symphony is perfectly revealed in the programmatic titles of the six movements: "Pan Awakes; Summer Marches In", "What the Flowers in the Meadow Tell Me", "What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me", "What Man Tells Me", "What the Angels Tell Me" and "What Love Tells Me". Drawing from a collection of German folk poems Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Friedrich Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra, the symphony scored great success from the very day of its premiere. It was voted one of the ten greatest symphonies of all time in a survey of conductors carried out by the BBC Music Magazine.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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HOUSE-HUNTING on TV has gone bicoastal.
Like the popular “House Hunters ” on HGTV,,the Discovery series has prospective home buyers touring houses for sale.
Thursdays at 10. Which one should you watch?
To paraphrase Fox News:I ‘ll report – you decide!!
One of the biggest differences between the two shows is geographical.
glaring omission for a show about home sales.
But under the influence of bubbly host Suzanne Whang,”House Hunters ” is the happier of the two shows.In the end,after touring an average of three homes per half-hour episode (two episodes air back-to-back Thursday nights), buyers are always shown enjoying their new homes and describing the purchase and subsequent renovation as the best thing that ever happened to them.
On “Double Agents,” the outcome is less certain.When a recent inconclusive episode ended,frustrated viewers learned the prospective buyer was still looking. And the homes on “Double Agents ” are usually located in the somewhat dull suburbs around Washington,D.C.(where all the Discovery cable channels happen to be headquartered).
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Reason Gaming would like to welcome Ben “r0m” Smith as the new head coach of our Counter-Strike: Global Offensive lineup!
Ben joins the team as we head into a very busy schedule. The CS:GO lineup has already enjoyed an explosive start to the ESEA season, and a steady debut in UK Masters. We hope the addition of a head coach will ensure these continued performances, as well as a strong showing at the upcoming Gfinity Elite Series.
Despite joining as a coach, r0m has years of experience as a player and in-game leader of various sides, including the Radix Esports lineup that claimed first place at Epic 21 last month.
Welcome to the team, r0m!
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A portion of South Sixth Street was closed while police investigated a suspicious package on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN — A portion of one street on the University of Illinois campus was cleared for 75 minutes on Sunday while members of the UI bomb squad investigated a suspicious package.
When police determined the package was safe, the street was reopened.
University of Illinois Police spokesman Patrick Wade said police were called to the 1100 block of South Sixth Street at 11:15 a.m. Sunday after the suspicious package was found on the sidewalk next to a parking lot.
Police immediately closed South Sixth Street between Armory and Gregory and called the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team to the scene.
According to Wade, Bomb Squad Commander Sgt. Aaron Landers took a look at the package and determined it was not hazardous.
The package was removed, and the street was reopened for traffic at 12:30 p.m., Wade said.

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New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his assurance of a lighter sentence. After Tom is tried, found guilty and sentenced, Jelks disappears, and the only way for him to prove his innocence would be to reveal his true identity something that he has sworn never to do in order to protect the woman he loves. Meanwhile, the young woman in question travels to New York, leaving their son behind in England, having decided she'll do whatever it takes to find the man she was to marry unwilling to believe that he died at sea. The only proof she has is a letter. A letter that has remained unopened on a mantelpiece in Bristol for over a year. In Jeffrey Archer's epic novel, family loyalties are stretched to their limits as secrets unravel, and the story moves from the backstreets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan.
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Kane and Abel and A Twist in the Tale, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 250 million copies. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (fourteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). The author is married with two sons, and lives in London and Cambridge.

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TEHRAN -- Masud Kimiaii regards his film “Crime”, featuring a goon hired to kill someone, the closest movie to his world. The film is an entry in the national section of the 29th Fajr Film Festival.
“This movie has a particular attitude towards man, family and life. It features a man who comes out of his shell and turns out to be a man of the world of today,” said Kimiaii.
“Crime” was shown to cineastes and critics and reporters on Monday followed by a question and answer panel which included cast and crew members.
“The screenplay was first rejected by the officials and I was told that the storyline should take place during the years before the revolution. I did the same by producing the movie in black and white depicting an older time of Tehran,” he stated.
Regarding the major character of the film named Reza, Kimiaii explained, “If we look carefully and examine our surroundings, we can observe this character quite often. The story is about a goon is hired to kill someone but he later finds out the individual that he is to kill is much better than the one who has hired him, so he decides to kill the person who hired him.
“This is not my first or second work. The major line is clear in all my movies. The individual who likes it can come and watch the movie and the one who dislikes it is free to choose,” he added.
Stage designer Iraj Raminfar was also present in the session and talked about making old historical movies in the capital, adding, “We encountered great problems in making a historical movie compared to other countries.
“We first try to highlight the images of particular districts in the capital and recreate the old Tehran. It was filmed in black and white to reflect a more realistic atmosphere of the city,” Raminfar added.
Other cast and crew members including, actors Pulad Kimiaii (director’s son), Dariush Arjomand and Hamed Behdad, as well as production manger Tina Pakravan, also took part in the session and expressed their opinions on the movie.


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A 1990 self-portrait in Morgan Territory Preserve with snowcapped Mount Diablo beyond. Much of the land in the middle distance was then in private hands. Today, virtually all of it has been protected. The district named a ridge and trail here after Walker, in honor of his work to save this rugged landscape.
Photo courtesy Bob Walker Collection, Oakland Museum of California.
Photographer Bob Walker produced emotionally powerful images that, like no others, dramatized what was—and still is—at stake in the battle between development and preservation in the Bay Area. The images here, drawn from Christopher Beaver’s new book After the Storm: Bob Walker and the East Bay Regional Park District (Wilderness Press, 2007), offer just a hint of Walker’s rich legacy of both images to be admired and wild landscapes to be enjoyed. Beaver’s book is in turn a window onto the nearly 40,000 photos that make up the Bob Walker Collection at the Oakland Museum of California. During his too-short life, Walker made remarkably effective political use of that body of work, leaving no doubt that he was as gifted an advocate as he was an artist.
Bob Walker lived in a small garden apartment in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury and worked as an apartment manager in Berkeley. Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, he spent most of his free time roaming public—and sometimes not-so-public—open space in the East Bay. With a secondhand camera and no formal training, he took to the hills in what he often described as a simple search for a place to walk his dog.
As soon as he could arrange it, Kent hired Bob for the first of many contracts running from 1982 until close to Bob’s death of complications from AIDS in 1992. The assignment was as basic as it was sweeping: Create the first collection of professional photos of the district’s parklands. Bob was in heaven. The contract barely covered film, developing costs, and gas, but he was now a professional photographer.
Bob Doyle, in charge of land acquisition for the district, spent long hours teaching Bob to read maps and interpret the region’s topography. As Bob came to understand the connections between his photographs and those maps, he began to wonder what could be done to connect people’s responses to his beautiful photography with their desire to protect that beauty. The answer was not long in coming.
This 1989 image, titled “Matchstick Houses,” shows the beginning ofa development near Danville. Walker sought out and photographed areaswhere ridgetops were in imminent danger. Here, developers agreed toturn over the hills behind the houses to the district, and they are nowpart of Sycamore Valley Open Space Preserve, which covers almost 700acres in two parcels. Photo courtesy Bob Walker Collection, Oakland Museum of California.
In 1986, Bob discovered a “For Sale” sign on the Marshall property, adjacent to Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, one of his favorite haunts. In that instant, a park activist was born. He began to lobby district staff to lobby the board of directors to buy the property. And he lobbied conservation organizations to lobby the board.
Much of his lobbying came in slide show presentations. He shaped his shows as carefully as he took his pictures, and he was able to cut to the heart of an issue and yet remain fair and civil.
The 1,700-foot Maguire Peak in Sunol Regional Wilderness. Photo courtesy Bob Walker Collection, Oakland Museum of California.
Jocelyn Combs served on the board of directors of the East Bay Regional Park District from 1987 to 1998.


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David Haye believes if any fighter can expose Oleksandr Usyk in the ring, it is his old rival Tony Bellew.
The Hayemaker lost back-to-back encounters with Bellew at heavyweight, and the Bomber now steps up again in class to take on four-belt cruiserweight king, Usyk.
Bellew is a heavy underdog for the fight, as he was in his two fights with Haye, but is promising once again to shock the world.
Haye thinks Bellew has the tools to exploit Usyk’s weaknesses, and dished out some advice to his former opponent.
‘If it was me going into the ring against Usyk, a tricky southpaw, I would not press the fight that much, I’d look for the movement,’ Haye told Betfair.
‘I would shoot to his body as I’ve seen him hurt a few years ago with this strategy. A body assault could be very useful in the early rounds.
‘Hopefully, by rounds 7-12 you’d be putting the pressure and heat on him, if you get caught with a shot early, you’re not going to leave yourself open to it again.
He added: ‘The one thing you need to know with Tony Bellew is he doesn’t look great aesthetically, but somehow, he finds a way to win.
Usyk makes his debut on English soil in Manchester this weekend, with the Ukrainian keeping one eye on Anthony Joshua.
AJ has already admitted he wants to fight Usyk, and his potential future opponent plans to move up to heavyweight after his encounter with Bellew.
Bellew can become the first British fighter in history to hold all four major world titles in a division should he upset the odds on Saturday night.

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text: This research is a component of a larger project investigating a particular moment of transition in the history of fashion, the 1790s in Europe and America, asking how, in an age imbued with idealism, fashion's visual rhetoric could reflect and effect changes in society. In order to analyze dress of this period, the first step was to find, identify and carefully examine surviving gowns and visual sources in France, England, Scotland and the United States of America to reassess the stereotypical understanding of this complex decade that marked the beginning of modernity in dress. A micro-level analysis, the research addresses the gap between the conventional eighteenth-century silhouette to the neoclassical one and isolates four different archetypes of gowns. It provides a base from which to apply a more theorized macro-level analysis that will observe the interactions of dress within the political, philosophical, artistic and economic changes taking place in society.


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Kalimpong, Sept. 15: Residents of the hill town will have to do without water for what looks like an extended period — thanks to the ongoing indefinite hunger strike of the DGHC’s contractual employees.
About 50 employees of the DGHC’s public health engineering (PHE) department, which supplies water to the Kalimpong Municipality area, are part of the 1,500 members of the Janmukti Asthai Karmachari Sangatan, who are on hunger strike demanding regularisation of jobs.
The Sangatan is affiliated to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
With things not looking impressive, the hill residents are being forced to make their own arrangements.
A container of 1,000 litres of water costs between Rs 150-300 in the market, depending on the distance between the source and the place of residence. “I will have to shell out Rs 200 on alternate days to meet my needs,” said a resident of B.L. Dixit Road.
The water woes come at a time when the residents have been complaining about the quality of water they have been getting for the past one week. “I couldn’t even think of drinking the water even after boiling it,” said Rita Rai, a housewife, pointing finger at muddy water.
The PHE engineer admitted that the quality of water had been affected by a number of reasons, including snapping of pipelines at many places because of the recent landslides, heavy deposit of silt in the reservoirs and overloaded filter.
“Intake structures at Neora, Relli and Thukchuk have also suffered heavy damage,” he said.
Chhetri said the muddy water was the result of makeshift repairs of the pipelines. Efforts were, however, on to completely restore the snapped lines and clean up the reservoirs as well.
“We have issued a work order for the clean-up. It will take time though because it will first have to be done on a trial basis,” he added.

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A.D.I. Lock & Key is a licensed locksmith services provider and also considers itself an emergency service provider and as such has a team on call around the clock to assist customers in Sacramento and Roseville who have found themselves in need of urgent locksmith services. The company guarantees fast response times in the area.
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