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Setting a Crawl Delay in Google Webmaster Tools
Google just like any other search engine needs to send crawlers to your website in order to index the information.
Search engines can crawl your website too fast, and you can block search engines from crawling your website.
With Google, you typically want them to crawl your site, but at a reduced rate so they aren't slamming your server.
If you don't already have a Google account you should read our introduction to Google Webmaster Tools article.
Changing Google's crawl rate in Webmaster Tools
Adjusting the crawl rate for Google won't affect ranking, just how long it takes them to index your entire website.
If you had 1,000 pages on your website, a search engine could potentially index your entire site in a few minutes.
However this could cause high system resource usage with all of those pages loaded in a short time period.
A Crawl-delay: of 30 seconds would allow crawlers to index your entire 1,000 page website in just 8.3 hours
A Crawl-delay: of 500 seconds would allow crawlers to index your entire 1,000 page website in 5.8 days
Using the steps below you can adjust Google's crawl rate for your website using Webmaster Tools:
Step 1
Log in to Google Webmaster Tools
Step 2
Click on the website you'd like to manage
Step 3
Click the top-right settings cog, then Site Settings
Step 4
Click on Limit Google's maximum crawl rate
Adjust the crawl rate to at least 30 seconds apart.
Step 5
Crawl delay settings are only saved for 90 days.
Note down the date you'll need to set them again
Now the next time Google sends their Googlebot crawler to index your website, they'll be sure to space out their requests at least 30 seconds in-between each other.
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2018-08-12 10:37 pm
Does it really affect the ranking?
31,595 Points
2018-08-13 8:49 am
This guide is not really for helping your site's rank but to reduce the usage of your server. For example, if you have a large site and are receiving a large amount of traffic due to a promotion, increasing the crawl delay may reduce the resources your server is using and speed up your site.
Thank you,
2016-02-05 1:27 pm
Certainly useful post for crawl rate setting. Thanks
2016-01-01 3:56 am
How to do this calculations?
A Crawl-delay: of 30 seconds would allow crawlers to index your entire 1,000 page website in just 8.3 hours
A Crawl-delay: of 500 seconds would allow crawlers to index your entire 1,000 page website in 5.8 days
2016-01-08 2:55 pm
30 seconds per page x 1000 pages = 3000 seconds / 60 = 500 minutes /60 = 8.3 hours.
2015-12-05 4:42 pm
bro, what do you sugesst, what will be the best crawl rate for a website?
31,595 Points
2015-12-07 11:07 am
Hello Suleman,
Thank you for contacting us. The best crawl rate will depend on several actors, such as the amount of resources your server has available, amount of pages/content on your site, frequency of website update.
I recommend trying different configurations, to see what is working for your specific sites.
Thank you,
2015-03-19 10:41 pm
Crawl-delay: 1
If your robots txt file shows this does it mean Google will not crawl the site?
43,761 Points
2015-03-23 1:16 pm
Hello Brad,
The crawl-delay in robots.txt is pretty much ignored by Google. It does, however, obey the crawl delays set in the Webmaster tools.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2015-02-23 5:49 pm
The irony is that my site is hosted on Google App. Engine, so that's money going for them too :)
Then again, most of my traffic comes from them as well.
What can we do against the almighty...
2015-02-23 4:48 pm
I cannot change that setting; it says:
"Your site has been assigned special crawl rate settings. You will not be able to change the crawl rate."
On Feb 19 Google crawled more than 2 million pages in my site (taht cost more than $30) and now is starting to spike again.
What could I do?
42,943 Points
2015-02-23 5:19 pm
Hello MdeA,
I'm sorry you're getting that message. If you're getting it and it's coming from Google, you won't be able to make a change unless you can contact them and find out how. We have no way to control what Google has decided to do for your crawl rate.
Arnel C.
2015-02-17 5:43 pm
if i want google bot fast crawl my site how should i change setting ?
2015-02-17 5:53 pm
Hello Javadh,
If you do not want to limit Googles crawl rate then I would suggest selecting the optimal option and let Google automatically set its crawl rate.
Best Regards,
TJ Edens
2015-02-17 6:03 pm
i am posting every 30min from 13am to 23am and from 23am to 12 am have not post
2015-02-17 6:13 pm
Hello Javadh,
It should be crawling your website during those times.
TJ Edens
2015-02-17 6:14 pm
how can i set for this times ?
2015-02-17 6:16 pm
Hello Javadh,
You would not be able to enable the crawling during certain times of the day as Google does not function like that.
Best Regards
TJ Edens
2015-02-23 5:21 pm
but bing have i think
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Phil Collins Performs 'In The Air Tonight' at His Son's Miami School [VIDEO]
Because Phil Collins retired from music in 2011, we thought we'd never hear from him again. Well, he has recovered from his back surgery and he has again taken the stage. This time at a middle-school in Miami where his sons attend class.
This is the first time Phil has performed 'In the Air Tonight' in almost 10 years. His recent spinal surgery has rendered him almost incapable of drumming, but, thank God his voice is has powerful as it was during the 80s. This is probably one of the best performances of one of his biggest hits...ever!

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The Toronto Blue Jays, in general, feel good about themselves these days. This is what happens when you are in first place nearly halfway through a season, breathing the unfamiliar air of success. One year ago, of course, this team felt good about itself right up until it started playing baseball, and then everything more or less went to hell.
This year, though, success had bred confidence, which has helped fuel success, and no matter what happened Wednesday night they were going to wake up in first place in this group of death of a division. Still, a sweep of the New York Yankees would obviously have been nice.
But instead Toronto fell behind 4-1, got back to within 4-3, had a spare reliever go sideways — not literally, but close — and then, with the tying run at second in the seventh inning, had to let Adam Lind and his aching foot face a left-hander because the guy they would usually bat in that situation, utility man Steve Tolleson, had a sudden and unexplained problem with his eyes. Lind doesn't do well with left-handers. Yankees 5, Jays 3. Tough night.
One game can't sink you in baseball, because baseball is an ocean of games that keep coming, relentless as the tide, all the way into the fall. This season, the Blue Jays have managed to attempt the next game with vigour, in part because their success makes them believe they can. It's just that that belief may be starting to get tested, is all.
"If you're losing, this sport is a very individual sport, and it can become even more individual when you start losing," says closer Casey Janssen, one of the longest-tenured Blue Jays. "Offensively, defensively, relievers, across the board . . . When you're down 11-1, moving the runner from second to third isn't as big an issue as it is during a tight game. And indirectly, I think players are more inclined to be all-in when things are going well.
"It's just a contagious sport. Success, failures, happy, sad, frustrated, everything kind of blends together."
Their victory Tuesday was a barn burner, won after blowing a 6-0 lead on a walk-off bunt that the Yankees threw away. Last year, the script would have been flipped.
"(Last year), we would've lost," manager John Gibbons said, without hesitation. "Somehow, I don't know. There was still a good feeling in the dugout . . . you can feel a little more enthusiasm, I think. I mean, last year, we struggled so much, everyone was kind of in shock. We didn't expect that to happen.
"So we'll see. There's still such a long way to go, but we're in a better spot than we've been in for a long time, I know that. The last 20 years, I guess you could say."
"I don't even think (Tuesday) night's game was important — I think Monday's game was important," says general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "Coming off a rough road trip, we get news that (Jose) Bautista and (Brett) Lawrie are going to be out, we're facing the Yankees (after a sweep last week in New York), again.
"I don't want to say we got ahead of ourselves last year, I don't want to believe that. But in a way, it was a bit of a runaway train last year. I do think there was a lot learned from last year, and not getting ahead of yourselves."
Then came Wednesday night's loss, and a reminder that the Yankees won't stop coming, either. Faith gets tested in baseball, night after night.
Anthopoulos, for one, knows how quickly things can change. In the off-season he would be walking down the street and someone would roll down a car window and yell, "Trade Bautista!" When he talked over the winter with Bautista, the 33-year-old slugger said, "Downhill slide? I'll show everybody downhill slide. You just watch next year."
And Bautista has been great, and his hamstring injury doesn't sound serious. Last year, it would have probably snapped like a banjo string. Things are going better this year, from injuries to pitchers to their big, thumping bats. The question, really, is how long the good feelings can be induced to last.
"Things can change so fast," says Anthopoulos. "People were saying the (Kansas City) Royals were left for dead, and then they win 10 in a row and they're back in the mix. Same with us. We lose 10 in a row, knock on wood, or we win 10 in a row . . ."
The Blue Jays have sailed across nearly half an ocean, and they have yet to sink. And all it gets them is the chance to sail across the other half, survive the storms, and try to stay afloat.


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Mark E Smith Blasts & Bottles Mumford & Sons
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The Fall's Mark E Smith was apparently involved in an altercation with dire banjo wielding troupe Mumford & Sons at an Irish festival earlier this year. In an interview with the Australian magazine Brag Smith complained that The Fall's increasing popularity at festivals means they're forced to meet new bands who are often "ass lickers". Even worse, some of them are Mumford & Sons.
"We were playing a festival in Dublin the other week. There was this other group like, warming up in the next sort of chalet, and they were terrible. I said 'shut them cunts up' and they were still warming up, so I threw a bottle at them. The bands said 'that's the Sons of Mumford' or something, 'they're number five in charts!' I just thought they were a load of retarded Irish folk singers."
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Scilla is a centre full of evocative fascination,
situated along the Southern Tyrrhenian Coasts
of Sicily, a few kilometres north of Reggio Calabria.
Mythology narrates that Scilla was a beautiful young girl,
daughter of Niso, who was King of Megara. She was loved by
the marine god Glauco, and transformed, by a wizard named
Circe, into a monster with six heads of ferocious dogs who
devoured sailors passing through the Strait of Messina.
The truth states that this sea passage was feared since antiquity
by all populations, due to strong marine currents.
The name derives from the Phoenician skoula (rock) or Greek
skola (dog) or Skylla, later translated into Latin as Scylla
and Scyllaeum.
Some historians, like Strabone and Polibio, say that Scilla
was founded at the time of the Trojan War (XII century BC).
History instead, calls into cause the first time Scilla clashed
with Tyrrhenian pirates who were settled in this coastal area,
and the tyrant of Reggio Calabria, Anassilao (493 BC).
The place therefore became an important fortified post to
preside over the Tyrrhenian coasts, noted under the Romans
by the name of Oppidum Scyllaeum, being protagonist of some
historical events. Slaves, guided by Spartaco, took refuge
here during the revolt of 73 BC. Here, ships belonging to
Ottaviano, which were engaged in civil clashes with the fleets
of the young Pompeo (42 C), arrived in search of mooring.
During the Imperial Era, the centre lost importance and was
excluded from Via Popilia, which united Capua to Reggio, but
preserved a certain marine importance, as recorded by San
Gerolano who stayed here in 385 during his journey towards
After the end of the Roman Empire, Scilla was firstly integrated
into the Odoacre Reign (476), then the Ostrogoth Reign (494),
therefore facing a period of continual sieges and plundering
by the Vandals, allocated in Africa.
In 535, the Byzantine General Belisario, finally defeated
the Vandals, and through the Greek-Gothic War (535-553), cancelled
the Ostrogoths from history by annexing the whole of Southern
Italy to the Eastern Roman Empire.
Between the VIII and X centuries, Basilian Monks arrived in
Calabria, and founded a monastery in Scilla and a church known
during ancient times as San Pancrazio. It was destroyed by
an earthquake during 1783.
Beginning during the IX century, Scilla and the Calabrian
coasts were objects of raids by bands of Saracens, by now
owners of Sicily during '827, and who also managed to conquer
and dominate the city for a short period of time.
When the Normans (1062), conquered the City, they were however
opposed by the population who locked themselves in the Castle.
Scilla obtained commercial privileges under their successors,
the Swabians, who fortified (1255) on the wishes of Ruffo,
who was by now in open conflict with Manfredi, son of the
deceased Emperor Frederick II of Swabia.
The Angioinians conquered Calabria and Sicily (1269), but
the breakout of the Vespri Siciliani (Sicilian Vespers –
Palermo 30th March 1282) rapidly reached the Calabrian coasts,
and therefore also seeing the attack of Scilla.
In 1421, the Castle was assigned to Guterra De Nava.
The 1783 earthquake devastated Scilla and a large part of
Calabria, changing the face of the millenarian suburb. Whatever
was left standing was then damaged and cancelled by the 1908
Scilla is a place of great fascination that reminds its visitor
of ancient mysteries and a millenarian history, which never
ceases to astonish. The visit is accompanied by continual
panoramic views over the Tyrrhenian Sea, a founding element
of the village's spirit. Up until a few years ago, fishing
was in fact the base for the main economy of the suburb. Sword
Fish was the traditional catch and was fished since Magna
Greek times.
The Ruffo Castle stands on the top of the famous cape which
is wedged over the sea, leaving the beautiful beaches of Scilla,
an annual tourist spot, on either side.
The presence of a fortification on the rocks is drowned in
the distant past and is not definable in certain terms. Near
here, in the Marina Grande district, is where one will come
across the Spirito Santo Church (1752).
The Maria SS Immaculate Church, founded during the Paleochristian
era, was rebuilt after being brought to the ground by an earthquake
in 1908.
To complete the panorama of cult buildings of Scilla, we would
like to point out: the San Giuseppe Church (1641), with its
beautiful portal, the Carmine Church, the San Rocco Church,
constructed to celebrate the end of the Plague and finally
the 18th century Porto Salvo Church.
The Chianalea fishing suburb is interesting and characteristic.
The centre, a yearly seaside tourist spot, is very active
during the summer season when shows and concerts are programmed:
and the Scillese Summer.
The Trémusa Grottoes are interesting from a naturalistic
point of view.
- Castello
- Chiesa Maria SS. Immacolata
- Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (1752)
- Chiesa di San Giuseppe (1641)
- Chiesa di Porto Salvo (1730)
- Chiesa del Carmine
- Chiesa di San Rocco
- Grotte di Trémusa
- Fonte di Paolo Re
- In costruzione...
- Estate Scillese da maggio ad ottobre
- Premio Internazionale Scilla in ottobre
- Festa di San Rocco il 16 agosto
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The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934], at sacred-texts.com
76. Wanoohan ith nada min qablu faistajabna lahu fanajjaynahu waahlahu mina alkarbi alAAatheemi
76. (Remember) Noah, when
He cried (to Us) aforetime:
We listened to his (prayer)
And delivered him and his
Family from great distress.
77. Wanasarnahu mina alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatina innahum kanoo qawma saw-in faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeena
77. We helped him against
People who rejected Our Signs:
Truly they were a people
Given to Evil: so We
Drowned them (in the Flood)
All together.
78. Wadawooda wasulaymana ith yahkumani fee alharthi ith nafashat feehi ghanamu alqawmi wakunna lihukmihim shahideena
78. And remember David
And Solomon, when they
Gave judgment in the matter
Of the field into which
The sheep of certain people
Had strayed by night:
We did witness their judgment.
79. Fafahhamnaha sulaymana wakullan atayna hukman waAAilman wasakhkharna maAAa dawooda aljibala yusabbihna waalttayra wakunna faAAileena
79. To Solomon We inspired
The (right) understanding
Of the matter: to each
(Of them) We gave Judgment
And Knowledge; it was
Our power that made
The hills and the birds
Celebrate Our praises,
With David: it was We
Who did (all these things).
80. WaAAallamnahu sanAAata laboosin lakum lituhsinakum min ba/sikum fahal antum shakiroona
80. It was We Who taught him
The making of coats of mail
For your benefit, to guard
You from each other's violence:
Will ye then be grateful?
81. Walisulaymana alrreeha AAasifatan tajree bi-amrihi ila al-ardi allatee barakna feeha wakunna bikulli shay-in AAalimeena
81. (It was Our power that
Made) the violent (unruly)
Wind flow (tamely) for Solomon,
To his order, to the land
Which We had blessed:
For We do know all things.
82. Wamina alshshayateeni man yaghoosoona lahu wayaAAmaloona AAamalan doona thalika wakunna lahum hafitheena
82. And of the evil ones,
Were some who dived
For him, and did other work
Besides; and it was We
Who guarded them.
83. Waayyooba ith nada rabbahu annee massaniya alddurru waanta arhamu alrrahimeena
83. And (remember) Job, when
He cried to his Lord,
"Truly distress has seized me,
But Thou art the Most
Merciful of those that are
84. Faistajabna lahu fakashafna ma bihi min durrin waataynahu ahlahu wamithlahum maAAahum rahmatan min AAindina wathikra lilAAabideena
84. So We listened to him:
We removed the distress
That was on him,
And We restored his people
To him, and doubled
Their number,—as a Grace
From Ourselves, and a thing
For commemoration, for all
Who serve Us.
85. Wa-ismaAAeela wa-idreesa watha alkifli kullun mina alssabireena
85. And (remember) Ismā'īl,
Idrīs, and Ẓul-kifl, all
(Men) of constancy and patience;
86. Waadkhalnahum fee rahmatina innahum mina alssaliheena
86. We admitted them to
Our Mercy: for they
Were of the Righteous ones.
87. Watha alnnooni ith thahaba mughadiban fathanna an lan naqdira AAalayhi fanada fee alththulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka innee kuntu mina alththalimeena
87. And remember Ẓun-nūn,
When he departed in wrath:
He imagined that We
Had no power over him!
But he cried through the depths
Of darkness, "There is
No god but Thou:
Glory to Thee: I was
Indeed wrong!"
88. Faistajabna lahu wanajjaynahu mina alghammi wakathalika nunjee almu/mineena
88. So We listened to him:
And delivered him from
Distress: and thus do We
Deliver those who have faith.
89. Wazakariyya ith nada rabbahu rabbi la tatharnee fardan waanta khayru alwaritheena
89. And (remember) Zakarīyā,
When he cried to his Lord:
"O my Lord! leave me not
Without offspring, though Thou
Art the best of inheritors."
90. Faistajabna lahu wawahabna lahu yahya waaslahna lahu zawjahu innahum kanoo yusariAAoona fee alkhayrati wayadAAoonana raghaban warahaban wakanoo lana khashiAAeena
90. So We listened to him:
And We granted him
Yabya: We cured his wife's
(Barrenness) for him. These (three)
Were ever quick in emulation
In good works: they used
To call on Us with love
And reverence, and humble themselves
Before Us.
91. Waallatee ahsanat farjaha fanafakhna feeha min roohina wajaAAalnaha waibnaha ayatan lilAAalameena
91. And (remember) her who
Guarded her chastity:
We breathed into her
Of Our Spirit, and We
Made her and her son
A Sign for all peoples.
92. Inna hathihi ommatukum ommatan wahidatan waana rabbukum faoAAbudooni
92. Verily, this Brotherhood
Of yours is a single Brotherhood,
And I am your Lord
And Cherisher: therefore
Serve Me (and no other).
93. WataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahum kullun ilayna rajiAAoona
93. But (later generations) cut off
Their affair (of unity),
One from another: (yet)
Will they all return to Us.


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text: DigitalResearch Shows Positive Word of Mouth Far Outweighs NegativeBy Nancy Lazarus|June 15, 2011 ShareBy Nancy Lazarus|June 15, 2011 Share With the buzz surrounding word-of-mouth marketing on the rise, there has been a greater effort to track and analyze this phenomenon. At the ARF/Advertising Research Foundation's Measurement 6.0 conference in New York on Monday, word-of-mouth research was high on the agenda.Evaluating and quantifying the dynamics of consumer conversations was the topic of a joint study conducted and presented by Ed Keller, CEO of Keller Fay Group and Emily Vanides, VP connections research and analytics at MediaVest.Their research was based on Keller Fay's TalkTrack methodology that measures conversations online and offline. Using a diary-based survey program, respondents kept track of their conversations and later reported them in an online survey. Some of the findings were quite surprising.Positive experiences (75 percent) are more likely to generate word of mouth than negative (25 percent). This does reinforce the notion that highly satisfied customers become brand ambassadors. However, apparently the volume of criticism appearing in online platforms is not as high as one might think given the publicity associated with selected cases. The results vary by category though, with financial services still the focus of much negative commentary.The vast majority of conversations (91 percent) still occur offline. Despite all the attention devoted to online and social networks, in-person and phone conversations are still prevalent.Word-of-mouth conversations are motivated by the exchange of information on various topics. These include media and marketing (20 percent), sharing experiences (20 percent), and seeking advice (15 percent).Conversations happen more often at times when media are being consumed, peaking in the morning and early evening. Keller and Vanides reported this finding based on the soon-to-be-released IPA Touchpoint study. This U.K.-based research also used a diary format to record the timing of conversations.The Internet and radio are highly sociable in terms of generating conversations, followed by television. The radio? Sociable? The Touchpoint study also developed a "sociability index" to compare which types of media provide the best access to consumers while they are in conversational mode and the good old-fashioned radio was second to the Web. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kN0Ksg copy Adweek Adweek


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Following the second openCypher Implementers Meeting (oCIM 2) in London in May 2017, we're moving to a model where language changes proposed via Cypher Improvement Requests (CIRs) and Improvement Proposals (CIPs) are going to be discussed and agreed or rejected in regular virtual meetings of the openCypher community. The plan is to get going with a schedule of meetings every two to three weeks over the summer of 2017, heading towards the next face-to-face meeting at the time of Neo4j's GraphConnect New York conference in late October.
These meetings of the openCypher Implementers Group (oCIG) are open to any interested parties who share the goals of improving the feature set, expressiveness and aesthetics of the Cypher language, and of helping Cypher to develop into a true open standard for declarative querying of property graphs.
We warmly welcome vendors, researchers and users to these meetings. All contributions, verbal and written, administrative and technical are very much appreciated: the aim is make more and more of a reality of the open community that is beginning to form around the ten-plus implementations of Cypher.
We are pleased to announce that we have resumed our regular meetings in 2018.
The 2018 meetings will be held every four weeks, commencing on Wednesday the 14th of March 2018.
The call will open 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting in order to allow some contingency in sorting out the technicalities of joining.
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Since 2014, the Klatsch Collective has created many public art installations and collaborative design projects in urban public spaces.
Klatsch is an unique collective of artists, designers and innovators. It is the world's first collective to have all three working together to bring change. If you want to get involved, please fill the form below or join us on Facebook. (http://facebook.com/klatschkafe/)
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c 1930s
The Bandelier visitor center is one of the visitor facilities built in Pueblo Revival style by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They did painstaking hand carving to decorate this corbel with design motifs traditional to the area. This corbel and a number of other decorated wooden items are located in the visitor center lobby.
Ponderosa pine. H 28.5 x L 64.7 x D 19 cm [11 1/4" x 25 1/2" x 7 1/2"]
Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center


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Abstract Stylesheet
Sub Themes
Tṛtīyam Viśva-Veda-Vijñāna-Sammelanam (VVVS)
Tṛtīyam Viśva-Veda-Vijñāna-Sammelanam calls for abstracts on following subjects from researchers, corporates, NGOs and grass root innovators. This conference is scheduled on 11th to 13th January 2018 in Pune on a subject of Vedic and Modern Sciences – Insights, Interactions and Interfaces.
The thematic areas chosen for deliberations / presentations are As follows -
1) Vision and Aspiration, Foundations, Understanding Reality
2) Philosophy, Logic & Epistemology
3) Cosmology, Astronomy, Mathematics
4) Brain, Mind & Consciousness, Yoga, Psychology, Spiritual Sciences
5) Sanskrit & Linguistics, Aesthetics
6) Archaeology, Anthropology, Physical Sciences
7) Social Sciences
8) Engineering & Technology, Architecture, Iconography
9) Management, Information Sciences & Technology
10) Life Sciences, Forestry, Biodiversity, Traditional Medicine, Healing & Wellness Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Environment
11) Performing Arts, Kalā, Krīḍā
Abstracts in compliance to these themes are requested for oral or poster presentation during the conference.The presentations can be in English, Sanskrit or Hindi.
Areas to be Explored
The following is a partial list of areas to be explored. Researchers and practioners, keeping in view the focal theme, may include new areas:
• Vision & Aspiration of the Vedic and Modern Sciences
• Understanding Reality: the Vedic View & Modern View
• Cosmology: the Vedic & Modern View
• Instruments of Valid Knowledge (Pramāṇas) in the Vedic Sciences and Modern Sciences
• India's Voyage of Science from the Vedic to Modern Times
• Saṅkhyā (Mathematics): The Foundation of the Vedic Sciences
• Vedanta and Quantum Science
• Consciousness Studies: the Vedic and Modern Explorations
• Recent Archaeological Findings and New Light on History of South Asia
• Sanskrit Dictionary Project: Progress & Challenges
• Towards Sanskrit as a Computer Language and Linguistic issues
• Library Science, Manuscriptology, Epigraphy
• Sustainable Agriculture: the Vedic & Modern Practices
• Vedic Veterinary Sciences, Go-Vijñāna
• Weather Predictions, Climate Change, Healing, Medication, Impact on ecology
• Yoga and Meditation: Modern Scientific Findings & Validations
• Vedic Psychology and Modern Psychology
• Towards Integrative Healthcare – Western and Indian Perspectives and Practices
• Vāstuśāstra, Habitats and Temple Architecture
• Interdisciplinary Sciences: Ayurbiology, Ayurchemistry, Herbometallics Ayurgeonomics
• Kauṭilīya's Arthaśāstra,Nītiśāstra and Modern Management Science
• Yuddhaśāstra ( Warfare ) and Nītiśāstra
• Saṅgīta, Nṛtyaśāstra, and Performing Arts
• Kalā and Krīḍā
Responsibilities of the Presenting Author
1) The first author listed for each abstract serve as the presenting author and as the primary contact for all correspondence regarding the abstract, unless otherwise specified under the "Address for correspondence" section of the abstract submission.
2) The presenting author must be one of the co-authors listed on the submitted abstract.
3) The presenting author is responsible for the following:
a) Ensuring that all authors have read the abstract and agreed to be co-authors. Failure to get approval from all authors will result in rejection of the abstract.
b) Notifying all co-authors of any additions, deletions, and changes to the program, as may be communicated by VVVS.
c) Obtaining all the conflict-of-interest disclosure and copyright transfer information from co-authors.
d) Forwarding all correspondence to all co-authors, including VVVS conference policies and guidelines.
The abstracts should preferably be sent through email, in word format to reach the organizers on or before 31st August 2017 on [email protected] Hard copy communication can also be accepted in special cases.
Academic program committee will review the abstracts and inform their decision to the respected authors by 30th September 2017. The abstract submission should be specifically for either poster or oral presentation. The decision of academic program committee to accept or to reject any abstract will be final and cannot be challenged.
Permission for oral presentation of the papers during the conference will depend on total entries received.
However, all accepted full length papers will be included in the proceedings of the conference. The authors are requested to take note of plagiarism possibilities and must take care to strictly avoid them.
TṛtīyamViśva-Veda-Vijñāna-Sammelanam (VVVS) will not be responsible for any plagiarism issues.
Format for Writing Abstract
1.On page 1 :
Subject : Abstract submission for World Congress of Vedic Sciences
- Author name(s)
- Title of the presentation
- Title of the seminar topic
- Affiliation(s)
- 3 to 5 keywords
- E-mail for correspondence
2.On page 2 :
- The problem(s) being addressed
- The central claim(s) being made
- Data source(s) and analytical approach(es)
- Sample examples
- Implication(s) of the findings
The abstract should be 300 words maximum (excluding references). Please use only Unicode compliant fonts.
E-mail: [email protected]
Postal address:
Deccan College, Deemed University Yerawda, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411006


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I had a chance to ask Bill Laurita, Swans Island Blankets President a few questions..
What is your favorite blanket?
B. I think the solid Indigo, in both the winter and summer weights, are my favorites. I just woke up from sleeping under both.
What is your favorite color yarn?
B. I do love the colors that are particularly saturated. I find the Teal and Beetroot captivating. I don't wear those colors, I'm just really taken by their beautiful variegation. They are both dipped in two different color vats. They look like they came right out of nature.
How many Swans Island blankets are in your home? ( I'm pretty sure I'd want a new one every week ;) )
B. A lot. Probably 10 blankets and throws.
I read that you've renovated 4 houses...
B. My wife, Jody, and I currently reside in a 1924 Arts and Crafts bungalow. We bought it 6 years ago from 3 siblings in their 70's. Their Dad built the house and they were all born upstairs in the master bedroom. The kitchen still had the original cook stove that had been changed over to kerosene in the 1950's. We gutted and opened up this room. Jody and I designed the cabinets and had them constructed out of Fir and finished with wax. We found the soapstone for the counter tops at a local salvage yard. They had been classroom chemistry table tops.
These stones were collected from local fields and beaches. We refinished the maple floors and installed a wood stove. It is beautiful to watch the fire on a snowy night and the stove is a really practical and environmentally friendly way to stay warm on the coast of Maine!
Do you and your wife share decorating styles or is it a collaboration between the two of you?
B. Having taken on so many design challenges over the years, we have developed a great working relationship. She is very sensitive to color and composition. I've really learned a lot from her. I've acquired many practical skills and love to make and build. Right now we have redesigned a set of rush bottomed ladder back chairs which we bought at a sale for $10 each. I've re-shaped the slats to calm down some of the curviness and taken off the old dull dark finish. The wood is, I believe, poplar and looks great with a tung oil (3 coats) and wax finish.
I'm curious if your connection to nature and natural organic elements extends from Swans Island Blankets into your home?
B. Living on the coast of Maine is, by definition, to be engulfed in nature. We have a fantastic local trail system and Acadia National Park is only an hour and a half away. Between hiking, biking, sailing and skiing, there is always a way to be out and about. This constant immersion in nature of course comes out in my design work. My most recent design is an Ikat inspired blanket that looks like moving water.
What's your favorite room in your home? And your wifes?
B. My wife loves to cook, so her favorite room is the kitchen. I love to eat, so I guess my favorite room must be the dining room. In the summer, my favorite room is our brick patio. It is a brick circle enclosed in a white fenced square. Three of the corners are flower gardens and the fourth contains our strawberry patch. I love nothing better then enjoying lunch out there, or relaxing on the loungers with a cold drink.
Favorite items in your home?
B. That's a hard one. I love this mother and child pastel and oil we got on a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. I was determined to find a second hand shop while we were visiting and to my surprise in a city of half a million people there was only one. They kept sporadic hours and we finally found them open on our last day. In we went to a shop chock-a-block filled with religious icons. As we looked through the baby Jesus statues and alters, there in the corner hiding was our lady. The bargaining was interesting between parties who did not speak a common language. We came to an understanding, grabbed our find, and proceeded to try to figure out how to say, "bubble wrap" in Spanish.
Do you collect anything?
B. I like to acquire a cork screw from every European country I visit. Each has something about it that embodies the culture where it was conceived and manufactured. When I open up a bottle of wine, it always reminds me of the trip where I found it.
Thanks so much Bill for taking the time to chat about your home and style with us.. It's a pleasure to be able to share with Flourish Design + Style readers a company that is so so wonderful. x
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The boyfriend wants to leave but the girl isn't giving him safe passage. He said that he didn't have time for all this drama. In the video, he kept on asking the girl to get off his way and let him go. The dialogue between the two goes on like this, not to be very exact but to give you a brief summary,
Boyfriend (Active): You always don't let me leave, you blocking the door and all of this dumbshit. Let me go, just let me fukin' leave. It's my birthday weekend and never about the matter that I stay here and be a goofy and deal with this shit.
Girlfriend (Passive): Keeps on blocking the door, goes away after listening to him, and I think locks the door from outside.
Boyfriend (Passive): (The girl reappears in the scene, starts to break things off, letting him know that she is the one who deals with things everything) The boyfriend starts to shout, telling her, 'I don't care for all this, I don't care for this shit'. He again asks her to allow him to leave the home. He told her that she does extra every time.
The girl tried to close the recording but he didn't allow her to do so, instead, he told her that he got everything inside, in his recording. Now the girl has some long white cloth maybe! Which we don't know why she had in her hands at first place! The boyfriend threatened the girl that he might call the cops and then they too would know about her moral weakness.
As a final resort so brings on something from outside, and then shouts at him to move, even putting a hand on his recording device.
She tried to throw away a plate but the dude played smart, told her that she was being recorded and she didn't have to do all this or cops might know, well this changed her mind and she no longer threw away the plate. She already had thrown away so much stuff in the house.
In the beginning of the video she even drank bleach and the end of the video shows an empty bleach bottle lying on the floor.


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Social media a key conduit for warnings and hope during #HurricaneMichael
Though Facebook and Instagram feature emotional images, Twitter is the main channel for sharing updates and broadcasting corporate social responsibility efforts.
As Hurricane Michael battered the Florida Panhandle and plowed into Georgia, government officials, relief agencies and businesses took to social media.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott expressed concern about the death toll.
The full extent of the damage and other casualties was uncertain: Gov. Rick Scott told CNN on Thursday that two hospitals in Panama City were damaged in the storm and were "in the process of being closed down."
He said that temporary hospitals were being set up to treat people injured in the storm, but that "we don't know the numbers" of injured yet.
"My biggest concern would be loss of life," he said.
FEMA chief Brock Long said he worried about people who hadn't evacuated when they had the chance.
The Times continued:
Brock Long, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said in an interview on CNN on Thursday that he was most concerned about a few areas on the Florida coast, particularly Mexico Beach, the eastern parts of Panama City, Apalachicola and around Tyndall Air Force Base. He said that it appeared that the hospital system in Panama City had suffered major damage.
…Emergency responders and search-and-rescue teams would try to enter the hardest-hit areas after sunrise, but Mr. Long expected that process to be challenging, given all the fallen trees, debris and downed power lines. He worried that the number of people killed in the storm would rise once crews could reach places where people did not evacuate.
"People do not live to tell the tale about storm surge," he said.
Social media channels are full of images of the destruction from Hurricane Michael's wrath:
A hurricane's destruction, sundown: @ericthayer for the @nytimes #HurricaneMichael pic.twitter.com/ZHqwaFs44G
— David Beard (@dabeard) October 11, 2018
Scott used his Twitter feed to share warnings and offer hope to Floridians:
I'm urging residents of impacted areas to continue to stay off the roads and listen to your local authorities so that our first responders and utility crews can do their jobs. We're working diligently to get to everyone as quickly as we can.
— Rick Scott (@FLGovScott) October 11, 2018
This morning, crews are already out working to restore power and clear debris. Please stay off the roads this morning to let these crews work. Many roads are closed for your safety. Remember do not touch downed power lines or drive into dangerous conditions.
— Rick Scott (@FLGovScott) October 11, 2018
Dear Gulf Coast, Help is on the way. #HuricaneMichael #Michael pic.twitter.com/JYpSYvVi3l
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) October 11, 2018
Some official entities used Twitter to advise about road closings:
Due to extremely hazardous conditions from #HurricaneMichael FHP and FDOT will be actively clearing debris on I-10. I-10 will be closed in both directions from Mile Marker-85 to Mile Marker-166. Please seek an alternate route. pic.twitter.com/dl4E8E8m02
— FHP Panhandle (@FHPPanhandle) October 11, 2018
The Florida Health Department tweeted safety tips:
#GeneratorSafety: Remember to always run your portable generator outside your home – well away from windows and vents. Watch this #FLHealthMinute video for more information! #Michael pic.twitter.com/cFqtGcnIx7
— Florida Dept. Health (@HealthyFla) October 10, 2018
It also shared how people can help survivors and people affected by the storm:
Joining a #MedicalReserveCorps group is a great way to help during and after an emergency. Find a team near you and #volunteer! https://t.co/ckmhBIjenm #Michael
— Florida Dept. Health (@HealthyFla) October 11, 2018
Posts with animals performed especially well. Evacuees shared inspiring and lighthearted images of family and pets being packed off to safety:
When they say to take your pets with you while evacuating from Hurricane Michael. This guy took it to heart ððð #flwx#HurricaneMichael pic.twitter.com/ghASWAVQs1
— Chad (@ChadBlue83) October 11, 2018
When you have to evacuate grandma from Hurricane Michael and have no other choice. #HurricaneMichael #flwxpic.twitter.com/LHqUaBOy9b
— Chad (@ChadBlue83) October 11, 2018
Corporations speak up
Airlines are sharing updates about disrupted flights on Twitter:
All Wednesday flights for Panama City (ECP), Tallahassee (TLH), Destin – Fort Walton Beach (VPS), Albany (ABY), Valdosta (VLD) and Dothan (DHN) have been proactively canceled due to Category 4 Hurricane's Michael landfall in the Florida panhandle. https://t.co/ru06jyFOzm
— Delta (@Delta) October 10, 2018
Big-box chains such as Home Depot and Target are touting their efforts to aid affected areas:
Teams across The Home Depot are working to support communities affected by Hurricane Michael https://t.co/OSQbd8UoGppic.twitter.com/qLJmNQB4Dn
— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) October 11, 2018
Target teams are working continuously to help our team members, guests & communities currently impacted by #HurricaneMichael. Get the latest on our efforts, store closures & more here: https://t.co/6WGYVlNruA pic.twitter.com/FXcF9bmT4q
— Target (@Target) October 10, 2018
Walmart has retweeted thanks it received for serving first responders:
Thank you to @SamsClub 8120 in Tallahassee & @Walmart for opening up during #HurricaneMichael to provide meals for @FLSERThard-working first responders. pic.twitter.com/VEDHGABY8q
— Florida DEO (@FLDEO) October 10, 2018
Amazon opened a "relief pickup station":
Amazon's first relief pickup location to support those impacted by #HurricaneFlorence is up and running in the parking lot of @WholeFoods in Wilmington, NC. Local customers: check out https://t.co/3wcDtiridX to learn how to place your order, then easily pick it up pic.twitter.com/rwrDyLKOm5
— Amazon.com (@amazon) October 3, 2018
Chains are sharing weather-related store closings:
Click below for a list of the latest store hours and closings due to Hurricane Michael.
— Lowe's (@Lowes) October 9, 2018
Facebook and Instagram
On Facebook, users have created groups to direct resources and aid to people in need.
On Instagram, some are thanking first responders and emergency aid workers:
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THANK YOU LINEMEN! More than 350,000 Florida households are without power due to Hurricane Michael. Linemen from all over the southeast are ready to help restore power after the devastating storm. #hurricanemichael #florida #linemen #poweroutage #michael #hurricane #hurricanedamage #mexicobeach
A post shared by ABC Action News (@abc_action_news) on Oct 10, 2018 at 7:45pm PDT
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This week's rounds are Music, Chess, Old News, and History.
The music is Fan of the Bean by The Clintons.
Two T-shirt winners are drawn in this show!
2006-03-04 20:26
Hey James! I know i don't leave you many comments (i suck!) so i wanted to say i really enjoy the show. This particular episode was a record to me... as in low score record! I got a 3. Oh well, there'll always be a new podquiz next week :)
James (QuizMaster)
2006-03-07 13:26
Thanks, Nico. I think PQ53 might have been quite a tough one; you're not the only one that struggled.
Dean and Tom
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Survey is here, if you're interested.
I love this stuff...
Spire Patrol: I found the art on this marginal. Too busy, with not nearly enough contrast between the flying mechanism and the weapon. Ugh. But for play value, I rated it fair. I'd play it in Draft or Sealed for sure.
Ridgescale Tusker: Once again, the overwhelming greenness of art on a green card. But I like the pose and the name is solid. However, a 5/5 for five mana that boosts every creature you have? That's an excellent card.
Take Into Custody: I rated everything about this card as Good. The art isn't overwhelmingly blue, the name and flavor text work nicely, and the ability is a really solid one because it's an instant. It's got some nice strategic value.
Aethertide Whale: Once again, the overwhelming blueness of art on a blue card. I guess that can't be helped, given the subject and at least the whale is purple but...I don't know. It's trying for some dynamic stuff but looks a little weird, especially that curling eddy in the lower right. I do like the flavor text's addition to the world, and the card itself I'm rating as good. Bouncing for only energy and allowing you to gain as you go seems like something that could be broke in the right circumstances, but at least good in the right deck.
Sly Requisitioner: I really feel like the art conveys the non-chalant manner of the subject, so I dig that and the name as well. I rated the play value as Fair but the overall value as Good, because I think that in the right deck-and it shouldn't be hard to engineer that deck-this card could really be a house.
Shock: Ah, the old classic. Could...someone tell me why the back walls are tinted red? Uh-huh... That said, the subject looks like a sneaky fellow so I'll give it a Fair. Everything else I thought was Good: the flavor text contributes to the overall story and Shock as a value card has proved itself since Tempest.
Hinterland Drake: It's a little weird, looking at a dragon butt, isn't it? No? Just me? OK. In the end, I rated the card Fair: 2/3 fliers don't suck and the drawback isn't a problem. But there are better choices. Limited stuff that I'd play if I had to.
Dawnfeather Eagle: Once again, the overwhelming whiteness of art on a white card. Make up your mind, Wizards, either they sky is blue, or the sky is white. That bird also looks like it's attacking but the hand in the picture looks extended to let the bird rest. Maybe I'm just unfamiliar with avian expressions... I do think the flavor text is Excellent though as well as the play value. Vigilance and +1 can mess up a lot of combat math.
Glint-Sleeve Siphoner: I'm a little lenient on the art, because of the obvious setting of dusk and purple hues. The name is pretty meh though and the card overall I'm just calling Good, because you need to do a lot of work to make it viable.
Defiant Salvager: I like the name and the art and the flavor text, even, although I'm not sure they are harmonious, but the ability is fair at best.
Exquisite Archangel: The art is pretty imposing but the rest of the card is just fair. Seven mana is a LOT, even for a 5/5 flier that has a great ability. It's got its uses but the cost makes it a bit prohibitive.
Welder Automaton: I think this card is pretty good! Not excellent, but the value it provides as a 2 drop both early and late in the game have merit. It's not going to blow the lid off of a format, but it can give you something to do if the board state locks up.
Lightning Runner: I really want to like this card...but I don't. Getting the ability to work (an ability I like!) just costs too much. Marginal.
Greenwheel Liberator: I am rating this a little higher, perhaps, than I ought to because the sum is greater than the parts. The art doesn't really track unless you read the flavor text, for example, but once I did things made sense. However, as card, this puppy is excellent. There are an arbitrarily large number of ways to make this a 4/3 for two mana and that's good stuff.
Ornithoper: another classic, like Shock, that has proven its worth in the right place. And Aether Revolt is a good place for the card. But let's not lie to each other: the card is marginal.


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The angel in a visitation with Mary, said;
'You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end. ' Luke 1:31-33
A poem reads;
There were safer places
more comfortable places
palaces and wealthy places
Yet you chose a daughter of the soil
Who would have otherwise
lived a good and honest life
grown and harvested crops
cooked and washed and cared for others
and been forgotten
to be your temporary home
to be exalted for all time
Marys response to the angel was:
My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed.
When does an ordinary life become extraordinary
When does a mundane day become revolutionary
When does a moment in time change history?
When God enters in
and forgives sin
And allows us to begin again
When we in humble submission repeat Those words of Mary
'I am the Lord's servant, may it be to me as you say'
That miracle of new birth is played out again and again in regular peoples hearts. For whenever we welcome Christ into our lives, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, the mundane becomes revolutionary, and our story is changed, forever.
Devotion, Letters, Poetry, Prayer
When does an ordinary life become extraordinary?Friday, December 13, 2013
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Showcasing local and national artists is only a small part of how Primary Colors Gallery enriches the Independence Square with culture and creativity. The gallery also offers the popular "Paint and Wine Nights" where people create their own art while enjoying wine with friends. Art supplies, classes and even studio space are all available. Looking to have a memorable party? The entire space can be rented for a wedding shower, birthday party or teambuilding exercise.
Closed Monday
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 6pm
Closed Sunday
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From Kansas City, take I-70 East to Truman Road and turn east. Stay on Truman Road for about seven miles and turn south onto N Main Street. Then, turn west on to W Lexington Ave.
"A friend and I took a class in watercolor painting, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The instructor demonstrated, and taught us a number of techniques that we are now able to use in making original paintings of our own." – Beverly B.
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Our top priority is to provide the highest quality of life based on each resident's needs and wishes. We treat each of our residents as individuals, and each resident is encouraged to retain their independence as much as possible, while providing him/herself help in caring for his/herself. Residents can choose where they wish to take morning coffee and afternoon tea, and there is a whole host of activities on offer to allow for as much social interaction as each resident wishes.
Each resident has an individually tailored Person Centred Care Plan, which is based on the individual's care needs. It is created on arrival by the resident, his/her family and our nursing staff to ensure that attention is paid to every detail, and it is updated regularly to accommodate changing needs.
Although independence is encouraged, the house is fully staffed to assist with residents' daily needs.
A doctor visits Inchmarlo House once a week to take care of the residents' medical needs.
Inchmarlo House and the Village are inspected regularly by the Council's Contracts Officer and by the registering body, the Care Inspectorate. Since 2012 we have consistently received gradings of either "Very Good" or "Excellent" and we are continually striving to enhance our service levels further and respond to feedback received. You can view the most recent Inspection Reports here.


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What can Bryce Ackerman do when he returns home from a long business trip to find his fiancee, Aimee, pregnant and her family blaming him? This is 1872 and gentlemen bankers like Bryce, with a Quaker mother, do not have sex before marriage.
The unbelievable truth is that a group of army officers, guests in Aimee's home, held a competition between themselves to see how many young women they could 'deflower' in their own homes. As the appalling tale unfolds and the number of violated young women is discovered a furious Bryce swears revenge. AImee won't marry him now, and there is no way he can get justice from those officers in England without ruining the young women in society's eyes. But he could follow the regiments to India and extract justice over there.
Bryce sails to India and discovers that the officers will do anything to avoid retribution and he finds himself involving others, putting them in harm's way. He also has to face himself in exotic and erotic India where sexual temptations are on offer. Can he extract justice for those young women and bring a sense of closure to them all?
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How do you make a great-looking, awesome-flying Sportsman even more fun? Scott Alperin's answer is to add a set of Clamar Technologies Inc. amphib floats for summer flights between Ohio and western New York (and wherever else his sense of adventure takes him). As answers to the question go, it's a pretty good one. Scott picked up his newly outfitted Sportsman earlier this month from the CTI shop outside Denfield, Ontario.
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NRL Final
Sydney Roosters won the NRL Grand Final against Melbourne Storm on Monday at Sydney's ANZ Stadium. Roosters won their first title since 2013 and their 14th title overall, Luke Keary was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the game's official man-of-the-match.
Former Super League referee Ashley Klein took charge of the game – his first professional game was back in 2002 in a game between to Workington Town and Featherstone Rovers.
Roosters! Roosters!— NRL (@NRL) September 30, 2018
🐓🐓#NRLGF #NRL pic.twitter.com/cisIarZZC6
Netherlands v Sweden
For the first time in their history, the Netherlands rugby league side have won four consecutive Test matches, after their 24-4 triumph in Gothenburg, Sweden.
"I am extremely proud of my players, they had to show great togetherness," said Netherlands head coach Kane Krlic, who played three debutants; Gydo Van Den Heuvel, David Schran and teenage back rower Rick Huther.
"The patience we showed with the ball proved important as we continued to starve the Swedish of any good field position and we took advantage of that in the latter stages of the first half."
Micky McIlorum goes dog walking
Catalans Dragons played their final game of the season at Stade Gilbert Brutus at the weekend beating Huddersfield Giants. As players walked out with their family, Micky McIlorum walked some special friends…
On avait promis à @MickyMc88 qu'il rentrerait avec ses chiens lors du dernier match de la saison si on gagnait la Cup 🐶🐶❤— Dragons Catalans 🏆 (@DragonsOfficiel) September 30, 2018
Promesse tenue 😂 pic.twitter.com/MJMki3tSS5
It's not the only reason McIlorum is making set of six this week, check out him playing football and David Mead taking a dive!
Obvious dive 🤸🏼♂— MickyMcilorum (@MickyMc88) September 28, 2018
Footballers these days!... @davidmead411 https://t.co/PSZBGDuWX3
Louis Anderson
Catalans Dragons' Louis Anderson announced early in September he would retire at the end of the Super League season. The 33-year-old has spent 11 years in Britain's top flight playing over 100 games for Dragons.
The former New Zealand international moved to Warrington Wolves in 2008 before spending seven years in the south of France with Catalans – Dragons players and Huddersfield Giants Suaia Mutagi peformed the haka for him.
Le haka pour Louis Anderson pic.twitter.com/ytUHSXhlH4— Dragons Catalans 🏆 (@DragonsOfficiel) September 29, 2018
Turkey beat Soloman Islands
Jansin Turgut's Turkey beat Soloman Islands in the Rugby League's Emerging Nations World Championships, after that Greece lost a tight game to Hungary 20-18. Before the Turkey game Malta beat Phillipines 36-10 in Pool A.
Turkey 🇹🇷 has held off a fast-finishig Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 to win the second game of this year's @RugbyLeagueENWC #RugbyLeague #RLENWC2018 #IntRL pic.twitter.com/hoMpERIxiU— International RL (@IntlRL) October 1, 2018


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Suicide and shameful secrets, the changed soldiers of Iraq and Afghanistan, where do you get your news, the old gang at Target Center, and embracing winter.
On I-694 near McKnight Road in the Twin Cities yesterday, someone pulled over to the side of the road, got out of the car, and lay down in the middle of the highway, where he was struck and killed by a truckdriver who didn't deserve to live the rest of his life remembering the day he killed someone who killed himself.
It's the third time in the last year that someone in the Twin Cities chose this method, not yet enough to warrant significant news attention, especially from a local newspaper that has spent an unusual amount of column inches over that time trying to debunk the diagnosis of some mental illnesses, especially in young people. The person in Maplewood was 22.
We cannot fathom the self-loathing that must accompany someone who not only wants to die, but believes he needs to die in one of the most painful fashions, and leaves the rest of us to try to search for meaning in all of this.
So, we've at least got that going for us; Good people are trying to understand, instead of pretending these things don't happen, or treating it merely as a delay in traffic, no different than a stalled car in the breakdown lane.
Fortunately, there is John Moe, a talented and funny individual who tweets seriously only occasionally, and always for good.
"I believe depression/mental illness should not be hidden like a shameful secret," he began last night, telling the story of his brother, Rick, who killed himself in 2007. Over the next several tweets, we learned that his brother was addicted to drugs and gambling. A friend of his described a brother John didn't recognize, though he says he probably would have had Rick not pulled the trigger.
Read from the bottom up:
It doesn't end there. Because John used a #RickMoe hastag, many of his thousands of followers started shared their own stories of siblings lost.
Which leads us back to the mystery person on I-694. Who was he? Why did he choose that moment and that place to "pull the trigger?" And how can the messages get through to those who are holding their own gun at this moment? And how can we, like John Moe, work up the courage to talk about it, report it and not hide it like a shameful secret?
Another high-profile killing spree by an Iraq war veteran is in the news today. A 23-year old man is suspected of killing four homeless men, stalking them before stabbing them to death.
It's a familiar story. He joined the Marines after 9/11, and he came home a changed man.
Though it did not involve fighting, his job with the Marines' 1st Medical Battalion was a notably grisly one. He was assigned to meet and inspect the wounded — both friend and enemy — when they were flown in from combat zones en route to the hospital.
"He came back totally changed," Hays said. "It was almost like he didn't care anymore. He'd get fidgety, he'd start shaking, spacing out. You'd see him staring off."
Jesus Balbuena, Ocampo's roommate at Camp Pendleton after his return from Iraq, recalled that he would "wake up screaming at the top of his lungs twice a week. He would have flashbacks."
In Missouri this week, another veteran was shot and killed by police after threatening them with a rifle.
But even though he was excited, his family says there were also troubled memories of his previous deployment in Iraq. He was there for six months in 2007 and 2008. They say his haunting memories were overwhelming and difficult to express.
And earlier this month Benjamin Barnes was believed to be the man who shot and killed a park ranger in Mount Ranier park.
The mother of his toddler daughter sought a temporary restraining order against him, according to court documents.
She alleged that he got easily irritated, angry and depressed and kept an arsenal of weapons in his home. She wrote that she feared for the child's safety. Undated photos provided by police showed a shirtless, tattooed Barnes brandishing two large weapons.
The woman told authorities Barnes was suicidal and possibly suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after deploying to Iraq in 2007-2008, and had once sent her a text message saying "I want to die."
And in Pennsylvania, prosecutors want the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reject an appeal that has indefinitely delayed the death penalty trial of a central Pennsylvania soldier who wasn't allowed to present an insanity defense to charges that he killed two people during a sandwich shop robbery, the Associated Press reports.
Horner's family and attorneys have argued the way he entered the store _ by banging on a rear door until an employee let him in, rather than walking in the front _ is eerily similar to the way he was trained to enter buildings in Iraq, to flush out insurgents. His estranged wife has told the AP that Horner often cried and talked of suicide, hid a loaded weapon in the couch cushions while watching TV, and sometimes attacked her in his sleep or insisted on going from room to room with a loaded weapon to "clear" their home of unseen enemies. They contend Horner, a father of two, was traumatized by searching for roadside bombs in Iraq seeing the bodies of children killed by artillery that cleared the way for his unit.
Connect the dots. Despite the best efforts, some veterans are returning to civilian life with significant problems. The Christian Science Monitor today assesses the problem:
The increase of multiple deployments in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars has multiplied problems – as have funding shortages, says Belle Landau, executive director of the Oregon Returning Veterans Project.
"I have met several veterans who have served no fewer than nine tours of duty," she says. "This is very different than it used to be. With two wars and no draft, we are relying on the National Guard and Reserves to serve combat missions in very dangerous war theaters."
Noting that average age of a national guardsman or reservist is 30, and that 50 percent have children, she says, "This is going to impact families and will be a big issue for a long time."
That's probably a silly question to ask a public radio crowd, but more people are getting their news incidentally. People, according to this new Neiman Lab article, are getting informed almost by accident. And how you feel about the news, a study says, is partially dictated by how you found the news in the first place:
Yadamsuren has also found the route to discovery — not just the content of the news itself — provokes emotional reaction in readers. For instance, unexpected positive news feels better and more awesome than expected positive news.
"It seemed that the incidental element of discovering the news story strengthened the respondents' reaction to the news item," she writes in recently published research. "The respondents described the encounters as finding a treasure, unexpectedly learning something new, or unexpectedly encountering something that evoked their curiosity. All these reactions may also occur during general news reading, but the chance element is likely to make these reactions stronger."
So, what kind of "news discoverer" are you?
Bill Beise is coming back, St. Paul Pioneer Press columnist Charley Walters reports. Beise, is the front-row seater at Minnesota Timberwolves games (when they were good) who acted like he was a coach. He'd kneel like a coach, roll up a program like a coach, and argue with referees like a coach. The Timberwolves (when they were good) even had a bobblehead in his honor.
Word is that guy perpetually dressed in a suit who became a Target Center trademark at Wolves games by exuberantly banging his program on the floor from his front-row seat could be returning to the arena after the economy sidelined him for a couple of seasons.
When the late Wolves' Malik Sealy hit the most famous three-pointer in team history at the buzzer to beat the Indiana Pacers 12 years ago yesterday. Beise was in the pile.
In 2004, Sports Illustrated even wrote an article about him.
And then he disappeared (when the Timberwolves weren't good). Maybe it has more to do with his day job — stock trader, some of the only people who've had worse years than the Timberwolves.
"It's going to get cold!" the weatherpeople are blaring today, as if that's a bad thing. You know who understands winter better than most people? Kids. This video from a father who took the kids out for a weekend in Aitkin is a perfect example.
Bonus I: The SOPA issue explained with fornicating animals, Oprah Winfrey, and JetSkis.
And there's this…
SOPA opponents appear to be more creative in expression than its supporters.
Bonus II: The Cloquet City Council denied a funeral home a permit to use a new, greener cremation process that sends human remains into the sewer system. (Northland News Center)
Wikipedia is going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Google and other big Internet companies also oppose the legislation, which would compel service providers to block access to overseas websites that violate U.S. copyright laws. Today's Question: Where do you stand on the Stop Online Piracy Act?
Midmorning (9-11 a.m.) – First hour: Google, Wikipedia and Reddit are just three of the 7,000 websites expected to block access to their content in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act. The bill has sparked outrage among Internet experts, and today we discuss the controversial legislation.
Second hour: Peer pressure often gets a bad rap, but what about when its power is used to promote positive outcomes? Journalist Tina Rosenburg explores how a range of different programs are using the power of social connection to better our world.
Midday (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) – First hour: The four leaders of the Legislature preview the coming session.
Second hour: Hear the words of the late Gov. Elmer L. Andersen on public service, corporate responsibility, racial and religious understanding. It's an interview Gary Eichten recorded in 2000, and Gov. Andersen's 2001 speech to the Minnesota Senate. Gov. Andersen died in 2004 at the age of 95, and was often called "Minnesota's leading citizen."
Talk of the Nation (1-3 p.m.) – First hour: Senate races and the South Carolina primary with NPR political editor Ken Rudin.
Second hour: People with autism in love.


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The letters start in June 2007, shortly after Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister, had travelled to Libya to meet Colonel Gaddafi. Here are the letters in their entirety:
Letter from (then) UK Justice Secretary Lord Falconer to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, 12 June 2007
Lord Falconer, the then-Lord Chancellor, to Alex Salmond, the Scottish FIrst Minister on June 12, 2007. Lord Falconer made clear that the fate of al-Megrahi remained in the hands of the Scottish and that the new warmer relations between the two countries would not affect the bomber.
Letter from (then) UK Justice Secretary Lord Falconer to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, 22 June 2007
Lord Falconer wrote again to Mr Salmond 10 days letter in response to concerns raised by the Scottish Nationalist leader, promising that "no deal has been done" over al-Megrahi.
Letter from UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, 26 July 2007
Jack Straw, who had succeeded Lord Falconer as Lord Chancellor when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister at the end of June 2007 wrote to Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Justice Secretary, following a meeting where Mr Straw sought an agreement for a "negotiating mandate" for talks witht he Libyans on the proposed prisoner transfer agreement.
Letter from (then) UK Justice Minister Lord Hunt to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, 17 August 2007
A few weeks later, on August 17, 2007, Lord Hunt, at the time a junior minister in the Ministry of Justice wrote to Mr MacAskill in response to a query from the SNP over whether the British Government shared Scotland's desire to exclude al-Megrahi from the prisoner transfer agreement.
Letter from UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, 23 September 2007
The letters show Mr Straw broke a promise to the Scottish executive not to sign a prisoner transfer deal unless criminal convicted of the Lockerbie bombing were explicitly excluded.
In September, he wrote to Mr MacAskill promising he would include in the negotiating treaty a clause saying that no prisoner convicted of an offence in connection with the Pan Am bombing could be transferred.
Letter from UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, 19 December 2007
Just over two months later, Mr Straw wrote again to say he was unable to "secure an explicit exclusion", although he added that al-Megrahi would not be considered for transfer because he was appealing his conviction, and that the final decision on allowing any transfer remained with the Scots.
Letter from UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, 11 February 2008
In February 2008, Mr Salmond wrote to Mr Straw saying he disagreed with the decision to exclude al-Megrahi from the agreement. The Justice Secretary replied saying that he did not understand his concerns, as the Scot retained the power to veto al-Megrahi's release.
Letter from UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, 21 November 2008
Mr Straw wrote to Mr Salmond in November last year, referring to the possibility of his release on compassionate grounds.
Letter from the Foreign Office to George Burgess of 3 July 2009
The Foreign Office also released two letters relating to the case. The first sent by Foreign Office lawyers to the criminal justice directorate in JUly 2009 advised the Scots they would not be breaking an agreement with the Americans by releasing al-Megrahi.
Letter from Ivan Lewis to Kenny MacAskill, from 3 August 2009
A final letter from Ivan Lewis, a Foreign Office Minister, sent to Mr MacAskill last month, makes clear London did not consider promises made to the American authorities before his trial that al-Megrahi would serve his sentence in Scotland ruled out a prisoner transfer.
The Scottish government also released a set of letters and minutes, including the claims that Bill Rammell, a Foreign Office minister, said neither Gordon Brown nor David Miliband "would want Mr Megrahi to pass away in prison".
Correspondence with Scottish parliament 13 May 2009
The Scottish government discussed the possibility of releasing al-Megrahi to the family home in Newton Mearns, outside Glasgow.
Correspondence with British government 6 July 2009
A series of letters between David Miliband, Mr MacAskill, Mr Salmond, Mr Brown, Mr Straw and Tony Blair discussing the prisoner transfer aspects of the case.
Correspondence with Strathclyde police, 14 August 2009
They also discussed the possible impact of releasing al-Megrahi to his family home in Newton Mearns with Strathclyde police, including the amount of protection he would need round the clock and how much regular trips to hospital would cost.
Note of meeting with Libyan government 10 August 2009
A series of meetings between the Scottish government and the Libyan delegation. In particular on March 12, Abdulati Alobidi, the Libyan Minister for Europe, brings up Bill Rammell's visit to Tripoli in February where he state "neither the Prime minister nor the Foreign Secretary would want Mr Megrahi to pass away in prison".
Correspondence with Qatar, 17 August 2009
Mr MacAskill's letters to Qatari minister on prisoner transfer and compassionate release
Correspondence with US government 1 September 2009
The US Government makes clear they believe al-Megrahi should serve out his prison sentence in Scotland.


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San Francisco, CA - In the midst of a catastrophic Indonesian forest fire season, a new report released today by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) exposes ongoing destruction to one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. The RAN report––titled The Last Place on Earth: Tracking Progress and New Opportunities to Protect the Leuser Ecosystem––cites evidence of continued clearance by palm oil growers supplying palm oil to mills in the region. It highlights Wilmar International, Musim Mas Group and Golden Agri Resources––dubbed the "Big Three Buyers" of palm oil currently at risk of sourcing from the region––and outlines the steps that they, and government officials, need to take to protect endangered species and community livelihoods from encroaching industrial development.
The progress report defines the opportunity to find a new pathway of development for Indonesia's Aceh province––one that protects the Leuser Ecosystem, secures peace and livelihoods, and creates new economic opportunities for local communities. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is a key factor in securing this opportunity, as he has the power to reject the approval of a disastrous pending spatial plan for Aceh that may soon be subject to a civil suit in Indonesian courts.
Published a year after RAN first exposed the threats to the Leuser Ecosystem in November 2014, this latest report finds that rainforests continue to fall, peatlands continue to be drained, conflicts remain between companies and communities, and the ongoing legal protections for the Leuser Ecosystem remain under threat. The report releases new satellite images and field investigations that expose the ongoing destruction of the most valuable remaining lowland rainforests and peatlands for Conflict Palm Oil. The report also names the companies responsible for the deforestation eating away at the edges of the vast, but threatened, ecosystem––including the Indonesian Government's own plantation company PT. Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III. From the scale of ongoing destruction in these critical areas, it is clear that if more collective action is not taken now, we risk losing the Leuser Ecosystem forever.
Gemma Tillack, Agribusiness Campaign Director for Rainforest Action Network, said:
"The Leuser Ecosystem is one of the world's most richly biodiverse landscapes, and millions of people depend on it for their food, water and livelihoods. But the fate of this natural crown jewel––including its peatlands and lowland rainforests that are home to tigers, orangutans, rhinos, elephants and sun bears––depends on critical decisions being made right now.
"The 'Big Three Buyers' at risk of purchasing Conflict Palm Oil from the Leuser Ecosystem have the buying power to halt the destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem. These buyers need to step up efforts to work with other stakeholders, and provide real incentives to their suppliers and local and provincial governments, to push forward a moratorium on the destruction of rainforests and peatlands and secure ongoing legal protection for the Leuser Ecosystem.
"A balance must be found between building a diverse economy while protecting human rights, the forests and the ecosystem services that local communities rely on. This opportunity must be seized or Indonesia's last forest frontiers, including Aceh's most valuable asset––the Leuser Ecosystem––will fall victim to the same flawed industrial scale development model that has destroyed rainforests and peatlands, led to the loss of livelihoods for communities and driven land grabbing, conflict and the abuse of workers rights across Sumatra and Borneo.
"The destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem would be disastrous for millions of Acehnese people and would push endangered species even closer to the brink of extinction," continued Tillack. "President Widodo has the power to join forces with these Big Three Buyers––and their peers in the recently launched Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP)––to do what's best for the people of Indonesia and preserve the country's irreplaceable natural legacy. Efforts to halt the destruction of forests and peatlands––and to stop the forest fires intentionally set to aid the expansion of industrial palm oil development––will reduce Indonesia's carbon footprint, the severity of the annual haze crisis and secure the lives and livelihoods of countless communities."
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A plan to tear down a house, build a new one, and replace a swimming pool on a small lot in the Lion Head Beach neighborhood in Springs has raised the question of to what extent the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals should try to bring projects into conformity with the wetlands provisions of the town code.
The proposal, which was before the board at a public hearing on Oct. 24, had raised enough interest in the Planning Department that two staff members took the unusual step of speaking at the hearing.
Alex Zedlovich owns a long rectangular parcel, which is slightly smaller than a half-acre at 143 Isle of Wight Road, where he wants to build a 4,281-square-foot house and put in a larger pool than is there now with a patio. He seeks a natural resources special permit to build near wetlands as well as variances for the new pool and a planned retaining wall.
Although Jonathan Tarbet of Tarbet & Lester told the board at a lengthy public hearing on Oct. 24 that the applicant was revising the site plan and would present an updated one at a later date, he went on to point out that the "character of the neighborhood was set up in the '70s," and "unfortunately, everybody has pools 20, 30 feet from the wetlands."
That was just what the planners were worried about. They would like the zoning board to consider lots vacant and subject to current regulation when old houses and pools are removed.
The proposed increase in the size of the pool, from 568 to 966 square feet, also troubled Lisa D'Andrea, the first town planner to speak. "The Lion Head subdivision dates from the 1960s. The federal government, state governments, local governments did not realize the importance of freshwater wetlands or wetlands in general," she said.
"When you remove non-conforming structures, you have, in essence, a vacant property," she said, implying that whatever was pre-existing no longer obtained. She also complained that the applicant had presented much of his plans, including how he would revegetate the property, that morning. "It is kind of like being blindsided," she said.
John Whelan, the chairman of the board, however, said the Planning Department would have time to react to whatever new information Mr. Tarbet brings in.
Mr. Tarbet said the proposal calls for a state-of-the-art septic system, which will help protect Lion Head Pond East, which is adjacent to the site. He noted that the septic system had been moved 50 feet to conform to the town code, and went on to say that the house itself did not need variances because it would be situated farther from the wetlands than the existing structure.
Roy Dalene, a member of the zoning board, was concerned that the proposed pool's location remained the same and that it was to increase in size. "The pool is in the same location," he said. Variances are sought for the pool and retaining wall because they are proposed to be 75 feet and 90.7 feet from the wetlands while the code requires 100 feet.
Brian Frank, who is the Planning Department's chief environmental analyst, also spoke to the board, calling the application a case of "we know what the standards are, but we don't think we have to meet them. We are pre-existing." He said that when property owners "have the opportunity to conform to the town setbacks, they should."
East Hampton Town Trustee Tyler Armstrong, who was at the hearing as well, said the trustees were concerned with Pond East.
But Mr. Tarbet said that neither Mr. Frank nor Ms. D'Andrea could say that what was being proposed was not better for the pond than what is now on the property. He then got into a dispute with Ms. D'Andrea about whether the pond was brackish, insisting it was freshwater. Ms. D'Andrea responded by reading from a report prepared by the town in 1992 regarding the deteriorating condition of the pond.
". . .Lion Head Pond East is a coastal pond and historical remnant of Hog Creek, its biology, particularly its fish fauna in many ways mirrors that of Hog Creek. The pond's most common fish species are mummichog, mosquito fish, four-spined stickle back, Atlantic silverside, tidewater silverside, American eel, and banded killifish," all of which tolerate brackish water."
Mr. Tarbet told the board that, if the application were denied, Mr. Zedlovich could just keep what he has on the property.
"That house is uninhabitable," Cate Rogers, a Z.B.A. member, responded.
A decision is expected within weeks.


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After a medical mishap, Dr Vince Hanrahan crashes professionally and personally, is all but struck off, and the Medical Board kicks him all the way down the Princes Highway to be a rural GP. Supervised. On notice. He rents a dump, lives off takeaway, and plans to see out his time before regaining his rightful position on the specialist pedestal.
Vince's old terrors resurface when he sees his young patient dead on the labour ward floor. The investigation declares the cause of death suspicious. Unless he can find out who did it, and why, the Board will come after him. And he's on his last chance.
After another suspicious death, Vince realises that only he can clean up this mess; it's time to pull his finger out. With the help of the IT-savvy Senior Constable Elena Genovesi and Emu Quick, a dying junkie and drug dealer, he sets up an elaborate, high-risk sting.
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We were recognized and remembered by employees in no less than 3 stores inside. First, we had lunch at Mang Inasal, where the lady at the counter commented how big our daughter has grown. She said she remembers us and even pointed to where we liked to sit. Then we went to the computer store, CDR King, where the lady at the counter also talked to us and said she remembers my partner going there when she was still pregnant. Same thing happened in the hardware store.
Well, we gotta admit, lesbians & lesbian couples are quite eye catchers in a crowd, much more a lesbian family. It kind of warms my heart to know that there are people looking at us and (hopefully) cheering us on in this journey we chose. It's also heart-melting to realize that that store is a huge part of our baby's life and that there are people there who has seen her ever since she was still a baby.


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- Size: 66 m2
- Bedrooms: 1
- Bathrooms: 1
- Swimming Pool: YES
- Total Rooms: 1+0
- Dist.to the centre: 35 km
Profitable investment in Turkish Property!
Apartments for sale in Istanbul Esenyurt region in a modern residence in European side of Istanbul Turkey.
The Residence consists of 144 high class apartments and is built on the plot with the size of 24.500 m2. The compound has different types of apartments for sale: 1+0 studio, 1+1 and 2+1 apartments. The project has social area and many other facilities.
The modern Residence is located in Esenyurt region of Istanbul next to Belediye (Esenyurt, Mayor Office). The new Residence is taking a step into a trendy business world in Esenyurt, which has become the epicenter of brand new residences.
The project has an outstanding design, unlike the classic architecture, in this modern Residence there are carefully designed details. The Residence has a large courtyard and brings nature in the busiest street of the region. Thus, workers of the business center will be able to breathe in a social space without leaving the office.
Candidate to be the fast-growing financial center of Istanbul, Esenyurt, around which will be built major factories and enterprises. The lower levels of the Residence will comprise of shops, while the upper floors will include residences.
Parking, storage and technical areas as well as 2 x 2,500 m2 logistics warehouse on the ground floor will serve 13 different sized shops.
Delivery time December 2016.
This property is also available for sale in 1+1 apartment
ID: ista068a
Istanbul Esenyurt
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