...Abstract Business strategy is the strategy which the company uses to compete with their rivals in the same industry. Business strategy is also considered as the spine of the business because it dominates other operations in the company and helps create competitive advantages over their competitors. Due to these very important roles of the business strategy, we decided conduct this research paper with the aim to test whether choosing different types of business strategies will lead to difference in the performance of the companies or not. This research paper is based on the data from quarterly financial reports of the three companies in the computer industry in US from 1999 to 2011. With the findings of the research, the paper draws a conclusion that the impacts of different strategies are not the same, so that the managers should choose the most appropriate and profit-maximizing strategy for their company. Moreover, this result of the test will give incentives to the firms to put forward further test to find out the most effective strategy, which then can be recommended to Vietnam’s businesses. I. Scenario Computer industry is a very young industry in the world and it was not until the late 1990s that it really developed rapidly. In spite of this fact, the computer industry has gained a lot of significant achievements, opening a new era for the human-beings. It is also considered as an industry that has the fastest growth rate with a lot of new innovative products being produced...
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...National University Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) or B.B.A. (Honours) Degree Department of Accounting, Management, Marketing, Finance & Banking Second Year Term Paper Guidelines: (1) Each Department shall form a Term Paper Committee consisting of all teachers of the Department, to monitor the overall supervision of the preparation of Term Papers. The Head of the Department shall be the ex-officio Chairman of the Committee. (2) One student shall submit three (3) copies of Term Paper, first copy for the Supervisor, second copy for Second Examiner and third copy for the Controller of Examination of the National University. (3) The Committee shall select a list of Term Paper Topics during the first month of starting the classes of the second year of BBA (Honours). The Term Paper Topic should be selected on an area only from the major subjects of a student at First Year or Second Year. The number of topics shall be at least ten (10) and shall not be more than 20 (twenty) in total. One Chapter Heading of a Major Subject may be customized for a topic of the Term Paper. (4) Term Paper shall be prepared in English by each student individually and every student shall be assigned under a Supervisor for preparing a Term Paper. (5) The Committee shall assign a Term Paper Topic randomly to the students and shall also select the Supervisor and the Second Examiner randomly from the teachers of the concerned Department. The students of a Department shall be primarily allocated...
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...J.KAU: Islamic Econ., Vol. 19, No. 2, pp: 3-20 (2006 A.D./1427 A.H.) Monetary Dynamics and Gold Dinar: An Empirical Perspective MANSOR H. IBRAHIM* Professor of Economics International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia E-mail: mansorhi@iiu.edu.my. ABSTRACT. According to proponents of Gold Dinar particularly Meera and Aziz (2002), termed as Dinarists’, the fiat monetary system is inherently unstable. In providing an empirical perspective on this contention, this paper investigates monetary dynamics of a Muslim economy, Malaysia. To this end, the paper adopts a vector autoregressive (VAR) framework to document dynamic interactions between money supply and various macroeconomic variables including real output, price level, interest rate and stock prices. The results seem to provide some support for the Dinarists’ contention. First, the results portray clearly an important causal role of money supply for other macroeconomic variables. Second, we document some evidence that expansion in money supply is inflationary. Lastly, money supply – interest rate and money supply – stock price interactions are destabilizing. More importantly, expansion in money supply has the potential of breeding asset price bubbles. However, apart from the above findings, we also find that money supply reacts positively to increase in real output. Since the accommodative role of money supply is necessary or a pre-condition for expansion in production, arguments for Gold Dinar need to be qualified. Moreover...
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...KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS CONSUMER PRICE INDICES AND INFLATION RATES FOR MARCH 2016 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for March, 2016. These numbers have been generated using data collected during the second and third weeks of the month under review. The prices were obtained from selected retail outlets in 25 data collection zones located in Nairobi and 13 other urban centers. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, the CPI increased by 0.76 per cent from 164.67 in February 2016 to 165.92 in March 2016. The overall inflation rate stood at 6.45 per cent in March 2016. Table 1: One Month and Twelve Months’ Changes in the Price Indices Broad Commodity Group CPI Weight % Change on last month (March 2016/ February 2015) % Change on same month of previous year (March 2016/ March 2015) Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics Clothing & Footwear Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance Health Transport Communication Recreation & Culture Education Restaurant & Hotels 36.04 1.39 9.41 2.06 7.43 0.99 0.27 14.68 4.71 18.30 0.58 3.45 6.16 3.13 8.66 3.82 2.25 3.14 4.48 0.20 0.16 -0.34 0.00 0.10 0.07 -0.02 4.76 5.17 -0.31 2.65 4.02 4.23 5.86 Miscellaneous Goods & Services Total 4.52 100.00 0.01 0.76 5.12 6...
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...Composición 3 El Arte Robado Estimado Señor Hoho, Este es un informe sobre una mujer sospechosa de ser una peligrosa criminal internacional. Por fin pude probar que ella es una criminal porque tengo la fotografía de uno de sus crímenes. Además, el siguiente informe se va a dar más información sobre el crimen, por lo que vi. Para empezar, ayer el 25 de diciembre, 2012, eran las nueve de la noche cuando la mujer que yo sospechaba, por fin hizo un movimiento. Se llama Bernarda Chaueng. Tiene 25 años, y ella es de América. Desde el año 2009, sabíamos que ella estuvo implicada en una organización criminal internacional. Esta organización tiene miembros en los Estados Unidos, China, y Brasil. También, la organización vende cocaína, está involucrada en la prostitución, y venta de arte robada. Bernarda es la líder en los Estados Unidos. Esto es lo que sucedió esa noche. Hacía mucho frío y había neblina. Había mucha gente en la estación y todos parecían felices por las vacaciones. Estábamos en Nueva York y la seguí a la estación de tren. Bernarda vestía de rojo y ella llevaba una bolsa. Yo estaba segura de que la escultura robada era en su bolsa. Sabía que ella iba a reunirse con un comprador esa noche. Poco después, mientras la miraba, Bernarda se acercó a alguien. Era un hombre que tenía 30 años aproximadamente y llevaba una chaqueta de color negro. También llevaba una bolsa y se la dio a ella rápidamente. Evidencia uno es una fotografía que tomé de ellos después de intercambiar...
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...Bab 9Isi utama= Shigematsu menjadi paderi gantian | WatakShigematsu- menjadi paderi gantian | Perkara 1- Pesta Sumiyoshi * Pesta Sumiyoshi di pelabuhan Onomichi. * Diraikan dengan memasang tanglung yng kemudiannya dihanyutkan di sungai untuk menarik perhatian tuhan Sumiyoshi * Untuk memohon pelrindungan daripada banjir * Empat buah apungan yang mewakili setiap musim dihanyutkan * Lebih lama terapung, lebih baik petanda itu | Perkara 2 –Surat Pinangan * Posmen datang menghantar surat ekspres untuk Yasuko * Pengirim surat itu ialah pemuda yang meminang Gentaro Aono dari Kampung Yamano, yang meminang Yasuko juga * Pertama kalii berhubungan dengan Yasuko tanpa menggunakan perantara * Shigematsu sibuk menyalin jurnalnya sehingga tertinggal daripada menghadiri Pesta Sumiyoshi itu | Perkara 3- 7 Ogos (Jurnal Pengeboman) * Sebilangan besar mereka yang tercedera daripada Hiroshima telah tiba ke kilang itu * Pekerja yang cedera ingan akan dihantar pulang ke rumah * Trak digunakan untuk menghantar pelarian dan barang mereka yang tercedera ringan itu ke stesen Furuichi * Perjalanan pulang dari stesen itu digunakan pula untuk membawa pekerja syarikat yang cedera parah | Perkara 4- Monolog dalam Kesakitan * Shigematsu berasa sakit yang menyucuk-yucuk di bahagian bahu, belakang dan kakinya * Beliau akhirnya berjaya berjalan setelah bergantung pada tingkap * Sakit perut yang memulasnya hilang setelah beliau ke tandas | Perkara 5- Bencana yang membawa...
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...FF FF F or Peor Pe or Peor Pe or Pe ople, Naople, Na ople, Naople, Na ople, Na tt tt t ure, and ure, and ure, and ure, and ure, and tt tt t he Ehe E he Ehe E he E cc cc c oo oo o nn nn n oo oo o mm mm m yy yy y 1. AGRICULTURE TAKES A BIG BITE: THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM After air and water, food is the most essential resource people require to sustain themselves. These resources are provided by the layer of interconnected life that covers our planet: the biosphere. Yet the way the food system provides food often severely damages the health of the biosphere through soil and aquifer depletion, deforestation, aggressive use of agrochemicals, fishery collapses, and the loss of biodiversity in crops, livestock, and wild species. The global food system has become such a dominant force shaping the surface of this planet and its ecosystems that we can no longer achieve sustainability without revamping the food system. At the same time sustainable food systems provide great hope for building a sustainable future—a future in which all can lead satisfying lives within the means of the biosphere. In this brief, we use Ecological Footprint analysis to document the current food system’s demand on the biosphere. Ecological Footprint accounts track the area of biologically productive land and water needed to produce the resources consumed by a given population and to absorb its waste. The Ecological Footprint...
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...CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Foreign literature This chapter presents the review of related literature and studies for both foreign and local underlying the framework of the study. Synthesis was also created based from the gathered information and facts in literature and studies. These studies will also the researchers and readers to understand their study more. This will give greater information about how laughter slows down aging. According to Adams (2005) Laughter is a healing activity. Laughter operates on at least three different levels. They are the biophysical, the biochemical, and the bioenergetic levels. At the biophysical level, laughter also moves lymph and oxygenates your organs. Laughter moves lymph fluid around your body simply by the convulsions you experience during the process of laughing; so it boosts immune system function and helps clear out old, dead waste products from organs and tissues. Remember that your lymph system doesn't have a separate pump; your body needs to move around to properly circulate lymph fluid so that your immune system can carry out its natural functions. Laughter is a great way to support that. Secondly, laughter increases oxygenation of your body at both the cellular and organ level. By laughing, you intake vast amounts of oxygen in huge gulps, and you repeat this process in a sort of temporary hyperventilation session. This is the natural result of laughter, and if you watch someone laugh, you...
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...IDSA Monograph Series No. 23 September 2013 India's Internal Security Situation Present Realities and Future Pathways Namrata Goswami INDIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY SITUATION | 1 IDSA Monograph Series No. 23 September 2013 India's Internal Security Situation: Present Realities and Future Pathways Namrata Goswami 2 | IDSA MONOGRAPH SERIES Cover Illustration : The Cover depicts Kohima-Dimapur Road. Cover Photograph courtesy : Namrata Goswami © Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, sorted in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). ISBN: 978-93-82169-23-9 Disclaimer: It is certified that views expressed and suggestions made in this Monograph have been made by the author in her personal capacity and do not have any official endorsement. First Published: Price: Published by: September 2013 Rs. 285/Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses No.1, Development Enclave, Rao Tula Ram Marg, Delhi Cantt., New Delhi - 110 010 Tel. (91-11) 2671-7983 Fax.(91-11) 2615 4191 E-mail: contactus@.idsa.in Website: http://www.idsa.in Cover & Layout by: Printed at: Geeta Kumari M/S A. M. Offsetters A-57, Sector-10, Noida-201 301 (U.P.) Mob: 09810888667 E-mail: amoffsetters@gmail.com INDIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY SITUATION...
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...One Direction Koncerter - Boxen & Forum 2013 Niall Horan: Han går efter piger som er generte. Når han keder sig danser han en irsk dans eller tænker på mærkelige ting Harry gav Niall en kop, med et billede hvor Niall sad på toilettet. Nialls yndlingssang er Viva La Vida af Coldplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE) Man plejer at høre ham før man ser ham. Han elsker grønne øjne. Han vågnede en gang op grædende, fordi han havde drømt at al mad på jorden var væk. Hans yndlingsfarve er grøn Han ville gøre alt for at bo i Nandos. Harry Styles: Hvis du glatter Harrys hår græder han Han har engang sovet nøgen med Louis. Han elsker piger som smiler. Han sover altid nøgen. Hans yndlingsfarve er pink. Harry har altid bløde hænder. Harry forstår ikke hvorfor pigerne kan lide ham. Hans yndlingssang er ”Shine on you crazy diamond” af Pink Floyd. Han sagde engang ”indtil jeg finder den rigtige pige, har jeg Louis”. Han er et rengøringsmenneske. Han vil ikke date nogle under 14 eller over 44. Zayn Malik: Zayn ryger Han er vildt god til at tegne! Han dater ikke nogle under 16 Yndlingsfarve er blå Når han gemmer noget eller er nervøs bider han sig selv i læben Hans yndlingssang er ”Thriller”, med Michael Jackson. Han danser sjovt når han er fuld Hvis han var en fan ville han være fangirle over Louis. Hvis han var strandet på en øde ø, var det Louis han ville tage...
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...Gramatika e gjuhës shqipe Shkolla jopublike “Mileniumi i tretë” Punoi: Buena Aziri Projekt nga: Buena Aziri KL. VII/3 Mësimdhënësi: Agron Gashi Prishtinë, 2009 Fonetika, Morfologjia, Sintaksa, Leksikologjia Si ndahet gramatika e gjuhës shqipe? • Gramatika e gjuhës shqipe ndahet në: • Fonetikë; • Leksikologji; • Sintaksë; • Morfologji; Fonetika Fonetika Tingujt e gjuhës shqipe • Gjuha shqipe ka 36 fonema, 7 fonema zanore: a, e, ë, i, o, u, y dhe 29 fonema bashkëtingëllore: b, c, ç, d, dh, f, g, gj, h, j, k, l, ll, m, n, nj, p, q, r, rr, s, sh, t, th, v, x, xh, z, zh. Klasifikimi i zanoreve • Zanoret e shqipes klasifikohen: • Sipas vendit të ngritjes së gjuhës drejt qiellzës: të përparme, qendrore dhe të prapme; • Sipas shkallës së ngritjes së gjuhës drejt qiellzës: të hapura, gjysmë të hapura dhe të mbyllura; • Sipas pjesëmarrjes ose jo të buzëve: të buzorëzuara dhe të pabuzorëzuara. Klasifikimi i bashkëtingëlloreve • Bashkëtingëlloret e shqipes klasifikohen: • Sipas mënyrës së formimit: mbylltore, shtegore, hundore, anësore dhe dridhëse; • Sipas vendit të formimit: buzore, dhëmbore, alveolare, paraqiellzore, qiellzore; • Sipas pjesëmarrjes së zërit dhe të zhurmës: të shurdhta ose të pazëshme dhe të zëshme. Diftongjet dhe grupet e zanoreve • Dy zanore që shqiptohen si një rrokje e vetme përbëjnë një diftong. • Kur dy zanore që janë pranë njëratjetrës shqiptohen secila si një rrokje më vete, ato përbëjnë një grup...
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...That Girl 2: Me & You written by HaveYouSeenThisGirL -- Introduction - "Sitting next to that girl." xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx If you cant get someone off your mind they are probably supposed to be there. -Unknown. xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx It's been 3days and up until now her eyes are still close, kelan nya kaya imumulat ang mga mata nya? Gigising pa ba sya? Would there still be a chance for her to see my list? Sana, sana. "What are you doing?" nagtatakang tanong nung nurse pagkakita sa ginagawa ko. "I want her to see it when she wakes up. It's not illegal, right?" "Of course not, it's actually sweet." nakangiting sabi nung nurse nung makita yung kabuuan ng ginagawa ko. Kahit ako napangiti lalo na ng maalala ko kung paano ko nabuo ang lahat ng 'to... *Kring!* "Pwew!" sakto! Pagka-bell nasa classroom na agad ako, kala ko malalate na ako. Grabe, daig ko pa ang aso kung tumakbo kanina eh. Tinanghali kasi ako ng gising kaya ayun, madali to the max. Hmm... At dahil late ako, wala na akong mauupuan sa likod, gusto ko kasi lagi umupo sa likod eh. Haay, pag gantong late ka asahang ang bakanteng upuan lang ay ang nasa unahan. Alam nyo naman ang mga estudyante may front seat phobia. Dumiretso na ako sa katangi tanging upuan na bakante sa unahan pero nung papunta na ako dun natigilan ako ng makita ko kung sino ang magiging seatmate ko... Patay! That girl! "Hi!" "Ah.. hi.." sabay upo ko na agad without...
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...Kelly | McGowen | Williams C en ga Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States ge Le ar ni ng BUSN BUSN BUSN 6, 6th Edition Kelly | McGowen | Williams © 2014 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Senior Project Development Manager: Linda deStefano Market Development Manager: Heather Kramer Senior Production/Manufacturing Manager: Donna M. Brown Production Editorial Manager: Kim Fry Sr. Rights Acquisition Account Manager: Todd Osborne en C Printed in the United States of America ga ge Le Compilation © 2013 Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-1-285-88034-1 ISBN-10: 1-285-88034-X Cengage Learning 5191 Natorp Boulevard Mason, Ohio 45040 USA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein LL RIGHT th repro reprodu ted, s may be reproduced, transmitted, stored or used in any form or by any means electro graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, scann di recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, a or information storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under o t Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior writ written permission of the publisher. pro For product information and technology assistance, contact us at Cen Cengage Learning Customer & Sales Support, 1-800-354-9706 For permission to use material from this text or product, submit...
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...大 局 观 看着那么多的人连连亏损，真是于心不忍。我要说的是，一个聪明人，应该用智慧去做事，你们首先要给自己准确的定位！ 我要说的是，你们99%的人把自己定以为天才与超级天才了，你们仅仅是普通人。普通人应该做自己力所能及的事！先了解下什么是期货吧，期货是远期交割的货物，说到底就是个贸易. 为什么期货这么残酷，因为你们没看清诱惑的代价。首先要明白，期货是个好东西，但是期货的杠杆交易却是个极度缺德的东西！全球各大交易所的那帮渣子希望杠杆越高越好，杠杆越高，期民的血汗钱就源源不断的流进了交易所腰包，hoho...这真是无本生意，万世基业啊。一旦你用了杠杆，那么你就要深刻明白，你做了超出你能力范围的事了，期货的本质仅仅是贸易，现货贸易年均下来，一般人也就10%-15%的利润，而且程序繁杂，辛劳无比。 如果大家都不使用杠杆 ，交易所的那帮渣子的收入就立即爆跌百分之几百，他们也不会那么得瑟了。期货会产生10%左右整体的赢利或亏损，这是经济发展正常的新陈代谢可以接受的！做期货，就是把自己定义为一个做贸易事业的人！！！当你使用杠杆时，你就是个投机分子或者说赌徒了。 投机分子，总想以最少的代价获得最高的收益，一方面绝大多数是受害者，另一方面助长交易所那帮渣子的嚣长气焰。助长整个市场的残酷。当你们把自己定义为投机分子时，你们就要有精准的判断行情的能力，这是多么难的一件事啊。当你们把自己定义为投机分子时，你们就要有超越凡人的承受心理，那需要多么大条的神经啊。这一切，只是你们过度的放大了你们的贪婪，过度的贪婪，往往是毁灭之源…… 期货多么美好的词，可以远期交割的货物啊，多么前卫风骚的美好事物啊。。。。。期货这个美好的词，被一帮利欲熏心及贪婪的家伙毁了….. 当你以做现货贸易的心态来做期货时，那我首先要恭喜你，你成功了！只要你究其一生去做，你一定会富甲天，名动全球！如果你以现货去做期货，随便顺根日K的20日均线就行了，你需要不断的止损吗？？？日内交易，98%的止损在未来两周都可以解套赚钱！你们的大亏，一次次的爆仓，就是不停的止损止没了。你只需要不停的去止赢，震荡不过是给你送钱！单边一个大原则，20日均线就够了。极限的顶底还可以来个价值投资！ 10W块做一手锌，看错2000点才亏10%，看错4000点，才亏20%。你顺了日K的20日均线，这种错误，一百年也难发生一次，比真正的现货还安全N倍。而你使用了杆杠，你就要强迫自己在50点，100点，200点，300点等微小的区间内试图判断对行情！这种本事，只有0.1%的人不到可以有。这是多么巨大压力与挑战啊。10W块做一手锌，以最好的心态，最轻松的心情去做，一年照样30%-50%，你们不信吗？哈哈。期货比股票好N倍，T+0，多空都可以做，前提是，你不使用杆杠！ 只是以锌举个例子。一句话，绝对不使用保证金。比如白糖，你也只能7W块做一手！一旦你使用杆杠，就将自己置入了危险的边缘！ 还有一点，平时放2等份的资金在帐户里，其它就到股市里逢低买债券吧，那2份资金波动，8份资金一年稳健的再搞回4%的年收益！需要了，随时可以出来。 新人，你们是张白纸，你们有美好伟大的前程，不要跟投机岛95%的赌徒学，你们完全可以开启一份无比美好的稳健的事业。永远不要去羡慕别人一年几倍几十倍的神话，那些只属于0.1%的人都不到！走最稳健的路，时间与复利一样帮你成就传奇！你...
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...Unlucky Cupid ➶ Prologue ★★★ She is smart, HE's intelligent. She's gorgeous, HE's sizzling hot. She's popular, HE has huge resemblance to a world-wide known teen-age superstar. She's snob but somehow nice, while HE is the gentleman every girl will die for. Will rivalry cross their fate? Or Love will play their lives? He was always mistaken for the popular singer, whom She really hates. Will Her high school life end up just like those typical one's? Or will He make the best or even worst out of it? ➶ Chapter 1: Interference /KATHERINE'S PERSPECTIVE First day of school, sigh. Simula na naman ito ng hectic schedule, little time, less fun, and whatsoever bothersome school works. Pero first day of school sometimes is not that bad, kasi usually pupunta ka lang sa unahan at magpapakilala. Orientations, introductions, chit-chats - yeah, that's pretty much it. Kaya on second thought, I'm going to enjoy this first day lalo na dahil makikita ko na ang aking mga hmm, how should I describe my friends? Loud speaker-like? Loquacious? Nah, pero siguro ganyan nga sila - love ko naman. Ew, korni ko.I guess back na kami sa routine namin. Si Lindsay, medyo brat, madaldal (as I've said), okay naman pag dating sa academics, mabait, at sabihin na nating medyo war-freak. Di sya close sa parents nya gawa ng wala lagi sa bahay nila. So ayun, siguro yun ang dahilan kung bakit parang naging "Play Girl" itong si Lindsay, in other way. Hindi naman talaga. Pero all in all she's one of a kind...
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