| Samsung eyes 22 pc of Indian AC market this year
NEW DELHI: Korean consumer electronic major Samsung is gearing up for the upcoming summer with plans to corner about 22 per cent of the expected 2.25 million home air conditioners market in India.
Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, the subsidiary of the Korean firm today announced its foray into the capacity segments like 0.8T and 1.6T in split ACs and 1.6T in window ACs by launching a new range comprising 10 different star rated AC models as part of its strategy.
"We expect our split AC volumes to grow from around 50 per cent contribution level witnessed last year to around 58 per cent of our total AC volumes this year," Samsung India Deputy Managing Director R Zutshi said in a statement.
The total AC market in India last year was around 1.8 million units, which is expected to cross over 2.25 million units by the end of this year.
Village youths succeed where police fails
Vigilant squads catch eight transformer thieves red-handed in Issewal village
Jupinderjit Singh
Tribune News Service Issewal (Hambran), February 20
What the police could not do for months to prevent thefts of transformers, a group of youths of this village, all soldiers, has done in just six days. .
Chain saw artist makes wooden wonders in Berks Co.
WERNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Amid clouds of dust and flying chips, Dean Fox, with a buzzing chain saw in hand, circled, turned and stalked what seemed to be his prey just as if he were about to wrestle an alligator.Instead, Fox was creating one — a wooden sculpture of the fearsome looking reptile made out of a cedar log.
Fox worked diligently and continuously, seemingly in a trance, at the heavily wooded grounds of the former historic site of the Galen Hall Hotel on South Mountain, South Heidelberg Township."We're going to put the alligator by the pond," said Tom Masano Sr., 90, longtime Berks County car dealer, eyeing Fox's craftsmanship and seemingly in an artistic trance of his own.Apparently, the South Mountain woodlands are perfect for such trances.They inspire the enchanted visions of carved wood nymphs, hawks, eagles, herons, raccoons, ruffed grouse and a meditating woman situated on a rock in front of a 95-by-65-foot pond, 2 to 10 1/2 feet deep in spots, filled with fish and fed by four cold-water springs.It is a place to dream big, as big as a giant family of cedar people, carved from dead trees in a 50-acre cedar forest, where a sculptured man stands 22 feet tall, his wife 18 feet, their son 12 feet and the family dog about 5 feet.And it is also a place where imaginary kings can reign on an ornate, wooden throne, carved from the stump of an old, diseased poplar tree."Well, this is my hobby ...
HEAVENLY HOMES: Old church priory becomes affordable apartments
For nearly a century, Dominican friars made their home in the former St. Anne's Church priory at 818 Middle St. Today, the historic granite and marble three-story residence is about to be reborn as St. Dominic's Apartments, an affordable housing complex for the over-62 set. St. Dominic's, named for the friars who lived there, will have 18 one-bedroom apartments for seniors who meet eligibility requirements outlined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Four units are handicapped accessible. Tenants will pay no more than 30 percent of their income in rent, and heat and hot water are included. "It's for singles and couples," said Ed Allard, project manager for Community Action for Better Housing, which is co-sponsoring the project with Catholic Social Services. Construction on the building began a year ago and has been substantial, costing $4.5 million.
Trying to keep calm in speed interviews
The notebook's left flap held copies of his resume. In the right flap was a piece of sheet music, written in Spanish. As a member of the college's Madrigal Singers, it's a piece he'll perform.And in a few hours, he'll use it in a tutoring session for a Spanish student at the school. He tutors every Monday and Tuesday night.Neeson was patient. He wasn't fidgeting with his hair or nervously tapping his feet on the floor. He was sitting up straight, calm and composed.The barrage of questions would soon come, almost immediately as the apologetic representatives from WABC, a certified public accountant firm, took their seats."What year are you?" asked Allan C. Sanders, a WABC principal."I'm a senior," Neeson answered with a smile."What made you want to go into this profession?" Sanders followed."What classes have you taken?" was the logical follow-up.
Actress Patty Hearst And Her French Bulldog Win Award At Westminster ...
In town from Florida to root for her friend's Australian shepherd, she was startled to learn who was standing a few feet away. "You're kidding. Is she the Patty Hearst?" McGavic asked. "Showing dogs at Westminster, who knew?" Shaw has been working with dogs for three years, and her first trip to Westminster was well worth it. Her prize, with a champion's name of Shann's Legally Blonde, earned a red ribbon as Best of Opposite Sex — a male dog won the breed, and hers was judged the top female. "It's overwhelming," she said. Shaw said the ribbon would probably decorate one of the swords that her husband collects. The gold medallion, that one is hers to keep. "It's like winning a gold medal at the Olympics. Or would this be a silver?" she said.
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