<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>4design</title><description></description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (mohammed)</managingEditor><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:51:09 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://4designsites.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle/><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>WinSysClean</title><link>http://4designsites.blogspot.com/2008/06/winsysclean.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mohammed)</author><pubDate>Sun, 1 Jun 2008 04:35:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878007354047702785.post-7588346830793866311</guid><description>&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3_IZEPVx2z66rdk5gnKH6-hC0Nl97Dz0k1dgkmSu-blOq22scZq63MoxckULGcINwLYL5cdqh_r0nPlCkGqITWmQ96DFua0I0mh7gQdOIJdbjrBEsSM1FP5IuLJnH0qKVqhL2ag-3r0Z/s1600-h/winsysclean_2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206332195009564898" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3_IZEPVx2z66rdk5gnKH6-hC0Nl97Dz0k1dgkmSu-blOq22scZq63MoxckULGcINwLYL5cdqh_r0nPlCkGqITWmQ96DFua0I0mh7gQdOIJdbjrBEsSM1FP5IuLJnH0qKVqhL2ag-3r0Z/s320/winsysclean_2008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;WinSysClean 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Scan, Clean &amp;amp; Repair Your Windows Registry in a Single Step! WinSysClean is the most effective registry cleaner, there is no other registry cleaning tool which is easier to use or more effective than WinSysClean with just a single mouse click. WinSysClean is a fully automated Windows System Cleaner. All other windows cleaners puts all the responsibility on you! Are you tired of complex questions asked by registry cleaners ?, Well... try WinSysClean, it scans/cleans/fixes/optimizes your computer with a single mouse click ! WinSysClean now comes with Ultmate Download Manager, an integrated Internet Explorer Download Manager. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WinSysClean is safe, it uses complex analysis to skip important data from removal. Other tools are dumb, they ask you what to delete and what not, which takes you time and sometimes they make your demolish your Windows. WinSysClean is different from any other System Cleaning Tool, it uses advanced registry and file analysis in order to detect invalid entries, so you don't need to make critical decisions to confirm which entries/files to be removed, because WinSysClean does this for you safely. You can also view a complete log of the operations executed by WinSysClean, after a cleaning process. WinSysClean automatically optimizes your Windows System by optionally removing temporary/unused space wasting files, unused and invalid registry locations, invalid shortcut links, and many more, works with Windows 2000, XP, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista. Uses the most complex registry analysis algorithm in order to repair the Windows Registry. This version includes 45 cleaning &amp;amp; repairing operations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;By running WinSysClean, you will get more disk space and Windows will run faster after a clean operation.The error files that WinSysClean searches for and deletes can produce very hazardous results if not properly cleaned from your drive on a periodical basis.All this tasks are done by Professionals periodically by hand, now you can do it with just a single button click !, without being affair of damaging something ! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/49575988/5cc84d78/Winsysclean_2008.html"&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;OR&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download.php?uid=bLGhmpuucKyhnOKnaKqhkZSqZa2al5yq8"&gt;Download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="post-footer"&gt; &lt;div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"&gt;&lt;span class="post-author vcard"&gt; Posted by &lt;span class="fn"&gt;albabley&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="post-timestamp"&gt; at &lt;a class="timestamp-link" href="http://you-pc.blogspot.com/2008/05/winsysclean.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"&gt;&lt;abbr class="published" title="2008-05-30T17:26:00-07:00"&gt;5:26 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="post-comment-link"&gt; &lt;a class="comment-link" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847544489152737929&amp;amp;postID=1138311055684104506" onclick=""&gt;0 comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3_IZEPVx2z66rdk5gnKH6-hC0Nl97Dz0k1dgkmSu-blOq22scZq63MoxckULGcINwLYL5cdqh_r0nPlCkGqITWmQ96DFua0I0mh7gQdOIJdbjrBEsSM1FP5IuLJnH0qKVqhL2ag-3r0Z/s72-c/winsysclean_2008.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Surgery for beautification</title><link>http://4designsites.blogspot.com/2008/06/surgery-for-beautification.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mohammed)</author><pubDate>Sun, 1 Jun 2008 03:22:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878007354047702785.post-5229578079884623070</guid><description>Eyelid surgery (technically called   blepharoplasty) is a procedure to remove fat — usually along with excess   skin and muscle from the upper and lower eyelids. Eyelid surgery can correct   drooping upper lids and puffy bags below your eyes — features that make you   look older and more tired than you feel, and may even interfere with your   vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click here for   &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/georgia-eyelid-surgery-atlanta.htm"&gt;more info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt;   about Blepharoplasty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Botox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;®&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Botox&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; is a brand name for the purified form of a plant   bacterium called botulinum toxin type A, which is produced by the bacteria,   clostridium botulinum. Botox&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; functions as a therapeutic   muscle-paralytic agent. According to the American Society for Aesthetic   Plastic Surgery, Botox&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; is the fastest growing cosmetic procedure   and is the second most common procedure after face peels.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Click here for   &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/botox-atlanta-georgia.htm"&gt;more info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt; about Botox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Chemical Peels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="soft_text"&gt;  &lt;img src="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/images/soft_chemical_ba.jpg" style="float: left;" class="style2" height="85" width="200" /&gt;Your skin is a living organ   made up of millions of cells. Everyday thousands of cells die, fall off and   are replaced by new cells from below. Unfortunately, as we age this becomes   a slower and more haphazard process, making your skin unable to shed dark   blotches, sun damage, or a dull, lifeless complexion. The function of a skin   peel is to create an even, controlled shedding of several layers of damaged   cells. This exposes a new fresh layer of skin with a more even color and a   smoother texture. In addition, the peel stimulates new cells to grow,   thereby tightening the skin, which decreases wrinkling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Click here for &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/chemical-peels-atlanta.htm"&gt;more   info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt; Chemical Peels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ThreadLift™ Using Barbed Sutures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="soft_text"&gt;  &lt;img src="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/images/soft_thread_ba.jpg" alt="Thread Lift Before After" style="float: left;" class="style2" height="85" width="200" /&gt;Dr. Byrd has many years of experience using contour   threads. She is among the first physicians in the U.S. to offer the first   and only minimally invasive facial lift with the FDA-approved Contour   Threads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Contour ThreadLift™ is a technique utilizing a   clear, non-absorbable barbed structure designed to hold in place and lift   sagging cheeks, brows and jowls — tightening underlying tissues as well as   the overlying skin.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click   here for more info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/contour-threadlift-atlanta.htm"&gt;more information about Threadlift&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;FAMI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="smalltext"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;  Facial Autograph Muscle Injection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="soft_text"&gt;  &lt;img src="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/images/soft_fami_ba.jpg" alt="FAMI Before After" style="float: left;" class="style2" height="85" width="200" /&gt;The FAMI procedure involves two stages. First, removal of   fat from the lower part of the body with a procedure similar to Liposuction   called Lipo-harvesting. This harvested material is refined by separating the   larger fat cells from the fibroblasts, stem cells, and smaller fat cells.   The second stage of the operation involves injecting each of the facial   muscles with a portion of the harvested material. This is accomplished with   the use of specially designed instruments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Click here   for &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/fami-facial-injections-atlanta.htm"&gt;more info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt;   about FAMI Facial Autograph Muscle Injection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Injectable Fillers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="smalltext"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Collagen (Bovine, Human Tissue-based) • Fat •   Hyaluronic Acid • Artefill, Radiesse, Sculptra • Silicone • Juvéderm™&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="soft_text"&gt;  &lt;img src="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/images/soft_fillers_ba.jpg" alt="Fillers Before After" style="float: left;" class="style2" height="85" width="200" /&gt;As we age, our faces begin to lose shape. In the quest to   eradicate the signs of aging, patients continue to demand better results   with less recovery time. Recent advances in technology aim to meet those   demands, giving physicians and patients many options for facial   augmentation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Click here   for &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/fami-facial-injections-atlanta.htm"&gt;more info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt;   about Injectable Fillers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/facial-filler-information.htm#collagen" class="underline"&gt;   Collagen (Bovine, Human Tissue-based)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/facial-filler-information.htm#fat" class="underline"&gt;Fat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/facial-filler-information.htm#hyaluronicacid" class="underline"&gt;   Hyaluronic Acid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/juvederm-atlanta-georgia.htm" class="underline"&gt;Juvéderm™&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/facial-filler-information.htm#semipermanentfillers" class="underline"&gt;   Artefill, Radiesse, Sculptra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/facial-filler-information.htm#silicone" class="underline"&gt;   Silicone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="soft_container"&gt; &lt;div class="soft_title bluebg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;VolumaLift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bring back   your youthful beauty, vitality and attractiveness through our latest   procedure:&lt;br /&gt;VolumaLift™. This NEW 30 minute injectable facelift   replaces the soft tissue that has been lost with age. Restore "the fullness   of youth" safely, effectively and non-surgically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Click here for   &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/volumalift-atlanta-georgia.htm"&gt;more info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt; about   VolumaLift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Thermage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Thermage is a safe, clinically proven way to tighten and contour skin,   with improvements in tone, contour, and texture occurring naturally through   the stimulation of your own collagen. It is completely non-invasive—no   surgery, no injections. A single treatment tightens your existing collagen   and stimulates new collagen growth. Improvements are both immediately   visible and continue up to six months. Results can last for years depending   on your skin condition and aging process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Click here for &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/volumalift-atlanta-georgia.htm"&gt;more   info&lt;span lang="en-us"&gt; about Thermage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class="storeindexheaders"&gt;Contact Byrd Aesthetic Today!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Please contact us to &lt;a href="http://www.byrdaesthetic.com/contact-byrd-aesthetic.htm"&gt;request a   consultation today&lt;/a&gt;.  Call toll free 1.866.671.5633.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign   up for our   &lt;a href="javascript://" onclick="FP_openNewWindow('400', '600', false, false, false, false, false, false, '', /*href*/'email-form.htm')"&gt;  free email newsletter.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>tasmsmat</title><link>http://4designsites.blogspot.com/2007/07/tasmsmat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mohammed)</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:51:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878007354047702785.post-6307117696419794566</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkx_cgqzEkvD97zyeXkDnkKitv3aQXar5QMNEezAaZZlY665PC_hRqUJ9Cojol5BaNU9REuyKyQy67gRpjjiYx_5KJuyA7vrFvfBOW_-vEprTqbShRtYJ6DWRM7HB186pP7s-bRpoWzrT/s1600-h/loge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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                                                      &lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="Gray6_bg" valign="top"&gt;&lt;p class="imageCaption"&gt;"We do not have means to modernize powerlooms on our own. Government must come forward to help us," Ahmad tells IOL.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;BHIWANDI, India — The young Muslim &lt;i&gt;Julaha&lt;/i&gt; (weaver) sits cross-legged on a charpoy outside his dilapidated powerloom unit blowing up a &lt;i&gt;beedi&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Welcome to the world of clatter and clang," says Aarif Ahmad, as he takes a deep puff and releases smoke in style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;The middleclass weaver owns just 13 powerlooms – a weaving machine invented by Edmund Cartwright way back in 1785 and is still in vogue in a developing country like India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Ahmad has been in the powerloom industry ever since he was 14.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Powerloom industry runs in my blood. I have grown up surrounded by powerlooms. It has been my playground ever since I got some sense," he declares proudly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;According to the Central Textile Ministry, Bhiwandi and Malegaon are the two most important powerloom clusters mainly controlled by the Muslim weavers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Bhiwandi boasts of at least 5, 000,000 powerlooms while Malegaon, once known as the Manchester of Maharashtra, has approximately 1, 25,000 powerlooms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Together the two cities constitute 32 percent of India’s total 19, 44,000 powerlooms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;But the powerloom industry of Bhiwandi and Malegaon – which only consists of plain shuttle looms – is on a downward swing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;&lt;span class="subHeadings"&gt;Dependence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table style="height: 46px;" align="right" width="110"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;                                                                                                                                                                       &lt;img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&amp;blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;blobkey=id&amp;blobtable=MungoBlobs&amp;amp;blobwhere=1185690772628&amp;ssbinary=true" class="cov" align="right" /&gt;               &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="imageCaption"&gt;The Muslim-dominated powerloom industry of Bhiwandi and Malegaon is on a downward swing. (IOL photo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;The entire setup of the powerloom industry is such that the weavers are in a catch-22 situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;All raw materials needed for the industry are procured from different yarn mills located across the country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"To facilitate the inflow of raw materials, various traders and intermediaries have sprung up thus adding to the cost of the raw materials," says Khursheed Ansari, an industry expert.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;The grey-fabrics manufactured on powerlooms are semi-finished goods and require further processing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;These semi-finished goods are sold at various processing centers across the vast country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"To facilitate this outflow, intermediaries enter in the picture again," notes the expert.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"The weak weaver with low purchasing power is always caught in this vicious cycle of exploitation. The concept of price-control mechanism does not function in Bhiwandi and Malegaon."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Weavers are heavily dependent on raw material merchants and traders for purchase and sale of their goods.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"This dependency factor breaks the backbone of weavers," bemoans Ahmad, the Muslim weaver.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Middleclass/poor weavers are literally forced to make payment within a stipulated time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"If weavers don’t make payment within the specified period as directed by the traders, they have to pay interest on the principal amount," he notes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Interestingly interest is mischievously called LP. i.e. Late Payment. LP is a typical Malegaon jargon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;&lt;span class="subHeadings"&gt;Weaknesses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table style="height: 46px;" align="right" width="120"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        &lt;img src="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&amp;blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;blobkey=id&amp;blobtable=MungoBlobs&amp;amp;blobwhere=1185690779300&amp;ssbinary=true" class="cov" align="right" /&gt;               &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="imageCaption"&gt;The powerloom industry is facing stiff resistance from an influx of cheap and high quality textile and clothing products. (IOL photo)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;One of the primary reasons for such "exploitation" is the lack of unity and competitiveness among weavers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"But now awareness is building up that we can’t fight this battle alone; we must unite to press for fair treatment of weavers," says Ansari – the expert who recently led a delegation to India’s Planning Commission for the development of Malegaon’s textile cluster.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Dr. Rehan Ansari, a Bhiwandi resident, laments that the weaving community is not doing work on a competitive level.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Gone are the days when Bhiwandi was known for its velvets. Weavers are focusing on quantity rather than quality," he notes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Millions of meters of clothes are being weaved on a daily basis but they are of the same quality. So where is the 'differentiating' factor?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;S. Balaraju, Director of Textiles under Textile Commissioner of India, regrets that there is no sufficient infrastructure for the development of powerloom clusters in Bhiwandi and Malegaon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Ninety-five percent of weavers don’t have the investment capacity," he says.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Balaraju believes that for sustainable development the industry needs pre-weaving and post-weaving modern facility "which is not there."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;As far as credit facilities are concerned, he blames financial institutions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"The attitude of nationalized banks towards weavers in general and Muslim weavers in particular is not very pleasing."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Tanweer Fazal, who was on the Prime Minister’s High-Level Committee on minorities, is no less critical.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Call it the darker side of globalization or sheer governmental apathy, weavers across the country are seeing the dwindling of their businesses," he insists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;He blames the problem on dearth of government orders, shortage of yarn, inadequate marketing and credit facilities and erratic power supply.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"It is this everyday brutality of deliberate state neglect and unrelenting suspicion that violates their dignity."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="subHeadings"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Unite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;With the onslaught of globalization and end of the quota system in December 2004, an influx of cheap and high quality textile and clothing products are giving stiff competition to small-scale industries like powerlooms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Unite or perish," admonishes Prof. Abdul Majid, who has recently done his PhD on powerloom cooperative society in Malegaon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Small weavers must unite in order to strengthen their business capacity so that they can survive in today’s globalized world," he insists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"Today we are living in an age of specialization. Muslim-dominated powerloom clusters like Bhiwandi and Malegaon are producing general clothing and there is no specialization as such. They must focus on specialization since their machineries are no match to foreign players."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;When asked about the modern challenges, Ahmad, the Muslim weaver, looks up with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"We are aware of it. Modern machines cannot snatch away our skills and talents. We do not have means to modernize powerlooms on our own. Government must come forward to help us in this regard otherwise we will be compelled to sell our powerlooms as scraps."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;Yet Ansari is still hopeful that they will pull through this phase.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="bodyContent"&gt;"There is a dawn of realization among weavers that modernization is good for them. They want to end the economic bondage of greedy merchants. No community can progress unless it is economically empowered."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAEp_JrBY7k4aObNQa9GboZVIsk1HMhyQDJccsxfz51x1M5vWoxcvDqauLn3zRf_PM3zY9ni-U059nkYseZ7Je9-MZI8n61UElKtF8d-RArTd56Cj7sbIv6NRL9gOXw_BGmzd0g5OjsXO/s72-c/42-15290224+copy.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>manyfor ever</title><link>http://4designsites.blogspot.com/2007/07/manyfor-ever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mohammed)</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:45:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878007354047702785.post-5502021027189932773</guid><description>&lt;p&gt; Troop 712 First Baptist Church of Biloxi attended summer camp at Camp Tiak during the week of June 24-30. The troop earned an Honor Camp Ribbon for the week while camping out for six nights in the Choctaw campsite.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ten Scouts completed requirements for 45 merit badges while at the camp. Joshua Broom, Nathan Broom, Luke Dunaway, Alex Harrell, David Harris, Ryan Livingston and Cuyler Raudman completed five merit badges: Citizenship in the Nation, Nature, Indian Lore, Leatherwork, and Swimming; Blake Harris completed merit badge in shotgun and his cope belt; James Harris completed merit badges in lifesaving and life guard; Derek Van Winkle completed seven merit badges: Art, Astronomy, Chemistry, Textile, Sculpture, Indian Lore, and Nature with partial completions in reptile and amphibian. Joshua Broom, Nathan Broom, Luke Dunaway, Alex Harrell, David Harris, Ryan Livingston, Cuyler Raudman and Derek Van Winkle earned partial requirements in fishing and fish and wildlife.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scouts Joshua Broom, Nathan Broom, Luke Dunaway, Alex Harrell, David Harris, Ryan Livingston and Cuyler Raudman completed requirements for their Fireman Chit. These Scouts completed the Death March: Joshua Broom, Nathan Broom, Luke Dunaway, Alex Harrell, Blake Harris, David Harris, Ryan Livingston, Cuyler Raudman, and Derek Van Winkle. Troop 712 also had five Scouts complete the mile swim; they were Joshua Broom, Nathan Broom, Alex Harrell, Cuyler Raudman and Scoutmaster Michael Van Winkle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Troop 712 FBC Biloxi meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in the youth building at FBC Biloxi. Details: 396-8500.&lt;/p&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>