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Born Richard Davidson, he chose the new MC name of "Rich London" to allow the memory of his deceased uncle live on. Rich London was a man who believed strongly in family, so much so that he lost his life protecting them against a home invasion. He taught many valuable lessons, and through these teachings the artist "Rich London" became a natural leader, and a known member in his Hip Hop community. Hip Hop has always been a part of him, and coincidently has been what sets him apart from others. Since the third grade Rich London has engaged in schoolyard B-boy battles and in high school he turned his attention to two turntables and a mic. He was always involved. Being surrounded by the fast-growing urban culture has had much to do with his participation in music for over ten years. He has never turned down an opportunity to display his talent, and this paired with a determination to shine has allowed him to grace the stage at landmark venues in Toronto. Performing in places such as The Air Canada Centre, The Guvemment, The Docks, and at other spots throughout New York, Miami and Cleveland; Rich London has had the opportunity to open for artists such as Mobb Deep, Raekwon and The Clipse. He has also been able to share his genuine skills with more people than he ever thought would listen. You see, as DJ Juice, Rich London excelled at motivating the crowd and his chemistry with them encouraged him to step out of the booth, and onto the stage, where he began to give the crowd a dose of reality they were never prepared for. This began the career of Rich London: the MC who spits effortless bars of nostalgic flows.
Spitting real thoughts, ideas and opinions comes easily for this born and raised Toronto native. Rich London possesses a natural ability to clearly express his views about anything, through hyme. With all the commercialized-for-capital style Hip Hop that hits these streets nowadays, Rich London's undiluted, unprocessed freestyles should be considered a breath of fresh air. DJs, producers, artists and critics have embraced him around the world: from across the US, Caribbean, France, Italy, Austria, UK and even Japan and Croatia. With his first commercial release SIDE TO SIDE, Rich London has created a record and video for the mainstream audience recognition. MTV Canada, Much Music and other video stations and shows across the world have spun his video. The video is the brainchild of Rich London and Director Erica Shallow: a young director with ambition and creativity. With his new single LETS CHILL already hitting airwaves , and selected for the FLow Urban Compilation CD, the anticipation increases for a full length release, which is currently scheduled for spring of 2006.
When asked what separates him from the rest, and what his style and message is, he states "My style is not practiced. I listen to everything…I have no boundaries in music. I listen to Sam Cook… I've lived in so many places and my style is a combination of all of those places. I want people to get into my song like a conversation, I am telling stories people can relate to. My message is stop pretending on something unless you want the people to know you're pretending. I want them to know this kid is all around, I want people to argue about what my style is. People say that you can't be this and you can't be that, but my style can be anything I want it to be!"
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text: The first time I heard about Cesar E. Chavez was in 1988, at that time I was in the 11th grade in High School. I was watching the News and saw that Cesar E. Chavez was fasting (Fast for Life) in Delano, CA. I was amazed that one person was suffering for the benefits of all of us. It was in College when I read about Cesar E. Chavez and La Causa. I thought that Cesar E. Chavez was an outstanding person and that his scarifies will not be in vain. In 1993, I was watching the Spanish News and found out that Cesar E. Chavez has passed away. I told my brother Pablo that Cesar E. Chavez was dead and that we need it to attend Cesar E. Chavez Funeral Services in Delano, CA. We attended all the Funeral Services and March with Cesar E. Chavez for the first and only time from Delano, CA to the 40 Acres. By the fall of 1993, my brother and I started attending the 40 Acres monthly meetings to find out more about Cesar and La Causa. In January of 1994, my brother and I become Associate Members of the UFW and two months later (3/14/1994) we started working for the UFW as Volunteers. I have worked as an Organizer, Office Manager, Contract Administrator, Contract Negotiator, and Executive Assistant of the UFW Secretary Treasurer. I haven't stop working for the UFW since 3/14/1994 and currently I'm the UFW IT Manager. I'm proud of Cesar E. Chavez and our UFW!


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By Bill DeBaun, Director of Data and Evaluation
NCAN members try to counteract this for the students they serve, but they know many postsecondary institutions remain unaffordable for low-income students, even after considering financial aid. The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) in a new report attempts to understand the scope of postsecondary affordability for different profiles of student across the income spectrum. In "Limited Means, Limited Options," the authors consider the portion of postsecondary institutions that would be affordable for different students through the lens of Lumina Foundation's Affordability Benchmark. They find that "the vast majority of the sample colleges were unaffordable for 8 out of the 10 students" and make policy recommendations on increasing postsecondary affordability.
The report revolves around 10 student profiles based on "aggregate data from national data-sets representing real Americans, and are intended to typify 21st-century students." The five independent and five dependent students represent families and circumstances from across all income quintiles. The report employs Lumina Foundation's Affordability Benchmark, which is based on a "simple value-based proposition called the Rule of 10." The Rule of 10 proposes that students or their families save approximately 10 percent of their discretionary income annually for 10 years preceding postsecondary attendance (notably, students and families within 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guideline for their household size are not expected to save for college). While attending, according to the Benchmark, students should be able to work 10 hours per week while attending college full-time. An "affordable" four-year degree should be covered by the sum of the 10-year savings and the part-time earnings.
After IHEP calculated "affordability thresholds" for each of the 10 student profiles, they compared them to a sample of net prices from over 2,000 two- and four-year institutions of higher education participating in the Title IV federal aid programs. These net prices came from College Abacus, a free net price comparison tool from NCAN member ECMC. Cost of attendance here included tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, and transportation and other costs. Net price is the cost of attendance minus grant aid. Ultimately, IHEP examined the percentage of institutions whose net price fell under each student profile's affordability threshold.
The findings will be troubling but likely unsurprising for NCAN members. As IHEP notes, "the cost of college—even after accounting for grant aid—is most burdensome for low-income students. On average, they need to finance an amount equivalent to more than 100 percent of their family's annual income to attend one year at a four-year college, compared with high-income students, who must finance only 15 percent on average."
As noted above, comparing what would be affordable for students to what postsecondary education would cost, eight of ten student profiles found the "vast majority of the sample colleges" to be unaffordable. Forty-eight percent of the sample was affordable "only for the wealthiest student profile (with a family income over $160,000)" and more than a third of colleges were affordable only for the two highest income profiles. The report notes, "While the student from the highest income bracket could afford to attend 90 percent of colleges in the sample, the low- and moderate-income students with fewer financial resources could only afford 1 to 5 percent of colleges."
Affordability was not uniform across institutional sectors. Unsurprisingly, public institutions were relatively more affordable than their private counterparts, but they were not absolutely more affordable. Two- and four-year public institutions exceeded affordability thresholds by about $7,000 and $9,000, respectively. For private institutions, non-profit schools were unaffordable by about $16,000 on average while for-profit institutions exceeded those thresholds by approximately $18,000 on average.
Even after taking loans (which are not typically subtracted from COA to obtain net price) into account, over 70 percent of the institutional sample was unaffordable for all but the two highest income student profiles.
The report considers some changes to the financial aid system that could make institutions more affordable. It notes that grants and loans are not enough to make most colleges affordable for a wide swath of students. The report adds, "Neither is working more than 15 hours per week while enrolled, which often compromises students' ability to persist and attain a degree." First, the report examines the hypothetical effect of doubling the Pell Grant on affordability. Doubling the Pell Grant would significantly increase the percentage of institutions now affordable for independent students at all income levels and low- and middle-income dependent students (e.g., for "Anthony" an independent student in the lowest income quintile, the percentage of affordable schools in the sample went from two percent to 20 percent).
Next, the report considers the hypothetical scenario of lowering each institution's net price by $10,000. This represents the "overall average gap between institutional net prices in the sample and what the students could afford." This gap could close "with a combination of increased student aid from federal sources such as the Pell Grant, increased state support through need-based grants or lower tuition, larger institutional grants to low-income students, and other efforts that allow institutions to decrease costs for students." The effects on affordability are even more stark here; the percentage of affordable institutions increases to 26 percent at minimum and to somewhere between 45 and 52 percent for independent and lower- and middle-income students.
The report dismisses the idea of last-dollar free college as "likely to further entrench the inequities that already exist when it comes to college affordability." This is because under this system, in which states pick up the remaining tuition and fees remaining after subtracting all federal aid, students are still left to cover room and board, books and materials, and transportation costs. These costs remain significant for independent students and lower- and middle-income dependent students. In fact, in the report's model, only dependent students with family incomes over $105,405 saw an increase in the percentage of affordable institutions.
Affordability remains a major concern for many students. This new IHEP report is valuable in its display of the affordability problem across students of different means and circumstances. Understanding and visualizing the problem, along with policy recommendations like increasing investments in direct student aid, may be helpful in convincing policymakers about the extent of the problem.
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Liquid is a DVD-based experience featuring five 10-minute episodes in each series, as well as a 112-page Reflection Guide with questions and leader's tips. Each episode introduces present-day characters whose problems and struggles mirror biblical stories, illustrating that God's word is as true today as it was when it was written. With emotionally provoking videos, introspective questions, and tips for leading a small group, Liquid is the perfect experience for individual growth or small group study.


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Killoe impressive in emphatic win over Abbeylara
Peter Hanley Motors Senior Football Championship – Round 4
Killoe Young Emmets . . . . . . 2-17 Abbeylara . . . . . . 1-9
An excellent first half display from Killoe set them on their way to a most emphatic victory over Abbeylara in Round 4 of the Senior Football Championship at Maguire Park in Ballinalee on Sunday evening.
The game was over as a contest at the break with the Young Emmets very much in control, leading by 2-7 to 0-5 with the goals coming from Daniel Mimnagh and Sean McCormack. Abbeylara introduced Niall Sheridan for the second half and although the full-forward scored a goal his side were unable to find a way of getting back into contention.
It must be said that Killoe looked good all over the field. The two sides must meet again in the quarter-finals and on this evidence Abbeylara are facing a difficult task in their quest to qualify for the last four.
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soooo, i was thinking of random crap at work.. because its the most mind numbing thing evar D:
and the memory of the birth of pitvipers came up, so heres the thing, a lot of people come up with a gaming name at somepoint, and that becomes kind of their go-to thing.. so i was wondering, where do your gaming names come from people? can be a short explanation, a long story, whatever, share it
pitvipers comes from the time when i started playing diablo2, i needed a name for my first character a necromancer, and i couldnt think of anything, so i thought i'd get 2 words that sound fun together, so i thought viper would be a nice first word, because of the poison/bone skill tree, and pit, seemed fitting at the time ^^
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soooo, i was thinking of random crap at work.. because its the most mind numbing thing evar D:
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Posted 19 January 2013 - 02:56 PM
It's silly now but, I chose this when I first started really using the internet. It's around 17 years old now. My MOS (job designation) in the Army was 63b. My favorite color (or non color) is grey. I didn't want to use grey so I used smoke... Exciting huh? DON'T JUDGE ME!
Most of the time around the web I think people tend to gravitate toward thinking it has something to do with smoking weed lol...
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 06:32 AM
*Looks at name* Sigh
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"Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - George Carlin
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watch at your own discretion, it gets weird...
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Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:44 AM
Now Wynona took her big brown beaver and she stuck him up in the air,
Said I sure do love this big brown beaver and I wish I did have a pair,
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I'll start off by saying my handle/tag/username/call sign didn't come about by me being super religious nor am I an alcoholic(keep reading for my explanation). I've had a handful of other user names in the past. Liquid.Bible came about when I was play Counter Strike: Source with one of my best friends. He started using the name Pries† (because he just discovered the cool ascii characters). So I decided it would be neat if we had similar religious themed names and *poof* Liquid.Bible jumped into my head.
A lot of people ask me what a Liquid.Bible is. My knee jerk response at first was "booze" because, like religion, people use booze to help cope with difficult times and escape for a moment. After putting some thought into the name I've given myself, the honest truth behind what a Liquid Bible means to me is, it's a set of guide lines(like a bible) that allow for expansion and flexibility(like a liquid).
So there you have it, my user name.
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Osedax worms, also known as zombie worms, are bone-eating worms [1]; the Latin-derived word "Osedax" means "bone devourer."
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I was Sitting on my throne one day reading my "Scientific American" Subscription. Came across this.
Osedax worms, also known as zombie worms, are bone-eating worms [1]; the Latin-derived word "Osedax" means "bone devourer."
Oh man... That's disturbing.
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My name came about when I was creating my second character in that game, a hunter, and Episode II of Star Wars had just came out. I've always been a fan of the original trilogy, and Boba Fett was probably one of my favorite characters in the series. With the new trilogy, we were introduced to Jango Fett. After brainstorming a bit I decided to make a short, easy name to pronounce and remember. I wrote down a bunch of names, Bleko, Debo, Genbo, and various others. After going through the list and picking my top three, I decided to go with Dekko.
About 10 levels into the game you are allowed to choose a surname. Since I didn't have much care for a last name I decided to just put "Fett" as my surname as it was what influenced the character's name in the first place. Well, it turned out "Fett" was on the banned list and I logged in the next morning to the name Dekko Kronberg. Thinking it was some sort of bug, I went back and changed my name back to Dekko Fett. The next day, once again, I log into the game with the surname Kronberg. At this point I kind of put two and two together and realized Fett must be a name they do not allow. Mentioning the fact in my guild's Ventrilo and asking for ideas someone made the joke of "Why don't you make your last name Cards, you know...Deck of Cards."
I actually liked the name, and it had a nice play on words for multiple scenarios in that game. A lot of people really enjoyed the name from around the realm. I'd get random messages from people "Haha, that's an awesome name." And with the game being medieval fantasy, you got the whole "House of Cards" thing with the guild houses. It was definitely one of my favorite character names to date at the time, and when I went from DAoC to Star Wars Galaxies I continued using that name.
I've used various other names in combination or shorthand. In WoW since there were no last names I simply used Decks. Currently in Final Fantasy I am using Roland Dex, which is a name combining two characters I've enjoyed from ficitonal series. Roland Deschain is the name of the main protagonist from The Dark Tower series by Stephan King, and Ronon Dex is a character from Stargate Atlantis. I originally was going to go with Roland Decks, but decided on the shortened version after remembering the Ronon Dex character from Atlantis.
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Posted 04 November 2013 - 09:57 AM
Back in the 90s in the UK, 'tagging' waas quite a big thing at school amongst the slightly more chavvy folks. Everyone had a nickname and a stylistic way of writing it.
One day in chemistry, my friends Jen and Hannah decided they would call me Elvismiggell. Elvis for my quiff and miggell because it was "funkier" than Michael.
Fortunately it's turned out to be pretty much unique, so has actually come in really handy.
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Posted 16 November 2013 - 10:58 AM
Back when Diablo 2 went out me and some high-school (or the equivalent cause where i live its a different system) we started to play multiplayer (that was a big deal back then). We all decided to choose name base on military rank. One was Lt. Rintintin, Capt. Kanrabat, so i choose General Admission since i thought it was funny. Since the name was loo long for the game i had to crop it in some shape or form and i ended with Genadmission.
that is pretty much it
PS: funny story about my name Wes is the only streamer or equivalent to get my name right the first time.
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Around '93 sometime I went with a friend to meet up with some folks.
Guy opens the door, says hi to my friend and goes... who the fuck are you?
I was being stupid because he didn't say his name first and went... I am Mr Anonymous.
He perked up a little bit, looked me over seeing i was unshaven with long hair and went...
"Well, you look like a squirrely fucker.... come on in"
My friend looks at me and goes..... SQUIRREL...HAHA You just got your nickname. And so the additional 10 people inside all instantly started calling me Squirrel.
As for the current spelling... I wanted to be Original and Spelled it in a unique way that had honestly not been on the Dialup services or BBS or anywhere that I could find publicly. To this day, i believe I was actually the very first person to spell it this way and when i started using it as my internet moniker i noticed other people quickly jumping on it. So now when i see a new service... I instantly jump into it and grab my name because currently... there is a Toiliet Brush like cleaner at sqirl.com (which is totally not me) and some kind of a stupid store in California that has absolutely no ties to being called squirrel what so ever that i saw when they named it. lol
I know... not cool story bro... but its how it came to be.
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"Who are the Sikhs?" is a great video representing Sikhism and it's people. Thanks to the director.
I suggest you to go to comments section after watching the video. When I'm in the net, I always look for new info or debates about goras. Here we go...
Moreover what do you know about all gora Sikhs for you to claim that
they are all fake and out to brainwash others!!???!!
Im sorry but THIS IS TOTALLY AGAINST SIKHI to discriminate against anyone!!. My punjabi sardar cousin is married to a gori girl for the past 15 years!!!! They have 3 beautiful gursikh kids!. So why do you think that is so!?!! You need to have an very open mind, if Guru ji thought like you then there would be no Panj Pyare's!!!! Please don't judge anyone!!
Good words Singhster1 ( I assume this is a director of the movie trying to interact with one of the commenters. Sikhism is about equality... Why we Goras are not trusted?


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Stephen's Family Tree
Stephen begins his story by showing Daniel a German book of animals, hidden inside is sheet of paper with a family tree drawn by a child. He goes on to explain that the piece of paper is entirely lies.
A Jewish family, who didn't look too Jewish in occupied Germany could create a family tree to protect themselves. The children of the family then needed to revise this but not too well so it seemed staged. In one family was a young girl and boy. The boy would spend his spare time in the school library looking at the books of animals. Also there was the local Priest who was making a register of lineage - they kept each other company.
But, one day the boy had to tell someone his secret because it was too big a secret. He told the Priest that he was part of a Jewish family. Whether it was a coincidence or not the family were questionned by the Police, and the boy on his way home saw them and told his little sister to run away.
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Dr. Bill Stackman began his role as Associate Vice President for Student Services at Notre Dame in August 2012. He oversees the University's student health and wellness services, including the McDonald Center for Student Well-Being, the University Counseling Center, and University Health Services. In addition, Dr. Stackman chairs the University's Care Team, serves as the Deputy Title IX Coordinator, and supervises the Program Director for Graduate Student Life.
Previously, Dr. Stackman served as Director of Student Activities at Texas A&M University. Dr. Stackman has been working in student affairs for 30 years and has held leadership positions at a number of institutions, including Dean of Student Affairs at Rhodes College, Associate and Acting Dean of Students at Oberlin College, Director of Student Activities at Tufts University, Associate Director of the Illini Union at the University of Illinois, and Associate Director of Student Activities at Temple University.
Dr. Stackman earned his doctorate at Boston University in Leadership, Administration, and Policy Studies. He also holds a master's degree from West Virginia University in Higher Education Administration, a master's degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Parks and Recreation Administration, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in Parks and Recreation.


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Over the weekend I sat down with my preteen boys and watched Planet of the Apes. No, not the 21st century version. We watched the 1968 classic starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall. Afterwards, our conversation mom sex stirred about the plausibili
ty of apes being the dominant species and humans as caged, mute creatures. As they continued the discussion on their own, I started thinking about how this topsy-turvy simian world related to stock investing. No, really, I did. Here's what I came up with.
Applying the upside-down theory to stocks, I asked myself the following questions. Are high flying stocks poised for a fall? Do the prices of beaten-down stocks rebound after a period of time? In essence, is there a reversal effect in the stock market, and what is the time frame one needs to consider?
Recall my previous piece on the Momentum Anomaly which indicated that winners over the last 52 weeks continue to outperform. But is there a point of inflection or reversal within that 52 week period?
Being the sleuth that I am, I set out finding answers to these questions. Starting with a universe of the largest 3000 stocks, I ran tests from January 2000 until July 2011 by building portfolios based on each of these price-change strategies. Since I don't like investing in poorly-rated companies, I excluded stocks rated as either "sell" or "strong sell" per the Zacks Rank. The subsequent average annualized returns and standard deviations are below:
Return % Std Dev
High 24 week price change 12.9 32.5
High 12 week price change 12.5 33.1
3000 Stock Universe 10.2 24.7
High 4 week price change 9.9 34.3
High 1 week price change 7.1 32.8
Low 4 week price change 12.1 44.2
Low 1 week price change 12.0 41.7
These results show that the stocks with a high 4 or 1-week price change on average under-perform the selection universe, while stocks with a low 4 or 1-week price change outperform. So you want stocks with higher long-term (12+ week) momentum or lower short-term (1-4 week) momentum.
What happens if you combine long term momentum with short term reversal?
Return % Std Dev
High 52w + Low 4w 14.6 30.2
High 52w + Low 1w 15.5 30.5
The best strategy is the one that buys the stocks that had a pretty good run over the last year, yet experienced a pullback over the last week. That makes good sense and allows you to pick up the stock at a cheaper price before it continues its run.
Be aware, however, that momentum and reversal strategies often experience higher volatility than the market. In spite of this, the combination of both long-term momentum with short-term reversal greatly reduces this volatility overall.
Here's a method for finding stocks to take advantage of long-term momentum and short-term reversal:
• First, start with only US common stocks.
• Next, create a liquid, investible set of the stocks with the largest 3000 market values and average daily trading volume ≥ to 100,000 shares buy generic zithromax online (if there's not enough liquidity, it'll be hard for you to trade it).
• Add another filter by selecting those stocks with a Zacks Rank ≤ 3. (Let's be clever and avoid the poorly-rated stocks.)
• Select the top 100 stocks with the highest return over the past 52 weeks.
• Finally, of those 100, select the 10 stocks with the lowest return over the celebrity nude past week.
Here are 5 great stocks based on this idea (10/5/11):
CVI – CVR Energy, Inc.
CVR Energy refines and markets transportation fuels in the US. In August, CVR reported record quarterly results. Hedge funds are buying this stock, which remains a good value for its price.
SCSS – Select Comfort Corporation
Select Comfort manufactures, markets and distributes adjustable-firmness beds. Select Comfort has been growing in every way (sales, income, margins, cash flow) and investors feel there's room for even greater growth.
WFM – Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Whole Foods owns and operates natural and organic food supermarkets. Trends in healthy eating have boosted profits for this grocer.
HLF – Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife sells nutritional supplements, energy, sports fitness and personal care products worldwide. Profit growth has been strong and has led to outstanding fundamentals at this company.
XTXI – Crosstex Energy Inc.
Crosstex Energy engages in gathering, transmitting, processing, and marketing natural gas. Insiders have bought millions of dollars in stock of this company. Take a guess which direction they think this stock is heading.
Finally, here's some great news if you want to learn more about the reversal anomaly as well as other anomalies. The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies has just been released and it details several winning strategies used
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First Football Brief: Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Sunderland
A brief article highlighting some key facts and matches between Tottenham Hotspur and AFC Sunderland, especially at White Hart Lane, North London, throughout the history of football.
Tottenham Hotspur first faced AFC Sunderland in a second-round FA Cup tie on 11th February 1899 at the Northumberland Park ground. 'Spurs' won 2.1 with goals from Harry Bradshaw and John Cameron.
This would have been something of an upset at the time as, while Sunderland were playing in the Football League's First Division, Tottenham were still playing in the Southern League. This defeat of Sunderland was the first time in the FA Cup that a lower-league club had ever come from behind to defeat a top-flight club from the Football League.
Tottenham adopted the white shirts and navy blue shorts of Preston North End – the original 'Invincibles' who had won the 'double' of FA Cup and Football League First Division in the League's inaugural season ten years earlier, in 1888-89. The new kit obviously inspired them to greater things as they won the Southern League in 1900 and then, in 1901, became the first and only non-League club to win the FA Cup, by beating Sheffield United in the final, after a replay.
In those late nineteenth-century days, clubs would face three qualifying rounds in the FA Cup before proceeding to the first-round stage. Sunderland had won away at Bristol City 4.2 in their first round, while Tottenham had defeated the Newton Heath club (which became Manchester United just over three years later) then playing in the Second Division, 5.3 after a replay.
Tottenham lost away to another First Division side - Stoke – 4.1 in the next round and it would be nine more years before they were elected into the Second Division at the start of the 1908-09 season (in which they finished second and were promoted).
Also in 1899, Tottenham moved to a piece of disused land owned by Charrington, the brewers, on the High Road, Tottenham, which had been developed and known as the High Road ground. George Beckwith had used the site which sat behind the White Hart public house, of which he was landlord, as a garden nursery and the ground soon became known as White Hart Lane.
Sunderland had been formed three years earlier than Tottenham – in 1879 – and joined the Football League nearly twenty years earlier – in 1890-91. They played in the top flight until 1957-58 when they were relegated for the first time in their history.
The first league meeting between these two sides thus came on 1st September 1909 at Sunderland's previous ground – Roker Park – in a First Division clash which Sunderland won 3.1.
Tottenham first faced Sunderland at home at White Hart Lane in the league in the return fixture that season, on 25th March 1910 in front of a capacity crowd of 35,000. It proved to be Tottenham's first league win over Sunderland as the match finished 5.1, with Percy Humphreys scoring two goals for the home side. A former Chelsea player, Humphreys scored 24 goals in 45 league appearances for Spurs including one in the final match of that season, which ensured Tottenham's survival ahead of Chelsea who were relegated.
It wasn't until after the First World War that Tottenham beat Sunderland in the league at Roker Park; on 26th March 1921 with Jimmy Seed scoring the only goal in a 1.0 win. Ironically, Seed had been brought up in the seaside village of Whitburn, just north of Sunderland.
Tottenham have put five goals past Sunderland on five further occasions since that first home win in 1910. They matched the scoreline in a First Division match on 16th November 1968 with legendary striker, Jimmy Greaves, scoring four of Tottenham's goals that day and Welsh international Mike England the other.
Another 5.1 victory occurred more recently, in the Premier League, on 7th April 2014 when Lee Cattermole put the 'Black Cats' ahead after 17 minutes before Emmanuel Adebayor equalised for Spurs and then added a second as Spurs scored four goals without reply in the second half.
Two of the five-goal hauls came in the FA Cup. On 28th January 1950 Tottenham won a fourth-round tie at White Hart Lane 5.1 (again) with striker Les Bennett and winger Sonny Walters getting two goals apiece. Tottenham lost at Everton in the next round, while close rivals Arsenal went on to win the competition that season, beating Liverpool 2.0 in the final.
Sonny Walters came up through the junior ranks at Tottenham and would go on to score 66 goals for Tottenham. He was undoubtedly one of the great Spurs players of the early 1950s. Playing alongside future managerial giants such as Bill Nicholson and Alf Ramsay, he featured in a popular Spurs supporters' song of the time:
"We are the Spurs Supporters and we love to watch them play…
…The ref his whistle proudly blows the linesmen wave their flags,
The Duke is ready to kick off as he hitches up his bags,
We cheer Sonny Walters as he toddles down the line,
And the ball like magic is in the net and makes us all feel fine."
'The Duke' referred to centre-forward Len Duquemin – also nicknamed 'Reliable Len' - who had arrived from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, having previously worked in a monastery' He played alongside Walters in Arthur Rowe's famous 'push and run' side of the time which lit up post-war football in England and helped Tottenham to win the league title in 1951.
Eleven years later, Tottenham were enjoying their own journey to the FA Cup Final and also First Division success as now manager Bill Nicholson's team became the first side in the twentieth century to achieve the 'double' of FA Cup and League Championship wins. They faced Sunderland in the quarter-finals and, after Cliff Jones had secured a 1.1 draw for Tottenham at Roker Park, they again scored five times in the replay with goals from Les Allen, Terry Dyson (2), Dave Mackay and Bobby Smith. Smith would go on to score Tottenham's first goal in the final, where Tottenham beat Leicester City 2.0.
Tottenham have never put six goals past Sunderland though – something Sunderland have achieved twice against Tottenham.
On 19th December 1914, three months into the First World War and in the last season before professional football was suspended, Sunderland won 6.0 at White Hart Lane in a First Division match played in front of a crowd of just 5,000.
Sunderland repeated the feat on 21st February 1934 with another 6.0 win – this time at Roker Park – and again in the First Division. The men from the poverty-stricken north-east of England were, under Scottish manager Johnny Cochrane, becoming a major footballing force. They would finish sixth in the league that year before coming runners-up to Arsenal the following season and champions themselves in 1935-36, scoring a massive 109 goals in the process. They also won the FA Cup in 1937.
The highest-scoring draw between the sides to date was a 3.3 result at White Hart Lane on 8th December 1990 with Gary Lineker scoring the first of Tottenham's goals. One of the most thrilling matches between the sides came on Halloween - 31st October 1953 - at Roker Park, again in the First Division. Sunderland went behind twice before scoring three goals in the first seven minutes of the second-half. Sonny Walters again scored for Spurs in the 56th minute but there were no further goals and the match ended 4.3 to Sunderland.
On 18th September 2016 Spurs won 1.0 in very much a one-sided match. Harry Kane scored the winner just before the hour mark and after his team had already had 22 attempts on the Sunderland goal.
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I still remember when my mom entered to my room, february 2011, and she told " Natalia, you have one day to make a decision where would you like to go on your exchange : Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela. Make up your mind quick"
I was not really sure which country should I choose and actually I did not even have a time to think WHERE should I go.. so first what I have done was watching this video. After 3 min I told my mom " mom, I chose COLOMBIA".
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Blog Post by Rodney A. Wilson
Rodney Wilson is a regular guest post writer on Selma on Leadership. Rodney has been a marriage and family pastor/counselor for almost 20 years. Rodney and Selma have been married for 40 years and they have spoken and written on marriage and family issues for most of their married life.
Life is getting crazier. The world is getting faster and marriages are getting more strained by its pace. This busy world takes its toll on relationships.
Sometimes you just need to get off the merry-go-round. Retreat. In today's world, it is not really a luxury but a necessity to take some time. The "small talk" – the logistics of doing life – crowds out all but the urgent in marriage. We all need a time to remove ourselves from the press of this world's pace to reconnect, catch our breath and refresh our marriage relationship.In today's world sometimes you need to get off the merry-go-round. Take a marriage retreat. Click To Tweet
Here are some benefits to taking a marriage retreat, just the two of you.
- Noise reduction. Noise is the rat race. The craziness of life. It is the leaky faucet, the dirty diapers, the irritable neighbor, the crisis at work. Stuff. Noise reduction is necessary to hear each other in a way that you cannot in a cell phone conversation between your 5th grader's school and her soccer practice.
A time or two Selma and I have met at home for our so-called "retreat". And yet it was never the same as getting away. At home, it always turns out more like a staff calendaring meeting. You gotta be able to breathe in and breathe out as a couple even if it's only for a night. Get away, reduce the noise and "retreat" becomes much more likely.
- Calendar and life control. Retreats keep the calendar from controlling you. When you are away from it all, you can a) look at what's really important, instead of frantically calendaring the urgent; b) set goals for the coming year; c) set plans on how to achieve those goals, and d) calendar all of this!
And the first thing you calendar: next year's getaway!
There is tremendous freedom when you have your calendar managed well as a marriage team. Of course there will be last-minute events come up, but with a properly handled family calendar, those become the exception rather than the rule. And peace in the household can reside.
- Spiritual reconnection. Some of the best prayer times I have ever had with Selma have been on our marriage retreats. Getting away from the noise also allows you two to hear from God. To sense His leading as you seek it together.
More than once when He walked the earth, our Lord got away for spiritual connection with His Father. Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed. (Luke 5:16) His noise was different when He walked the earth, yet He still needed to occasionally retreat from it.
Jesus modeled what we all should do from time to time by retreating. Your marriage retreat makes spiritual reconnection possible – with the Lord and with your spouse.
- Sexual reconnection. While sex should be part of your normal life together as a married couple, getting away makes sex, like everything else, special. When you're away, you will be more rested and better able to give your full time and attention to each other. Again, retreating can make this conducive to happening.
- Family security. When they were young, our girls would roll their eyes and pretend to gag when we would go on a date and especially a retreat. Inside, however, they loved it. They knew we were going with the expressed interest of making our marriage, and subsequently our family, stronger. The retreats told them with certainty that we believed in our marriage and valued it enough to work on it. That made them secure and they never complained about feeling secure.
So get away. For a long time or a night or two. A long way from home or the next town. Spend a lot or a little but get away. Your marriage needs it. Be sure to calendar it. In the midst of yet another dirty diaper your spouse can look at the calendar and take hope: a retreat is coming!
Your spouse and your kids will thank you for the getaway. There are lots of upsides when you make it happen.


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The rear panel of the F7 reflects its multi-purpose use, with a balanced XLR input alongside a balanced/unbalanced TRS input and an unbalanced RCA connector. As well as the gain dial (from minus infinity to +6 dB), two EQ controls are provided, with plus-or-minus 6 dB of shelf control above 5 kHz and below 300 Hz. Additionally, if you're intending to use the F7s with the SubF, a switch to enable high-pass filtering at 80 Hz is provided. Otherwise, the frequency response extends from 44 Hz to 50 kHz, and twin A/B amplifiers are employed to drive the woofer and tweeter respectively.
In use, the F7s are impressive, offering a much closer sound to their A series big brothers than their price might suggest. As the tweeter is born of the same design as the A series, you'd expect this area of the frequency range to offer a broadly comparable sound. However, I was equally impressed by the bass end, which offers reliable solidity. While the low mid-range extension isn't quite as detailed as you'd expect to hear on a more expensive pair of monitors, there's little here that will hold back your mixes or that disappoints when listening for pleasure. The stereo imaging is impressive and detailed, too, and there's also more front-to-back depth in the sonic picture than I had anticipated. The sound overall is very controlled while still providing plenty of personality, with an open, warm and encouraging tone that nevertheless avoids over-sweetness or flattery. These monitors strike a good balance.
Of course, if your budget extends beyond the price of the F7s and you're keen on the Adam sound, there are sonic benefits to selecting the more expensive A7X, which offers even more detailed imaging and increased transparency across the mid-range. However, the differences are more subtle than you might expect, and it would certainly be fair to say that the F7 sounds more expensive than its price tag confirms. If you're in the market for a mid-priced pair of monitors, you should definitely give these some serious consideration.
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Camouflage Your Storage
Do you see it? You do, but it took a second, right? I'm referring to the behemoth storage in the corner of this living room. Storing things, especially in small homes, isn't just about where to house them, but how to do it in a way that doesn't leave your space looking like a storage facility. Choosing storage, large or small, that is the same color as the background is one of the easiest and most effective tricks for "hiding" it. Take a look at more examples:
This bank of white cabinets blends in perfectly with the walls and affords a ton of storage without drawing attention.
The idea is especially suited to an open layout studio such as the bank of white storage cabinets next to the bed in this home on Alvhem Interiors.
These two Trones storage boxes blend right into the wall in Apartment Therapy contributor Sarah Coffey's home.
Even small storage, like these boxes above the kitchen cabinets, are unobtrusive when the same color as the surrounding wall and cabinets.
Here's the same idea but in black. Not everything on this wall is black, but the color and uniformity of the small storage pieces helps them fade into the background.


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This is a post about men stuff, shirtlessness and terrified puppies (from said shirtlessness). Mens Dept February round is open and full of awesome once again. I got this cool new pair of boots from Eudora and this cute little puppy by Birdy (although it does look kinda scared). Final Fantasy fair is another event opening its doors tomorrow and you can find this neat collaboration from HoD and Lovely Disarray there (face paint and piercings on that hairy mug). Make sure to pay a visit in both events, they are definitely worth it!
Skin : ~Tableau Vivant~ David skin
Eyes : IKON - Promise Eyes
Hair : Dura - Boys&Girls*50 "NEW"
Piercings : - .HoD. - Reno Reloaded "NEW" @ Final Fantasy fair (Feb.7)
Face paint : Lovely Disarray - Reno Reloaded "NEW" @ Final Fantasy fair (Feb.7)
Jeans : RONSEM - Straight Jeans
Boots : Eudora - Hunter Boots (texture change HUD included) "NEW" @ Mens Dept February
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For a DIY way to keep the bugs away, follow this recipe for a quick, easy and most important—all natural—remedy. Best of all, it smells delicious. Bug spray or your new fave fragrance? You decide!
- Take the container you'll pour the bug spray into, and fill it halfway with water, fresh mint leaves, dried lavender, citronella, lemongrass, peppermint oil, spearmint oil, and some dried cloves. You can use as many of these ingredients as you want, but they aren't all necessary.
- Pour these ingredients into a pot and boil for about 5 minutes.
- Use a strainer to separate the liquid.
- Pour it into a bottle, and fill the other half with Witch Hazel.
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With the Lions/Eagles game today, I thought it might be worth recapitulating some of the "highlights" voiced by the fan base here. To understand Philadelphia sports fans, all one has to do is remember the time the hockey player Eric Lindros received a concussion during a game that made nearly everyone who watched it gasp.
Nearly everyone. Sports radio here pushed the fine, noble argument that Lindros "wanted" the concussion, that he hated Philadelphia and didn't want to win, and that in a moment of inspired insanity tried to get himself killed during a hockey game.
Re: American football commentary this week:
- Kevin Kolb (the quarterback of the Eagles) had a "concussion." It wasn't really a concussion, the coach pulled him for inept play [any idiot watching the tape can see he got hit hard, really hard. Also: coaches routinely pull players for inept play without making excuses for them]
- Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Eagles, does not really want to win a championship because he's not from around here
- Some fans have advertised they have a petition in place to get the coach fired now that we're one game into a 16 game season. It should be noted that under the current coach, Philadelphia has had an incredible number of seasons where they made the playoffs (last year even), competed well in the postseason, even went to a Super Bowl.
So yeah. I'm going to be watching the game today, thinking about what the craziest stupidest thing I could say to put down the team is, and then perhaps calling into sports radio and vocalizing that.


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CCD Energy Services Aboriginal Hiring Policies Procedures and Guidelines
Current as of December 2009
It is the policy of the CCD Energy services to select employees from candidates possessing the best required qualifications. Specific deliberation of all Aboriginal candidates will be considered.
This policy and procedure applies to all departments and employees of CCD Energy Services.
In partnership with the prime contractor and client -CCD Energy Services will continue to actively recruit qualified Aboriginal employees.
All managers are accountable for identifying the staffing needs of their departments and the qualifications for each position within their departments.
Human Resources is accountable for obtaining qualified candidates for all positions, conducting reference checks, negotiating compensation and start date, processing new employees, and providing all necessary forms to implement this policy and procedure.
The Supervisor of the position, Department Manager, Human Resources and the Aboriginal Advisor are jointly accountable for the selection of Aboriginal recruits.
As an employer of Aboriginal peoples, CCD Energy Services is committed to the principles of:
Working with Aboriginal communities in a manner that is respectful and mutually beneficial.
CCD Energy Services has developed organizational commitment, capacity and accountability by:
- The hiring of an Aboriginal Advisor.
- The development of Aboriginal hiring policies.
Preparing CCD Energy Services for the Aboriginal workforce by:
- Gaining a better understanding of the Aboriginal communities that CCD Energy Services works in.
- Introducing diversity training to the CCD Energy Services workplace.
- The introduction of Aboriginal Awareness training to CCD Energy Services staff.
- Introduction of Aboriginal misconceptions training to minimize attitudinal barriers at CCD Energy Services.
- The development of a stable and dedicated local Aboriginal workforce.
CCD Energy Services is ensuring the retention of Aboriginal employees by:
- Establishing a positive work environment.
- Establishing a culturally sensitive work environment.
- Forming positive relationships with a future workforce.
CCD Energy Services will take into consideration the following when hiring for all positions.
- Education, experience, knowledge, skills and/or professional or technical credentials which may be legally required for the job.
- Suitability as evidenced by personal traits and characteristics.
- Performance as demonstrated by past work record.
- Reference checks.
For the purpose of CCD Energy Services Aboriginal policy, the following definitions have been adopted:
"Aboriginal peoples" is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. The Canadian constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal people: Indians (commonly referred to as First Nations), Métis and Inuit. These are three distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs. More than one million people in Canada identify themselves as an Aboriginal person, according to the 2006 Census.
- Aboriginal communities are located in urban, rural and remote locations across Canada include:
- First Nations or Indian Bands, generally located on lands called reserves;
- Inuit communities located in Nunavut, NWT, Northern Quebec (Nunavik) and Labrador;
- Métis communities; and
- Communities of Aboriginal people (including Métis, Non-Status Indians, Inuit and First Nation individuals) in cities or towns which are not part of reserves or traditional territories.
Application for Employment or a resume submitted to CCD Energy Services provides an opportunity for an Aboriginal person to self identify as such.
The Human Resources manager has the authority to select candidates, the scheduling of interviews, checking references, and obtaining a completed Application for Employment and a signed Reference Authorization and Release. The Aboriginal Advisor is available to provide support for Aboriginal candidates as needed/requested.
When a position becomes available, the supervisor to whom that position reports and his/her manager decide on the appropriate candidate(s).
Once a decision has been made to fill a position; advertisements will be posted within the community. Only then will the advertisement be posted within the Aboriginal community for 1 week prior to the posting being sent outside the Aboriginal community.
Aboriginal applicants are processed through the Human Resource and the Aboriginal Advisor at CCD Energy Services, where applications will be pre-screened to assess the qualification and skill levels of identified Aboriginal candidates.
The Human Resources Department arranges interviews either by phone or in person with individuals who are a good match to the hiring criteria. Special deliberation for applicants from the local Aboriginal community is considered in partnership with the local project leads.
CCD Energy Services provides the Aboriginal applicants the opportunity to do the interview and the reference checks in both Cree and/or English, ensuring cultural linguistic sensitivity.
Reference checks are conducted on the most suitable candidate(s) after the initial interview process is complete.
Human Resources negotiates starting compensation and dates with the selected candidate and prepares and sends a written offer of employment
During the first hours of employment, Human Resources require that the employee complete all required forms.
When all forms are completed, Human Resources will explain all appropriate conditions of employment and then escort the new employee to the supervisor to whom she/he will report.
Applications and resumes are retained for at least twelve (12) months.
Benefit to the Aboriginal community of choosing CCD Energy Services as an employer reflects CCD Energy Services includes:
- A desire to include the Aboriginal community in an advisory role.
- Participation in community events.
- An increase in local Aboriginal employment.
- An increase in the local economy.
- Encouraging Aboriginal people to become more self-reliant.
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Endangered Green, Loggerhead turtles make comeback in Cyprus16 August 2018 - After being hunted to near extinction in the first half of the last century, the Mediterranean's endangered Loggerhead and Green turtles are making a comeback thanks to pioneering conservation efforts, Cypriot marine biologists say. For these ancient reptiles, a stretch of beach on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been their home for thousands of years. (more)
Hopes high about 'once in a lifetime' chance to reunify Cyprus24 September 2016 - The prospect of a breakthrough ending the decades-old division of Cyprus could be delivered at a much-anticipated meeting between the leaders of the island's two estranged communities. Reunification hopes are expected to be reinvigorated on Sunday when the president, Nicos Anastasiades, who heads Greeks in the south, and Mustafa Akıncı, who heads Turks in the north, hold talks in New York with the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon. That the meeting is taking place at all is a breakthrough in itself. (more)
Cyprus peace talks appear to be back on track27 May 2016 - Talks to reunify the ethnically divided island of Cyprus appeared to be back on track Friday when its president said he's ready to pick up where things left off following a halt after a perceived attempt to diplomatically upgrade the island's breakaway Turkish Cypriot north. A Turkish invasion in the wake of a 1974 coup aiming at union with Greece split Cyprus into an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north. Much progress has been achieved in a year of talks and both leaders say they aim to reach a deal reunifying the island as a federation by the end of 2016. (more)
Christian, Muslim leaders in Cyprus support peace talks10 February 2016 - Christian and Muslim leaders in Cyprus on Wednesday repeated their full support for ongoing talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically-split country, saying their united stand for peace serves as a strong example of cooperation in a region where conflict is often fueled by religion. Cyprus was split into an internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup aiming at union with Greece. (more)
UN official: Further progress made in Cyprus peace talks25 November 2015 - Talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus have made further progress and the island's rival leaders are confident remaining issues can be resolved soon, a U.N. envoy said Wednesday, 25 November. Envoy Espen Barthe Eide said Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot President of the island's internationally recognized government, and the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots, Mustafa Akinci, remain committed to reaching a peace accord 'as soon as possible.' (more)
Britain says 'stars beginning to align' on Cyprus unification19 November 2015 - Momentum towards ending Cyprus's four-decade-old partition is building, and now is the right time for Greek and Turkish Cypriots to do a deal, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday. 'The stars are beginning to align, but of course there are some very challenging issues,' Hammond said after talks in the island's capital with the leaders of both communities. Cyprus, a former British colony, was ethnically split in a Turkish invasion in 1974 following a brief Greek Cypriot coup. (more)
Cyprus closest to unification in 40 years, say Turkish Cypriots18 November 2015 - Cyprus is closer than ever to ending its four-decade-old partition and the two sides could agree on the text of a deal by May, followed by a referendum, a senior Turkish Cypriot official said on Wednesday (November 18). The island's Greek and Turkish communities have lived apart since 1974, when Turkey invaded the north after a brief Greek-inspired coup. The seeds of partition were sown soon after independence from Britain in 1960. (more)
Turkey, Greece see window of opportunity on Cyprus18 November 2015 - The Prime Ministers of Turkey and Greece on Wednesday (November 18) said they saw an opportunity to move toward a solution on the 40-year division of Cyprus, and Athens indicated it would lend support to Ankara's bid to join the European Union. Cyprus has been split along ethnic lines since a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a brief, Greek-inspired coup. (more)
Cyprus reunification talks kick into high gear30 October 2015 - The rival leaders of ethnically split Cyprus will meet no fewer than six times in November as they take a more hands-on role in reunification talks, a United Nations envoy said Friday, heralding a key stretch that could offer strong indications if negotiations will produce a deal. Cyprus was divided into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup aiming at union with Greece. (more)
Cyprus monastery renovation unites communities24 October 2015 - Work to restore a monastery on the divided island of Cyprus has brought Turkish Cypriots together with Greek Cypriots, and Muslims with Christians. Lore stretching back to the dawn of Christianity says this monastery sits directly over a fresh-water spring created by one of Jesus' first disciples, St. Andrew, while he was waiting for winds to pick up so he could continue his ship-borne travels. The spring water, lore says, even helped restore the sight of the captain's blind son. (more)
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Cyprus: MKC City College embraces Transcendental Meditation, Consciousness-Based programmes18 July 2013 - MKC City College in Cyprus has begun hosting consciousness-based programmes. Owners of the college have learned Transcendental Meditation and on several occasions they have made the campus available for 'open days' for related activities. College administrators have also offered a scholarship for a student from Cyprus to earn a degree in Business Administration while helping to promote Consciousness-Based Education in the country. (more)
Consciousness-Based Education tour connects with universities in Cyprus12 May 2012 - During his recent tour of Cyprus, Dr Bevan Morris visited five universities. Dr Morris, President of Maharishi University of Management, said that in meeting with faculty and university administrators, his presentations on Consciousness-Based Education met with very positive responses including the desire to work with MUM in various forms of exchanges and cooperation. (more)
Cyprus tour aims to improve education, quality of life throughout Middle East12 May 2012 - During a recent tour of Cyprus, Dr Bevan Morris, President of Maharishi University of Management, spoke to five different universities on the island about Consciousness-Based Education. Teachers of the Transcendental Meditation Programme in Cyprus said that many students there come from Middle Eastern countries and Africa, and that practising Transcendental Meditation will help not only Cyprus but the whole region. (more)
Cyprus: TV, radio interviews bring Transcendental Meditation to a wide audience12 May 2012 - While on a recent tour of Cyprus, Dr Bevan Morris, President of Maharishi University of Management, gave several television and radio interviews. One of the television shows 'goes out on cable television in Turkey and anywhere Turkic people are, which is all through central Asia,' Dr Morris said. The interview covered Transcendental Meditation, Consciousness-Based Education, and many other aspects of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's programmes to promote coherence, harmony, and progress in nations. (more)
Cyprus: Diverse audiences welcome programmes for education, peace11 May 2011 - A recent Consciousness-Based Education tour in Cyprus included not only presentations to students and educators, but also presentations at a symposium, and a new focus on coherence-creating programmes in both northern and southern Cyprus. (more)
Cyprus: University students, professors enthusiastic for Consciousness-Based Education11 May 2011 - Lectures at universities and schools drew great interest throughout Cyprus in Consciousness-Based Education, the Transcendental Meditation Programme, and programmes to create harmony and coherence in national consciousness. (more)
University students in Cyprus can create invincible peace, harmony, and progress for their nation10 January 2010 - Support from educational leaders for Consciousness-Based Education at the university level could lead to national invincibility for Cyprus. (more)
Reviving the ancient tradition of knowledge in Cyprus through Consciousness-Based Education19 December 2009 - There is a long tradition of knowledge in Cyprus, extending back to antiquity--from the Greeks and Romans, to the Phoenician and Ottoman Empires. This beautiful island has been under many foreign influences. Now the intention is to create a group of 100 Yogic Flyers on the island, to transform the destiny of the nation to coherence, harmony, and invincibility. (more)
Cyprus: Meditators from north and south come together to create a peaceful, invincible nation22 October 2009 - Earlier this month, a peace conference was held in the UN buffer zone of Cyprus, presenting the peace-creating programmes of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Dr Albert Baruh and Dr Theodore Pizanis, leaders of the Global Country of World Peace in Turkey and Cyprus, along with Transcendental Meditation practitioners from both the north and south regions of Cyprus, enjoyed a celebration that included a Maharishi Gandharva Veda concert. A university in northern Cyprus is offering courses on Transcendental Meditation and Creating an Ideal Society. (more)
Initiative launched to unify Cyprus through 100 Yogic Flyers12 October 2009 - A new initiative is underway to unify northern and southern Cyprus through the programmes of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The initiative was inaugurated on 3 October in the United Nations buffer zone, with people from both the Turkish north and the Greek south attending. The goal is to unify the divided nation through a permanent group of 100 Yogic Flyers who will create an influence of peace, harmony, and reconciliation. (more)
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Cyprus crisis ruins dying father's plans for kids9 April 2013 - A multibillion-euro bailout that cash-strapped Cyprus agreed with international creditors has rendered Bank of Cyprus shares effectively worthless, their value wiped out under the terms of a complicated recapitalization scheme. The deal spells out financial disaster from many ordinary people who built up savings are the ones facing real disaster. Cypriot authorities agreed that all bondholders, investors and savers with over 100,000 euros tied up in the country's two biggest banks -- Bank of Cyprus and Laiki -- will take massive losses as part of bailout terms. The deal with Cyprus' euro area partners and the International Monetary Fund would secure the country 10 billion euros ($12.83 billion) in rescue money. Many have felt that Cyprus became ground zero for economic experimentation of the most radical kind: allowing international creditors to raid Cypriot savings in order to protect taxpayers elsewhere from having to pay for banking mistakes. (more)
Cyprus' banks to remain closed until Thursday25 March 2013 - Cyprus has extended the closure of its banks for two more days -- until Thursday -- a sudden postponement that comes after the country's leaders spent days struggling to come up with a plan to raise the money needed to secure an international bailout. Banks in the country have already been closed for more than a week to prevent a run on deposits. All except the country's two largest lenders had been due to open Tuesday morning after the country clinched an eleventh-hour deal with the 17-nation eurozone and the International Monetary Fund to provide Cyprus with a bailout. Without that deal, the country's banks would have collapsed, dragging down the economy and potentially pushing it out of the eurozone. Under the deal reached in the early hours of Monday morning in Brussels, Cyprus agreed to slash its oversized banking sector and inflict hefty losses on large depositors in troubled banks to secure the 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout. (more)
Bank closure leaves Cyprus businesses high and dry22 March 2013 - In Cyprus, an ever increasing lack of cash is one of the many problems that are having a crippling effect on the economy as a bailout crisis keeps banks closed for more than a week. While ATMs still function and people can get cash, they run out frequently. More and more stores no longer accept credit and debit card payments. Businesses have found themselves unable to pay suppliers or their employees -- and few people want to shop in a crisis like this. The mounting problems are slowly stifling this country of just over 800,000 people. The banks have been shuttered since last weekend as frantic politicians try to avert a run on savings while they come up with a better plan to stave off bankruptcy than the one imposed by international creditors: seizing part of bank deposits. The idea that suddenly the state could dip into people's accounts and just take their money sparked outrage and fear. (more)
Ghost town hostage to Cyprus stalemate2 August 2012 - Cyprus has been ethnically separated since Turkey invaded on 20 July, 1974, and seized the northern third of territory, five days after a Greek Cypriot coup aimed at union with Greece. Varosha, part of the ancient port town of Famagusta, was taken in a second operation on 14 August, after a ceasefire. Mindful of United Nations resolutions barring resettlement, Turkey fenced off the six square km (2.3 sq miles) area, leaving it to rot. The town that once drew luxury-seeking Hollywood stars like Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor is now an eerie collection of derelict high-rise hotels, churches and residences, and the ultimate bargaining chip in the decades-long stand-off between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. In recent months, both sides have mooted re-opening Varosha, with its white sand beaches, to help break a deadlock in UN-backed reunification talks between Demetris Christofias, president of Cyprus, and Dervis Eroglu, the head of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot region. As Greek Cypriots wrangle with a banking crisis and await a February presidential election in which Christofias has said he will not run, little progress can be expected on Varosha, or any aspect of the peace negotiations. (more)
Cyprus: Need for bailout widely viewed as all but inevitable25 June 2012 - Cyprus moved to the brink of a financial bailout on Monday, announcing emergency talks on the economy that may determine whether the country seeks aid from its EU partners or looks further afield. The euro zone's third-smallest economy needs to raise the equivalent of 10 per cent of its GDP by 30 June to recapitalize its second largest bank, heavily exposed to debt-crippled Greece. With a bailout widely viewed as all but inevitable, Cyprus has for weeks been trying to juggle its options. If Cyprus -- which assumes the rotating EU Presidency on 1 July -- signs up for the EU rescue programme it will join the ranks of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, becoming by far the smallest EU state to receive aid. The recapitalization bill for Cypriot banks could potentially reach 4 billion euros. (more)
Fight for Cyprus skies invites disaster5 August 2011 - One divided Mediterranean island. Two air traffic control centres that don't communicate. Tens of thousands of airline passengers flying popular tourist routes. That potentially disastrous math hovers over Cyprus every day. Confidential reports by international aviation authorities obtained by The Associated Press warn of 'a high risk of accident' in the airspace where Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot air controllers give overlapping and contradictory instructions, confusing pilots on increasingly busy routes. The AP has uncovered details of four near misses in a large swath of Cypriot airspace sandwiched between Turkey and Egypt. Aviation analysts say that Cyprus poses a unique safety risk. 'It's unprecedented to have competing or conflicting flight instructions that have resulted in many near misses over the years,' said Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation of Alexandria, Virginia. Experts point out that Cyprus' already busy skies are getting busier -- making it an ever greater challenge to keep track of flights. (more)
Cyprus negotiators running out of time - report30 September 2009 - Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators are running out of time to avoid partition of the island that would have a huge cost and increase instability in the Mediterranean, a think tank said Wednesday. The two sides launched talks last September aimed at reunifying Cyprus, divided along ethnic lines since 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a brief Greek-inspired coup. Diplomats want a deal before a Turkish Cypriot election next year expected to bring hardliners to power. 'Failure will mean an indefinite partition, leading to more strains in EU-Turkey relations, new frictions in the east Mediterranean, less EU-NATO cooperation, acceleration of the centrifugal forces scattering the Turkish Cypriots, and new risks to the prosperity and security of Greek Cypriots,' The International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report. (more)
Cyprus runs risk of desertification: geophysicist12 January 2009 - Cyprus runs the risk of desertification by the end of this century as it feels the brunt of climate change and drought, an expert warned. Studies project a rise in summer temperatures on the east Mediterranean island of between two and four degrees this century, compared to the 1960 to 1990 reference periods. By the end of this century, Cyprus can expect an extra two months of days with temperatures exceeding 35 degrees centigrade (95 Fahrenheit) on top of the present summer months of June, July, and August. The Cyprus Institute is examining the use of concentrated solar power to co-generate electricity and potable water through desalination, technology Lange said could be used elsewhere. (more)