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In Gujarat, around 75% of teaching posts are lying vacant in 16 government engineering colleges and 26 polytechnics. The posts of professor, assistant professor and lecturer, among others, are vacant since last 10 years. Despite several protests by the concerned authorities no action has been taken yet.

Gujarat University syndicate member Manish Doshi said, "Around 75% of the teaching posts are vacant in government degree institutions and 69% in diploma institutions. For the past 10 years, the students are facing difficulty due to this."

Doshi said while the percentage of vacant posts of principals in government engineering colleges in 2003 was 33%, by 2011 the figure had risen to 75%. Similarly, the vacant posts of lecturers in 2003 were 50% which increased to 73% by 2011.

Vacancies in polytechnics of the state in 2002 were 37%, which increased to 84% in 2011. Also, 41% vacant posts of lecturers in 2002 increased to 69% in 2011.Doshi has also alleged government’s lack of interest in addressing the crisis. He said recruitment of lecturers in government colleges is vital. Posts of laboratory assistants and librarians had also been vacant for long, he added.

Examiner:What is Microsoft Excel student:It is a new brand of Surf Excel to clean the computer.

Basic Material and Tools

• Cleaning Fluids / Thinner / Glass Cleaning Solution or Nail polish remover can also be used.

• Painting surfaces ( Glass ,Mirror ,Clear Plastic, Acetate Sheets(transparent sheets) or Bottles )

• Glass Colors (Fevicryl or creative craft) what you prefer

• Outliner readymade or can make at home . Learn to make glass liners at home at

(glass painting outliners)

• Cotton Buds & Cotton roll(Cotton buds are invaluable for mopping up the Mistakes.)

• Pattern/Design

You may be new to the gym, or you may have been going for years, but there are some mistakes that even seasoned trainers make again and again. If you’ve reached a plateau in your training or you’re not getting to where you want to be fast enough, there’s a good chance that you’re making at least one of these mistakes.


Maxim has recruited Lee Archer, personal trainer and director at Pro Fitness in Bristol, to help you avoid the many pitfalls that are waiting to trap unwary gym-goers.


1 You always stick to the same workout
We all tend to repeat the things we like doing, so it’s no wonder that once we find a workout that suits us we stick to it. Archer advises against this. ‘Change your programme after four to six weeks, otherwise you get into a pattern and you stop producing results because your body has hit a plateau,’ he says. As well as changing your workout, you can mix it up by cross training – try a circuit or kickboxing class once a week.

2 You copy the hardcore gym members
It’s easy to think that to get as ripped as the guy in your gym who wows all the female instructors with one-armed press-ups, you have simply to follow his lead. ‘People see someone lifting a heavier weight or using a certain technique and rather than ask them what they’re up to they just copy them,’ says Archer. The problem is that without knowing what someone else’s fitness aims are, copying them could land you with unexpected results or an injury. ‘The best solution is to read magazines and do your homework before you hit the gym. Be careful who you take advice from, because some fitness instructors are not highly qualified and won’t necessarily know what is best for you.’

3 You go every day
You may be someone who can’t do anything by halves, but working out every day is not sustainable – either physically or mentally. ‘If you go every day you won’t be able to maintain a useful intensity and you’ll get bored,’ says Archer. ‘It becomes a chore and you’ll start missing sessions, beating yourself up about it and losing motivation.’ Incorporate proper rest days into your schedule. ‘Take the dog for a walk, or go to the gym but use the sauna and Jacuzzi to chill out,’ he suggests.

4 You use the gym for socialising
Go to your gym often enough and it starts to feel like a second home. This is a dangerous moment. ‘For a lot of people who go every day it becomes their social life,’ says Archer. ‘They chat for half an hour and their training suffers, then they go to the restaurant afterwards and suddenly they’re at the gym every night – but how much work are they actually doing?’ So get your priorities right. The gym is there to burn calories and get you fit and looking good.

5 You exercise aimlessly
Exercise is enjoyable for its own sake. But once the high of bashing out monster reps on the bench press wears off it can seem a bit pointless. Keep short-term and long-term goals in mind to keep you motivated, and chart your progress. ‘A short-term goal might be to improve your treadmill speed by a notch. It’s a good way to keep yourself working towards your long-term goal,’ says Archer. ‘If you can’t think of a long-term goal, it’s the gym staff’s job to help you find one.’

6 You only train on your own
Single-minded focus is commendable, but all top athletes use training partners to keep them going and push them to the next level of performance. ‘Ideally you want someone who’s got the same goals as you and whose strength and fitness levels are just a bit better than yours,’ says Archer. ‘You’ll be pushed in every session and each will make sure the other goes to the gym.’

7 You never take a break
Slavishly following a workout plan for a whole year is likely to lead to burnout. ‘If your training is getting stale and you’re not getting anywhere, take a break – but do it properly and have a couple of weeks off,’ says Archer. ‘It gives you what you need for a total recovery of your body and your mind, because boredom is the biggest killer. If you go on holiday, you don’t have to pack running shoes. Treat it as a way to reward yourself and help you reach your goals.’

8 You beat yourself up when you have a bad session
Even the most motivated and energetic gym-goer can have a really crap training session. There’s often no real reason: your body just isn’t up for it. Don’t imagine that you’re going backwards. ‘Sometimes you don’t feel great, but just being there is enough,’ says Archer. ‘People who are hard on themselves and start to feel negative about it tend to eventually stop going to the gym altogether.’

9 You confuse a tired brain with a tired body
A tough day at the office leaves you shattered and in no mood for the gym, so you go home and try to get an early night but end up with a bout of insomnia. If that sounds familiar, you may need to separate mental and physical fatigue. ‘People think they’re tired when all they’ve done is sit at their computers. Their brain is knackered but their body is keyed-up and ready for exercise,’ says Archer. ‘By going to the gym, you’ll get your energy levels surging and de-stress yourself in the process.’

10 You work through colds
It’s often said that if you exercise when you have the beginnings of a cold, you’ll work it out of your system. This is nonsense. ‘When you train you weaken your immune system because you ask it to repair the muscles you’ve damaged in order for them to get stronger,’ says Archer. ‘If you’ve got a cold already, lowering the immune system is going to bring that cold on even more.’ If you’re feeling ill, eat well and take two days off to recover so you’re fully fit to begin training again.

11 You stick to the machines
You’ve reached a plateau and are struggling to move that pin on to heavier weights on your favourite machine. But your body knows its limits better than you do and has shut down growth in the muscle group you’re targeting because its supporting stabilising muscles aren’t strong enough. The best way to work stabilisers and make your other muscles work harder at the same time is to replace the weight machine with dumb-bells. ‘You can get a lot more from dumb-bells because their movement is not restricted and they work both sides equally,’ says Archer.

12 You don’t warm up specifically
Running on a treadmill for ten minutes won’t warm you up for a set of chin-ups. ‘Try matching the warm-up to the muscle group – rowing is good for the upper body. Then do two light sets of 12-15 reps before you do your work sets,’ says Archer. ‘The same applies to cardio workouts. Warm up at 30-60 per cent of race pace.’

13 You don’t time your rests between sets
Between sets, you wander around or sit staring into space until you sense that the guy waiting for your station is getting wound up and you launch into the next set. This is likely to sabotage your workout. ‘Your recovery time is important when looking at how much you are going to be able to lift later on,’ says Archer. ‘Too short a rest and your muscles won’t have recovered; too long and you won’t get the benefit.’ Wear a stopwatch and don’t be intimidated into starting your next set too early.

14 You only ever use heavy weights to build muscle
When you hit the weights room, you always lift the heaviest weight possible. This may limit your growth because you’ll hit your muscles in a very predictable way, and it’s hard to control large weights precisely. ‘Now and then, go light and do extra reps with a greater range of motion. People don’t always lock out on biceps curls, for instance, and you can end up with short biceps. If you go heavy you have to make sure that your technique is spot-on first,’ says Archer.

15 You do too many workouts
You hammer yourself into the ground with weights and cardio training until you end up breaking down your body faster than it can repair itself. ‘When I train my clients I go for three or four sessions in the gym a week with three days off within that,’ says Archer. ‘When you rest is when you grow, and people don’t realise how long they have to rest. Listen to your body and if a muscle is aching don’t work it until it stops.’

Good creative skills are essential for the specialised fields of fashion design and dressmaking. Consequently, it is important to have a comprehensive understanding of the industry and be able to apply acquired skills in a theoretical and practical manner. Lifestyle Learning Direct, one of the Gold Coast's premier online learning and correspondence course providers, suggests that in order to be a good fashion designer or dressmaker you need to be able to:

1. Understand fashion trends, clothing ranges and colour groups.

2. Learn Know how patterns work - flat patterns, commercial patterns, tracing patterns and pattern blocks - read patterns, choose pattern sizes and have basic pattern alteration knowledge.

4. Have knowledge on the range and quality of the many fibres and fabrics available today - natural and man-made fibres, fashion fabrics, modern developments and special fabrics - which will have a large bearing on your creations.

5. Be familiar with the tools and equipment necessary for good dressmaking: scissors, tape measure, pins, machine needles, hand needles, stitch ripper, tailor's chalk, haberdashery, sewing machine, overlocker, iron, ironing board, full-length mirror, flat cutting surface and storage.

6. Be conversant with inserting zippers and sleeves, buttonholes, waistbands, types of stitching, seam types, stretch sewing, and so on.

7. Present a design collection using fashion drawing and design skills, as well as the competent use of colour and themes.

8. Understand which designs will suit the client's life and activities, as well as know the basic body shapes, hair styles, make-up trends and how to plan a wardrobe.

9. Know how to set up a system, research customers, basic business structure and types of operation.



How can you become a better Fashion Designer and Dressmaker?

To gain professional fashion design and dressmaking proficiency, it is best to undertake a specialised course that teaches you the essential skills. Lifestyle Learning Direct is a leader in the provision of writing distance education courses that aim to give students a broad understanding of the industry competency regarding both the theoretical and practical application of this knowledge.

Apart from understanding the application of various dressmaking and design skills, by learning elementary drawing techniques to professionally define your creative visions, you can uncover clever ways of presenting your designs and using various media to lift your work.

Recognise and anticipate fashion trends, develop a design theme, and gain an understanding of the process and workings of the fashion haute couture industry. Also, learn how to identify, select and find the fibres that make your clothing stand out from the rest by perfectly balancing style and function.

If you dream of being your own boss, as well as the theory of fashion design and dressmaking you also need to know the practical aspects of how to set up in business.

Allah Rakha Rahman known as AR Rahman is one of India's most popular music directors. He was born in 1966 in Chennai (Madras).

AR Rahman's original name was A.S.Dileep Kumar. Rahman started learning piano at the age of four. At the age of 9 Rahman's father passed away following mysterious illness. At the age of 11 Rahman joined Ilayaraja's troup as a keyboard player. He then composed some jingles for Advertisements and from there he got an offer for the film ROJA directed by Mani Ratnam. He has composed 100's of songs for films which got good reputation to Rahman in India and other countries.

AR Rahman has worked with many reputed music directors and composers in South and North India and Abroad.

Some of the movie names and advertisements for which AR Rahman has composed music and prestigious awards he bagged for best music direction are listed below.


Movies of AR Rahman

- Padmavyuham
- Roja (1993)
- Gentleman (1994)
- Donga Donga
- Premikudu (1995)
- Mr. Romeo
- Duet
- Indu
- Muthu
- Love Birds
- Rangeela (1995)
- Bombay (1996)
- Prema Desam (1997)
- Iddaru
- Merupu Kalalu
- Palnati Paurusham
- Super Police
- The Earth
- Rakshakudu - Gang Master
- Jodi
- Bharateeyudu
- Dil se
- Jeans
- Sakhi
- Premikula Roju
- Priyuralu Pilichindi
- Taal
- Pukar
- Rhythm
- Oke Okkadu
- Zubeida
- Lagaan (2001)
- Hum se Hai Muqabla (1995)
- Hindustani (1996)
- Daud (1997)
- Sapney (1997)
- Vishwa Vidhata (1997)
- Dil Se (1998)
- Doli Sajake Rakhna (1998)
- Fire (1998) - Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998)
- 1947 Earth (1999) - Taal (1999)
- Takshak (1999)
- Dil Hi Dil Mein (2000)
- Pukar (2000)
- Nayak (2001)
- One Two Ka Four (2001)
- Zubeidaa (2001)
- Saathiya (2002)
- The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
- Tehzeeb (2003)
- Meenaxi (2004)
- Yuva (2004)


Advertisements composed by AR Rahman

- Parry's
- Boost
- Titan Watches
- Hero Puch
- Asian Paints


Awards to AR Rahman

- Padmasri award from Government of India
- Madras Telugu Academy Award
- Malaysian Award
- Rajiv Gandhi Award
- R D Burman Award
and lot more...

Ingredients:

For Saffron and Pistachio Coconut Cream
1 litre: Amul Milk
1 nos: Vanilla pods
10 nos: Egg yolks
200gm: Sugar
100 gm: Cornflour
200 gm: Unsalted Butter
A few strands: Saffron
100 ml: Coconut milk
180 gms: Coconut (freshly grated)

For Choux paste
1 litre: Water
400gm: Amul Butter
Pinch of Salt
600 gm: Refined Flour
12 nos. Eggs (lightly beaten)

For Royal Icing
1 nos. Egg
300 gms: Icing Sugar
1 nos. Lemon (juice extracted)

Caramel sauce
400gm: Castor Sugar
200gm: Liquid Glucose
40 ml: Water

Caramel for spun sugar
400gm: Castor Sugar
200gm: Liquid Glucose
40gm: Water

For Garnish
Fondant flowers
Gold and silver leaf

Method:

Pastry Cream

1. Slit the vanilla pod lengthwise, add to milk and bring it to a boil in a pan.
2. In a bowl whisk the egg yolks with sugar and cornflour. When milk comes to a boil, mix in the egg yolk mixture gradually, whisking continuously till mixture thickens. Mix in the butter while custard is still warm.
3. In a separate bowl combine saffron with coconut milk and heat till warm. Mix in fresh coconut and combine with prepared pastry cream. Keep aside to cool.

Choux Pastry
1. Boil water with butter and salt in the large stock pot. Sift in the flour and whisk thoroughly till it forms a soft dough. Remove dough into steel bowl and beat using electric whisk.

2. While the dough is still warm, add lightly beaten eggs gradually at regular intervals. Continue beating till mixture is smooth. (Reserve about 3 tbsp beaten egg for egg wash.)

3. Preheat oven at 220'C.

4. Fill prepared batter into piping bags with plain nozzles and pipe small profiteroles onto the provided greased and dusted baking trays.

5. Brush profiteroles with egg wash and bake at 220*C for 20 minutes. Reduce temperature to 160*C and allow profiteroles to dry out in the oven at this temperature for 7-8 minutes.

Royal Icing
6. Prepare royal icing by separating the egg yolks from the white and placing the whites in a glass bowl. Gently which the whites then gradually sift in icing sugar, add lemon juice and whisk well till very smooth and bright. When you get your desired consistency immediately fill into a piping bag.

Setting
7. Place the provided cake on the bottom tier of cake stand. Garnish with royal icing and fondant flowers. Attach top tier of cake stand.

8. Remove profiteroles from the oven and keep aside to cool. Grease mould.

9. Using the tip of a small knife, pierce a small hole in the base of the cooled profiteroles. Whisk prepared pastry cream again to smoothen it and fill into piping bags.

10. Start to prepare caramel sauce. Combine caster sugar with glucose and water and cook on a medium-high flame, stirring at regular intervals, till temperature of the syrup reaches 160-170*C.

11. Meanwhile, pipe pastry cream into prepared profiteroles.

12. Dip the top of a profiterole in prepared caramel and place with base side up inside the greased mould. Repeat the procedure for the remaining profiteroles till the mould gets filled completely without any gaps. The placement of profiteroles should follow a circular pattern.

13. Demould onto the top tier of the cake stand.

14. Start making spun sugar by combining sugar with glucose and water and cooking it on a high flame till the temperature of the caramel reaches 150-160*C.

15. Place two steel ladles with long handles on the table, with the handle part protruding out. Grease the handles with oil. Dip fork in caramel and sprinkle over the handles. Do this process twice or thrice. Once done, remove using both hands and shape as required. Use within 10 minutes.

16. Garnish the croquembouche with spun sugar and gold and silver leaves as shown.

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan took the opportunity of India-Pakistan's clash in World Cup semi-finals to promote his superhero flick Ra.One.

The first look trailer of the film was screened repeatedly during the commercial breaks between the match.

While his contemporary Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran watched the match in Mohali along with other Bollywood celebs like Preity Zinta and Vivek Oberoi, SRK opted to cheer for Dhoni's team from home.

"I think I should have asked Preity," the actor joked when asked why he was not in Mohali.

"Too much crowd and I had a huge group of friends and we wanted to watch the match together. It would have been difficult...much better to watch it at home," said Shah Rukh, who was wearing an Indian jersey.

The 45-year-old actor was happy to get so many eyeballs for the first look of Ra.One.

"I think the whole world is watching the match today. I am happy to show the trailer when so many people were watching. The film will release in October and it is too early to speak but it is a superhero film, lots of special effects and a new step forward in our technology. I think children will love it," he added.

The film is slated to release in Diwali.

The right hairstyle can give you self-confidence and satisfaction. Finding the right hairstyle for who you are does take a little effort though, but the results will be worth it in the end. As with any good relationship, the key to getting a great haircut is proper communication between you and your hairstylist. So before your haircut, you should have a consultation with your stylist during which time you should discuss various aspects of your hair and lifestyle. With that said, here are seven tips on how to get the haircut you want and deserve.

Do I Need a Matchmaking Service?
Finding a good stylist can be like searching for your next girlfriend. Ask around and find out which stylist or salon your friends use, or you can ask someone whose hair you admire. Perhaps you have seen a salon around town that looks cool and you’ve been wanting to give it a try. In this case I would call them up and ask if they specialize in a certain types of haircuts or styles. Would they consider themselves to be modern or classic in their attitude toward style? Edgy or conservative?

Don’t Be Shy
You might want to call or drop in a salon and ask if the stylists will give a free consultation before you make an appointment. Find out what their style is and the kind of cuts they are particularly good at cutting. Maybe they are better at certain types of styles than others or maybe they typically do women’s hair. It’s good to find these things out before they start whacking at your hair.

What’s Your Fuss Factor?
Let your stylist know how much time you spend on your hair. Maybe you aren’t fussy with your hair, or perhaps you only allow a certain amount of time for hair during your morning routine. Are you proficient with a blow-dryer, or do you prefer the natural route? What kinds of styling aids are you used to using?

What Do You Mean No Mohawks at the Office?
It’s also important for them to know what your lifestyle is like. Do you work in a conservative environment? Are you a man about town and fashion forward? Ultimately your stylist needs to know how comfortable you are wearing your hair. And make sure you're both on the same page when you get down to details. For example, your stylist may interpret "shaggy” or “shorter on the sides" much differently than you do.

I Didn’t Know My Hair Could Do That!
Make sure your stylist shows you how to best style your hair. Do they use the hairdryer in a particular way? What kind of products did they use in your hair? If your stylist doesn't explain what he/she is doing, don't hesitate to ask for an explanation of a technique or term they use. Understanding the language or terminology is key.

Lights, Camera . . .
A picture is worth a thousand words and a great way to start the conversation. The stylist I have interviewed say that more and more male clients are bringing in photos from magazines and such. With photos your stylist will be able to assess how suitable the cut you like is for your hair, your face shape and lifestyle. They can also suggest alternatives if it's not the perfect cut for you.

Money Money Money
Tip appropriately or you may not want your stylist to have a pair scissors near your face the next time you drop in. A Proper tip is 15% to 20% for your stylist & $5 for the person who washes your hair, if someone other than your stylist is doing so.