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Mohammad Nor, Faizah and Tumiran, Amir (2010) Teacher Trainees' Perception Of Their Lessons During Teaching Practice. Teacher Trainees' Perception Of Their Lessons During Teaching Practice . pp. 1-8. (Unpublished)
This research is about the teacher trainees' perception of their lessons during teaching practice. The purpose of this research is to investigate the perceptions of TESL teacher trainees on the effectiveness of the lesson they conducted during their teaching practice, the most frequent teaching method that was most employed during teaching practice and the technique that teacher trainees find most effective. For this purpose, a set of questionnaires were distributed to 26 third year TESL students who have done their teaching practice during their first semester. Data for this research was obtained through sets of questionnaires that were distributed by the end of their teaching practice period. The data was then analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The research findings indicate that the respondents was most likely to apply communicative base teaching whereby majority of the respondents agreed on using communicative language teaching as their main teaching principle in order to make their lesson more effective. At the end of this research, researcher found that the respondents choose communicative language teaching as their preferred teaching approach.
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Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity offers low-income families the opportunity to own a home. Becoming a Habitat homeowner requires commitment, responsibility and deep involvement.
In order to partner with us, you must meet the following preliminary criteria:
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All 3 Bedrooms have private entrances.
The Kitchen is fully equipped with all new appliances perfectly mixed with the old refurbished cabinets and the new large polished concrete island and counter tops. A perfect mix of the old and new! Sit and relax on a barstool by the Pool with a cold drink or cook a delicious meal, either way you will enjoy yourself!
Its ample outside Terrace with plenty of sitting areas for enjoying a book or the company of friends make it the perfect relaxation spot by the pool.
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- Ideal extension of the working surface of a desk. Due to the flat construction of the base, two folder folders can be placed one above the other (capacity approx. 18 folders)
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THE first Ordnance Survey maps showing new access land in Yorkshire and the North West have gone on sale.
Areas of countryside previously off-limits to ramblers were opened up on Sunday under new access laws.
The maps have been published in a bid to avoid any confusion and misunderstandings between walkers, landowners and farmers.
The updated OS Explorer Maps show the extent of the areas where people will be allowed to walk for the first time on land away from public footpaths.
The Peak District and all or large parts of West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Derbyshire and smaller parts of Cumbria, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Staffordshire are now open.
Vanessa Lawrence, OS director general, said: "We are delighted to be supporting the implementation of the new access opportunities in a very practical way, by carrying out major revisions to every OS Explorer Map in England and Wales."


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A look at Dee Gordon's MLB-best 20 stolen bases this season
Dee Gordon stole his 20th base of the season Wednesday afternoon, an impressive feat considering his Dodgers were playing in just their 35th game of the year.
Not Rickey Henderson/Vince Coleman impressive, maybe, but in a year where Reds rookie Billy Hamilton was expected to dominate stolen base headlines—the rare stolen base headlines these days—Gordon has eight more steals than anyone else in the majors. (For a little context, last year through May 7, Jacoby Ellsbury led the majors with 12 steals. In 2012, the leader through this date was Emilio Bonifacio, with 14.)
So when you're trying to compare Gordon, there's no point in comparing him to other players this year. He clearly has the best stolen-base package, thanks in large part to the completely unexpected .341 batting average that has upped his opportunities.
Instead, let's put his numbers—20 stolen bases in 23 attempts—up against other teams' stolen base numbers (team stats entering play Wednesday).
* His 20 steals are more than 13 other teams have, total.
* His 20 steals are more than the Cardinals (nine) and Marlins (nine) have combined.
* No other team has two players who have combined for 20 stolen bases. The best combos have 18 total: the Rangers (Elvis Andrus with 10 and Leonys Martin with eight) and Mets (Eric Young with 12 and Daniel Murphy with 6).
* His success rate of 86.7 percent is better than all but two teams, the Athletics (21 of 23, 91.3 percent) and the Yankees (27 of 30, 88.9 percent).
* As a team, the Tigers had just 35 stolen bases all of last year.


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Gene Simmons has baffled social media after revealing he puts ice in his cereal.
The Israeli-American KISS star, 70, shared a picture on Twitter of himself wearing a dressing gown tucking into a bowl containing two different types of cereal (identified by one Twitter user as Frosted Mini Wheats with Oreo Os) topped with milk and two hefty cubes of ice.
"Anyone else put ice cubes in their cereal?," he captioned the post to his 884,000 followers, which has since received almost 30,000 likes at time of writing.
READ MORE: The 'perfect chip' is 7cm long and straight-cut
Anyone else put ice cubes in their cereal? pic.twitter.com/lfvZr5lBjk— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) January 2, 2020
It would seem the bulk of Simmons' followers were not on board with his method, which is presumably done to keep the milk extra cold.
Gene. No. pic.twitter.com/UDevORziZY— Jess Phoenix 🌋 (@jessphoenix2018) January 2, 2020
January 2, 2020
Some were concerned that the combination would leave Simmons with watery milk, while others pointed out that milk was refrigerated and therefore cold enough already.
milk is refrigerated for a reason you monster— Count Mo (@DrMosesAB) January 2, 2020
Why does he want watered down milk? Yuck! 👅— Superfan99 (@amywatkins1977) January 2, 2020
Others suggested alternative milk-chilling methods for Simmons: freezing milk in ice cube trays instead, or chilling the bowl in the fridge.
Why not just freeze milk in an ice tray and use that so the milk won't get watered down? I do this with coffee— Prince Izzy (@izzythegypsy) January 2, 2020
Absolutely not. Try chilling your bowl if you want that milk ice cold.— Little Rad Riding Hood (@MeritaAppleHead) January 2, 2020
This isn't the first time a celebrity's strange admission about their eating habits has gone viral.
last night i had cereal with milk for the first time. life changing.— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) September 19, 2018
Who could forget entrepreneur and reality star Kylie Jenner's admission that she had had cereal with milk for the first time?
The mum-of-one described the experience as "life changing".
READ MORE: Fans queue to get their hands on Greggs' highly-anticipated vegan steak bake
Cue most of the internet wondering however else someone would consume cereal.
In other food news, last November, Jenner's half sister Kim Kardashian shared her so-called hack for melting M&Ms in the microwave.
She heats them in the microwave for 30 seconds - a process she called her "secret of life".
This is how you eat M&M's! Microwave them for 30 seconds then enjoy the melted magic! pic.twitter.com/hkaK6vaaaN— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) November 24, 2019


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CT--Cleric won't "ever be a priest again?" We doubt it.
For immediate release: Friday, Nov. 20, 2015
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests (314 566 9790, firstname.lastname@example.com)
A prosecutor claims she's been told that a Hartford priest will 'never be a priest again.' We doubt that's true.
Earlier this week Fr. Paul A. Gotta was convicted in a plea bargain of second-degree breach of peace. Next month, he faces firearms charges. He's accused of molesting a child.
Now is no time for complacency. We've seen far too many other priests – both credibly accused of crimes and proven guilty of crimes – who've been kept in or returned to parishes. (Remember: the Catholic church continues to experience a severe shortage of priests and seminarians. The pressure to keep them in the job, no matter how egregious their wrongdoing may be, is tremendous.)
We repeat what we said yesterday: Hartford Archbishop Leonard Blair should take Fr. Gotta's passport so he can't flee the country (as Fr. Augusto Cortez of the Rockville Centre diocese and dozens of other predator priests have done).
And we hope every single person who saw, suspected or suffered Fr. Gotta's crimes will call police, protect others and expose wrongdoers.
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 20,000 members. Despite the word "priest" in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
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Former East Windsor priest's plea deal may end his career
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2015 - By Alex Wood - Journal Inquirer
Although the sexual-assault case against the former administrator of East Windsor's two Roman Catholic parishes ended this week with his conviction only of a misdemeanor not involving sexual misconduct, the conviction should end his career as a priest, a prosecutor says.
The Rev. Paul A. Gotta, who formerly served at . . .
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Kathy Hearn commented 2017-03-28 06:48:07 -0500As a "Survivor" of Father Paul Gotta I'd like to post about this amazingly generous and kind priest who gave his all. He was fiscally reserved, gracefully handled the merging of two parishes that were at odds, preached from the heart with practical application in real life, and supported numerous suffering families – those experiencing loss of children and and loved ones and others like myself suffering through infidelity and divorce.
In the case of this young man, father provided emotional support to a boy who lost his mother, grandfather and was about to lose his home before finishing school. Though the boy was struggling with authority at school, father lead with trust, provided employment to help him through, a listening ear and guidance. He was rewarded with sick lies from an entitled, ungrateful and emotionally unstable young man. My personal experience of this young man were disturbing, erratic, and violent in nature with a disrespect of life and authority that runs deep withinin his psyche. Years of counseling were ineffective to his grandfathers dismay.
If this young man sees this article, I have no doubt he will lash out at me as well. It is awful that we live in fear to speak the truth In father's name. The system did a grave disservice in not providing the help this young man needed and instead turned this into a Catholic priest scandal.
Father did his best to help, and is now paying a high price for his charity and kindness.
All the facts should be made public before slandering and condemning. Angry people possessed by deep hurts lose perspective. The hurt doesn't get better destroying the innocent.
@ tweeted this page. 2015-11-20 12:44:05 -0600CT--Cleric won't "ever be a priest again?" We doubt it. http://www.snapnetwork.org/ct_cleric_won_t_ever_be_a_priest_again_we_doubt_it?recruiter_id=342


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Ken Starr: Higher Education Must Reclaim Its Soul
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A recommitment to academic rigor and morality is what universities need to get back on track, says former special prosecutor and current university president.
"Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."
This quote hails directly from the Northwest Ordinance, passed by the same Congress which approved the First Amendment, and it references the belief among Founding Fathers that the role of public schools includes promoting morality.
It's also the quote Ken Starr chose to open a speech titled "American Higher Education: Working Hard … or Hardly Working?" in Cary, North Carolina, on Thursday night. Starr's speech, sponsored by the John W. Pope Institute for Higher Education Policy, examined the state of higher education and its need for major reforms.
Starr, currently president of Baylor University, is famously known as the independent counsel who investigated the Clinton administration and authored the Starr Report, which asserted President Clinton lied under oath and led to his impeachment.
Starr, in his address, referenced the book "Excellence Without a Soul: How A Great University Forgot Education" by former Harvard law dean Harry Lewis. He paraphrased Lewis by lamenting on the loss of foundations that will help guide students on how to live and flourish as adults.
Starr recalled a story from Justice Sandra Day O'Conner, whom he joked "didn't always agree with me when I argued in front of her (as U.S. solicitor general)."
He told of how O'Conner explained a concept of judicial appointments under Federalist Paper 78 to a crowd, and when she realized they did not understand what she was talking about, she backed up, and read it to them. As he recalled her story, Starr stated, "O'Connor said that civic education had 'collapsed.' "
Starr argued there are three steps colleges can take to revamp and correct this downward slide.
First, he said, they must "commit or recommit to rigorous curricula."
"Students have decreased their study time … from 40 hours per week when I went to school to 23 hours per week," he said. "That says one of two things: those students are either not studying, or more so about what they are studying. The things they are studying might not be essential."
He cited the American Council for Trustees and Alumni, which looked at more than 1,000 public instituions and graded them on difficulty. There were only 23 A's, including Baylor. The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill received a B, while Duke University and North Carolina State University followed with C's.
At Baylor, all students are required to take three classes: American constitutional traditions, Christian scripture and Christian heritage. Starr said these courses helped strengthen Baylor's grade.
"I know that public university cannot require the religion classes," he said, "but with our Baptist background, Baylor has found these to be essential."
The second reform, Starr said, would be for higher education standards to "seek to educate for wisdom."
"What makes us human?" he said. "You, like at Baylor, could take this for a theological perspective, or from a different one at a public university. There needs to be an aim for the wise life."
Starr stressed the need for fostering meaningful relationships between faculty and students.
"These relationships need to be advocational," he said. "The mentor must ask: what are your strengths, talents or gifts? It is important that the student comes first, and we must find faculty that want to help."
The third reform, Starr said, "must be extending education into culture, to which higher education has fallen short."
"This extension must promote freedom and secure the blessing of liberty," he said. "We in higher education are taking steps to promote culture and freedom here and around the world."
He argued the university must be "a marketplace of ideas where creativity is abound, therefore students and the community can flourish to their full potential."
The good news, Starr concluded, is the "explosion of entrepreneurship degrees in higher education."


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Jordanian terrorist to be sentenced in LA for illegally obtaining US citizenship
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles valet parking attendant who spent time in an Israeli prison for attempting to blow up a bus is expected to be sentenced Friday for illegally obtaining American citizenship in 2008 by deliberately withholding his criminal record and past terrorist associations.
Vallmoe Shqaire, 51, has remained in the United States for nearly a decade after federal officials uncovered his criminal history, according to papers filed in Los Angeles federal court.
The Palestinian-born Jordanian was trained by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in bomb-making and the use of rifles and grenades, according to the government's sentencing documents.
In 1988, Shqaire and an accomplice tried to bomb the bus under the direction of the PLO, but no one was injured, prosecutors wrote. He was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1991 but was released after four years into Israeli custody, documents show.
Prosecutors indicate that Shqaire entered the United States on a visitors visa in 1999 and managed to have his citizenship application approved in November 2008.
He pleaded guilty in January to illegally obtaining U.S. citizenship. Prosecutors are recommending that U.S. District Judge John Walter sentence him to 16 months behind bars.
"By concealing his violent, terrorist conduct, defendant circumvented the procedures our immigration system depends upon," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.


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- The development of an anti-bullying intervention process at a primary school in Gauteng
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- Adam, Fatima
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- Bullying, Bullying in schools, Gauteng (South Africa)
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- Whole-school development was introduced in South Africa by the Department of Education (DoE) after 1994 as a method of effectively addressing barriers to learning. Whole-school development is an effort that requires the combined contribution of all stakeholders to manage and facilitate effective change at schools. In this respect the school is recognised as an organisation with various interdependent systems, of which all contribute to the functioning of the school. In South Africa it is evident that schools are faced with many and various barriers to learning. One such barrier, and the topic of this study, is bullying. In primary and high schools alike, bullying is rife, occurring not only on the playground but also in the classroom. Bullying is an external barrier that contributes to internal trauma, such as fear and anxiety amongst victims. These consequences then filter through to the various systems at the school, like the parents, teachers, and the school system which are negatively influenced by bullying. The result of bullying then impacts on every system at the school thus enhancing the negative consequences associated with bullying. The trauma associated to bullying has been recognised. South African researchers recommend that bullying should be addressed in order to facilitate an inclusive learning environment. In this respect whole-school development has been suggested to effectively address bullying from a systemic perspective. Although the trauma of bullying has been recognised, these researchers have all concluded that limited information is available with regard to addressing bullying in South Africa. Vorster (2002) has researched the development of anti-bullying guidelines using a whole-school approach; however these guidelines have not been applied to discuss the effectiveness of it. In this study, Vorster's guidelines are implemented with the aim of understanding the educators' experiences of using whole-school development during the process of drawing up the anti-bullying guidelines at the school. A subsidiary aim of this research is to make recommendations for future development of anti-bullying guidelines. Action research has been selected as the research design with the motivation that participatory research is aimed at providing those who experience the problem to engage in the research process with the purpose of seeking suitable solutions to the problems. It allows such people to take ownership of the process of finding appropriate solutions and thus empowering them. Whole-school development originated from the need to allow stakeholders to participate in decisions that influence their schools. It further emanated from the need to facilitate effective change in schools in an attempt to build an inclusive learning environment. Vorster's (2002) guidelines include the process of creating an awareness of bullying at the school, suggesting feedback sessions with both learners and teachers on the findings and the development of an anti-bullying committee who would be responsible for the development of the anti-bullying guidelines. In conclusion, these guidelines allowed the teachers to explore various strategies that can be implemented at the school. The research process in turn allowed the teachers to take charge of the process thus empowering them. It is apparent that each school needs to experience this approach in an attempt to contextualise and understand the school and thereafter explore feasible and realistic guidelines that are appropriate to their context. In this manner South African schools will be actively taking charge of addressing barriers to learning., Mrs. H. Krige
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Our Lady of the Snows
Feastday August 5th
Devotion to Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Snows
dates back to 352 A.D.
In that year a rectangle of snow was discovered on Mount Esquiline,
one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome
According to tradition, on the night of August 4th,
a childless aristocratic Roman couple dreamed that
the Blessed Virgin Mary instructed them to go to the Esquiline Hill
in the morning where they would find a plot of land covered with snow.
Mary told them that a church consecrated to her
should be built on the snow-covered plot of land.
On this same night, she also appeared to Pope Liberius in a dream
telling him of her desire.
The next morning the couple went to Pope Liberius
to tell him about their dream.
The pope then led a procession to the spot indicated in the dream
and discovered that snow had indeed fallen on the Esquiline Hill.
Snowfall of any sort was unheard of in Rome at that time of year.
People crowded to see the patch of snow,
which persisted despite the heat,
amazed that it had fallen in only one place.
All of Rome proclaimed the summer snow a miracle,
and the couple accepted this as a sign that
hey were to use their wealth to help build the church.
As soon as the plot for the building had been staked out
the snow melted.
On that site, the pope built a shrine to the Holy Virgin.
Originally the church was called Santa Maria ad Nives
(St. Mary of the Snows).
Later known as Santa Maria Liberiana
and then as Santa Maria ad Praesepe, because relics
of the manger of Bethlehem had been brought to the church,
the basilica eventually became known as
Santa Maria Maggiore St. Mary Major
because it is the largest of all the churches in Rome
dedicated to the Blessed Mother.
Construction on the current church structure began in the 5th century. Pope Sixtus III wished to build a church to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary after the Council of Ephesus (AD 431) had solemnly declared her to be the Theotokos,
Mother of God
The Basilica contains the Salus Populi Romani
"Protectress of the Roman People"
an ancient miraculous image of the Madonna and Infant Jesus
composed in the Byzantine style.
The image is also known as the Madonna Santa Maria ad Nives.
Salus Populi Romana [Salvation of the Roman People] is the title of this famous painting and it is rightly named because for centuries
the people of Rome have prayed before it in times of famine,
war and national crisis.
The Protectress of the Roman People has saved Rome
from numerous afflictions and dangers throughout the citys history.
Many popes and saints have been profoundly devoted to
Salus Populi Romani - Madonna Santa Maria ad Nives -
Our Lady of the Snows.
Far from Rome, in Belleville, Illinois, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate
built a shrine to Our Lady of the Snows.
The Oblates have missions in Alaska and Canada.
The present-day church is one of the largest basilicas in the world
and its Patronal Festival is held on August 5
in remembrance of the miracle of the snow.
During this celebration hundreds of white blossoms are showered
from the dome of the chapel.
Not to be missed are the thirteenth-century mosaics on biblical themes and the frescoes by Reni and Della Porta. There is an imposing Romanesque bell tower erected in 1377.
Santa Maria Maggiore has a further claim to fame.
In the seventh century a relic was brought from Bethlehem
and traditionally venerated as the manger
in which the Christ Child was laid at the first Christmas.
And so another name for the great basilica is St. Mary of the Crib.
One of the most spectacular sights which meets today's pilgrim
is the triumphal arch which extends to almost 66 feet.
It is decorated in four horizontal sections.
In the middle at the top God's throne is set in a circle,
with St. Peter and St. Paul on either side.
Above this mosaic are the symbols of the four Gospel writers.
On November 12, 1964 Pope Paul VI made a pilgrimage to the basilica and solemnly proclaimed Our Lady "Mother of the Church."
Prayer to Our Lady of the Snows
Mary, Mother of God, it is our Christian belief that all who fashion their lives in imitation of your Son, Jesus Christ, and have placed their hope in Him are gathered together in a communion of saints. Those who have gone before us live in intimate communion with Christ. You are the most eminent of them, for you were drawn into His life and being as no other. You who gave Him human life followed Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Mary, look at us. Look at all who are centered on your Son. At the present time some of his disciples are pilgrims on earth. Others have died and are being purified, while still others are in glory, contemplating 'in full light, God Himself Triune and One, exactly as He is. All of God's people hunger to be intimately one with Him.
Mary, we are the wayfarers and we hunger for this exchange of spiritual goods with you who were so intimately close to Jesus Christ. Your image, as protectress of the Roman people, reminds us that you invite us to center on Christ. Your arms embrace Jesus fully, effortlessly. Jesus, whose burden is light and yoke is easy, wishes to be as close to every individual as He is to you. You are both wayfarer and guide to us wayfarers on our pilgrimage of faith.
Teach us, Mary, to embrace Christ fully, to make Him our Way, our Truth, our Life. Teach us, Mary, to carry Christ to the world, and, each in our own way, to give Him birth in the hearts of many. Protect your people, Mary; protect your Church.
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen.
Statue Prayer image from the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Illinois


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* More than 1200 students and 500 members of the Staff participated for 58 competitions of Races,
Jumps and Throws
* The Chancellor mentioned: it's time to prepare Winners for International Competitions
* Yester-year winner of 1500 Mts Race (Men) Jaskirat Singh bagged Gold Medal this year too; Amrit Pal Kaur declared first among women
Jalandhar: Organized with the national level fervour, the 4th Annual Athletics Meet of Lovely Professional University was inaugurated today, where more than 1200 students and 500 members of the staff participated for 58 competitions. The event began with Torch Relay followed by unfurling of University Flag, release of balloons and Pigeons by the Chief Guest Mr. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor of the University. On this occasion, Chairman of the Lovely Group Mr. Ramesh Mittal, Vice Chairman Mr. Naresh Mittal, Pro Chancellor Ms. Rashmi Mittal, Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Director General, Er. HR Singla, Senior Deans, Deans of the University and other invited guests were prominently present. The Torch-Relay had started from the Chancellor's Office for the University Sports Stadium at Hardaspur Ground and was led to the Sacred Cauldron by Amit Hans, the Base Ball Gold Medal Winner for the University, held by AIU (Association of Indian Universities), as All India Inter University Championship. This two day meet will conclude with prize distribution & cultural celebrations.
Congratulating and boosting all the participants to reveal true spirit of sportsmanship for the honour of LPU and glory of Sports, the Chancellor Mr. Ashok Mittal said: "The participating students should come out with new records so as to cross hitherto kept standardized sports data at AIU Level. It is also a challenge for our Departments of Sports and Physical Education to ascertain the preparation of maximum number of students for participation at International competitions." He added: "Such organizations invigorate students' capability to take on academics more efficiently. On these lines, our university also accords scholarships to the students of such caliber and abilities. "
On this inaugural day, after the March Past by contingents of the University representing different Schools, Departments and Wings of the University, on the melodious tunes of the specially invited Punjab Police Band Team, all the participants took an oath under the leadership of Amritpal Kaur, who has already exhibited her athletic worth at All India Inter University Athletic championship. Competitors participated in the events like 100m, 400m & 1500m track race, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Long Jump, and Javelin Throw etc. The first event of the day was for 1500 meters races for men and women separately. For men, Jaskirat, Amrital, Vinod were declared winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, respectively; whereas, Amrit Pal Kaur, Roopvati, Neelam were honoured with same medals, in women category. The Department of Cultural Affairs also entertained the spectators through Butterflies Dance by Bodo Girl-students from North Eastern states, Rajasthani Dance and famous Jago and Giddha of Punjab.


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Welcome to Hotel Sonnenhof****s in Pfalzen
If you love wellness holidays, we recommend you a holiday at the Wellnesshotel Sonnenhof in Pfalzen. Enjoy the more than 5,000 square metres big garden with outdoor pool, natural swimming pond, outdoor whirlpool and children's playground, panoramic terraces and a wellness area with sauna, indoor pool, new rest room, hot whirlpool and an extensive programme of aromatic massages, beauty treatments and pleasant baths.
In addition to a paradise of well-being, in our hotel you will find a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, where you will feel immediately like at home. Our inviting and cosy rooms are tastefully furnished and equipped with every comfort. The hotel offers also many advantages for families, like the exciting programme with child care. Last but not least, our excellent cuisine that will delight you with local specialties and traditional Italian dishes every evening.
The sunny village Pfalzen is located in the nearby surroundings of the skiing and hiking paradise Kronplatz and the Dolomites. Here you can discover numerous hiking paths for the entire family in summer. Hotel Sonnenhof offers guided hiking tours as well as a rucksack and a map for walks during your stay. In winter you can enjoy the well prepared slopes of the family-friendly skiing area Kronplatz. Our guests enjoy also many advantages at the golf course in Reischach, which is reachable in a few minutes by car.
We will be glad to have you soon as our guests!


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Search for the Ultimate Street Car
Posted: Feb 05, 2015
$3,000 Ponycar Challenge in OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car
Ken Thwaits took on all comers in the inaugural season of OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car and when the dust settled, he won both his class and the overall points chase for the season. Classes have been revised for the 2015 Search and Thwaits is now looking for a new challenge. To that end, he is calling out all first-time late-model Ford Mustang Dodge Challenger owners with a $3,000 challenge.
Ken will be competing in the GT Class in OPTIMA's 2015 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, which is for 1990 and newer vehicles with a minimum 3,200-pound curb weight for two-wheel drive sedans, four-seater coupes late-model trucks. Drivers new to the series in either Dodge Challengers or Ford Mustangs built after 1989 all have a shot at the $3,000 bounty Thwaits has placed on his own head for beating him and winning the GT class. For full rules for both drivers and cars, click here. The first one to finish ahead of Ken at any one of OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car events will take home $3,000 cash.
Thwaits hopes his challenge will bring some fresh ponycar competition to OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car Series, which starts at Thunderhill Raceway on February 28th. From there, the Search heads to Texas Motor Speedway, NCM Raceway, Michigan International Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Pike's Peak International Raceway, Road America and Auto Club Speedway. If you think you have what it takes to beat Ken's Camaro in either a Challenger or a Mustang, check out the full schedule and sign up today! Some have asked what Camaro Ken will be running, but we're not sure of the answer. Thwaits ran three different Camaros in 2014 events (you can see two of them in action here) and he has a collection of more than two dozen at his disposal.
Even if you don't have a Mustang or Camaro, come on out and get in on the action. You'll have a great time on world-class racetracks and top contenders in all four classes will be invited to the 2015 SEMA Show and OPTIMA's Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Las Vegas. MAVTV will also be filming everything along the way for OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car TV Series. This is a great opportunity, so don't miss out on it and be sure to tell your friends!


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European banks will face a "substantial capital crunch" in 2014 thanks to new industry regulations, with capital shortfalls expected to be in the region of 280 billion euros ($380 billion), according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
In a report labelled "De-leverage take 2," PwC said banks' capital reserves will face three pressures next year: the Basel III capital ratio requirements, leverage ratio requirements, and the European Central Bank's (ECB's) recent Comprehensive Assessment.
The company also warned that these challenges will be compounded by further regulation from individual countries. Unable to make up the capital shortfall by the traditional methods, banks will have to raise 180 billion euros ($244 billion) in new equity, PwC added.
(Read more: ECB warns on external risks to euro zone financial system)
Miles Kennedy, a financial services partner at PwC, said European banks were about to face a turbulent number of years, and that even those outside of the eurozone and the ECB's influence were not immune.
"For banks outside the scope of the ECB, the challenges are no less intense," Kennedy wrote. "A point reinforced by the recent exchange of letters between the U.K. Chancellor and Bank of England Governor on the subject of leverage.
"Although regulators will likely give banks some breathing space to execute their plans, the markets will apply more urgent pressure and this will drive banks to continue with their urgent de-leverage programmes."
(Read more: ECB sets tests to strengthen Europe's banks)
At the end of October, the ECB introduced new regulations which stated that euro area banks would have to hold capital equivalent to eight percent of their risk-weighted assets to protect them from further economic shocks.
ECB President Mario Draghi said: "A single comprehensive assessment, uniformly applied to all significant banks, accounting for about 85 percent of the euro area banking system, is an important step forward for Europe and for the future of the euro area economy."
Kennedy said that PwC expected 2014 to mark a shift from de-leveraging on the asset side – disposa and de-risking of assets – to de-leveraging on the liability side – capital-raising and restructuring.
(Read more: Stressful times for Europe's banks)
Kennedy said that the banks needed to act sooner rather than later to deal with this issue.
"For banks which fall under the ECB Comprehensive Assessment, even though the process will not conclude until late 2014, they should not defer action until then," he wrote. "Taking action sooner rather than later could mitigate the risk of market disruption or volatility at that time and avoid the need to resort to national back-stops."
He concluded: "As ever with major regulatory changes it will be painful, but in this case the pain will be in the transition rather than in the end state. And for some there is even a chance to take a less painful path, make a virtue of necessity, and stock up with capital."


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It is time to join Scoutmaster Steve and Buttons, the radical Boy Scout, Around The Scouting Campfire. In this episode they discuss city proclamations about the Boy Scouts of America's 100th anniversary and Scouting For Food, some iTunes reviews, reasons you might be a Boy Scout, and gopher guts (the song).
Steve and Buttons thank PTC Media (http://www.ptcmedia.net) for allowing this program to be a part of the family of Scouting related podcasts. We would like to thank the Boy Scout Store (http://boyscoutstore.com) for sponsoring this show. Be sure to take a moment to check out their website. Finally, we would like to thank you, our listeners, for downloading Around The Scouting campfire.


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Photo: Kate Sears, Food Styling: Paul Grimes
We've streamined this recipe for Shrimp Chowder with canned shrimp.
How to Make It
Step 1
In a large pot, warm oil over medium heat. Add onion and celery and cook, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over vegetables and sauté for 1 minute.
Step 2
Stir in potatoes, clam juice, broth and 2 cups of water. Bring just to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes.
Step 3
Stir in half-and-half and shrimp and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.


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Debates Flare Regarding the Results of NHTSA Report - Toyota Parts Blog
During the unintended acceleration recall crisis that plagued Toyota those months ago, many specialists believed the software on the vehicle's computers were to blame, not driver error, when Toyota's cars accelerated down roadways without their driver's input, but a recent US department of Transportation report has stated that according to the black boxes located on the vehicles, the drivers were in fact pushing on the gas pedal, instead of the brake. This is a monumental moment in Toyota's recall situation, and it could change a lot of things when it comes to sales of both Toyota Vehicles and Toyota Parts
Some people, however, have come to disagree. Several authors running blogging sites around the web are refuting the legitimacy of the report, making accusations ranging all over the place, such as "Toyota 'Planted' Driver Error Story" and questioning the legitimacy of the probe.
In the actual report, it talks about the data recieved from various black boxes abord Toyota vehicles that caused or were involved in that explained the driver's reaction to various situations. According to said report, many and most incidents that were reportedly caused by unintended acceleration, were, after reviewing the data, caused by the driver simply pressing the wrong pedal.
In the end, we must think what we want to think. There have always those who thrive on destroying the reputation of others, but when the day is over, consumers must choose for themselves. Will you, as an educated buyer of Toyota Parts, secede to the angry doubted, or the company that has given you quality vehicles for generations past, and generations to come?


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This month Cache Advance has joined up with the Geocaching Vlogger for the April #GeoChallenge! This month's challenge is all about Geocaching Maintenance. (Watch the video below for more details if you haven't already) We thought we would offer you some helpful maintenance tips to help you with the #GeoChallenge of the Month.
No one likes to DNF a cache, or find only moldy mush in a broken cache container! Things can happen to any cache out in the wild: damaged container, moisture problems, full logs or they just go missing, aka getting "muggled"! Here are some maintenance tips to keep those caches looking great!
For Geocache Cache Seekers – Be a Geocaching Hero with our Maintenance Tips:
The Geocacher's Creed states "Make minor repairs if you can, it will save the owner a trip". While you are our caching we recommend keeping a few supplies on hand to make repairs and do maintenance on the caches that you find, along with your own caches! The very basics are replacement logs, baggies to keep the contents dry, and perhaps a spare pencil.
Our Dr. B's Cache Repair Kits are perfect for making many field repairs while you are on the go. You can add more items to it, such as swag, as well. When you do any maintenance on a cache that doesn't belong to you, be sure to let the owner know so you do save them a trip, and that they can also remove the "Needs Maintenance" icon from their cache listing.
If the entire cache is 'missing', we do not recommend that you replace it without the owner's permission. Perhaps you really DNFed a perfectly good cache that is just hidden well. Or perhaps the owner intends to archive the cache instead, and now they'll have to go and retrieve the throwdown that you left.
You are a geocaching hero when you do maintenance on any cache – the next cacher finder will thank you, and we all win!
Maintenance Tips For Geocache Owners:
The cache owner will assume all responsibility of their cache listings. Yes that is right; once you have placed a geocache it is your responsibility to maintain it, both physically and online too!
You should make occasional visits to your cache to ensure it is in proper working order, especially when someone reports a problem with the cache (missing, damaged, wet, etc.), or posts a Needs Maintenance log. Temporarily disable your cache to let others know not to search for it until you have addressed the problem. You are permitted a reasonable amount of time – generally up to 4 weeks – in which to check on your cache. If a cache is not being maintained, or has been temporarily disabled for an unreasonable length of time, it may be archived a reviewer.
These are your options if you receive a notification that your cache needs some attention:
- Maintenance: Visit your geocache, make any needed repairs, and post an "Owner Maintenance" log so the community knows it's available to find. If your cache was fine, please indicate so with the "Owner Maintenance" as well. The "Owner Maintenance" log cancels out any existing "Needs Maintenance" attributes on the cache page.
- Disable: If you cannot check on your geocache within a reasonable amount of time, please disable your geocache listing. Once you perform maintenance, you can enable it and post an "Owner Maintenance" log.
- Archive: If you decide it is time for your geocache to be permanently retired, please archive the listing and retrieve all physical stages. It is sad to see a cache go, but sometimes either a hide just becomes too 'high maintenance' or it has outlived its time since most cachers in the community have already found it. Perhaps opening up the territory will help another cacher to hide a new cache nearby.
To log any of these actions, visit your geocache page listing and select "Log your visit." The options to post Owner Maintenance, Temporarily Disable or Archive are all options from the next page.
The "Needs Maintenance" icon will show on your geocache listing if it has been reported by the community as needing maintenance. Geocachers see this icon as a sign that your geocache may not be in good condition and they may skip trying to find it.
Once you have made repairs, post an "Owner Maintenance" log on your geocache page. This log removes the Needs Maintenance icon.
Additional reminders for geocache owners:
- Replace the container if the current one is in bad condition
- Make sure that that your container is watertight
- If any of the contents are wet, dry them off or replace them
- Check that there is enough space left in your logbook
- If your geocache is not accessible due to weather or another issue, note this on the geocache page
- Mark Trackables as "missing" if they are listed in the inventory but no longer are in the cache
The responsibility of your listing includes quality control of posts to the cache page too. We recommend that you delete any logs that appear to be bogus, counterfeit, off topic, or otherwise inappropriate.
Have fun out there while you are caching, and if we all pitch in a little on everyone's caches, we all win!
Do you have any additional cache maintenance tips that you could share with us? Please do so in the comments!


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Edelkrone Slider Plus. Twice As Nice For $499
The people over at Edelkrone have some killer design ideas. The latest is the Slider Plus. The new slider will give you two feet of effective travel with a one foot footprint. The entire sled travels with the camera while mounted on a tripod. However, on the deck the slider only gives you one foot of travel. This innovative system will be great for travel gigs and confined sets. The Edelkrone Slider Plus will set you back around $499 US.
Here is a rip from the NoFilmSchool post.
Specs below.
- Ultra Portable: Slider Plus is the only 2 feet slider in the world that you can fit in your backpack.
- Lightweight: Thanks to Slider Pluses unique design it uses only half the amount of rails to achieve the extra long distances it goes. So you carry half the weight you would normally carry around.
- Smooth Start and Stop: Slider plus moves as a whole. So more mass travels when you operate the slider. This gives smoother and very natural starts and stops compared to the regular slider designs.
- Ready for the motorized motion control unit.: Slider Plus has a port on its side to attach the "motorized motion control module". It is convenient for repeating the same shot or time lapse projects.
- Longer dolly-in/out range: When shooting dolly-in/out style, slider plus gives double the range compared the regular slider designs. When you pull the camera back the rails also retracts and they don't interfere with the shots.
- Works both on tripods and on ground: Thanks to the 4 height adjustable knobs under the slider plus it works on ground too. Slider Plus delivers 2 ft travel on tripod and 1 ft travel on ground.
- Quick Drag Adjustment and Locking: Quickly and conveniently adjust the amount of drag you want for better speed control. Or lock completely in any position with a flick of a knob.


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Standvejen 4
9000 Aalborg
Phone:35 12 33 31
The idea behind Restaurant Fusion is to combine the cuisine from Europe and Asia when creating modern, luxurious yet healthy food based upon fresh produce from Denmark and Asia.
Parking is available nearby, along the harbour area.
Read more about Restaurant Fusion in Aalborg...
Standvejen 4
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" Turning Back Clock on Chronic Diseases thru Triking"
I refer to Ian Sims of Greenspeed as my "Enabler". He has been the key in crucially enabling me to turn back the clock on my chronic diseases.
My story in brief: "My Name is Peter James a 62 year old disabled man. I was diagnosed in Oct 1995 with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) an insidious incurable autoimmune disease affecting the central nerve system. This was the beginning of a rapid decline in mobility, and with associated health issues forced me to early retirement at age 54 in January 2006 from a role I enjoyed. I have secondary progressive MS and also T2 Diabetes and Osteoporosis. I had gradually become obese thru a sedentary life style thru increasing disability from the ravages of MS. Pre MS I was very active running every day, played basketball twice weekly and sail boarded etc.
By late 2007 I was using two crutches, and often a wheelchair to move around. Life had become very difficult for my family and me with my level of disability, frequent falls, frequent hospitalisation, inability to safely climb steps etc. All this impacted heavily on my family and primary care and much loved wife Kaye. I had often been told in rehabilitation sessions I must exercise more to try and keep myself out of a wheelchair fulltime, a likely outcome at that time.
I could not ride a bicycle due to my poor balance and very limited leg movement. I knew I had to find a way to exercise. I had seen recumbent tricycles in my travels before retirement. A web search found Greenspeed right here in my hometown of Melbourne. What a lucky breaks this turn out to be for me. After perusing Greenspeed's website I sensed here might be a way for me to get outdoors and exercise again. Etched into my memory is the day in August 2007 I went to Greenspeed and met Ian Sims who immediately recognised my disabilities and condition. He showed me the Anura delta recumbent trike, put me on it fitting a Hase pedal and leg brace for my right leg which I drag and had no ankle movement in at that time. I can tell you the first short ride in the car park with Ian gave me a warm buzz of freedom and mobility I had lost over the recent years. I purchased my first recumbent tricycle from Ian and I still have my much loved Anura which carried me over 23,000 kilometre's over ~4 ½ years, it is now in retirement. I still ride it occasionally for sentimental reasons and given the journey we have been on together is a great testament to the durability of Greenspeed product.
When I first took the Anura home I could barely ride out of the end of our short street up a small incline, a distance of around 500 metres. I doggedly persevered riding every morning. I could notice small gradual improvements which greatly encouraged me. Every few days I would go a little further. By late 2008 I decided with much apprehension to attempt a 40 kilometre charity ride for MS, below is a photo taken at the start point with a couple of good friends in support and myself on my two crutches then with the Anura in front of me.
Well I completed the ride raising $8,240 in the process and was the highest individual fund raiser for the event, a very satisfying and encouraging ride".
Now fast forward to the present: "I have now ridden more than 42,000 kilometres over the past 6 years. I now use one walking stick and often don't need this to walk short distances. Have sold the wheelchair! I can again mow our lawns and maintain our garden, have significant movement back in my right ankle, can climb stairs, swelling in my right leg all gone. Lost over 20 kilos, control T2 diabetes thru diet and exercise riding 18 kilometres plus every morning. With calcium supplements and exercise thru riding the osteoporosis is now improved to osteopenia and continuing to build bone mass lost thru past treatments for MS.
Riding recumbent trikes has given me back my life, big time. My wife and I now have a caravan and each year spend the winter months touring tropical northern Australia cycling everywhere once we setup camp. I could not have done these 6 years ago. My neurologist, cardiologist and MS rehabilitation team are all absolutely delighted with my improved health and mobility. I am the big winner here, when you have lost mobility and health to the stage I had and then turn this around, well sometimes I need to pinch myself to be sure I am not dreaming!
With my improved mobility and weight loss I can now get down onto and up from the lower tadpole type recumbent trikes. I am currently riding a fast and fun Greenspeed SLX while a new trike, an Aero 20 is being custom built for me by Ian and his team at Greenspeed.
Now a bit about Ian and his team many may not know, I have often been at their workshop here in suburban Melbourne and seen all types of trikes being modified to suit many people with disabilities in our community including returning soldiers injured in active duty missing limbs. I reckon this is just a fantastic aspect which I also have been a beneficiary of.
So now you know why I call Ian the "Enabler". He and his team have enabled me and supported me in getting my life back!" The Greenspeed motto of "Get Out There" says it all for me.
If anyone reading this story would like more information about my journey and experience or any help I might be to them then please feel free to contact me either through Ian Sims at Greenspeed or at my email address firstname.lastname@example.com


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What you get with Mambeno
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Saves you from the brain-wracking at the cooler and gives your shopping and cooking a system.
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Fewer impulse purchases = savings on your shopping.
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Gail Emms Mixed Doubles Masterclass
Gail Emms MBE, Olympic Silver medalist and Badminton Legend is coming to Abbeydale Park Badminton Club on 15th May 2017 to deliver a Mixed Doubles Masterclass.
7.45-9.15pm Mixed Doubles Masterclass
9.15-9.45pm Q & A session
ONLY 7 places left!!!
If this doesn't work please try on ClubRackets.com
Gail Emms MBE is an icon of British sporting success.
Former world champion and having won a silver medal at the Athens Olympic Games with mixed badminton doubles partner Nathan Robertson, the sporting star can now look back on a career that saw her reach the very top of her sport.
As one of Britain's inspiring Olympians, Gail Emms MBE represents the very best of the nation's sporting offering. Playing badminton from the age of four, she has shaped her career around the sport and began representing her country in 1995.
Her appearances in both women's and mixed doubles tournaments has seen her awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals and she consistently achieved results that saw her reach the top of the world rankings.
Inspired by her family's love of sport, Gail Emms MBE was destined for a glittering career. Now retired from professional competition, she has turned her attentions to sharing the hugely positive impact that sport can have on life and well-being, working as an ambassador for sport and inspiring young people to be more active.
Career Stats
1995 – Represented England against China
2002 – Bronze medal at Manchester Commonwealth Games
2002 – Gold medal at Manchester Commonwealth Games in mixed team doubles.
2004 – Gold medal at European Championships in Geneva
2004 – Olympic Silver Medallist Badminton Mixed Doubles – Nathan Robertson
2006 – Gold medal at World Championships in Madrid
2006 – Commonwealth Champion Mixed Doubles
2006 – World Champion Mixed Doubles
2006 – European Champion Ladies Doubles
6 times National Mixed Doubles Champion
5 times National Ladies Doubles Champion
68 Caps for England
Number 1 in the World Rankings Mixed Doubles 2005 – 2006
2005 All England Champion Mixed Doubles
Awarded MBE in June 2009 for her services to Badminton


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The editors of varnachitram.com had a brief conversation with actor Vineeth recently. We talked about his present movies and about the film industry in general.
Varnachitram.com: One of the recent movies you have been working on was Rathri Mazha, directed by Lenin Rajendran starring Meera Jasmine. Can you tell us a bit about the movie, your role in it. Can you also tell us your experience in working with Lenin Rajendran and Meera?
Vineeth: Rathri Mazha is a very interesting theme. I play the role of Harikrishnan, a contemproary dancer who due to fate lives his life on a wheel chair as he is paralysed below hip. The movie is about how Meera the role played by Meera Jasmine comes in his life. It is a very serious film with amazing music by Ramesh Narayan. This is my second film with Lenin Rajendran,the first one being Daivathinte Vikruthikal. It was a pleasant experience working with him as he is an experienced and senior director. This is my first film with Meera Jasmine, a very versatile actress by herself. It was a great experience working with one of our talented heroines. A very friendly and simple girl in person with amazing talent of histrionics.
vc: Another blockbuster movie in which you acted was Chandramukhi with Rajnikanth. How did you get this opportunity? Can you tell us about your experience working with him, Prabhu, and Jyothika.
Vineeth: Due to film commitements when director Fazil offered me the same role in the original Manichitrathazhu in 1993 culd not accept it. By gods grace the same role was offered to me after 13 years in Chandramukhi. I was suggested for the role by none other than the great Rajnikanth. It was a great honour working with the legend and felt privileged to work with director P.Vasu, Prabhu sir and Jyothika. I was accepted by the Tamil dance world through Chandramukhi as I got an opportunity to perform the superhit song ra ra in the film.
vc: Past few years we saw you in two good songs. One was Chentharmizhi in Perumazhakkalam and the other was Kalabham Tharaam in Vadakkumnathan , both with Kavya Madhavan. Except for some rare appearances like this, we don't get to see much of you in movie, except for an occasional guest role or in a movie like Moonamathoral. Any reasons?
Vineeth: I select from the roles I get,even if its just a song. If the character has something important to contribute to the film I accept it,and of course working with directors who are experienced is a learning experience for any artiste.
vc: Even after three decades, both Mammotty and Mohanlal are going strong. Due to this, we don't see many new stars in the film industry. In Tamil, there are superstars and megastars like Kamal and Rajni, but there are also a strong lineup of young actors like Vijay, Ajith, Simbu, Arya, Jeeva, etc. Why is such a phenomenon not happening in Malayalam in your opinion?
Vineeth: Mammotty and Mohanlal are two of the most talented actors in india and of great inspiration to all young actors including me for their tremendous calibre in acting. Even Malayalam has a strong line up of young actors as you know and the success of films like Classmates proves the versatality of the younger actors.
vc: What are the factors on which you decide to act in a movie? Do you look at the filmmakers or do you read the script or are there any other factors.
Vineeth: Lot of factors – the script ,the director, an organised production set up with an efficient producer and most important the role I perform. I should be confident in playing it.
vc: One of your most memorable movies for us was Sargam. It had an excellent story, divine music and wonderful acting from everyone. Even though it did not have any superstar, it became a big hit. The same about Nakhakshathangal. Now a days we dont get to see such movies. Do you think we don't have talented writers?
Vineeth: There are talented writers its just that not everyone gets an opportunity. It is a passing phase and definitely lot more meanigful films will be made for sure.
vc: Now a days people get entertainment from TV channels are they are reluctant to go to movie theatres. Film Makers don't recognize this and continue to make the same repeated theme of big-hearted-brother, political movies or stupid comedy movies. Why are our film makers not attempting to make innovative and interesting movies?
Vineeth: I am an actor,so I guess u should ask this question to a filmmaker.
vc: Like Tamil and Hindi movies, now you see Malayalam film songs being picturized in Singapore, Thailand and New Zealand. Does such gimmicks help?
Vineeth: It is the story and the sript that matters to the audience. Even if you go to moon and shoot a song it won't make an impact if it does not gel with the storyline.
vc: What are your future projects?
Vineeth: At present finishing the film Raathri Mazha. A couple of projects which are being discussed and a Hindi film to be directed by Priyadarshan .
vc: Do you still keep up with your passion – dancing? If so who is your Guru now?
Vineeth: I am doing my advanced training in Bharathanrithyam which is a classical dance style revived by my revered guru Padmabhushan Dr. Padmasubrhamanyam.I am also doing lot of dance programs in India and abroad.


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Producer Joe of WGRD's radio program Free Beer & Hot Wings Show has apparently had enough of the wave of fake veteran panhandlers allegedly hitting up Grand Rapids, Michigan for money. Last week, he targeted one of the fake hobos with a big cardboard sign that said "Liar."
The self-appointed Hobo Truth team then ultimately used the Producer Joe WGRD stunt to raise $2,170 for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
The idea started with a report from WZZM 13, a West Michigan news station which stated that panhandling in the area had exploded after a federal ruling in summer 2012 "declaring panhandling to be a Constitutional right."
Don't hate on me. That's their phrase. I'll assume that the feds ruled that bums, like anybody else, have the right to ask me a question.
And I, like anybody else, have the right to say hell no if the question is, "Can I haz cheezburger?"
Be that as it may, WZZM 13 is clearly fired up about the panhandlers that they said infested not just the inner city of Grand Rapids, Michigan but also area suburbs.
In particular, they interviewed one bogus beggar called Rudy who isn't a vet but who says he is to increase the take from his downtown corner where he begs for money.
Asked if he felt bad about the lie, Rudy told reporter Hannah Saunders, "No. Uh, yeah, in a way… you got to make money somehow; it's better than robbing people and doing drugs as far as I'm concerned."
And that got Producer Joe at WGRD fired up as well.
On Wednesday, he showed up on Rudy's corner with a big sign that said "Liar." You can see their confrontation on the station's video footage right here.
With his hustle busted, Rudy took off.
But then Joe decided to see for himself how good the corner really was. WIth cameras rolling, on Thursday he panhandled the corner himself, with all funds destined for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
He raised over $1,000 from passerby — and Producer Joe's WGRD radio station itself doubled the money, resulting in a $2,170 payday for the real veterans.
Does that mean that Rudy was raking in thousands of dollars a week from that corner? Before you quit your day job, I'm just gonna say I doubt it.
I live in New Orleans and used to commute to Las Vegas, and I'm reasonably sure that nobody would work in either town if all you had to do was stick your hand out. I've known some people to boast about their panhandling take, but my inspection of their lifestyle suggested to me that it was just a boast.
I doubt the people who gave to Producer Joe's campaign would have given as generously to a real, smelly, drunken, alcoholic bum.
WZZM talked to one woman who said she earned $20 an hour but, eh, I don't even believe that.
In other words, I think WGRD did a cool thing in raising some money for real veterans. But I'm kinda skeptical that the bum they busted was taking much money with his pitiful scam.
What's your reaction to the Producer Joe WGRD "Hobo Truth" fake veterans bust?
["Why Lie It's For Beer photo credit: alberthuynhphoto via photopin cc]


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Attached is the election end cycle report, it includes: ballot summary, district voting summary, post-office summary and incident summary. As with all elections, the information is provided to the board of directors and concludes the election cycle.
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There are a number of reasons why couples may seek a divorce. One is abuse. Physical abuse by one spouse to the other, or to the couple's children, is a very valid reason to seek a divorce. However, if you plan to leave an abusive spouse, you are probably quite concerned about the potential outcome of your divorce and any custody proceedings.
The non-abusive parent may worry about the potential for the children ending up unsupervised in the care of the abusive parent. After all, even if all that rage has so far been directed at you, you will have no way of knowing when your ex might decide to take his or her frustrations out on your children.
The courts want to do what's best for the children
In every divorce case in Colorado, the guiding consideration while determining custody is always the best interest of the children involved. In healthy families, that usually means having an ongoing relationship with both parents, potentially in a 50/50 shared custody situation outlined in a parenting plan. In cases of abuse, however, the children's best interest could include living with the non-abusive parent full time.
If the courts determine that your spouse has engaged in abuse toward the children, a claim that requires credible evidence, the courts might not allow the abusive parent to share in physical custody or decision making. Similarly, if there is evidence that one parent has routinely abused the other, that can also impact custody determinations. While there is potential for shared decision-making or visitation, the courts generally do not allocate physical custody to the abusive parent, especially if the children witnessed the abuse.
Documenting abuse can be key to a positive outcome
If you simply advise the courts of the abuse you experienced without any kind of documentation, it could become a "he said, she said" situation, which may not produce the results you hope for. In cases where the abuser is charismatic, it may not be initially evident to those who interact with him or her that there is a very dark side to their nature. Court officials and even psychologists can end up tricked by an abuser in some cases.
Ideally, you have records from law enforcement that reflect domestic disturbances and even assault and battery by your spouse. Failing that, as many victims of abuse feel too frightened to report anything, medical records and images of the injuries that result from the abuse could help substantiate your claims of abuse.
Similarly, a personal record of the abuse and testimony from people ranging from your neighbors to your closest confidants could help you convince the courts of what has happened behind the closed doors of your marital home.


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In the recent past, people have become more aware of how they hurt the environment; this is why we have thousands of websites, like OnAir, and thousands of organizations to help us see how we affect the Earth and its delicate ecosystems. As more of us are starting to lean towards more eco-friendly products, companies have noticed this and are rapidly creating products that will please consumers. But in Peachtree City, Georgia, there is already a product that is rare for a family not to have: golf carts.
The intended use for golf carts is self explanatory: they are used by golfers to save time and not walk to all eighteen holes. They are charged electrically, and most models used nowadays do not use any gasoline, which would emit harsh chemicals into the air. In Peachtree City, where I live, people use golf carts as a major source of transportation. More than 9,000 households own golf carts– more than any city in the world! This lowers air pollution, while also providing a more scenic road to take. Golf cart paths cut through some of the forests, but are skillfully made to leave as many trees up as possible. There are approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) of golf cart paths that web throughout Peachtree City.
At one of the local high schools, more golf carts are driven to school than cars and buses combined! Students and teachers are encouraged to drive golf carts due to limited parking space; the plus is improving the air quality. This is not the only city that is practicing eco-friendly transportation. Lafayette, Louisiana and Goldsboro, North Carolina are two cities outside of Georgia that practice this, but there are not many other cities that actually do. Less than twenty cities in the United States have most of their population owning and driving golf carts.
Peachtree City has been ranked in the Top 100 places to live in the United States for six years, usually at a very high ranking. It is awarded this prize along with other factors, but its environmentally friendly transportation has contributed a lot to its ranking. Maybe you can try to introduce this eco-friendly way of transportation to your community and other people around it. If you can do this or attempt to, know that you are a responsible person that cares for their environment. Safe driving!
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"Happiness is never perfect until it is shared".
School is the prime place where the art of living is taught. Academic excellence and other school activities are not the only main goals of education. Character formation and personality development are also significant aspects of schooling. School life aims at socialization, widening of the outlook, inculcating the virtues of sincerity, truthfulness, tolerance and discipline etc. In School, students are moulded and chiseled to become useful and productive persons in the society. A child is an uncut diamond; he is chiseled and polished to be set in the jewellery of life.
In school, students learn how to be happy in life; self giving is a great source of joy. Giving contains double happiness, it makes both the giver and receiver happy.
Service and Social works are main means of self giving to spend one's time, energy, health, money, wisdom, etc for others, and thus be happy in the happiness of others. It is a rare virtue to find satisfaction in making others happy. Great people are those who sacrificed their lives for the betterment of others. Spread happiness and thus make life fruitful and successful.
All the activities in the school help in fulfilling the youthful desires. Teacher's role is to guide the students in the right path and remove all the evils from them by sowing the seeds of good qualities in them.


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You know The Time Bum digs the NTH Subs series. I liked them in 2016, I liked them in 2017, and I like what I am seeing for 2018 too. On Monday, September 3, at 12:00 PM GMT (8:00 AM EDT) NTH will release the latest variants for sale at the mothership JanisTrading.com, as well as the following retail partner websites:
USA - WatchGauge.com,
EU - SeriousWatches.com,
UK - PageandCooper.com, and
Singapore - Watch Wonderland.
[Don't forget that both Janis Trading and WatchGauge will be at District Time, Sunday, September 30, 2018, from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM at 421 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC.]
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The watches being released are the Näcken Renegade, the Scorpène Blue, the full-lume dial Näcken Vintage White, the Bahia, the Skipjack, and two new unisex designs, the Dolphin, available in Magenta or Ice. They are also offering two special edition models exclusively through two retail partners: The Holland will be sold at SeriousWatches.com, and the Nazario Sauro will be sold only at WatchGauge.com.
Prices will range from $625 - $650 based on the model (see below). Delivery is targeted for late-October*, just 6 to 8 weeks from pre-order, with the exception of the Holland, which should be delivered in mid-November.
Now, before you think they are just the same old Subs with snazzy new dials, you should know that NTH has made significant improvements to the bracelet since the previous release based on customer input, including thicker links, slightly shorter links to improve and comfort, repositioning the center links so that those links can pivot at both ends, oval links with convex-curved inner surfaces, and softer edges. In addition, they have produced a new, sturdier clasp with a chamfered top edge, and twice as many micro-adjustment positions.
New NTH Subs:
- Näcken Renegade (pronounced "nehk-ehn"), $650. Optional date window.
- Scorpène Blue (pronounced "skohr-pehn"), $625. No date.
- Näcken Vintage White (also pronounced "nehk-ehn"), $650. Optional date window.
- Bahia, $625. Optional date window.
- Skipjack, $625. Optional date window.
- Dolphin (Ice & Magenta), $650. These are the first unisex designs. Optional date window.
Special Editions
- Holland, $650 sold by Serious Watches. No date.
- Nazario Sauro, $625. A Red-white-and-blue, full-lume, California-dial exercise in needless excess. Limited to 50 pieces. Optional date window.
Shared Specs:
Case Material:
316L Stainless Steel
Solid, 316L Stainless
Display Crystal:
Double-domed anti-reflective sapphire (internal double-layer)
Water Resistance:
30 ATM / 300 meters
120-click, unidirectional, with lumed stainless steel insert*
Bezel Insert:
Steel with Lumed Markers
Case Diameter:
40mm (without crown)
Case Length:
Case Thickness:
Lug Width:
Weight w/ bracelet:
5 ounces/143 grams (with bracelet sized to ~7")
Miyota cal. 9015 Automatic
-10~+30 seconds/day
Beat Rate:
Power Reserve:
More than 42 hours
2 years from date of delivery or 5 days from sale, transferrable with record of sale.
Sizable from ~5.5in/~14cm to ~8.5in/~22cm
*All the Subs' inserts are PVD or DLC coated with the thickest application. The black inserts are all DLC. The other colors are PVD.
Model Specific Specs:
Matte black with printed Superluminova "Natural" lume.
Dark Gun-metal gray with BG W9 Superluminova
Dolphin Ice
Silver sunburst with applied indices, BG W9 lume
"Clear-coat" stainless with BG W9 Superluminova
Dolphin Magenta
Magenta sunburst with applied indices, BG W9 lume
with BG W9 Superluminova
Näcken Renegade
Blue-to-black "fumé" color-fade with vertical brushing and glossy finish with printed BG W9 indices and minute track.
Black DLC with BG W9 markers
Näcken Vintage White
Full-lume C3 Superluminova dial with "rice paper" texture and printed black indices
Black DLC with BG W9 markers
Scorpène Blue
Sunray blue color-fade with printed BG W9 hours and minutes.
Blue with BG W9 markers
Glossy "enamel" black with printed C3 indices
"Ultra-Black" DLC with C3 lume.
For a better look, check out this introduction featuring a high-res 3-D of each watch and a unique video of all the new watches. ⬩


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Dan O'Brien is an owner of the Cheyenne River Ranch just west of the Badlands National Park and North of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He lives and shares his life on the ranch with his wife Jill, and their old friend Erney Hersman.
Dan has been a wildlife biologist and rancher for more than thirty years. He is also one of the most celebrated falconers in America today, and was a prime mover in the restoration of peregrine falcons in the Rocky Mountains in the 1970s and 80s.
Dan is one of the most powerful literary voices on the Plains. Described by the New York Times as "a writer with a keen and poetic eye…", his novels include, The Spirit of the Hills, In the Center of the Nation, Brendan Prairie, The Contract Surgeon, The Indian Agent and Stolen Horses. Dan's memoirs on falconry, The Rites of Autumn and Equinox, are intimate and revealing explorations of his life-long search for wildness on the Great Plains. Dan's other non-fiction book, Buffalo for the Broken Heart explores the history of his ranch and the conversion from beef to buffalo, was chosen for One Book South Dakota in 2009. Dan's latest non-fiction book, Wild Idea – Buffalo & Family in a Difficult Land is a sequel to Buffalo for the Broken Heart.
Dan is a two-time winner of the National Endowment for the Arts' individual artist's grant, a two-time winner of the Western Heritage Award, and a 2001 recipient of the Bush Creative Arts Fellowship.
In addition to writing, Dan divides his time between working on the ranch, teaching ecology, and writing and serving on the Black Hills branch of The Nature Conservancy.
Jill's culinary career began on a South Dakota dairy farm where, as a child, participation in "kitchen chores" wasn't optional. But, something stuck, and food became her passion.
She started her hospitality career working in a variety of positions learning all facets of the restaurant industry. In 1989, she started her own business with a personalized catering service and has owned and managed three restaurants. Jill has served and catered for a wide variety of celebrities in the Black Hills and beyond.
Jill has spent many hours in the Wild Idea test kitchen experimenting with and formulating recipes. Jill says, "The food industry is constantly changing and although the finished product is the ultimate goal, it's the quality and consistency of the product to begin with that determines your success. Wild Idea Buffalo meat will certainly add to the success of your meal, not just in taste, but also in the health benefits it offers, no matter what the trend."
In addition to managing Wild Idea Buffalo Company, Jill also operates the Cheyenne River Ranch eco-tourism business and assists on the ranch. In her free time, you can find her in the kitchen formulating new recipes or taking ranch and food photographs for the Wild Idea Buffalo Company.


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Asia's leading source of security and threat news
These search results are from across the Techday network of sites
19 Sep
It's hard talking to children about online safety, parents say
Some parents may be worried about what their children are doing online, but they don't talk to their children enough about the issue.
09 Sep
Number of attacked medical devices declines globally, but not in APAC - Kaspersky
Medical devices include all servers, computers, mobiles and tablets, IoT gadgets, and hospital machines that are connected to the internet inside a healthcare facility.
07 Sep
Southeast Asia a hotbed for phishing attacks
Kaspersky detects over 14 million phishing attempts in Southeast Asia for H1 2019.
02 Sep
People just can't let go of old Windows operating systems
Consumers and businesses worldwide are hanging on to older operating systems like Windows XP and Windows 7, despite the fact that many of those operating systems are no longer supported.
02 Sep
Over 50% of incident response requests occur after damage complete – Kaspersky
It is often assumed that incident response is only needed in cases when damage from a cyber-attack has already occurred and there is a need for further investigation.
26 Aug
Ransomware modifications double year-on-year in Q2 2019 - Kaspersky
According to Kaspersky data, 232,292 unique users were targeted by such attacks – 46% more than a year ago, in Q2 2018 (158,921).
21 Aug
The dark side of apps: Security threats on the rise
"Think about it, unsecured Wi-Fi, spoofing, phishing attacks, ransomware, spyware... mobile devices make for the perfect target."
16 Aug
Kaspersky opens first Transparency Center in APAC
The company's third code review facility will be located in Malaysia's Cyberjaya, alongside key cyber-related government agencies and companies in the country.
07 Aug
DDoS attacks on the rise despite taking a summer break
"Traditionally, troublemakers who conduct DDoS attacks for fun go on holiday during the summer and give up their activity until September."
05 Aug
430,000 people hit with financial malware
Financial malware, that is malware that targets finances, cryptocurrencies and web-money services, has increased by 7% from the same period last year, according to new research from Kaspersky.
22 Jul
FaceApp: Pro version scams, privacy concerns
Along with the viral potential of its popular filters, FaceApp has of late, generated a huge wave of media attention amid concerns about online privacy.
17 Jul
Singapore 11th for cyber threats sources, says Kaspersky
Kaspersky Security Network has uncovered more than two million incidents originating from servers located in Singapore in the 2Q19.
02 Jul
People and data privacy: The insights (and contradictions)
39% of people would take money in exchange for giving a stranger complete access to their private data online.
28 Jun
Underground cybercrime industry for cheating continues to grow
As a result to increasing exam pressure, grade hacking services and fake diplomas are becoming more easily available online, according to new Kaspersky research.
05 Jun
Kaspersky rebrands, unveils new logo
The two-decade-old company says it has moved beyond the antivirus laboratory to having an advanced and comprehensive portfolio
08 May
Kaspersky Lab signs on Dicker Data for A/NZ
"As the threat landscape continues to evolve and change each day, security has remained a top priority for our partners." - David Dicker.
05 Nov
Universities seeing rise in DDoS attacks
Overall, between July and September, DDoS botnets attacked targets in 82 countries.
16 Oct
Small businesses repeatedly falling victim to ransomware - Kaspersky
Many SMBs have fallen victim to multiple attacks – with 37% having experienced two or three infections.
02 Oct
Exclusive: A better future for women in cyber security
"We aim to encourage women to get more involved in the security technology space."
01 Oct
Exclusive: The major risks of cyber Balkanization
"The cyber world is falling apart and the united internet we're used to is ceasing to exist."
28 Sep
Exclusive: Will there always be a human-factor in cyber security?
"I think the majority of sophisticated malware can't be uncovered by machines."
27 Sep
Exclusive: The white hat hackers making sure your internet stays safe
"Our goal is to secure the internet, help solve global problems and apprehend sophisticated threats."
24 Sep
How to address Australia's alarming cyber security shortage
"To address the cyber security skill shortages in Australia, CySCA aims to promote cyber security as a career option."
24 Sep
Cybersecurity for dummies: How to minimise the risk of data loss
"The value of the data you cannot touch is more than the price of the device you can hold."
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