text:
Rent or Buy a Villa in Victory Heights Dubai
Victory Heights luxury Villas
Victory Heights is Located in the heart of Dubai Sports City, the world's first integrated sports city, Victory Heights redefines everyday living. Victory Heights was diligently planned with an enviable mix of sporting, recreational and community facilities, there's no end to the world-class benefits provided by this desirable community.Victory Heights offers a collection of stylish homes from grand villas to distinctive townhouses designed in authentic Spanish Andalusian, bold Mediterranean or classic European styles. Victory Heights is set within an oasis of serenity covering 25 million square feet, your spacious home at Victory Heights provides natural privacy and calming views over the colourful landscaped grounds and the manicured fairways of the stunning golf course. The centrepiece of Victory Heights, a par 72 championship golf course, provides a dramatic backdrop of flowing greenery and glistening lakes. Designed by South African golfing legend Ernie Els.
Besides providing an unprecedented sporting and fitness experience, a hallmark of Victory Heights is the comprehensive range of community facilities on offer. Stop off at the community centre for your grocery shopping, meet up with friends at a café, or take the kids to one of the carefully maintained parks or playgrounds. Furthermore, the education of your children has been well catered for with a nursery and the famous Bradenton Prep Academy which is opening September this year, together with the football, cricket and hockey academies. At Victory Heights you will find everything your family needs, all within easy reach.
See our selection of villas for sale and for rent in Victory Heights Dubai.
Victory Heights Local Knowledge
Lindsay Cooper, has been an owner and resident in Victory Heights for over four years and has been involved in the Dubai Property Market, through investment and employment for over ten. This gives her a unique understanding and insight in to Victory Heights and the local area and she strives to provide the best possible service for her fellow Victory Heights Residents!
m: +971 50 874 8729
l: +971 4 4487664
e: email@example.com


text:
Cbd Oil For Anxiety Study Reviews Other Important Benefits
If you are not familiar with the concept of CBD oil, it is a non-psychoactive supplement that aims to treat disorders, especially mental illnesses. This supplement is made up of high CBD content and low THC content which means that you would not be able to experience being high when using it. In this article, bestcbdoilforanxiety.org we will discuss the different benefits that it can give to a person.
Why Does CBD Oil Important.
If you look on the internet, you can see some people who talk about cbd oil for anxiety reviews. You can see how beneficial CBD oil can be to a person by just looking on other people's feedbacks regarding the said supplement. Therefore, what does this supplement can do to a person? Does it really give positive results? Is it really helpful for a person suffering a certain illness?
Here are some of the other important benefits of CBD oil:
• Paranoia – Paranoia is defined as the continuous thinking about a certain fear that may later lead to mental issues. Common kind of fear involves the accusation against a person that he or she might do something harmful to you. Due to the relaxing and calming effects of CBD, it could also be a good supplement in treating this kind of mental illness.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder – People who suffer from this problem are those that recently experienced and came from a very tragic yet unforgettable moment. This is common to those who came from war such as soldiers.
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders – It is a kind of mental disorder that makes a person hard to focus. CBD's role is to relax the brain and calm the things that are happening in it.
• It can also be used to treat skin problems, issues in the digestive tract, depression, chronic pain, epilepsy, and even cancer.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Last month, 57 percent of American's said that they were in favor of marijuana legalization. This comes at a "surprise" for attorney general Jeff Sessions. On Tuesday, Sessions was speaking at Luke Air Force Base in Nogales, Arizona, when he stated "When they nominated me for attorney general, you would have thought the biggest issue in America was when I said, 'I don't think America's going to be a better place if they sell marijuana at every corner grocery store,'" said Sessions. "[People] didn't like that; I'm surprised they didn't like that." Sessions continued.
If you aren't familiar with what Sessions is referring to, in a speech in Richmond, Virginia last month, Sessions stated that "marijuana was only slightly less awful than heroin." But these aren't the only quotes Session has against anti-legalization. In that same speech in Richmond, Virginia, Sessions stated "I realize this may be an unfashionable belief in a time of growing tolerance of drug use, but too many lives are at stake to worry about being fashionable: I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store, I think medical marijuana has been hyped, maybe too much." Attorney General Sessions said.
Sessions has even gone as far as saying "Good people don't smoke marijuana," when he was being confirmed to be Trump's attorney general. So far, the Trump administration has proven no action on the nearly twenty states that are defying federal law by allowing medicinal and recreational marijuana. Since the Trump administration has come into power, multiple bills have been presented in the House and Senate, aimed to fully legalize marijuana. Clearly proving that even state's don't agree with the administration and it's outdated outlook on marijuana.
This comes as a surprise to our neighbors up north in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put legalislation in order to fully legalize marijuana in Canada by July of 2018.


text:
Concord Wealth Management Financial Advisors For People, Families & Businesses Waltham
The Higher Inexperienced Bay Area is among the Prime 25 Greatest Medium-Sized Cities for brand spanking new jobs openings and potential new and expanded businesses in America. A serious metropolitan space within the Northeast Central United States, the alternatives for achievement are so considerable, that one of the Prime 10 Sizzling Jobs within the area is that of Personal Financial Advisor. Thank you Don to your sort phrases! I will Fan you and hyperlink to your Hubs as properly! If the reply to any of these is 'No' then seeking financial advice is likely to be your best option. Managers need to predict a number of key variables that decide the cost of its workers' retirement plan. The quantity of retirement benefit price that's recorded to expense in the current yr depends heavily on these estimates.
On the off chance that your personal credit demonstrates late or non-installments, or you will have a liquidation on your own credit report, this data will show up and be accessible for business credit score sources to audit. On the off likelihood that anyone takes a shot on you and provides you any form of business credit score, then you will in all chance must pay tremendously high mortgage charges on that credit. These high financing costs will then drive up the month to month costs that you simply and what you are promoting should cowl.
The place expenses and liabilities are involved, prudence suggests the alternative. A legal responsibility or expenses need solely be expected or anticipated to be recorded. For instance, assume that a enterprise has to pay insurance costs on the finish of the calendar yr. Nevertheless, if the financial assertion is prepared, it should take account of that anticipated expense. Organizations should deal with devalued inventory and debt servicing accordingly.… Read More ...Read More →


text:
In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (A) and (B) of section 113 of the Finance Act, 2009 (33 of 2009), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of September, 2009, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.
The President of India has given assent to the Finance Bill and the CBEC vide notification No. 26/2009-ST dated 19-8-09 has notified that the provisions of Finance Act will be effective from 1st September 2009. In view of this the following amendments in the existing services and four new services will be effective from 1-9-2009.
Amendments in existing services:
|Business Auxiliary Services Section 65(19)
|Amendment in Brief
|The earlier definition of Business Auxiliary services excluded all activities amount to manufacturing from the levy of service tax. The amendments are been proposed to restrict the exclusion from service tax to activity of manufacture of excisable goods which are specified in central excise Tariff.
|Activities of liquor bottling plants, manufacture of state excise products under loan license, etc will now attract service tax. As the said goods are not excisable goods the cenvat credit will not be available to the service recipient.
|Stock Broker Services 65(101).
|Amendment in Brief
|Definition of stock broker to exclude sub-broker.
|The services of sub-broker will be exempt from payment of service tax. As per clarification given, separate notification will be issued to exempt the said services from levy of service tax under the category of Business Auxiliary services.
|Information Technology Software service. Section 65(105) (zzzze)
|Amendment in Brief
|The Finance bill proposes retrospective amendment to the definition of information technology services to amend the following:
The above changes are retrospective w.e.f 16th May 2008
Any amount paid by the acquirer's of right to use information technology software is refundable and demand made to such persons is not sustainable.
New Services:
(a) Transportation of goods by Rail
(b) Transportation of coastal goods through inland and national waterways
(c) Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Service.
(d) Legal consultancy services:
For details about amendment in service tax refer our following earlier post on the same:-
2. Highlights of the budget 2009-10 as applicable to service tax


text:
A week or so ago, we invited New Voices to attend Research!America's 2010 National Forum, Invest in Tomorrow. Invest in Research. It was an amazing event - and we'll all be telling you more about it soon. But as a recap, check out Kimberly's live tweeting on NV4Research and the podcasts of the panel sessions below.
Panel 1: Working Toward Better Health for All
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, "PBS Newshour"
- Paul Chew, MD, chief science & medical officer, sanofi-aventis U.S.
- Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Jennifer Howse, PhD, president, March of Dimes Foundation
- Robert Tjian, PhD, president, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Panel 2: Translating Discoveries into Better Health
Moderator: Michael Kinsley, The Atlantic
- Margaret Anderson, executive director, FasterCures
- Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, director, National Institutes of Health
- Margaret Hamburg, MD, commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
- Barbara Kunz, president, Health and Life Sciences Global Business, Battelle Memorial Institute
- Jack T. Watters, MD, vice president of external medical affairs, Pfizer Inc.
View more photos from the 2010 National Forum.


text:
|Message view
|« Date » · « Thread »
|« Date » · « Thread »
|"Caldarale, Charles R" <Chuck.Caldar...@unisys.com>
|RE: Webapps inexplicably losing access to common/shared classloaders
|Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:00:19 GMT
> From: Timothy Collett [mailto:email@example.com] > Subject: Re: Webapps inexplicably losing access to > common/shared classloaders > > I did check, but I don't see how any permissions setup could > possibly create this situation... Agreed, not if this is all happening within one process. Any chance some thread in one of your webapps is changing the current directory for the process? That can result in rather strange and erratic behavior, depending on which classloaders have already opened the libraries of interest. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
|View raw message


text:
Heading into the Pitt Panthers spring game this Saturday at Heinz Field there are quantifiably more questions than answers. An offense hit by the departures of Tyler Boyd and JP Holtz among others needs new downfield play makers. Uncertainty at the tailback position is also prevalent. The nature of that discrepancy is more generous, as the Panthers boast a full stable of capable backs. The spring game will not bring offer final resolution of these offensive issues, but it should start to add some clarity.
Luckily for the Panthers, the man directing their offense remains constant. Incumbent starting quarterback Nate Peterman returns at the helm firmly entrenched as the teams signal caller. After wrestling away the starting job from Chad Voytik early last season Peterman posted a fine campaign. He threw for threw for 2,287 yards while completing 61 percent of his passes. He posted a respectable 20 touchdown passes to only 8 interceptions. Taking care of the ball will once again be paramount. His playing experience last year and sealed status as the day one starter should enable him to get the reps necessary to grasp new Offensive Coordinator Matt Canada's play book.
Wide Receiver Tyler Boyd is a special talent. An instant contributor he notched 1,000 yard seasons as both a true freshman and sophomore. He barely fell below that threshold last year, but ended up carrying an even heavier burden. Boyd snared 91 passes while the next closest was receiver Dontez Ford with only 26. Talk about a one man show, those 91 catches accounted for 43 percent of the Panthers reception total. Boyd was so dynamic they even utilized him in the running game for more touches. He toted the rock 40 times for 355 yards, compiling a robust 8.7 yard per carry average. The best receiver in Pitt history not named Larry Fitzgerald won't easily be replaced.
Dontez Ford will most likely have the first crack at filling the enormous Boyd void as Pitt's number one receiver. Ford was utilized mostly as a down field threat last season, and is expected to do more heavy lifting in the intermediate areas this season. Behind him, Quadree Henderson has demonstrated speed and playmaking ability in the return game, most evident when he took the Military Bowl's opening kickoff to the house. Along with those two, the currently injured Zach Challingsworth is listed at receiver, but was used more as a hybrid pass catching tight end last season. Unproven commodities Rafael Araujo-Lopes, Tre Tipton, and Jester Weah are all battling for opportunity and a chance to cement their status in the offense.
Possibly the most intriguing position battle to watch for the Panthers is at running back. Simply saying they have a glut of talented runners would be a vast understatement. James Conner the 2014 ACC Offensive Player of the Year is currently battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but hopes to return at some point. Qadree Ollison was a pleasant surprise last season, rushing for 1,121yards on his way to being name ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Though currently atop the depth chart sits last season's third leading rusher Darrin Hall. Coming to Pitt ranked a 4-star recruit it appears his pedigree may finally be shining through. Pass catching back Rachid Ibrahim is in the mix again too, coming back from an injured Achilles. As if those names aren't enough, a shocker took place during the spring game draft selection when the team's seniors were divvying up sides. The first running back taken was Chawntez Moss, an early enrolling freshman.
"I'm kind of surprised (Moss was taken first) when you have rookie of the year back there," said Coach Narduzzi. "Rachid is a good player. Darrin Hall is a good player."
The unexpected draft order will certainly add motivation for the skipped over Hall and Ibrahim. It is also incentive for Moss to perform well and validate being the first of the position group selected.
"If I'm the second or third or fourth tailback taken, I would imagine they are going to come out and run pretty hard… I would imagine Chawntez has a lot of pressure on him for Saturday" added Narduzzi.
Saturday's spring game is but the opening act for the coming rendition of these Panthers. Individual performances, whether brilliant or disappointing will not determine any player's fate. Nothing is set in stone. With spots up for grabs, and increased playing time to be had an interesting dynamic should be on display. Keep a close eye on Pitt's offense. The contributions from skill group players should lend some insight as to how the Panthers envision their new puzzle pieces fitting together this season.


text:
I have to wonder if Linger Longer's pet legislator has gotten caught with his pants down or something.
The company hired to help redevelop Jeykll Island's beachfront has pulled out of the partnership.
Linger Longer Communities said Tuesday their decision was "due to the uncertainty of the economic environment and the difficulty that this uncertainty imposes on a workable development schedule."
The Jekyll Island Authority, the state entity responsible for maintaining and operating the publicly owned island, said the decision was mutual.
Linger Longer is owned by the politically influential Reynolds family, developers of the upscale Reynolds Plantation about a 90 minute drive east of Atlanta. The company's hiring by the Jekyll Island Authority in late 2008 was criticized by some as a sweetheart deal that will enrich the Reynolds family but won't return as much profit to the state.


text:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
journal page snap
I place the page right on top of the painted surface and it picks up a print of the colors.
Sooo Cooool!
2 comments:
- Stella said...
That is a great technique! I've only been following your blog for a short time so I'll ask a maybe silly question: What paints do you usually use? I'm always dying to know what other folks out there are working with!
~~~the Art of Inclusion~~~
- April 19, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Mary Helen-Art Saves Lives said...
I have just discovered this FUN technique while I am dyeing my fabrics...I hate to waste a single splash of delightful color!!! Peace, Mary helen Fernandez Stewart
- April 20, 2012 at 12:10 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Ghostly Witches' Fingers
Since Halloween is just around the corner, I thought I'll post this cookie recipe for those who are interested to make them. These cookies were made last year. My daughter and I had so much fun shaping the fingers. It can be quite scary looking at all the 'amputated' fingers lying on the tray as they are so life-like.
The cookie dough is very soft and you will need to refrigerate the whole batch in the fridge till it has hardened. Take just enough dough to work with leaving the balance in the fridge. Make sure the almond is pressed in firmly otherwise it will drop off upon baking. You can give the 'nails' a manicure by painting them with a little red food color. Lastly, do not roll the fingers too fat as the dough expands quite a bit on baking.
250g butter
50g castor sugar
1 tsp salt
1 egg
20ml cold water
4 tbsp Bailey's Irish Cream
380g All Purpose Flour
1 tsp baking powder
50g Ground Almond
1 tbsp Grated Lemon Peel
3/4 cup Almonds, whole blanched (for finger nails)
1/2 tsp almond extract
Red food coloring (optional)
1) Cream butter, sugar, salt, eggs and vanilla essence with an electric mixer until a light and fluffy texture is achieved.
2)Add in cold water and Bailey's to the mixture and build in the rest of the ingredients to form a soft dough. Refrigerate dough for about 30 minutes before use.
3)Work with one quarter of the dough at a time and keep the remainder refrigerated.
4)Roll heaping teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and then into finger shapes.
5)Using two fingers, roll across the fingers to form the knuckle.
6) Press almonds firmly on the one end for the nail.
7) Using a paring knife, make slashes in several places to form the knuckles.
8) Place on lightly greased baking sheets and bake in a 160C oven for about 20-25 minutes or until pale golden. Let cool for 3 minutes.
9) You can paint some slashes on the finger with red food coloring as the blood.
2 comments:
- karlsfoodie said...
very successful..i got a shock when i saw the pic ahaa
- Friday, October 13, 2006 3:11:00 AM
Hi Rusti,
They sure looked scary.:)I will have to bake them for the neighborhoods' children when they come knocking "Treats or Tricks" this Halloween. Thanks for sharing.
- Friday, October 13, 2006 9:27:00 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
In this packaging for Spencer's Retail for its in-house range of masalas the design uses a square grid box, with different forms of the product filling the boxes and the centre box serving as a window.
These pack designs were for Spencer's Retail's range of agarbathis. The dominant visual hook relates to the fragrance in each case whereas the architecture of each pack makes the series memorable and easy to notice.


text:
Busy, Busy Loving and Romancing Life
Wow! Its been far too long since I took time to sit down and write a blog-shame on me! But in truth life is busy. I've had so much with the book business going on in that six months and if you're on my newsletter and opening them you've been able to see all the wonderful new books in the series I've published and the enhanced books I've put out. Its been such a fun six months. Plus, I've been on-oh my goodness tons of road trips-I really keep thinking if I had the time I'd do a travel blog here because of all the beautiful country I see as I travel. We've been to Canada and a gorgeous snow covered trip there then on a road trip across California to Washington that was amazing, then to the opposite end of the USA to the Florida Keys which is always a wonderful trip. And then to New Orleans then to Mississippi—okay you get it I truly have been literally writing, traveling and still have time to play with my small grandchildren and enjoy life at home some. I will be getting pictures up soon-I'm determined to do this because I have gorgeous shots that need to be shared!
Anyway, just thought I'd get this up today so the Christmas post wasn't the last one up in the news feed 🙂
Check out the books! The men of Windswept Bay are in process, Levi, Cam, Max have their stories and Trent is coming in August with Jake to end the series! I also have a short story in the works too.
http://debraclopton.com/windswept-bay-series/ Check out the books here on the website and sign up for my newsletter http://debraclopton.com/contest


text:
Nyon: Favourites Manchester United were drawn on Friday to face faraway Russian outfit Rostov, who unlike Jose Mourinho were delighted with the Europa League last-16 tie.
Mourinho's side beat French club Saint-Etienne 4-0 on aggregate in the last 32 and the English club will now travel to Russia on Thursday, 9 March with the second leg in Manchester a week later on 16 March.
Mourinho said this week he wanted to avoid a Russian club as United face Chelsea in the FA Cup in between.
"It's a bad draw in every aspect," said Mourinho on Friday. It's far and comes in a very bad period for us. Difficult because they're a very difficult team.
"They have a very good Champions League campaign, they beat Ajax and Anderlecht in playoffs. And in the group phase, a difficult group with Bayern and Atletico, they managed good results against them."
But the draw was greeted with delight in Rostov.
"We reacted with joy on seeing the draw," Rostov director Ali Uzdenov told R-Sport agency.
"The guys are ready to face any opponent, Man United especially," he said.
"These matches will be very special events for everyone in Rostov, not just football fans."
Rostov coach Dmitry Kirichenko said he would prepare his players for a fight.
"Man United are probably the strongest possible opponents that we could get," he said. "It's great that our fans will be able to see so many super clubs here.
"We'll prepare for the match in the best possible way, to fight at our maximum, to show our character and do our very best."
Italian side AS Roma, also among the competition favourites, drew French club Lyon in what is probably the clash of the round.
Lyon beat Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar 7-1 on Thursday and 11-2 on aggregate, but the smiles vanished with the Roma draw.
"The draw is what it is," said Lyon coach Bruno Genesio. "But if you want to win a competition you have to beat the big teams, and Roma is a big team."
There is an all-German pairing as Schalke 04 take on Borussia Moenchengladbach, while two of the three remaining Belgian sides were also cast together as Genk drew Gent.
Anderlecht landed Cypriots Apoel as Greek champions Olympiakos play Turkey's Besiktas.
Celta Vigo La Liga's sole remaining representative in the second-tier European competition – host another Russian outfit Krasnodar as Dutch giants Ajax travel to FC Copenhagen.
Celta Vigo (ESP) v Krasnodar (RUS)
Apoel Nicosia (CYP) v Anderlecht (BEL)
Schalke 04 (GER) v Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
Lyon (FGRA) v Roma (ITA)
Rostov (RUS) v Manchester United (ENG)
Olympiakos (GRE) v Besiktas (TUR)
Gent (BEL) v Genk (BEL)
FC Copenhagen (DEN) v Ajax (NED)
Note: 1st leg, March 9; 2nd leg, March 16
Firstpost is now on WhatsApp. For the latest analysis, commentary and news updates, sign up for our WhatsApp services. Just go to Firstpost.com/Whatsapp and hit the Subscribe button.
Updated Date: Feb 25, 2017 01:48:06 IST


text:
A biracial Kenyan woman named Phoebe Boswell is turning race-based flirtations she encounters while Tinder'ing her local, and very white city of Gothenburg, Sweden. If you're a woman of color who, like Boswell and myself, has trolled through online/app dating before, you've probably/definitely encountered some questionable interactions with white men and non-black MOC. Be it through microaggressions via fetishization in the form of curiosity and experimentation and flat-out racism. "The first [message] I got was a guy who said, "Heyyyy. I was recently in Botswana on safari, and you remind me so much of it. Lion. Queen of the Jungle. Roar," Boswell told The Root. Boswell used these experiences and her perspective on apps like Tinder as the thesis for her installation 'Stranger In The Village, which was on recently on display at 156 Art Fair's annual African art exhibition at Pioneer Works. The project gets it's namesake from an essay of the same name by James Baldwin which explores the otherization of the black man in the context of white Europe. Check out images from 'Stranger In The Village' down below and let us know what you think.
By Erin White*, AFROPUNK contributor
See 'Stranger In The Village' in its entirety, over here.
*Erin White is an Atlanta-based writer and AFROPUNK's editorial and social media assistant. You can follow her on Tumblr or friend her on Facebook. Have a pitch or an inquiry? Shoot her an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Views: 14768
This is fantastic on the artistic side of things but also really fucking depressing how misogynistic and racist/prejudice this world still is.
© 2019 Created by Matthew. Powered by


text:
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Survey of American College Students: Use of Textbooks & Open Access Educational Materials" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
This report, based on a survey of 1,065 students at 4-year colleges in the United States, presents detailed data on how much students spend on textbooks, how often they buy and how often they rent.
In addition, the study looks at who and how often students take classes that provide open access or other low-cost materials and which students forego the purchase or rent of textbooks, even when required.
The report also looks at the popularity of used vs new textbooks, and at how satisfied college students are with the current circumstances in textbook pricing and availability. The report also looks at student reaction to textbook licensing plans by academic libraries.
Data in the report is presented in the aggregate and then broken out separately for sixteen different variables including but not limited to: college grades, gender, income level, year of college standing, SAT/ACT scores, regional origin, age, sexual orientation, race & ethnicity, college major and other personal variables, and by Carnegie class, enrollment size and public/private status of the survey participants institutions of higher education.
A Few Key Findings
- Mean spending in the most recent semester for textbooks by students in the sample was $223.38 with a median of $200 and a range of 0 to $1,500.
- The higher the family income of the student, the more new vs used textbooks they purchased. Those with family incomes of less than $45,000 purchased a mean of 1.25 new textbooks in the past semester while those from families with annual incomes of greater than $150,000 purchased 1.83 new textbooks per semester.
- Students who grew up in major cities were much more likely than those who grew up in rural areas to take classes that use open access or very low-cost materials.
- The most secular students were much more dissatisfied with current textbook prices than were the most religious students.
For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cdjlgl/2018_survey_of?w=4


text:
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
IKEJA sub-zone of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Lagos State has expressed worry over high rate of diabetes, high blood pressure discovered among market women, artisans in Lagos State.
Coordinator of the sub-zone, Mr. Kevin Ofili, remarked during a free medical healthcare services sponsored by the Association at Ipodo Market, Ikeja, that more than 100 people with diabetes and high blood pressure were discovered. Most had no prior knowledge of their status.
The free medical service programme which included checks on blood pressure and glucose levels, among others, said the alarming cases of diabetes and the risk of high blood pressure was indicated as a thing of concern to the Association, hence, urgent intervention must be employed..
"Most of the beneficiaries, especially the elderly ones among them were diagnosed by the medical professionals of having diabetes and high blood pressure.
"We had carried out this kind of services before and we discovered that people do not have the sub-consciousness of going to check for their health status themselves.â€
Ofili commended Neimeth Pharmaceutical Company Plc for responding to the organisation's request for the provision of drugs which were distributed free of charge to needy patients.
A medical practitioner, Dr. Wale Oni, one of the counseling personnel, said the highest number of patients counselled fell into the category of those with high blood pressure.
He stressed that it became necessary to counsel them to change their life style. He said some of the artisans with high blood pressure confessed to be regular smokers of marijuana, adding that with proper counselling some of them could stop the habit.
A beneficiary, Mr. Femi Adejobi, said the NAS initiative would help government in the area of health care, and also help in the reduction of diseases and sicknesses among the populace.


text:
Code Coverage: Finding Paths — Derick Rethans PHP
- 15 July
- 369
- 0
Derick Rethans
Be updated, subscribe to our signals
Thank you for RSVPing. Please, keep culture high and remove RSVP once you now you can not make it.
Your commit was pushed to GitOrbit, let`s see what other guys think about it.
Something wrong...


text:
Happy Memorial Day everyone. For any that have had family and friends that have served and currently serving, and most of all for any of you that have had a family member that has passed and served our country!
I finally started my weekend job! WOOHOO. Now to start paying things off. Today at work we had BBQ from Famous Dave's and chocolate fondue with bananas, pineapple, strawberries, pretzels, graham crackers, and marshmellows! Needless to say we were stuffed!
Also, over the weekend we got our first cheap BBQ PIT! I told Jared we took one more step to being adults. I told Jared he passed, and we can officially get married because his BBQ was good and my daddy would approve. A few of my fav shots from the weekend. Find the full album here at Facebook.
Did I make you hungry yet? I didn't stuff myself, but I was full. We were watching the food network after we ate about BBQ across America and I had to tell Jared to change the channel! I was so full the site of more BBQ made me nauseated! I also found a new drink I like. I tried the POM liquor with pineapple juice and splash lime..yummers. It was similar in sweetness like amaretto, but different.
Remember I told you Buddy had some pitiful pictures from his first visit to the vet for his yearly shots since he has been with us. They are posted in the album link above as well. I like this picture of his new sitting place on the couch.
And perhaps the funniest picture is the one that makes me question my choice of a future husband! HAHAHA.
Tonight Jared and I talked about the gym. I am going start doing the gym a few early mornings. Jared agreed. join with me and go early. It will only cost 10 bucks more for a joint account for www.snapfitness.com.
We both need to get into shape end of story! Ok peoples, thats all for today! I got some shirts today on sale at JcPenny's for 60 dollar..would have been 150! Yay for sales! Leave some love in the comments!
Enjoy the week everyone!


text:
More than 30 years with CKN of Scandinavia
CKN of Scandinavia has been in business for more than 30 years. During this time we have evolved into a highly specialized manufacturer of ready-to-wear outerwear garments in fur, leather and textiles. The designs are created in-house from start to finish. We produce only the best quality garments in relation to the offered price.
One of our highly respected and greatest abiltities is to - within very short timeframe - adobt clients special wishes and make them come true. Clients can make small orders for JIT deliveries to minimize their inventory risk.
Vallensbaekvej 18A, 2605 Broendby
Tel.: +45 43 96 01 48
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Population from Census 2015 - 68,556
Learn more about how fast Grande Prairie is growing.
Discover how YOU can get involved with your local government
Exciting things are happening downtown Grande Prairie.
Keep up to date with the Downtown Rehabilitation Project here!
Learn more about investing in Grande Prairie, Alberta Canada
Muskoseepi Park is a must-see in Grande Prairie!
Report Non-emergency issues, like potholes and graffiti online with SeeClickFix
The spray parks at Muskoseepi Park and Lions Park are scheduled to close for the season after Labour Day.
Each park will remain fully open over the long weekend and available for residents to enjoy.
Crews will be on-site to start closing the spray park features of each park and preparing them for the upcoming winter on Tuesday, September 4.
Contact Us eServices
© City of Grande Prairie. All Rights Reserved.
Website Created by Vision Internet
©2019 City of Grande Prairie, Alberta. All Rights Reserved. Website Created by Vision Internet


text:
Every teacher has a unique worldview. In the Crater Performing Arts Theater Thursday morning, Jenifer Knippel assumed the worldview of a unicorn as she took nearly 500 Central Point elementary students on a virtual trip around the world in "The Magic Cape Show."
"Here we are in Israel!" she said to her companion onstage, Ashland sixth-grader Emma Johnston, after they had spun in place and left Sweden behind. Emma's magic cape, the inspiration for the play's title, had transported the pair there.
Then the main highlight of the performance began: Johnston and Knippel (in the guise of JenUwin the Unicorn) began to dance while singing a song in Hebrew. The three-piece Rainbow Band played behind them. At every location to which the pair traveled onstage — Japan, Spain, Iceland and onward — a new song in a different language and a dance followed.
This is how Knippel introduces kids to the concept of her after-school music groups, called the Choristers. The Choristers is the children's outreach arm of the organization Rogue World Music, and it's looking to expand, with the help of a grant from the Jackson County Cultural Coalition.
Knippel said the purpose of her program is "exposure and appreciation through positive musical experiences."
Rogue World Music first offered Choristers at schools in the Phoenix-Talent School District. The classes, which run once a week at each school for five weeks, three times a year, are aimed at districts that don't have as many opportunities for elementary students to pursue music. Now, Knippel is establishing partnerships in the Central Point School District.
Bringing music into schools lines up with the goals of Rogue World Music, whose mission is "building community and cultural awareness through world music performance, education and participation." The nonprofit was founded by Megan Danforth as an adult choir called the Rogue World Ensemble. She said the group sings folk music from around the world in a variety of languages, as Knippel did in "The Magic Cape."
"People come into this choir because they experience so much joy, and a challenge and a feeling of getting out of their small world and into the broader landscape," Danforth said.
Danforth said the group's members represent various ethnicities, mostly from Europe, she said. The groups learn music and dance styles from multiple continents, however, so Danforth said the group brings in guest performers and teachers to learn "direct from the source."
Knippel said she makes efforts to avoid what she called "cultural misappropriation" when teaching young students about different world styles of music. She said she tells stories and gives details about the environment to give a sense of the reality of the country and its people.
"I try to get a feel for the place," she said. "That's kind of how I approach it with (students of) that age. I can basically let you know that these things exist."
"The Magic Cape Show" performance is, at the heart, an outreach for the Choristers program to reach potentially interested teachers, students and parents. The winter season of Choristers is scheduled to kick off Monday, Feb. 5, at Talent Elementary School. Tuesdays will be at a Central Point elementary school — possibly Sam's Valley, Knippel said, although it is pending district approval — Wednesdays at Orchard Hill Elementary, and Thursdays at Jewett Elementary in Central Point. The cost is $15 per student, and participants are accepted into the program on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the 15-student cap is reached at a school, students are placed on a waiting list to participate the following season.
Knippel said interested parents or teachers should contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-891-9964. More information is available at www.rogueworldmusic.org/rogue-world-choristers.
Rogue World Ensemble will perform with Mexican dance company Ballet Folklórico Ritmo Alegre at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at Crater Performing Arts Center, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at the SOU Recital Hall in Ashland. Tickets for the show, called "Southbound," can be purchased at www.rogueworldmusic.org.
— Reach Mail Tribune reporter Kaylee Tornay at 541-776-4497 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ka_tornay.


text:
Narmada Samachar: 25 June 2001
- WCD and Large dam issues
- Rains in Gujarat
- Special issue of New Internationalist magazine, July 2001
- Maan and Maheshwar Projects
- Feature Article: Maheshwar project: Getting to the root of the matter - Sucheta Dalal
All this (and more) news can be accessed via the Press Clippings
page at:
The NBA press releases are accessible at:
Archives of Narmada Samachar are accessible at:
WCD and Large dam issues
National Interest Demands Review of Narmada and All Large Dams ;
NBA Press Release - June 20, 2001
Dam and Dialogue ;
A.C.Tyagi, Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi; Times of India - June 13, 2001
.... It is a travesty that the WCD, which, at the time of its inception had unilaterally appointed commissioners without taking the stake holders into confidence, is now calling for debates and discussions on an agenda which is not acceptable. Neither the representatives of the people nor the representatives of a democratically elected government were given a place on the Commission. The interests of the have-nots perhaps do not matter to the WCD. Subsequently, when the ministry of water resources pointed out serious lapses in the `India Country Study', prepared by experts from outside the water resources sector, WCD assured the government that its reservations would be given space in the report. However, the assurance given was overlooked. ....
Himanshu Thakkar, SANDRP (South Asian Network on Dams, Rivers, and People); Times of India - June 21, 2001
This refers to the letter `Dam & Dialogue' (June 13). The Union ministry of water resources (MoWR) numerous flip flops over what strategy they will be employing to deal with the World Commission on Dams (WCD) are worth narrating. After the formation of the WCD - through a transparent and participatory process involving all sides of the dam debate - when the commission wanted to hold its first consultation in India, it was promptly sent a welcome message. Then at the last minute, under pressure from the MoWR and Gujarat state government, the Indian government sent a message to WCD saying that they were not welcome. In fact, the then chief minister of Gujarat even said that he would arrest the WCD commissioner if he entered Gujarat. Incidentally, at the South Asia consultation subsequently held in Colombo, India was the only country among all other South Asian countries that went unrepresented. When an independent team of experts was formed by the WCD to study the Indian experience with large dams and a consultation was held at Chennai and Delhi, the MoWR participated and also made certain unsubstantiated remarks. By this time the MoWR had already become a full member of the WCD forum and its representatives also attended the forums meeting and even tried their best to influence the WCD report. ....
Government of India Press Release - June 25, 2001
Review of Large Dam Centered Water Policy Sought In 'Drought, Dams, Alternative' Conference ;
NAPM Press Release - June 19, 2001
Rains in Gujarat
Indian Express - June 21
GOOD news and Gujarat? The two had parted ways over the last three years after three droughts, an unforgettable earthquake and the Madhavpura Bank scam. The reunion has finally taken place and rain showers have played Cupid: after months, checkdams are full, relief sites are being shut down, dry reservoirs are filling up and sowing has begun in the fields. .... For starters, more than 13,500 checkdams built in the Saurashtra-Kutch region under the Sardar Patel Participatory Water Conservation scheme have been brimming with water after four days of rain. The checkdams now have 1,520 million cubic feet of water in store, which will help in recharging ground water as well as irrigating over 52,000 hectares in drought-hit regions. Last week's downpour also swelled up 175 small and medium dams in the Kutch district as well as reservoirs in the Saurashtra and southern Gujarat. At least 2,600 more checkdams are being built in Saurashtra, to be completed by July end. ....
Hindustan Times - June 21
Pratappura reservoir wall collapses, 30 missing ;
Zee News - June 19
Special issue of New Internationalist magazine, July 2001
Maggie Black; New Internationalist
Just out: New Internationalist magazine special issue, July 2001 A special issue of New Internationalist on the ongoing crisis in the Narmada Valley is being published to coincide with the start of the 2001 satyagraha by villagers and activists confronting the waters rising behind the Sardar Sarovar and Maan dams during the coming monsoon. This New Internationalist account of the Narmada story is a journey. Inspired by meeting NBA leader Medha Patkar at an international meeting, British writer Maggie Black and artist Lucy Willis went to Narmada to find out why the Sardar Sarovar and other large dams in the Valley have provoked such extraordinary opposition. In people's homes, at village meetings, on boats, trains, verandas and temple steps, they found out why people would rather drown than let these dams be built. They learnt about a kind of destructive injustice and a popular resistance unknown in their own society, and they were amazed, appalled and inspired. This account of the Narmada struggle begins at Bargi dam, whose oustees have been treated with extraordinary official indifference since 1990. It continues downstream to Maheshwar, where S Kumars' attempt to build the first private hydro-electric dam in India is in trouble. Then they go to the dam-site on the Maan tributary, where the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has ordered the violation of his own state policies and 17 tribal villages face submergence without any re-settlement. On to the Sardar Sarovar reservoir and more tribal villages faced with submergence, where people are still being made offers of useless or already occupied land 12 years after re-settlement should have been completed. Finally they visit other communities affected by the SSP - the canal-affected, and those who have been re-settled in Gujarat - and find out what is happening 'at the end of the line'. The Supreme Court judgement in the Narmada case, NBA's international support, alternative water harvesting approaches, and facts about India's love affair with large dams are all covered in the magazine. But Narmada's people, interviewed by Maggie Black with the help of translators, and painted and drawn by Lucy Willis, are the main focus. This issue of New Internationalist provides a platform for some of those ruined in the name of development by destructive grand-slam projects, illustrating what globalisation in the form of an alliance between politicians, contractors, bureaucrats and foreign capital does to people at the margins of society. A limited number of copies of the Narmada issue of NI should be available shortly from NBA office in Baroda. Further information on this issue: email@example.com New Internationalist website: www.newint.org Lucy Willis website: www.lucywillis.f9.co.uk Enquiries about subscriptions: email@example.com Enquiries about subscriptions in N. America: firstname.lastname@example.com Enquiries about subscriptions in Australia: firstname.lastname@example.com Enquiries about subscriptions in New Zealand: email@example.com General enquiries to NI: email@example.com
Maan and Maheshwar Projects
Hundreds of MP tribals to stage protest from July 2 ;
Deccan Herald - June 23, 2001
Another Enron in the making
BHEL heading towards disaster with their proposed investments in the Maheshwar Hydro-electric Project in Madhya Pradesh ;
Narmada Solidarity Forum Press Release - June 6, 2001
Public money down the drain? ;
Rajni Bakshi; The Hindu - June 21, 2001
INDIA'S leading financial institutions had an uneasy lunch hour on May 31. Some 400 slogan-shouting protesters arrived at the head offices of six financial bodies in South Mumbai. Most of them were project affected people from the banks of the Narmada and members of the Narmada Bachao Andolan. They were there to challenge investments made by these institutions in the Maheshwar hydro-power project on the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh. Their demands were basic - that these institutions be more transparent in their dealings and accountable to the public. "Do not fund the Maheshwar project - the Enron of Madhya Pradesh," said one banner carried by the protesters. "Financial institutions wake up! Don't drown public money" said another banner in Hindi. The protest was directed at the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI), Unit Trust of India (UTI), State Bank of India (SBI), Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance Corporation (GIC). These institutions together form a consortium that is funding the Maheshwar project. This protest opens several possibilities. One, it puts the Narmada Bachao Andolan on a new plane. Two, it serves as an example to millions of small investors whose life savings are in the hands of these financial institutions and now threatened by mismanagement within these bodies. Three, it creates the potential for linking the concerns of project affected people in the Narmada valley with the worries of the urban small investor. Consequently, four, there is a glimmer of hope for a growing variety of public pressure to check corruption and mismanagement in the financial sector. ...... By itself, the NBA's protest may prove feeble. But if the cause of the project affected people can be linked to the anxieties of the small investor, then this combined strength could have a far- reaching impact. These efforts would also benefit from the burgeoning right to information campaign all over India. Yet all this together represents a faint hope for checking corruption and mismanagement in the financial sector - unless large numbers of people actively join such protests. Plus there is a vital role to be played by some individuals, at the core of the financial system, who have the courage to join this fledgling mobilisation against corruption and inefficiency.
Feature Article: Maheshwar project: Getting to the root of the matter - Sucheta Dalal
Rediff on the Net - June 21, 2001
For nearly seven years now, a segment of the Narmada Bachao Andalon has been fighting the Shree Maheshwar Hydel Project in Madhya Pradesh. Shree Maheshwar is an independent power project, conceived along the lines of all the expensive IPPs that followed Enron's Dabhol Power Company. After Enron's project in Maharashtra and Cogentrix's IPP in Karnataka, the Rs 22.54-billion Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Company Ltd is arguably the most controversial power project in the country. In many senses the battle against Maheshwar has been far more difficult than Enron because it does not involve the use of an expensive fuel like naphtha/LNG, nor does it involve a messy fuel like coal. Also, since hydel power is traditionally supposed to be cheaper than other fuels, the activists have faced an uphill task explaining how this project could be more expensive than Enron. But the truth is that the Maheshwar project (which is to be built on the Narmada river at Jalaud, and was handed over to the S Kumar group in 1994), is at least every bit as expensive as all IPPs. Also, like all other IPPs, it is structured in such a way that almost 90 per cent of the funding comes from public finance. Remember Enron's $ 2.9-billion project is touted as the largest foreign direct investment in India although over half the project funds (nearly Rs 60 billion) have either come from Indian financial institutions or have been guaranteed by them. Today, the Madhav Godbole committee report on Enron's project establishes two facts beyond doubt. First, that Indian lenders and financial institutions who have committed over Rs 60 billion to Enron failed to do proper project appraisal and did not apply their minds before committing the money. Enron's power is at least five times more expensive than that produced by the state electricity boards and clearly unacceptable. In fact, several industries -- including the railways -- have pleaded before the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission that they should not be forced to buy power from Enron. It also proves that it was the anti-Enron activists who go the tariff projections right and leads to the conclusion that they should be given a proper hearing in every other project where there is strong local agitation. This is important because, one way or another, it is public funds that are committed to large private (ad)ventures which pass off as greenfield projects and Indian banks, institutions and small investors taking on the risk profile of venture capitalists. In the Maheshwar valley the NBA activists have been battling the Shree Maheshwar project for seven years, but their focus was primarily on the valley where it will displace several farmers and submerge fertile agricultural land, and -- to an extent -- on the foreign lenders and collaborators. They also notched up crucial victories. For instance, a series of US companies which had decided to participate in the project were convinced to withdraw. In 1997, Bechtel Corporation backed out; in 1998 it was PacGen which dropped plans to acquire a 49 per cent stake; in December 2000 Ogden Energy opted out of being a strategic partner. After PacGen's exit, two German power utilities -- VEW Energie and Bayernwerk -- agreed to acquire this 49 per cent minority stake but withdrew in 1999. In fact, the German government also decided not to support the project after a huge debate in Germany and an independent study by its economic and social welfare ministry (the report is posted on a German government Web site dealing with the issue) citing concerns over rehabilitation of project affected persons. Later, Siemens Ag also backed off from its suppliers contract which was to have been backed by the German government guarantee. In January 2001, the Portuguese government turned down an application by ABB Ltd (equipment supplier) for the COSEC guarantee for around Rs 2 billion which was to be counter-guaranteed by IFCI. Stunning as it seems, this stream of withdrawals had no effect whatsoever on the project itself. Every exit led to a quest for a new collaborator and the project itself was unhampered by any paucity of funds. Money is routinely made available to the promoters and at the latest count, they claim to have invested nearly Rs 5 billion in Maheshwar. The project currently has no strategic partner but it is unfazed. For the Maheshwar activists, this resilience of the promoters has been a mystery. It is only after the exposure of Indian lenders to Enron became public knowledge that they realised what is the source of the promoters' strength. Lending by Indian banks and institutions is at the heart of all mega IPP and greenfield projects and until they keep handing over funds in driblets, a project never folds up. A fortnight ago the NBA activists took their protests to the doorsteps of Indian FIs by holding demonstrations at Reserve Bank of India, ICICI, IFCI, Industrial Development Bank of India and the two nationalised insurance majors -- General Insurance Corporation and Life Insurance Corporation. The demonstrations were followed by the presentation of a memorandum to all these institutions urging them to take another look at their decision to fund the project. As always, the institutions' documentation talks tough. In this case, it says that no further funds would be disbursed without a strategic investor being in place, that the promoters will bring back all the capital advances of Rs 1.064 billion with interest given to various agencies who have not been awarded any contract, will appoint a concurrent auditor, and bring in additional funds to meet cost over-run. However, none of these have been complied with, and the NBA has now decided to target the FIs by issuing a show-cause notice through Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan. Among other things, the notice points out that not only have FIs ignored the fact that various collaborators have walked out of Maheshwar, but it does not even have environmental and techno-economic clearance for its latest project cost. Yet, the Indian lenders -- led by IFCI -- have committed to a financial package of Rs 20 billion which is nearly 90 per cent of the project cost of Rs 22.54 billion. Without even going into the issues of rehabilitation, it seems clear that Indian institutions seem to be bending backwards to accommodate Shree Maheshwar - even when they have no resources to do so. There is also the issue of power production. The project has a capacity of 400 MW, but this will depend on the strength of water available in the Narmada river. The activitsts have vehemently contested the company's claims of being able to produce 400 MW of power except in the monsoons. The project cost, which is high to start with, will lead to even higher cost power during the non-monsoon period, they claim. The cost has escalated from Rs 4.65 billion in 1994 to Rs 25.54 billion at latest count in 2001. The moot question is, are Indian FIs incapable of proper project appraisal, or are there other forces at work behind their support to Maheshwar? The exit of so many foreign lenders alone indicates that there is at least need for an independent Godbole-type inquiry. Despite the expensive 'education' provided by Enron, the DPC project is unaffordable. Today, Indian banks and institutions are lobbying hardest on behalf of the US company, in order to protect their money. Fortunately, Maheshwar has not reached that stage, nor has as much money been invested. But the facts presented by the activists make it clear that there is more than reasonable doubt about the viability of the project, even without going into critical issues such as rehabilitation of displaced persons and land available for their resettlement. Clearly, an independent inquiry, by a committee acceptable to all sides needs to assess the cost and viability of the project as well as the promoters' claims about how much has already been spent on it. Until then the project has to be suspended.


text:
|18.08.17 10:21
Turkmenistan holds Day of Melon and sports festival
The Day of Turkmen Melon and the 30-day countdown to the start of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were celebrated in Turkmenistan.
The festive events took place at the Olympic village in Ashgabat with participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. They included an exhibition of Turkmen melon products and national cuisines of the countries participating in the 2017 Asian Games. Visitors were treated to the Turkmen melons and watermelons as well as national dishes to their liking.
Each country presented from 4 to 6 culinary masterpieces. The gastronomic show featured dishes of 46 peoples of Asia, 18 peoples of Oceania, as well as Turkey and Azerbaijan, which do not participate in the Games but still are famous for their long-standing culinary traditions.
The feast of national dishes of the 2017 Asian Games was held with the support of some two dozen restaurants from the system of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The festival concluded with a gala concert of foreign and Turkmen variety performers as well as festive fireworks.
The events marking the Day of Turkmen Melon and the 30-day countdown to the start of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were also held in all regions of Turkmenistan.


text:
|Identifying moral, honest, and trustworthy people is valuable, but not always easy. We discuss the settings and traits leading to successfully identifying moral people. Interestingly, identifying immoral others can not only lead to their exclusion, but also boost corrupt partnerships.
Shaul Shalvi
Associate Professor. Psychology & Economics. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam. The Netherlands
221/8301 Preferences for truth-telling
(1) Abeler, Johannes; (2) Nosenzo, Daniele; (3) Raymond, Collin
(1) University of Oxford; (2) Economics. University of Nottingham. Nottingham. UK.; (3) Economics. Amherst College. USA.
221/8302 Detecting (un)justified lies: Robin Hood Takes a Polygraph
(1) Ayal, Shahar; (2) Peleg, Dar; (3) Hochman, Guy; (4) Ariely, Dan
(1) Psychology. IDC Herzeliya. Herzeliya. Israel; (2) Psychology. Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv. Israel.; (3) Psychology. IDC Herzeliya. Herzeliya. Israel.; (4) Business School. Duke. USA.
221/8303 The modular nature of trustworthiness detection
(1) Hopfensitz, Astrid; (2) Bonnefon, Jean-Francois; (3) de Neys, Wim
(1) Toulouse School of Economics. Toulouse. France.; (2) Toulouse School of Economics. Toulouse. France.; (3) CNRS. Paris Descartes University. Paris. France.
221/8304 Finding a (dis)honest partner
(1) Leib, Margarita; (2) Shalvi, Shaul; (3) Gross, Jörg; (4) Offerman, Theo
(1) Economics. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam. Netherlands.; (2) Psychology & Economics. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam. Netherlands.; (3) Psychology. Leiden University. Leiden. Netherlands.; (4) Economics. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam. Netherlands.
221/8305 Discussion
(1) Butera, Fabrizio
(1) Psychology. University of Lausanne. Lausanne. Switzerland.


text:
Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail
By Barton Gellman
Uday Hussein, 32, the eldest son and heir-apparent of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, wheeled his expensive car into Baghdad's plush Mansour district shortly after sundown two months ago, pulling up a few hundred yards from Iraqi intelligence headquarters.
He knew the neighborhood intimately. Mansour's shopping boulevards were regular backdrops to the brutal, hard-drinking nightlife that left reports of rapes and shootings in his wake. This night, Dec. 12, there was a difference: The blood to be shed would be Uday's.
Two gunmen in jogging suits and helmets, somehow pinpointing Uday's whereabouts at a vulnerable moment, appeared beside his car. According to Iraqi opposition figures here, claiming eyewitness information, one poured automatic rifle fire through Uday's open car window at point-blank range while the other shot into the air to keep pedestrians at bay.
Repercussions from the attack, which left Uday gravely wounded, have brought spasms of vengeance and betrayal into Saddam's innermost family and raised new questions about his grip on power. Because the gunmen tracked down their target despite a web of secrecy, false convoys and body doubles, the assassination attempt raised the specter of an inside job. And because the gunmen have yet to be found, the organizers of the attack remain a potential threat to the regime.
Saddam's wife, Sajida Talfah, is under house arrest, along with daughters Raghad and Rana, according to Iraqi, American and other Western sources. Uday, whose condition was officially described as "not a matter of concern," is now reported to be partially paralyzed by spinal injuries, at risk of losing a leg to gangrene and unlikely to recover from major wounds to the stomach and bladder.
Perhaps most threatening of all, the identities of Uday's would-be assassins have not come to light despite a purge involving hundreds of executions and thousands of arrests, according to sources privy to Jordanian government intelligence data. Having deprived Saddam of his number two and shattered the myth of invincibility that helped keep both of them alive, the assailants have melted away.
The fall of Saddam has been predicted many times since the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, but his regime has proven difficult to assess, and it is clearly more resilient than its enemies had supposed. Nevertheless, there is little doubt that his clan-centered government, which bestowed power on -- and removed it from -- his sons, half-brothers and cousins over the years, has absorbed unprecedented blows of late.
Less than a year ago, Saddam had his two sons-in-law killed. Hussein Kamel Hassan Majeed and Saddam Kamel Hassan Majeed had defected from top security posts and then returned from Jordanian exile on promises of forgiveness. His wife, Sajida, who Jordanian witnesses said delivered her husband's personal guarantee to her daughters and their husbands, turned bitterly against Saddam when he had the men killed anyway.
"The whole link is centered around family and people close to the family," said Saddam opponent Dirgham Kadhim, a leader of the CIA-backed Iraqi National Accord, who lives now in Amman. "Anything that disrupts the family disrupts the regime."
A theory with few Arab adherents is that Saddam himself was behind the attack on his son, that he knew about it and declined to prevent it. "You could say it's not a bad thing for Saddam's power base because Uday was the one man who could be a threat to him," a Western official said on condition of anonymity. "Uday is a wild child, with so much gratuitous blood on his hands, even by that family's standards."
One official Iraq-watcher who acknowledged that his government had overstated Saddam's problems in the past said that "when change comes in Baghdad, it's going to come from inside. . . . The analytic instinct is to say there are some cracks. That can lead you to over-analyze and attach too much importance to bits and pieces you get."
Radwan Abdallah, who heads the University of Jordan's political science department, agreed that the crumbling of Saddam's family may mean less than it seems at first glance. "It's true that the regime is a family affair," he said, "but Saddam is one, and everybody else is zero. It's a bunch of zeros, since he is the sole power."
Compounding the uncertainty is a multiplicity of versions of the attack on Uday, involving nearly every point of fact.
The car in which Uday met his fate? If not a black Porsche, as Kadhim's witnesses said, it may have been a white Mercedes, as one Jordanian government minister asserted.
Its occupants, apart from Uday? No one, Iraqi exiles report; the bodyguard had been sent off to fetch a woman. Or, in another version, a video. No, said one Jordanian with access to intelligence reports, the woman was in the car. No, a senior Jordanian official said, it was the famous Iraqi singer Kadem Saher.
His injuries? Neurological, according to a Western diplomat. Ruptured bladder and stomach, according to Iraqi exile Mohammed Haroum, who said two bullets remain lodged near Uday's spine. Gangrenous leg, according to Gen. J.H. Binford Peay, chief of the U.S. Central Command. Seven bullet wounds, or 9, or 13, according to various accounts.
Iraqi videotape, intended to dispel the most dire of the grapevine reports, made clear that Uday is in a bad way. He has been covered to the neck in every photograph, and in several minutes of broadcast television only his head and right arm were seen to move.
But other details, some of the most interesting, cannot be confirmed by such indirect means. Haroum, the Iraqi exile, gave so intimate an account of Sajida's house arrest in her home town, Ouja, that it is difficult to imagine how he could possibly know.
Saddam's wife, he said, went to visit Uday at Baghdad's Ibn Sina Hospital on the evening of Jan. 23. There, in the hearing of the hospital supervisor, Gen. Abdel Jawad Thanoun, she told her son his shooting was "God's revenge" for the deaths of Hussein Kamel and Saddam Kamel, in which Uday had played a part, and she added: "It should have been your father in your place."
If motive makes for suspects, the list of those who might have tried to kill Uday is long. Numerous Iraqi and foreign reports say Uday regularly snatched young women off the street, married or not, dragging them off to be raped and beaten. A former bodyguard told the Wall Street Journal last year that when one woman complained afterward, Uday had her covered with honey and torn apart by hungry dogs.
In business affairs, Uday competed ruthlessly for dominance over the lucrative smuggling rings that evade post-Gulf War international trade sanctions. One Jordanian who knows Uday well said here that "the shooting of Uday must have been the result of fighting for the spoils."
Within the family, Uday's younger brother, Qusay, runs Saddam's intelligence agencies and the Presidential Guard and is seen as a rival for power. Saddam's half-brother, Watban Tikriti, once a powerful figure in Iraq, lost influence in a long struggle with Uday. In a climactic argument in 1995, Uday shot his uncle seven times in the left leg, reportedly intending to prevent recovery. The leg was amputated, and some Iraq watchers think Tikriti may have taken revenge.
Both of Saddam's surviving half-brothers, Barzan Tikriti and Sabawi Tikriti, have major grievances against Uday -- Barzan over Uday's treatment of his daughter, whom Uday married, and both for having been pushed from power.
Any of the relatives of Hussein Kamel and Saddam Kamel, the president's slain sons-in-law, also have had reason to hate Uday. So do members of the Duleimi clan from the town of Ramadi, south of Baghdad. The clan's leading member, Mohammed Duleimi, was killed after a run-in with Uday, and his body was sent back to Ramadi mutilated and eyeless.
Salameh Neemat, a reporter with the pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat who has longtime contacts in Iraq, said that revenge was only half the motive needed by whoever attacked Uday. "Whoever did this was willing to risk not their own lives only but every single member of their family," he said. "Saddam could raze a whole village off the face of the earth. This was done by people who felt they had nothing left to lose."
© Copyright 1998 The Washington Post


text:
That's what I thought when I heard My Digital Studio (MDS) was being launched in the UK. Too be honest I wasn't sure about it, ..... until I saw it in action! I have to say I love it and am completely converted to digital crafting.
This is the first ever page I "digi-created" of my first ever goldie, my beautiful Honey.
MDS is a very user friendly (needs to be for me!) way to create and share your projects, the recipient doesn't need to have MDS too. There is an amazing array of content including patterned papers, stamps, ribbons, punches and embellishments on the initial programme with options to buy more with the regular add ons. I squeeeeeeeled to find Sage Shadow, my favourite ever retired Stampin' Up! colour on there!
MDS is a real bargain at just £13.95, but if you'd like to give it a go, it is available on a 30 day trial too. Be warned though ..... it's addictive!!!
Thanks for stopping by .....


text:
Dollhouses are fun to play with and create an imaginative atmosphere with your children. There are two dollhouse furniture room options that you should really look at. The first is children or nursery furniture, and the second is sewing rooms. These are fun because you can really act like parents and enjoy the quality hand painted designs and the Victorian styles.
Children's and Nurserys Dollhouse Furniture
No room in your dollhouse will be more sweet or nostalgic than a children's room or nursery. Children's rooms can be playful or peaceful, and the accessories you can add (toy blocks, children's books, and even a doll's dollhouse) are charming as can be. Depending on how you style it, children's rooms can be lively or tranquil places, and you will love the children's toys you can add (miniature picture books, little wagons, and even a doll's dollhouse.
Dollhouse Laundry and Sewing Rooms
One way to bring a lot of interest to your dollhouse is to add a laundry or sewing room. Sewing rooms give a quaint, old-fashioned feel to your dollhouse, while laundry rooms are usually indicative of a more modern time. Both allow you to place a few accessories in your home (such as a box of thread or an ironing board) that will delight anyone who sees them
Hand Painted Dollhouse Furniture
Dollhouse furniture is known by, and revered for, its detail and quality. Hand painted furniture can add class to a Victorian style, or some craziness to a traditional or modern dollhouse (especially in the children's rooms). This popular choice is not likely to fad with time and many generations will enjoy the quality and craftsmanship that when into a hand painted piece of dollhouse furniture.
Dollhouse Furniture: Victorian Era
Out of the many differing styles Victorian dollhouse furniture is by far the most popular. Victorian dollhouse furniture has the classic feel of the Victorian era – curved and rounded lines, high ended backs, and prominent detailed legs. A dollhouse filled with Victorian dollhouse furniture will be the envy of any hobbits and truly worth displaying on your own living room.


text:
Monday, October 20, 2008
Juan Ortiz update
Steve writes in one of the comments to a previous post that, Juan is no longer at Disney and provides this link to Juan's blog where he has been posting some Disney concept artwork again (yay!). I mention it here so you don't miss it. The blog is well worth checking out.
Posted by zapjones at 8:04 PM
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing that blog with us!
I never thought the Warner Store chain would be closed someday. It's nice Juan shows us his sketches for the snowglobes. I really want to buy the Jimminy Cricket one.
- October 22, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
About Us
We are proud to be distributing the largest variety of yerba mate brands, gourds, and bombillas in North America. We are also the exclusive importer of Argentina's favorite Organic Yerba Mate, La Esquina de Las Flores. But most of all, we love yerba mate.
During my undergraduate years in college, I had the opportunity to be introduced to this amazing drink by a group of Latin American farmers visiting my workplace, a nonprofit international farming agency. Each day, as we drove out to the farmlands, we conquered cultural and language barriers as we shared gourds of yerba mate. When the farmers departed, my connection to their community remained in my heart. The farmers gave me more than a tea tradition. They fed my soul and inspired my journey to start a business based on social responsibility.
Although yerba mate was introduced to me as a simple alternative to coffee, I soon learned through my research that it is actually derived from a tropical plant that is packed with amino acids, vitamins and minerals. It acts as an antioxidant and a stimulant, and contains medicinal properties. As I unearthed the benefits of yerba mate, the intense bond I had formed with the Latin American farmers tugged at my heart and stayed in my head. I wanted to share not only the healthy qualities of yerba mate with my friends, but also the communal bonding experience of ritually sharing this drink.
On a student's budget, I soon discovered that I could only afford to dip into the ritual elements, rather than drink yerba mate as it is customarily enjoyed in Latin America, where it is a daily source of nutrition and energy. Traditionally, yerba mate uses a large proportion of tea to water, and the cost of importing large amounts of the tea was prohibitive. When I did splurge in purchasing the tea, I then faced the dilemma of how to brew and drink it. In Latin America, yerba mate is brewed in a specific style of gourd and sipped through a special straw to fully take in the nourishment.
My desire for the tea, combined with my humanistic philosophies, led me to develop a small business network. My goal was to bring affordable bulk yerba mate to my friends and acquaintances. At the time I did not envision that my network would expand to eventually offer the largest variety of yerba mate teas and accessories in the United States. I did, however, consciously decide to take the path less traveled by creating a business model with a primary goal driven by humanistic philosophies. I designed my business around fairness, respect and cooperation in every aspect of the business from producer to consumer.
In many ways, this ancient, ritually shared tea that feeds the soul is the antithesis of greed and selfishness. I began to understand why the tradition of a community drink – one that opens hearts and minds while healing and nourishing the body – would have difficulty blossoming in our busy, individualistic culture. In order to be true to myself, I vowed to stay true to the tea and to the Latin American culture. I achieved that goal by simply selling the product as it is sold in South America where prices are affordable for all socioeconomic levels of society. I brought integrity to the forefront by introducing the wonderful health benefits of the tea to as many people as possible.
I was also committed to fairness and honesty with my suppliers in South America. I knew that the only way to successfully accomplish this goal was to bridge the cultural and language barriers. For six months, I split my time living in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Colonia, Uruguay. In business terms, the experience was both practical and useful. Personally, it was priceless. I built friendships that allowed me to learn about the human side of yerba mate. As my South American friends and I shared thoughts, ideas and laughter over this amazing drink, the metaphors of all it represented nurtured the foundation of my business network.
Being immersed in the culture propelled me on my path toward progress. I brought information to my network that could only be learned by living among the drink and its drinkers. With an understanding of the language and the culture, I formed symbiotic relationships with my suppliers. I found that we shared the same ethical business beliefs. With a commitment to ourselves and to each other, we brought a new vision to the North American market.
Contact Us:
Toll Free: 1-888-MATE-TEA (1-888-628-3832)
Comment from Ryan Garrett
Time September 14, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Jon, How do you sell this? What amts, and in what form? I am considering a french press. Your thoughts on a better way…for someone who is really busy and really loves bold coffee. Where did you go to college?
Comment from Jon
Time September 15, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Hello Ryan:
Yerba Mate is traditionally purchased in 1 pound or 2 pound bags. We also distribute 7 pound for small coffee shops and 33 pounds for our clients that repackage the yerba mate under their own brand. Here is something that may help you think about how to drink it:
Preperation Methods
To easily extract the maximum amount of antioxidants and other plentiful nutrients use these easy extraction tools.
Traditional Method: The shape of a special gourd (Mate) compresses the Yerba Mate around the special straw (Bombilla), allowing the maximum extraction of abundant nutrients. World's most popular extraction method.
YerbaCup: The easiest to use yerba mate extractor. Fill top with yerba mate and fill bottom with water. Enjoy anywhere.
French Press, coffee pot, strainer, or tea balls: Much more nutritious than using coffee or other teas, but not as effective as the traditional method or YerbaCup at extracting nutrients.
Yum! Mix with mint leaves, cinnamon sticks, honey, lemon juice, herbs, or any other flavor you crave!
I went to UW Madison and Georgia State.
The yerba will not jolt your muscles like the coffee, but will help you stay really busy without crashing.
Comment from Amy Smith
Time October 25, 2009 at 3:29 AM
Hi Jon,
Thank you for introducing me to this exciting "way of life". I have been researching the YerbaMate health benefits. I have a few questions about taking prescriptions meds (for cholersterol and estrogen, for example) AND drinking the Yerba mate. But, I am REALLY excited and interested in getting started. I actually have gotten 4 different households interested in joining me in conducting a "study" : ) on the medical/ physical benefits from drinking YerbaMate. So……
I need to purchase 8 Yerbacups, 2 gourds and 2 straws. My idea is that all 4 households (8 people) committ to drinking YerbaMate, daily, using the Yerbacup for the adults on the go, and two of the adults using the gourd. How much tea would each houshold need for a 1 month supply? Roughly? I know how you love puzzles. We would like to get started on November 1st and track our results throughout the month. I predict that by December 1st, you will have several new customers. Please shoot me an email with product costs (for paraphanelia and 1 month supply X 4). I would like to get it asap, since I will be shipping some of it to Texas.
See you Monday. Feel free to call me with questions.
Stay cool!
Comment from Mare
Time October 31, 2013 at 8:40 PM
Hello, for people from Argentina, drinking mate is a communication process, a social affair, a ritual, and so much more. The last thing we actually think of is the energy or nutrition. From an early age we start sharing mate with our family and friends, and it symbolizes so much more. Mate bonds our souls. Some people believe that you become an adult the day you brew and drink mate by yourself to ponder about your life.
I am living in Charlotte, NC, and was really surprised to find someone so interested in, not only selling it, but also in what it means.
Good luck! I'll visit next time I;m in Asheville .
Write a comment
You need to login to post comments!


text:
Ashley & Co. provides the creative avenue to ensure your event is the ideal mix of traditional and contemporary that showcases your personality. Stop by the showroom to start the design of your wedding or speak to a wedding professional about coordination packages.
"Let your event be a reflection of who you are."Website
3122 Texas Avenue South
College Station, TX 77845


text:
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Boys vs Girls
When pregnant with Owen, I prayed for a healthy baby regardless of the sex but secretly hoped for another boy. After Ben, boys were what I knew. I wanted a playmate for Ben. Girls even though I am one (stating the obvious I know) scare me a wee bit for many different reasons. I describe girls as "high maintenance" and well that is just not "me".
I had the pleasure of picking up my little niece Nora from daycare the other day and got thinking that perhaps I was wrong on this whole girl theory. She showed me her adorable little pair of extra shoes in her cubby...gorgeous little silver ballet flats and I melted. Then driving home this sweet little voice came from the backseat of my car and was such a beautiful sound. I adore little girls voices. All kids tiny voices are beautiful but little girls....ohh.
She is starting dance lessons soon and having taken lessons for 15 years myself, I realized instead of warm dance studios, or coffee with the other moms while the girls are in lessons, I will surely be spending my time instead in cold arenas and on hot fields.
When I got her back to our place her and Ben began to play and were very excited to see each other and they had to be told several times not to do things as they were a little crazy. At one point I asked them both to not do something and this sweet little princess looked me in the eye and defiantly said "NO"....that was it, end of discussion, don't talk to me....NO.
And I flashed back to all the horrible horrible things I said to my mother when younger and the things I put her through, how rotten I was to her and I thought "good thing I got boys - payback would surely be a bitch!" .
I figure when I need some girl time I will simply just borrow Nora, take her for a mani/pedi and some shopping and then send her home.
But you know what they say...
A daughter is a daughter for life
A son is a son till he takes a wife
4 comments:
awww so cute!!! love the picture. owie and ben will always me mammas boys, wife or not. and hopefully you can have a great relationship with their wives too! and then have adopted daughters hehehehe
love ya
xxxx jenn
- October 25, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Clippy Mat said...
this is lovely.
i hope you get all your little girl 'fixes' with little noo noo.
and your boys will always by your boys.
just make sure, as i did, that they marry lovely girls.
- October 25, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- clinka said...
ahhh, little noo noo loves her auntie kee!
- October 25, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Hi Kari -love to read your blog -Ben and Nora look like good little friends. So happy for you and Ian -Owen's baptism looked such a special day -thanks to Andrew for posting his pics so quick for us to share. Hugs to Jules and julian ( loved Julian's tie!! )Thank God Jenn is with you sharing happy times xx
- October 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM


text:
Archive for August 2009
This is one of the most interesting question I received today from James of London, UK. He mentioned that there is a news published in the UK newspaper and it is a very significant news. Let's check out together about this news.
UFO X-files News
LONDON (Reuters) – A cluster of UFO sightings over Britain in 1996 may have had more to do with public fascination with TV shows like the "X Files" than extraterrestrial activity, according to files released by the National Archives on Monday.
Documents from Britain's Ministry of Defense (MoD) indicated there were 609 UFO sightings in 1996, compared with 117 in 1995. This coincided with the rise in popularity of the X Files and the release of the alien blockbuster film "Independence Day."
More from other blogs
- UFO sightings: The British X-files in full
- UFO sightings increased by x-files
- Canada releases UFO X-files
There is a interesting video which you can watch to learn more about the UFO:
Is this for real? I don't know. Am I a skeptic? The main question from James was that is it really possible? I think it is possible as I am sure there might be more earth like planets in other galaxies and the fact is that we don't know much about many other galaxies.
Any way rather than answering to James question, I just wanted to share about this latest news as this is an interesting story.
Jay Author
If you've ever used BizRate, NexTag, Shopping.com, and similar price comarison sites, you might be under the impression that these sites scour the Web for prices from a wide variety of online retailers. That's a false impression; instead, these sites build their price/product databases from product links submitted and paid for by participating retailers. That's right, most price comparison sites charge retailers to be included in their listings.
Google Product Search isn't like all the other price comparison sites. Google is completely objective, it doesn't take money for its listings, instead sending its spider software to independently scour the Web for merchants and products. So Google Product Search is a pure search engine.
Not only are Google's results untainted by product placement, it also typically returns more results for any given item you're shopping for.
Google Product Search (formerly called Froogle) helps you locate products instantly on the web and comparison-shop according to price, features, customer ratings, and more. It isn't a store in itself but rather a searchable database of millions of products sold on the web. So if you've got a product in mind but aren't wedded to a particular merchant, the Google Product Search search engine will collect a wide array of options for you and then give you the tools to zero in on the best buy.
How to Use Google Product Search?
The best way to use Google Product Search is by putting in the keyword like product name, model number, brand name or the combination of the same. Google Product Search will present you with a page of products that match with your keyword.
- By relevance: Ranks the products according to what Google Product Search considers most relevant to your keywords. Unless you change the "sort by" setting, Google Product Search automatically organizes by relevance.
- By price, low to high: Ranks the least expensive products higher.
- By price, high to low: Ranks the most expensive products higher. Though few consumers are looking to pay the highest price, this ranking will help give you a sense of the full range of prices.
- Product rating: Ranks according to product reviews.
- Seller rating: Ranks according to the merchants' credibility and consumer ratings
Product Search Shopping and Wish Lists
Shopping List
- Click on the "My Shopping List" link on the Google Product Search homepage.
- Sign up for a free Google account if you don't already have one.
- When you find an item of interest to you on Google Product Search, click on "Add to Shopping List."
- Check back into "My Shopping List" to view your shopping cart of goodies and to arrange them comparatively.
Wish List
- Weed through the items in your Shopping List to pinpoint your favorites.
- Check the In Wish List box below the items you want.
- Wait for Santa Claus to look up your Wish List on Google Product Search. You can look for anyone's Wish List by entering his or her email address into the Find a Wish List field on the Shopping List page
Enjoy the Google Product Search to get the bargains,
Jay Author


text:
ST. PAUL, Minn. � A history and tradition must begin somewhere. For the Robert Morris hockey team, it truly began here -- in the state of hockey -- on Saturday night.
As the Colonials turned to skate off the ice, thousands in the maroon and gold clad Minnesota crowd, among the sport�s most knowledgeable and passionate fans in the country, stood and roared its appreciation. They cheered for the visitors from the small school in Moon Township.
They cheered for the Colonials.
�It was a humbling experience for all of us,� said sophomore forward Zac Lynch. �Just a great experience to be here and to see that.�
No, there was not a miracle on ice, but there were no tears afterward, either; there were only handshakes and hugs on a groundbreaking season for a program that is barely out of its infancy.
Certianly, the record book will note that Robert Morris was defeated in its first foray into the NCAA Tournament. That the Colonials lost 7-3 to Minnesota, the No. 1 team in the country, is minutiae.
As they�ve done all season, the Colonials never quit. They didn�t quit when they started the season 2-12-2 and they weren�t about to do it when Minnesota jumped out to a 4-0 lead midway through the second period.
�I don�t think we came here just to be a patsy,� said coach Derek Schooley. �We didn�t come here to play like a 16 seed. We came here to win a hockey game. We came here to enjoy the experience, but we came here to win a hockey game.�
They didn�t accomplish that, but they certainly put a scare into the top-seeded Gophers.
The Colonials whittled that 4-0 deficit to 4-2. And when the Gophers went up 5-2, they narrowed it back down to a one-goal lead before Nate Condon finally sealed Minnesota�s victory with an empty-net goal.
�I felt at times like we were all over them,� said Cody Wydo, who scored the first RMU goal and assisted on Zac Lynch�s. �It didn�t feel like a 7-3 game. I felt like we held our own at certain times.�
If nothing else, the Colonials held their own. They showed they weren�t a fluke and could compete in college hockey�s ultimate rounds.
�I hope everyone in Minnesota now realizes why we�re in the national tournament and how hard we play,� Schooley said.
In the grand picture, though, this was the next step in the evolution process for Robert Morris. That fact wasn�t lost on the Colonials even after the disappointment of Saturday�s result. With just three seniors departing, the bar has been raised higher for next season. Their next appearance in the NCAA Tournament will not be a sentimental journey. Competing against Minnesota is nice, but beating the Gophers in the big dance is the next step.
�I don�t think there�s any reason why should not propel us to another national tournament next year and hopefully win a few games,� said RMU captain Colin South, a Sewickley native. �It definitely adds motivation for the guys coming back to play in front of another crowd like that.�
If future Colonials teams display the resolve that this team has shown the last three months, there�s no reason to believe that won�t be the case.


text:
Infrastructure establish on Grand Trunk Road (Durgapur Expressway) within 60 Miters Near to Dankuni Industrial Area. Dankuni railway station to Godown around 18km Bally railway station to Godown around 23km Godown Height is 20 Feet. 30,000 sqft open space can also be utilized. Electric connectivity is 440 volt. Capacity is 12000 M.T. Weigh Bridge Capacity 60 Tons.
High quality class A warehouses Clear height : 20 Floor loads : 50 kN/m2 Column Grid : 12 m * 24m Number of dock doors tailored to customer's need. ESFR roof-net sprinkler installation Fenced facility and electrical gate entrance Ample parking space Office and social space available
1.Bally Railway Station - 23 Km. 2.Godown Height -20 Feet 3.Power: 440 Volt. 4.10,000 Sqft. Open Space. 5.Surrounding Wall - 10 Ft. 6.Area Main Gate Height 20 Ft. 7.Frontage: 30 Feet. ,Road: 40 Ft. 8.Panchayet Sanction. 9.Office Room: 5000 Sqft. 10.Weigh Bridge 60 Tons. 11.NO, No Entry Zone. 12.Easy Access Of Good Vehicles. 13.24 Hours Operational Time. 14.No Local Or Trade Union Problem. 15.24 Hours Water Supply. 1 6.Generator Facilities - Avilable 17.Inventory Service- Chargeable. 18.Security Service - Chargeable. Goodman


text:
Two downtown businesses will celebrate grand openings this weekend, while a new dining option in the Vista is up and running.
You and Improved Esthetics, a new full-service spa in the Vista, will celebrate its grand opening on Friday at 911 Lady St., Suite D.
Dusty Rushton owns the skincare treatment center, which offers non-surgical services including facials, waxing, teeth whitening, massages and body sculpting.
"The Vista is a special place with plenty of dining options, and the neighborhood's public art makes it different from anywhere else in the city," Rushton said in a news release. "I know clients will love what we have to offer. I look forward to helping men and women enhance the beauty they already have."
The grand opening celebration, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., will include complimentary food and beverages.
Also new to the Vista is Kao Thai Cuisine, which opened earlier this month in the former firehouse at the corner of Senate and Park streets. Owned by Gai Wilson, a native of Bangkok, the restaurant at 101 Senate St., Suite 300, features Pan-Asian dishes as well as classic Thai food.
Wilson opened Tamarind Thai Cuisine in Arden, N.C, in 2007.
The fire station, located at the corner of Park and Senate streets, was built between 1949 and 1951 and at the time was considered one of the most advanced fire department headquarters in the country. It closed in 1995, and at one point was scheduled for demolition before being purchased by Capitol Places. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 and sold to Wheeler Development in 2015.
There are plans for another restaurant at the two-story, 20,800-square-foot building.
In Five Points, Palmetto Renovations will hold its grand opening at 1112 Harden St. on Saturday. The celebration, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m., will include face painting, music, hot dogs and shaved ice, and donations of canned food for Harvest Hope Food Bank will be accepted.
The company works with sunrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, floors, decks and additions, according to a release.


text:
This bragging billboard proves modesty is always the best policy.
After Forbes Magazine named the University of South Dakota the best in all of the Dakotas, the university put up a billboard which made some question the quality of higher education in the Dakotas.
The billboard along Interstate 90 west of Sioux Falls has a misplaced apostrophe in the word "Dakotas," making the word possessive rather than plural.
A USD spokeswoman says the mistake was human error — the wrong version of a design was sent to the billboard company. The billboard is now being replaced.
by aol