sudden death of her father, King George VI. Until she was 10 years old, Elizabeth had been third in line to the throne, behind her uncle, Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, the Duke of York. However her uncle abdicated in 1936 and her father became king, making her the heir to the throne at the time of his death."

"The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place on June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey. She was only 25 years old and had become queen after the sudden death of her father, King George VI. Until she was 10 years old, Elizabeth had been third in line to the throne, behind her uncle, Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, the Duke of York. However her uncle abdicatedA 21-year old man died after he tried to jump the airshaft between the two buildings, police said View Full Caption DNAInfo/ Sybile Penhirin

HELL'S KITCHEN — A man died when he tried to jump between two five-story buildings on West 45th street, officials said.

The 21-year-old had been drinking at a local bar late Tuesday before he went onto the rooftop of 359 West 45th street, near Ninth Avenue, officials said.

Once on the roof, he tried to cross over the air shaft between the five-story building and the adjacent one at 357 W 45th street. Deputy Inspector John Hart said he appeared to have tried to use a canvas bag to help him in the leap, though it's not known how.

Pieces of the bag were found on the rooftop


and in the man's hands, Hart said.

The man plummeted down the air shaft, which is located at the back of the buildings, and was pronounced dead at the scene when he was found at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD.

The police recovered a Czech Republic passport on him and he had keys to a nearby apartment, but it was unclear if he lived in the U.S. or was visiting.

His identity was withheld by authorities pending family notification.

Pedro Sosa, a 44-year-old worker, was getting ready to sand the floor of a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor of 359 W. 45th St. when he saw the body.Fire chief Tony McGuirk sorry for 'bone idle' claim Published duration 15 September 2010

image caption Mr McGuirk said his cuts had improved the fire service

Merseyside's chief fire officer has apologised for claiming that some workers in the public sector are "bone idle".

Tony McGuirk had told a seminar run by an independent think tank that sick leave had become an "epidemic".

Mr McGuirk has said in hindsight he used language which he now "regrets".

But Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Matt Wrack said the apology was insufficient and has called for his resignation.

Mr McGuirk's comments, in which he told bosses to show "muscle, sack some people", were made in June at a discussion run by Reform, a think tank which focuses on public services.

His comments were then circulated at the


FSA accused of losing mis-selling files

12:01AM GMT 20 Mar 2004

Legal & General claims the regulator has failed to produce vital paperwork because it has been lost or destroyed, writes Andrew Cave

The Financial Services Authority suffered major embarrassment yesterday when it was claimed that it has either "lost or destroyed" files relating to Legal & General's alleged mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.

The claim came from Legal's lawyer, Charles Flint, in a preliminary initial hearing of the first mis-selling case to be heard by the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal.

The FSA's regulatory decisions committee has already found that Legal mis-sold endowments between 1997 and 1999. A report by accountants Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) found that 60 customers out of a sample of 250 were "unsuitable" for the products.

Legal has refusedThe youngest of three children, Laura was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967 to a British mother and Afrikaans father. Lauren lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with her husband and two sons.

"From experience in my former practices in Singapore and Australia, and indeed in my personal life, I’ve seen how life presents us with limitless opportunities to grow, heal and learn – moving to a new country, retrenchment, marriage, divorce, a new baby, a career change, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, the loss of a loved one…

“If we have not acquired the coping mechanisms to pull through such events, we might be overwhelmed with feelings of depression, abandonment, mistrust, anxiety, hurt, anger, inadequacy, low self-esteem and so on.

“In the safety of a confidential setting, counselling offers us


made from want and desire.

Lauren’s talent for creating the turn of phrase that nails each relationship issue and each type of accountability can be found in the blogs and content on this site.

Visit often to be the first to know when Wanted is published.

Lauren has a Masters’ Degree is Social Science (Counselling) from the University of South Australia and began her full-time counselling career in 2006, working extensively with couples and individuals specifically in the areas of relationships and depression. Her prior career in tourism marketing was preceded by a degree in Journalism. The youngest of three children, Laura was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967 to a British mother and Afrikaans father. Lauren lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with her husband and two sons.

"From experienceShe's dabbled with an album of classic covers, she's dabbled with writing more of her own songs and producing a full album on her own.

In recent years, it's as if Martina McBride has been trying to find the kind of inspiration for herself that she's given to so many of her fans through the years.

This time 'round, she's got it back.

McBride's 10th studio album, "Shine" is fully stocked with songs that capture her passion and suit her perfectly, on standouts ranging from the thumping hit single "Ride" to the twin-slide guitar fueled "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong," which boasts an intro straight out of the Keith Richards book of ragged and rugged riffs.

Part of the singer's inspiration was no doubt supplied by Nashville producer Dan Huff, who has


played guitar on many of McBride's past hits. He's behind the boards this time (and out front as well, adding plenty of guitar), and the collaboration sounds like a strong one.

The mix of material is right on target. McBride's show-stopping voice is showcased frequently but tastefully, never in the bombastic form we hear from the numerous divas who can't come close to her control, clarity, range or depth.

Her voice soars with special strength on the slow building power ballad "I Just Call You Mine," and the same goes for "What Do I Have to Do." She captures the emotion of an abused child in the mandolin-backed mystery saga "Wild Rebel Rose," an artfully-penned song that probably could hold its own as a movie concept.

And while McBride didn't writenearly as much for this album as she did for 2007's "Waking up Laughing," her one co-writing contribution "Sunny Side Up," is one of the album's most appealing and playful tracks.

A Nashville treasure and a national treasure, McBride sounds re-energized and "Shine" is one of her best albums in years.

Martina McBride, "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"

The Dream, "Love vs. Money" (Def Jam). 4 stars.

He's made his name as a songwriter, penning such huge hits as "Umbrella" for Rihanna, "Touch My Body" for Mariah Carey and "Single Ladies" for Beyonce, and that's just a fraction of what The Dream (Terius Nash) has been up to.

There's also that matter of his own recording career which kicked off in late 2007 with his debut "Love Hate" and absolutely explodes with this


the piano-swirling, six-minutes-plus of "Fancy."

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, "Tangled Tales" (Surfdog). 3 stars.

photo courtesy DanHicks.netDan Hicks

When he started in the late 1960s and early '70s, Dan Hicks was so far on the fringes that he actually sounds fairly normal now, a guy who has gracefully grown older in a business that typically devours its young.

Still playing a distinctive band of "outlaw swing music" that's heavily influenced by one of his musical heroes Django Reinhardt, here are Hicks and the Hot Licks circa 2009 turning it on with "Tangled Tales."

The man who brought us "I Scare Myself" and so many other great songs, delivers highlights here like the rapid-fire, very amusing "13-D," the acoustic fire of "Who Are You?" the lightning fast title track and even aleaned toward a relatively acoustic-based sound through the years, hearing them go from the electric side to the acoustic side isn't quite as dramatic as hearing, for example, Seether do a thundering hard rock version of Wham/George Michael's "Careless Whisper."

While some of the songs lack the memorable melodies so closely associated with the Indigos' music during the past 20 years, the ladies are in decent form here, harmonizing their way through the lyrically-intriguing "Driver Education," which had appeared on Ray's solo album "Prom;" paying homage to lost friends on "Ghost of the Gang;" and offering the sturdy late night campfire feel of "Second Time Around."

The album was produced by Mitchell Froom, who had most recently worked with Saliers and Ray on 2006's "Despite Our Differences."

Any album that starts


with the Brinsley Schwarz 1974 classic "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" sets some high expectations from the beginning.

Of course when we're talking about a "Best of" collection from the esteemed British songwriter Nick Lowe, there are going to be plenty of other songs guaranteed to shake up true rockers everywhere.

This very generous 49-song double CD is filled with Lowe's pub rockin' masterworks, ranging from "Cruel to Be Kind," "Ragin' Eyes," and "Half a Boy and Half a Man," to "All Men Are Liars," "I Knew The Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)," and many more.

Disc two, which mainly focuses on work that Lowe has recorded since 1990 is a little more mellow than the first disc, but songs like "The Beast in Me,"the very amusing "Shting-Shtang," and 2007's "Long Limbed Girl," reflect the many facets of the man's storied career.

Hardcore Lowe fans will want to search out the deluxe edition of this set, which includes a bonus DVD with nine music videos and a 2007 concert filmed in Belgium.

There have been a lot of these vintage soul, doo wop and oldies shows seemingly sustaining PBS pledge drives for awhile now, and here's one more.

The difference this time though is in the quality of the material, culled from a June 2008 concert celebrating the legacy of songwriters and producers extraordinaire Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff.

With the help of some very talented collaborators Gamble & Huff put Philadelphia on the musical map in the 1970s as a soul capital that was only


CAPABILITIES STATEMENT

CAPABILITIES STATEMENT

Built All Construction is owned by Nichakorn Meyerson. It is a private company categorized under Residential and Commercial Builders located in Van Nuys, CA. It was incorporated in California. Built-All Construction employs a staff of approximately 15 to 25.

Areas of Service include but are not limited to: Construction rehabilitation and maintenance of Residential and Commercial Properties. We are licensed general, landscape and painting contractor.

Built-All Construction is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council. They work to promote buildings and communities that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

Built All Construction is dedicated to providing excellent service and reasonable prices, thereby ensuring complete client satisfaction and return-on-investment.

Commercial: Financial Institutions, Asset Companies, Insurance Companies, State Government and City Municipalities

Federal Government: Housing of Urbanup," says Batha, and points out that there's a ready and waiting market: "people looking for that sweet wholesome content." Sala agrees. "Edgy, insincere stuff is losing its edge," she says, and she's not wrong. We're saturated with satire. It's okay to like things, it's okay to have feelings, and it's okay to not want to read the news every day.


David Bossie, a former Trump deputy campaign manager, has raised millions of dollars by falsely claiming that his group, the Presidential Coalition, was spending that money for pro-Trump conservative candidates, according to a report from Axios and the Campaign Legal Center.

Of the $15.4 million the Presidential Coalition reportedly spent in 2017 and 2018, only 3% of those funds actually went to conservative candidates, with the majority of the money instead being used for fundraising and administrative costs for the Coalition, as well as for Bossie's six-figure salary, according to the report.

Most of the donors were small-dollar and elderly people who believed that they were helping President Donald Trump through the donations, according to the report.

Visit INSIDER's homepage for more stories.

A former Trump deputy campaign manager reportedly scammed small-dollarand elderly donors into thinking they were contributing to pro-Trump conservative candidates, with the majority of those funds actually benefiting his group, according to a report from Axios and the campaign finance watchdog Campaign Legal Center (CLC).

That former manager, David Bossie, formerly faced scrutiny after making comments on "Fox & Friends" last year that Democratic strategist Joel Payne, his black co-guest, was "out of his cotton-picking mind" — leading to his two-week suspension as a contributor on the network.

Now, according to the report, Bossie is back in the hot seat: of the $15.4 million his group the Presidential Coalition reportedly spent in 2017 and 2018, just 3% of those funds went directly to political activity — despite the group claiming to donors that the money would be used


for conservative political candidates.

The majority of the funds, rather, went toward fundraising and administrative costs for the Coalition, as well as for Bossie's six-figure salary, according to Axios and CLC.

Read more: Trump's former deputy campaign manager told a black panelist on 'Fox & Friends' that he was 'out of his cotton-picking mind'

On "Fox & Friends" in June 2018, David Bossie (left) told Democratic strategist Joel Payne (right) he was "out of his cotton-picking mind." Fox News

Most of the donors to the Coalition were small-dollar and elderly people who believed that they were helping the president with their donations, according to dozens of mostly retired donors who spoke to Axios. Wallace Payne, an 86-year-old Republican from Minnesota, told the outlet: "I'm old and easily fooled I guess."

The report notesthat the Presidential Coalition's Facebook ads were predominantly targeted at Facebook users over the age of 65.

An INSIDER survey of Facebook ads, stored in Facebook's political ad archive, found a similar trend. For instance, of the 1,000 to 5,000 users who viewed a November 2018 ad, 56% were women over 65 and 28% were men over 65.

The Presidential Coalition Facebook ad. Facebook's political ad archive

A senior Trump administration official told Axios Trump probably won't like this news. "This is money that many likely think is going towards the president's re-election effort when it is not," the official told the outlet. "So effectively every dollar groups like Bossie's and similar groups raise is a dollar the campaign does not."

The CLC, which reviewed the Presidential Coalition's IRS filings, also found


that more than $659,000 of those dollars went toward Citizens United and Citizens United Foundation, two affiliated organizations Bossie runs.

He was at the helm of the organization during the 2010 landmark Supreme Court case that allowed super PACs, nonprofits, and corporations to make unlimited contributions to political campaigns. In 2017, $105,541 of that was for Bossie's direct salary, according to the report.

In response to those specific allegations, the Presidential Coalition said in a statement that "the three entities are related groups and there is nothing inappropriate with taking advantage of economies of scale by sharing staff and infrastructure expenses." The Coalition described the overall report as "fake news brought to you by a collaboration of the biased liberal media and unabashed left-wing activists."

The Presidential Coalition didn't immediately respondto INSIDER's request for comment. The Trump campaign declined to comment on the matter.

One of the group's top fundraising vendors was previously accused of preying on the elderly

Other ways that the Presidential Coalition spent the money, according to the report: at least $445,00 was used to purchase books to send to donors, including "Trump's Enemies" which Bossie co-wrote, and millions of dollars went toward fundraising efforts to direct marketing firms, telemarketing firms, and related vendors.

The report noted that one of the Coalition's top fundraising vendors, InfoCision, and its affiliates, which received more than $1 million in 2017 and 2018, was accused by former employees for preying on the elderly and misleading donors.

In January 2018, the telemarketing firm, whose other clients have included a pro-Trump political action committee, and


groups linked to the Tea Party, settled a complaint after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of engaging in "false and misleading" tactics.

The Presidential Coalition, which Bossie started in 2005, gained prominence and a major fundraising boost following Trump's 2016 victory, raising more in 2017 and 2018 than it did in the previous six years combined, the report said.

"There is a cottage industry of groups targeting vulnerable communities with self-serving borderline scams," according to the report. "What sets the Presidential Coalition apart is that it is explicitly — and successfully — capitalizing on Bossie's connection with the President of the United States."Hotel Near Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital

This is a list of hotels near "Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital" which is located at Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital, Amit Society, Paldi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380007, India.

1 Hotel Jasmine

0.8 km from Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital

Hotel Jasmine is perfectly located for both business and leisure guests in Ahmedabad. Both business travelers and tourists can enjoy the hotel's facilities and services. Car park, family room, laundry service, dry cleaning, smoking area are there for guest's enjoyment. Guestrooms are fitted with all the amenities you need for a good night's sleep. In some of the rooms, guests can find television LCD/plasma screen, non smoking rooms, air conditioning, desk, blackout curtains. The hotel offers various recreational opportunities. For reliable service


Hotel Neelkanth Bliss

1.14 km from Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital

Hotel Neelkanth Bliss is perfectly located for both business and leisure guests in Ahmedabad. The hotel offers a high standard of service and amenities to suit the individual needs of all travelers. Facilities like 24-hour room service, valet parking, car park, room service, airport transfer are readily available for you to enjoy. Non smoking rooms, air conditioning, desk, fan, television can be found in selected guestrooms. The hotel offers various recreational opportunities. Friendly staff, great facilities and close proximity to all that Ahmedabad has to offer are three great reasons you should stay at Hotel Neelkanth Bliss.

4 Hotel Neelkanth-Crystal

1.16 km from Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital

Hotel Neelkanth-Crystal is conveniently located in the popular Navarangpura area. The hotelare at hand. All rooms are designed and decorated to make guests feel right at home, and some rooms come with television LCD/plasma screen, air conditioning, wake-up service, telephone, fan. The hotel offers various recreational opportunities. Atithi Hotel is an excellent choice from which to explore Ahmedabad or to simply relax and rejuvenate.

7 Hotel Marshall The Grand

1.39 km from Ahmedabad Institute Of Medical Services Hospital

Ideally located in the prime touristic area of Ellis Bridge, Hotel Marshall The Grand promises a relaxing and wonderful visit. Offering a variety of facilities and services, the hotel provides all you need for a good night's sleep. Take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour front desk, Wi-Fi in public areas, car park, room service, restaurant. Guestrooms are fitted with all the amenities you need


Liway, based on the remarkable true story of a freedom fighter raising her child inside one of the Marcos regime’s prison camps, was one of the biggest success stories of the Cinemalaya 2018 film festival. The movie broke the record for the highest box office sales in festival history, beating the previous holder by a margin of more than 50 percent, and earned both the Special Jury Commendation for Film and Audience Choice awards. Liway’s depiction of political prisoners during the time of Martial Law was so resonant with audiences that they spontaneously broke out into protest chants as the credits rolled.

It had all the ingredients for a successful commercial run: a proven track record in sales, widespread critical praise, and a captive audience. And yet, just aannouncement each morning, or try their luck by going to a cinema with the hopes of the film screening at the same time.

All this contributed to a rather sad catch-22: commercial cinemas continued to pull Liway out due to diminishing audiences, but people couldn’t reliably watch the film because the cinemas kept reducing their chances to watch it. On its first weekend, when a movie’s audience normally hits its largest numbers, more than half of commercial theaters had already stopped screening the film. The movie was denied its biggest opportunity to prove itself.

ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW

Liway, like its protagonist, was a film trapped within an oppressive system; and as in events past, its only way out was for audiences to act with urgency. The Filipino market needs


Dr. David Hayutin specializes in pediatric dentistry and practices in Denver, CO. The average patient rating for Dr. Hayutin is 3.5 stars out of 5. Dr. Hayutin is an in-network provider for several insurance carriers, including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Choice, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze. His training includes a residency program at Children's Hospital of Michigan. He is affiliated with Children's Hospital Colorado.

Dr. Kenneth Otterstedt specializes in pediatric dentistry and practices in Denver, CO and Colorado Springs, CO. He is an in-network provider for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Choice, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, as well as other insurance carriers.Photos: Virginia governor race

Updated 1838 GMT (0238 HKT) November 6, 2013

Photos: Virginia governor race11 photos

Virginia governor race – Virginia Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe gives a thumbs up to the crowd after speaking on Tuesday, November 5, in Tysons Corner, Virginia. McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, defeated Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli. With all of the vote counted, McAuliffe held a 48%-45% margin over Cuccinelli.


miniaturist Alice Zinn; all in her sales line.

I was reminded recently when I looked through those pictures again that I had never shown some of those items, other than The Wife of Bath, on my website.

This year - 2013 - is Alice's 37th anniversary as a professional miniaturist. Imagine that! What creativity and craftsmanship she has shared with the world in that time.

I purchased my first Alice Zinn miniatures from a shop in Lubbock, TX, back in the 80s, and never dreamed that we would someday become friends.

Although we had "met" online through our miniatures groups, Alice and Dawn Weaver first stopped by to actually meet me and my husband in person on their way home from CIMTA in Las Vegas in late January of 2002. (Ha! thatin over the years. I just love those cookies that I made so many years ago.

I have had this little wooden book holder since the early 80s. Those are some of my Wanna Books.

This lamp, one of two, was a gift from my friend Michele when she was downsizing her minis collections. I made the butterfly display frame back in the days of our mini club.

The desk and chair are Bombay furniture pieces. The rug is a small piece of upholstery fabric. I have had that wastebasket since the 80s, and the globe and stand, as well.

The black leather book on the desk has a raised face in the center of the front cover similar to this book.

It was an exchange gift from Barbara Brear of South Africa


Before there was Battlefield 1 there was Verdun, a "realistic" First World War multiplayer FPS released in 2015 by M2H and Blackmill Games. It obviously wasn't as much of a hit as EA's big-budget shooter but its unique, unforgiving approach to online combat found an audience—enough to justify a "standalone expansion" called Tannenberg, announced today and scheduled to come to Steam later this year.

Tannenberg brings the Russian Empire into the fight on the Eastern Front, in a very different style of fighting than that seen in Verdun. "The Russians and Austro-Hungarians played a huge part in the First World War and we're looking forward to portraying their contribution," Jos Hoebe of Blackmill Games said. "The Eastern Front didn't see the same trench warfare as in the West. InSlide 2:

Slide 3:

OPPORTUNITIES: Subscription Revenues to
Drive Industry Growth; Mobile TV Added Channel CAGR: 32% Annual Turnover Of Rs 4300 Crore (2006-07)
Rs 10,000-crore mark over the next three years.
Four decades to become Rs 2,000-crore entity But, the turnover doubled to over Rs 4,300 crore within nine years from 1999 to 2007

Slide 4:

Formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative movement in India.
A brand name managed by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF)
Jointly owned by 2.6 million milk producers in Gujarat
Spurred the White Revolution of India, which has made India the largest producer of milk and milk products in the world.
Overseas markets - Mauritius, UAE, USA, Bangladesh, Australia, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and a few South African countries
Fresh plans of flooding the markets of Japan & Sri Lanka.
Dr Verghese Kurien,


former chairman of the GCMMF -the man behind the success of Amul.
On 10 Aug 2006 Parthi Bhatol was elected chairman of GCMMF
The white revolution has finally created a billion-dollar brand.

Slide 5:

Every day Amul collects 7 million litres of milk from 2.6 million farmers (many illiterate), converts the milk into branded, packaged products, and delivers goods to over 500,000 retail outlets across the country.
Its supply chain one of the most complicated in the world. Business Model Pasteurisation

Slide 7:

Largest milk brand in Asia marketing more than 30 different brands of dairy products like cheese, ice-cream, condensed milk, ready-to-eat pizza, beverages etc.
Amul is the market leader in ghee and butter
Amul Kool and Kool Café doing well
Defending against names like Mahananda, Vijay, Milma and other co-operative milk brands
Aggressive moves against FMCG and(GCMMF) is drawing up a fresh game plan for its flagship brand 'Amul Fresh Milk, its main rival is mother dairy India
On Amul’s future plans, Amul is expanding their processing and packaging capacity to meet growing demands eg delhi & Mumbai.
In a bid to pump up volumes, Amul is also extending its distribution network to reach new markets. "Our core strategy is to further consolidate our operations in existing markets which includes Kolkatta along with beefing up advertizing &marketing actions.
Incidentally, Amul is selling its packaged milk brands on the Net too.
Mother dairy is working on similar grounds and increasing its reach and both the giants are trying to capture large packaged milk market. Amul milk

Amul Buttercash cow in the product portfolioPrimary position as far as butter is concerned


with a market share of more than 86 per cent :

Amul Buttercash cow in the product portfolioPrimary position as far as butter is concerned with a market share of more than 86 per cent Amul has introduced a number of diverse range of varied products like cooking butter, low fat butter etc along its main product. Hence covering all the segments in which a competitor can enter, thus creating strong barriers and in turn playing offence to defend its market position.

Amul cheese :

Amul cheese Variants
Amul Pasteurized Processed Cheddar Cheese
Amul Processed Cheese Spread
Amul Pizza (Mozarella) Cheese
Amul as a brand investing a lot of resources in cheese because it has to defend its position from the various attacks of its close competitor britannia and hence attacks itself by introducing newthe Cold Coffee is priced at Rs. 12.
The firm has also entered the fresh pastuerised milk market, dominated by Government-owned milk marketers
The firm has started supplying dresh paneer (cottage cheese) in and around Delhi, the national capital.
The firm also has in its portfolio Daily Fresh Dahi (curd) and has just launched Low fat Dahi in 2008 Other Products

Strategy :

Strategy In 2001
Besides focusing on competitive pricing, BNZF has adopted a three-pronged strategy of freshness (lower pipeline stock), availability (improve distribution network) and visibility (more shelf space at modern trade).
It recently entered some fresh milk markets, such as Delhi and Kolkata, where GCMMF does not have a presence. It is concentrating on just 30 cities, and that too through select class A & B outlets, for butter and cheese. It


4.7% of the entire market.
While Everyday faces stiff competition from Amul's Amulya and Britannia's Milkman, the major competition is from the ordinary milk.
Adding more nutrients , variants and identifying multiple uses are the only option in this nascent market.
Expand the market or increase the usage situations

Strategy :

It wants to give GCMMF competition across the entire dairy line. Will be busy protecting the dominance of its Cerelac and Milkmaid brands, against the impending price-led onslaught from GCMMF's Amul Infant Milk Substitute and Mithai Mate, which will now be produced from a spanking new 8,000 tonne a year facility at Mehsana.
Nestle India has access to its Switzerland-based parent, Nestle SA's investments (global expenditure was Rs 6,500 crore in 2007) in research and development and advanced technology for foods and beverages
Likewise,market share of over 70% - the highest Cadbury brand share in the world!
Some of the key brands are Cadbury Dairy Milk, 5 Star, Perk, Éclairs,Temptations and Celebrations. Cadbury

:

In the Milk Food drinks segment our main product is Bournvita - the leading Malted Food Drink (MFD) in the country.
Similarly in the medicated candy category Halls is the undisputed leader.
We recently entered the gums category with the launch of our worldwide dominant bubble gum brand Bubbaloo. Bubbaloo is sold in 25 countries worldwide. Cadbury

Strategy :

Strategy Since 1965 Cadbury has pioneered the development of cocoa cultivation which gives it a strong unbending foundation in chocolates segment in India.
Being the market leader it follows the Defense strategy.
It re-launched three brands: 5 Star, Gems, and Bournvita recently. It is looking at its


strategy afresh to gain a toehold in the sugar confectionery market, and to reduce its traditional dependence on chocolates. Strategy

Slide 48:

Unilever, the major shareholder in HLL, is the world's largest ice-cream company selling in more than 80 countries (could be more, by now), mainly under the brand name Walls.
The Rs 1,200-crore branded ice creams sector is dominated by HLL with 37% market share followed by Amul with 27% market share.
With a growth in sales of nearly 40 per cent in 2006 and with HLL making profits in the category for the second year in succession, the company is bullish.
The market potential is huge, with ice cream consumption in the country very niche, at around 500 ml per capita, compared with 2-4 litre in Singapore and an eye-popping 25litre in the US. HUL

Strategy :

Strategy The strategy of promoting Kwality Walls as an umbrella brand for its ice creams, rather than a product-driven promotion, has helped to build the brand well.
The FMCG major's ice-cream business eliminated several stock-keeping units, rationalised manufacturing infrastructure and brought its focus down to six mainline cities only, where 60 per cent of the ice-cream market exists.
It is also planning to extend Unilever’s retail brand ‘Kwality Walls Swirls’ parlors in accordance with the growing number of shopping malls in India.
Sailesh Venkatesan, category head, Ice Creams, HLL said: “Our growth will be driven by increasing the availability and offering innovative products at affordable price points. Strategy


CASTLETON -- Goold Orchards, like many Hudson Valley fruit orchards, will only see about 10 percent of their usual apple produce and sales this year due to the mild winter that urged apple tree growth too early and a spring frost killing much of the already blooming apples.

The trees "woke up" about four weeks early, explained multiple local farmers in Rensselaer County.

For those who enjoy visiting the orchards for their fresh produce and goods, Goold is hosting its 24th annual Apple Festival and Craft Show this weekend that is the second largest event in the county, explained Sue Goold Miller whose family has owned the 100-acre farm for 102 years. She said anywhere from 22,000 to 25,000 people could be expected at the festival, weather permitting.

The Farm atto Washington state, usually has about 29 million bushels of apples annually, according to the New York Apple Association. While firm numbers will not be known until likely early next year, the expected apple crop due to the frost is about 14 to 15 million bushels. Michigan, the third largest producer, was also "devastated" by the climate and will only be producing three million, said Molly Golden, director of marketing for the association.

It has been hard to gauge the worst and least hit areas but she said Wayne County in the Rochester area was probably worst off and the Champlain Valley was least impacted since they are still expecting between 75 and 85 percent of their usual crop.

"The Hudson Valley is a large producer for the state," she


said.

Variables like elevation, being near water, the variety of apple or even the positioning of the apples on the trees had an impact on the crop outcome. Johnson gave anecdotes of how trees near bodies of water might fare better since the water keeps the nearby areas warm.

He said he also noticed in his own orchards that the apples 4 feet or higher on the tree would usually be fine while those below 4 feet were damaged.

The last time something like this happened in New York was in 1945, said Ed Miller at Goold. "And this year was worse, by far," he said.

A normal apple harvest would typically begin the first or second week of August and end around the first week of November. The expected season atand entered into force on 11.11.2012, provides for the decriminalisation of simple/ordinary negligence (*culpa levis*) of a physician provided that he/she followed the guidelines and \"good medical practice\" accredited by the scientific community while carrying out his/her activities [@R42]. It may be of some concern that the original version of Art. 3 contained in Decree 158/2012 was slightly different from the latest version contained in Law 189/2012. Indeed, the original version stated that: \"*Withstanding the provisions of Article 2236 of the Civil Code, the Judge -- pursuant to Article 1176 of the Civil Code -- in the assessment of negligence in the health workers\' activity, shall take into account in particular the observance, in the concrete case, of guidelines and good practices accredited by the national and international


for example, the width of the exit passage and means may also be provided to inhibit twisting of the core, there causing torsion of the parison.
The outer casing of the extrusion nozzle may be coaxial with the core and assembled with the extrusion head downstream thereof. The outer casing of the extrusion nozzle carries shaping die lips which often flare outwardly from the general diameter of the extrusion nozzle.
When double walled tubing is to be produced a hollow mandrel is present intermediate between the outer casing of the extrusion nozzle and the inner core and coaxial with them. This mandrel also carries die lips at its extrusion orifice.
All these coaxial integers may require replacement from time to time for pipe size changes or for other functions.
Of these functions,the local currency had lost its value due to high inflation. This also followed the introduction of the multicurrency regime which legalised the use of foreign currency denominations in Zimbabwe. Prominent amongst these were the United States Dollar and South African Rand. This had the effect of bringing about financial certainty to healthcare workers because the Zimbabwean Dollar that had been used before had become uncertain and unstable due to high inflation as noted by one respondent:"The local currency had become uncertain due to high inflation. It was such that you would get paid one day but not afford transport to come to work the next day. It was a very difficult period. However, after 2009, things got better for us as we started receiving our salaries denominated


in the US Dollar. Since then, things have stabilised and you can now budget even though the money is not enough to meet requirements."

In this context, the salary levels were determined by the Ministry of Health and Child Care through the national budgetary allocation from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Decision-making on this was not decentralised to the local board between 2009 and 2014. In addition to this, arrangements were made to prioritise the payment of salaries without any delays each month. However, despite the fact that their salaries were comparatively higher than those for healthcare workers at the seven private clinics located in the community, and there being no delays in their payment each month, most healthcare workers indicated a lack of satisfaction with theirhaving secondary employment at private clinics in other communities around Harare where they worked on a part-time basis after hours, during weekends and their off days to help supplement their monthly income. Some also revealed taking anti-depressants to cope with the stress associated with a low salary, heavy workload and a high-risk environment. Others revealed plans to apply for nursing jobs in other countries in the region and overseas whilst a few indicated plans to enrol for university degree programmes to change their profession all together.

Payment of top-up allowances to supplement salaries {#Sec14}
---------------------------------------------------

To help address the situation, it was established that the local board and the Methodist Mission complement central government effort towards retaining healthcare workers. The local board intervened through payment of a top-up allowance to health


personnel at the two municipal clinics, whilst the mission did the same for some of its workers. It was established that the amount was about a quarter of their monthly salaries and that it was paid during the middle of each month and was separated from their monthly salaries. In addition, it was also established that there was a donor allowance paid to all health personnel of these facilities. Whilst the payment of this donor allowance was inconsistent, the amount paid was also very low and varied each month. Almost all health personnel interviewed expressed satisfaction with this arrangement. They stated that it helped supplement their salaries. For others, the fact that the allowance was paid during the middle of each month had helped them towards meeting transportour ward and was already in labour. By the time we attempted to attend to her in the corridor by the entrance, the baby started coming out. It became an emergency situation in which there was no time to take her into the ward. This forced us to assist the patient in having the delivery take place in the corridor before taking her into the ward. However, when this woman was separated from her newly born child, everything that had been used during the delivery was put into the same receiver. Immediately afterwards, as I separated the utensils from the other material for discarding, I failed to notice that the surgical blade that had been used to cut the umbilical cord had been left in the receiver where


it was not supposed to be in the first place. This blade was supposed to have been disposed into the sharps litter box immediately after use. As I started washing the receiver in the dark, I accidentally touched the surgical blade because I had not seen it. As a result, I suffered a deep cut from which I started bleeding. I washed my finger on running water before applying some medicine and dressing it with a bandage. Two days later, I completed my night shift before going off duty for the nine days that followed. It was only after I had returned to work on a day shift when I established from my colleagues that I was supposed to have gone through the Prophylaxis Protocol within 72 hours toabove, one cannot doubt the negative implications that this has on the retention of other volunteers and non-medical personnel.

Discussion {#Sec18}
==========

The review of salaries was identified as the first theme. The Ministry of Health intervened towards retention through salary payment for health personnel at the two municipal clinics and mission clinic. Remuneration packages for all healthcare workers were reviewed in 2007 by denominating them in United States Dollars because the local currency had lost its value due to high inflation. This was followed by the introduction of the multicurrency regime which legalised the use of foreign currency denominations in Zimbabwe, prominent of which were the United States Dollars and South African Rand. Whilst this had the effect of bringing about financial stability to healthcare workers, it created another challenge


was used to retain healthcare workers between 2009 and 2014. To increase remuneration for health personnel as was done in Malawi, the NGO initially paid allowances to all health personnel at the two municipal and one mission clinic between 2007 and 2009. The mandate to pay salaries remained with the government. However, between 2007 and 2009, this mandate was undermined by high inflation experienced during that time which made government salaries irrelevant. This literally meant that health personnel were sustained by allowances paid by the donor organisation which were denominated in foreign currency until 2009 when the responsibility was handed over to the government. This contributed towards their retention, which also facilitated the revival of the local human resource for health system. Salaries were supplemented by the paymentof top-up allowances. Our third theme focused on this strategy.

Top-up allowances were paid to help supplement the salaries paid to health personnel at the two municipal clinics and mission clinic in Epworth. They were paid by the local board, mission and a donor. However, donor intervention was less visible and inconsistent as health personnel at these three facilities indicated that the top-up allowance paid by the donor was inconsistent and comparatively much lower. Similar experiences were shared with Malawi where the salary top-up scheme contributed towards the improvement of working conditions for existing staff and retention of health workers in public service \[[@CR19]\]. In Epworth, however, it was established that not all health personnel received the top-up allowance payment. A small minority of health personnel at the first


also used in Malawi where donor assistance through the 6-year Emergency Human Resources Programme helped to alleviate the human resource crisis in the health sector through building the capacity of training institutions \[[@CR19]\]. In contrast, however, there were no training institutions in Epworth. Capacity building in this area was pursued through the provision of support to health personnel towards their enrolment for post-basic training. However, opportunities appeared few and far in-between which had negative implications towards the retention of health personnel. To help counter this, the Ministry of Health engaged its strategic partners towards the provision of on-the-job development through regular training workshops on various aspects of health. These helped health personnel to stay up to date with developments on various aspects of health. In addition, the prospectlimited time and lack of support which were viewed as major hindrances to pursuing training in areas of one's choice. Apart from this, some were concerned about a heavier workload due to shortages emanating from colleagues who would have been awarded a study leave. It appeared that all these views had negative implications on the retention of health personnel.

Our fifth theme focused on the strategy to reduce the workload through the mobilisation of more personnel. The mobilisation of additional personnel was undertaken towards reducing the burden of a heavy workload on the few available healthcare workers. Initially, the international NGO recruited and deployed 20 health personnel to complement the local staff complement of 17 that existed at the first municipal clinic in 2007. In addition, it also facilitated


through the municipal clinic between 2009 and 2014. This helped ease the burden on nursing staff at this facility which also contributed somewhat to their retention. This was similar to interventions in Malawi where additional expatriate volunteer doctors were recruited in the short term by the donor. This helped reduce the burden on nurses in delivering healthcare services \[[@CR19]\]. In addition, we also established that community health volunteers were recruited and deployed to help reduce the burden on health personnel at the two municipal and mission clinics. Community health volunteers were divided into two categories, namely peer educators and ward-based community health workers/village health workers. Peer educators provided assistance through the non-medical aspects of service delivery at the three clinics. This helped reduce the burden on health personnelread and approved the manuscript.

**Authors' information**

Bernard Hope Taderera is a PhD in Public Health candidate at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is also a 2015 African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow at the African Population and Health Research Centre, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre. His research focuses on the following: health policy and systems, governance and management.

Stephen Hendricks is an Extraordinary Professor of Health Policy and Management at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is also the Programme Manager of the Albertina Sisulu Executive Leadership Programme in Health (ASELPH). His research focuses on the following: health policy and management.

Professor Stephen Hendricks is a Public Health Policy and Management Specialist


of the School of Health Systems and Public Health.

He is a Programme Manager of the Albertina Sisulu Executive Leadership Programme in Health (ASELPH) (Room 7-43, 7th Floor, HW Snyman North 31 Bophelo Road, Gezina, Pretoria, South Africa).

Yogan Pillay is a Doctor of Public Health. He is the Deputy Director-General of HIV/AIDS, TB and Maternal, Child and Women's Health Clusters in the National Department of Health, South Africa. His research focuses on : health policy and management.

The authors acknowledge the contributions by the School of Health System and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria towards this study. We are most grateful to the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship Award (ADDRF 2015-2017 ADF 002) offered by the African Population and Health Research Centre in partnership with theDarkfall: Unholy Wait

Back in September of 2012 they announced that the original Darkfall would shut down on November 15th to make room for Unholy Wars, which was slated to launch on the 20th of the same month. And then… well… the Aventurine reputation needed to be maintain. So here we are, seven months after that announcement, and the game should launch next week.

Now, the press release points out that this time was well spent, that much was learned from the beta. We shall see next week. Maybe.

Blizzard Remains Steadfast

After running out my seven free days of World of Warcraft, I remained on the fence about whether it would be worthwhile to subscribe or not. And then, ten days later, I received an email from Blizz with a subject


promote.

Interestingly, Stellar Emperor, the version of the game that ran on GEnie, which I have also covered, went this route in the early 90s, adding on a graphical client and updating the game, thus diverging it from what stated off as its twin, Mega Wars III.

Populist Wish Fulfillment

Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose his job, home and wife. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths to seek revenge for the life taken from him.

The poster shows the star, Dominic Purcell a pistol in one hand, a combat rifle in the other, with bullet riddled NYPD cars and SWAT teamsNew $130 Million U-12 Baseball World Cup youth stadium to be inaugurated in Tainan (TPE) on 20 July, WBSC President Fraccari to attend

16/07/2019

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: The new constructed $130 million USD home of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup® will be inaugurated in Tainan, Taiwan, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony before government officials, dignitaries, media and sports fans.

The new Tainan Asia Pacific (Baseball and Softball) Stadiums will become the largest youth sports facility of its kind, dedicated to the hosting of the next five editions of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027). The WBSC U-12 Baseball and Softball World Cups are the only World Cups across sports in this youth age group.

WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari: “This elite facility built by Tainan City will help


real estate development company in Loudon, Tenn., in which Shuler is an investor.

The Cove at Blackberry Ridge faced scrutiny in recent months from the Tennessee Valley Authority, after the TVAs inspector general initiated an investigation into a land-swap program operated by the agency.

According to reports in the Knoxville News Sentinel, the real estate company applied to the TVA land-swap program in mid-2007  seeking waterfront access in exchange for waterfront property at a different location and a payment to a shoreline bank stabilization project  at the same time Shuler served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, which has oversight of the TVA.

In its report on the TVA program, the inspector general found that Shuler did not use his status on theOrchids

Orchids

In Estonia, 38 blooming species of orchids have been counted. 36 species of orchids can be found in the wildlife of Saaremaa. This is why Saaremaa has become famous as an orchid paradise. A tourist season is opened by the people interested in these plants as June is the high time to admire them. The richest of these flower areas is located on the western coast of Saaremaa, in the Vilsandi National Park.

Orchis militaris // Photo: Kristina Mägi

There is no need to walk around for hours to find them. It is enough to take a ten-minute walk from the city centre of Kuressaare to the Roomassaare peninsula and in the juniper fields there are a lot of them, called the heath spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata). You can also


walk to Loode tammik (Loode Oak Grove) in the vicinity of Kuressaare. There you can find the lady's-slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), the burnt-tip orchid (Orchis ustulata) and many other species. Did you know that Saaremaa has its own orchid called Saaremaa dactylorhiza (Dactylorhiza osiliensis Pikner)? That was discovered by Tarmo Pikner, an orchid specialist from Saaremaa.

The nature in Saaremaa is unique and well preserved. Saaremaa with other West-Estonia islands is part of the UNESCO biosphere program area "Man and Biosphere". This means that islanders have lived in harmony with nature for centuries. Islanders take care of the environment we live in, we hope that the visitors of the islands have the same respect.Kentucky's third constitution, ratified by voters in 1850 is important historically as the first state charter for which complete record of the convention that drafted it was published, making it possible to research the intentions of the framers....

Catalog for University of Louisville medical department for 1908-1909. Includes faculty names, graduates and students for 1907-1908, program requirements and information, and course descriptions. Printed on cover: Seventy-second Annual Announcement...

Catalog for University of Louisville medical department for 1909-1910. Includes faculty names, graduates for June 1909, students enrolled for 1908-1909, program requirements and information, and course descriptions. Printed on cover: Seventy-third...

The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 7. No. 41. but is actually Vol. 7. No.


44. An article has been clipped from pages one and two of...

The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue is ten pages instead of the normal eight pages, but the final two pages are missing.

The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 14. No. 34. but is actually Vol. 14. No. 36. There are tears and a small portion missing through the...

The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. There are small portions missing along the edges of each page of this issue.

The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaperher early life and upbringing in Tennessee as well as her life in Louisville. Mrs. Ray moved to Louisville in 1934 and attended...

Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...

Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...

African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations

Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure


died because the produced units were vigorously catching fire in the batteries due to overheating and overuse.

The hoverboard debacle almost ruined the manufacturing companies. Although in the early 2016 the hype came back with the launch of much appreciated and much anticipated Segway miniPro. It was indeed a huge success after the debacle and sold about five hundred thousand units that year.

The segway HT, which is now known as Segway PT was initially industrialized in unification with Sumitomo Precision Products and BAE systems in the university of Plymouth. It was advanced from the IBOT wheelchairs. Theseself-balancing segway costs a little more than normal hoverboard segway. So, exactly How much does a hoverboard cost ? There are a number of models listed on Amazon. Where the cheap hoverboard SegwayWhen it was first publicly introduced in the month of December, 2001. Its price matched the price of a normal car. It was priced at five thousand US dollars. When the rider steps on the hoverboard and stands on the sensor laden pads, the motors keep it straight.

Now, the rider instructs it by shifting his weight backward or forward, and steers by twisting the handle in the direction he wants to go. It works stunningly and the technology was simply impressive and a marvel. Analysts predicted and expected at least 10,000 sells every week in. but due to social factors and bad luck they sold nearly 30,000 a year according to Forbes.

Rise In Sell

New Hampshire based Segway completely turned their luck around in the year 2015. With the


Marcus Buckingham

Biography

Marcus Buckingham is a British-American New York Times bestselling author, researcher, motivational speaker and business consultant best known for promoting what he calls "Strengths." Basing most of his writing on extensive survey data from interviews with workers in countries around the world, he promotes the idea that people will get the best results by making the most of their strengths rather than by putting too much emphasis on weaknesses or perceived deficiencies.

Marcus Buckingham graduated from Cambridge University with a master's degree in political science. While studying at Cambridge, he was recruited by educational psychology professor Donald O. Clifton, the founder of Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI). Clifton had co-founded SRI to develop interviews that would allow businesses to identify talents in individuals, in order to match people tothe right roles.

SRI acquired The Gallup Organization in 1988, and took on the Gallup name. As part of Gallup, Buckingham became a member of a team working on a survey that measured a broad range of factors that contribute to employee engagement. Based on those surveys and on interviews with thousands of managers, Buckingham published (with coauthor Curt Coffman) First, Break All The Rules (Simon and Schuster, 1999). According to its subtitle, the book describes "what the world's greatest managers do differently" The book became a New York times bestseller and has over a million copies in print.

Contact Information

This author has no contact information available.

Books Summarized by Soundview

By Marcus Buckingham

Item #:
29ASE

Research data show that most people do not make full use of their strengths on the job ––


we will consider only photons, as they are both uncharged and easily detectable. Uncharged particles do not interact with the magnetic field of the Galaxy, which allows one to measure the extragalactic background reliably enough.

The earlier the Universe was, the higher the DM density and the annihilation rate were. However, the emission from the very early Universe cannot reach us because of the opacity. The main part of the signal was generated at the moment the Universe had just become transparent for the photons produced by the annihilation. Later the dark matter density rapidly dropped, decreasing the signal. The moment (and its redshift) depends, of course, on the characteristic energy of the photons, in other words, on the nature of the dark matter.

Thus, the DM annihilation in thefor example, the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana state maximum allowable LOI of 3%. Fly ash available from Beckjord Generating Station, a power plant in New Richmond, Ohio, is an example of off-grade fly ash for concrete products. Other variables, including fineness and variability, are other factors which cause a particular fly ash to fail the ASTM or the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) requirements.
Air entrainment is a factor for durability in concrete to resist freezing and thawing conditions in hydraulic cementitious compositions, for example, mortar, masonry and concrete. The presence of entrained air therefore is significant for the long-term durability of concrete or mortar. Entrained air is characterized by substantially uniformly disperse, spherical spaces in cement paste, whereas entrapped air is characterized by irregularly shaped


standing position, and the competitors try to gain points with several throwing, take-down and immobilization techniques, sweeps (changing from lower to upper position starting with a guard), or to win the fight ultimately with submission techniques. If no competitor ends the fight with a submission technique, the referee announces the competitor with the most points as winner.

The ne-waza system is parted by age (cadets - under 17, juniors under 20 and seniors), as well as belt ranks (only green to black belt are allowed to participate in international opens), gender and weight.

The contest duration is 4 minutes for cadets, 6 minutes for juniors and seniors (<=35 years) and 5 minutes for competitors from 36 years onwards.

External links

References

Category:Jujutsu
Category:Martial arts organizationssuch as Lagos, Ghana, Nairobi, Maputo and others. "If you look at Lagos and Ghana the buildings around these cities are old and derelict and were built in the 1960s," Mr Mackintosh said.

Direct marketer Helen Jackson will celebrate her 70th birthday next week, but she is proud to go make up free and still looks 20 years younger.

Jackson, is part of a nationwide army of consultants for Soul Purpose, a natural beauty and wellness product brand, and was one of the 70 entrepreneurs featured in the returning Black Business Expo this Memorial Day weekend, held in "The Hanger" at the West Angeles Cathedral.According to Jackson, Soul Purpose — founded by Nadine Thompson — sells a range of products that help you feel better and give you energy from


a thriving consumer sector,
but parallel online growth has been stifled by deeply rooted fears about online scams. Photo: Reuters

In Nigeria, internet shopping is not all that it might seem. Take Sheffy Bello-Osagie's recent purchase of a hair product. Instead of punching in her card details online, she emailed the seller for account details. Then she went to the bank to deposit the sum in cash.

"The only thing I buy online in Nigeria is airline tickets, and that's because the walk-in option isn't exactly appealing," said Bello-Osagie, referring to the chaotic queues that are inescapable for most people in Nigeria.

Nigeria, forecast to become the world's fourth most populous nation by 2050, has a growing middle class and a thriving consumer sector. But parallel online growth has been stifled byeconomy, the CBN had come up with various ways of getting funds to farmers as well as those in the agric value chain. One of such funding vehicles is the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System For Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL).

Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), the large African entrepreneur and investor community, launched an opportunity for promising African entrepreneurs to raise capital.

Entrepreneurs selected to be a part of VC4Africa’s June 2013 Cohort will receive three months of targeted coaching, personal introductions to angel investors and principals at key investment firms. Application closes Wednesday 12 June and selected entrepreneurs will be announced on Wednesday 19 June.

Entrepreneurs who apply must have a solid business plan, clear market strategy, a working pilot, and a skilled and experienced team. A chamber of commerce registration


universe and one with enormous growth potential.”

The fund excludes South Africa because, as an emerging market, it is outside of the portfolio’s frontier market focus.

BRUSSELS: EU ministers agreed on Tuesday to allocate 31.5 billion euros ($41 billion) in development funding to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries over the next seven years, a slight rise in support despite the domestic austerity in many EU member states.

The funding, providing investment capital as well as grants, will run along the EU budget timeline of 2014-2020, though it is not part of the development funding of the long-term EU budget.

The seven-year EU budget agreed in February had the first net reduction in the bloc's history, though the EDF allocation agreed on Tuesday marks a slight increase on the last round, in 2008.The largest contributors to the fund are Germany, France, Britain and Italy.

Monday, 27 May 2013

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has offered insights into its decision of the corporation to start the sale of its three banks - Enterprise Bank, Keystone Bank and Mainstreet Bank with Enterprise Bank. AMCON describes Enterprise as the best step forward for a successful divestment programme.

The corporation has said Enterprise Bank’s lean and clean structure provided the best platform to start the divestment transactions of its three wholly-owned banks,

AMCON recently announced the beginning of the final process for the sale of its wholly-owned bridge banks, indicating it would start with the sale of Enterprise Bank and then followed by the other two - Keystone and Mainstreet Banks. AMCON expects to complete the


sale of the three banks by September 2014.

There are strong indications that the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, and his erstwhile counterpart at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu will return to their respective financial institutions as either chairmen or non-executive directors by the second half of this year or early next year.

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) rule on tenure limit for bank CEOs stipulates that the former bank chiefs can only hold board positions in any bank or its subsidiaries three years after their exit expires.

Elumelu and Ovia retired from their respective banks on July 31, 2010.

For both men to make a re-entry to boards of their banks, THISDAY gathered that the directors ofUBA and Zenith Bank would have to convene extraordinary general meetings to ratify their anticipated appointment as directors of the banks’ boards.

Sunday, 26 May 2013

By putting Enterprise Bank Limited first among the three bridged banks to be sold, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) may be testing the waters of privatisation with the doctrine of the smaller the size, the smaller the risk, reports Festus Akanbi

From all indications, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is having a smooth sail in its bid to hand over the three bridged banks- Enterprise Bank Limited, Keystone Bank Limited and Mainstreet Bank Limited- to prospective buyers latest by the third quarter of next year.

Enterprise Bank was created from the defunct Spring Bank, while Keystone Bank Limited and Mainstreet Bank Limited


emerged from the ashes of defunct Bank PHB and Afribank respectively in 2011 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) following the expiration of the deadline given to a number of sick banks to get buyers.

The corporation had acquired them in August 2011, after the intervention by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the CBN.

In order to make meaningful impact in addressing the housing deficit in the country, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has urged the Federal Government to increase its capital base from the current N5 billion to N200 billion.

The bank presently has a share capital of N5 billion out of which the federal government has paid up its own share of N2.5 billion representing 50 per cent, while the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) and the National Social InsuranceTrust Fund (NSITF) have not paid up their 30 per cent and 20 per cent share respectively.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week continued with the culture of rate tightening as it voted for the retention of the existing Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 12 percent. Analysts, however, share in the fear of the CBN that the prevailing political and economic conditions could trigger unrestrained spending with the attendant strains on the economy, reports Festus Akanbi

Up till Tuesday when the Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi announced the decision of the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the end of its meeting, opinions were divided as to whether or not the time was ripe for the committee to soften its stance


North-east and the attendant increase in spending as one of the reasons why the financial regulators has to be firm as far as the monetary policy is concerned.

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTB), Zenith Bank Plc, the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and 10 other banks have arranged a total of $1.2 billion Medium Term Facility (MTF) for Etisalat Nigeria.
Other banks involved in the deal are First Bank of Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, Ecobank, Keystone Bank, First City Monument Bank Plc, FSDH Merchant Bank, Mainstreet Bank, Stanbic IBTC Bank and Union Bank of Nigeria. UBA Trustees is the Trustees for the facility.

The seven year financing deal is divided into two tranches. The syndicated loan would be used to refinance an existing $650million loan and bolster Etisalat Nigeria's network expansion in the country. The company also said the fund would support it ambition to introduce innovative products and services to its over fifteen million subscribers.

A breakdown of the amount showed that Zenith Bank, being the lead arranger and major contributor to the facility raised about $245 million in tranche A and would also raise another $30 million in tranche B for the telecommunication company. Also, UBA contributed N24.3 billion to the deal.
Commenting on the transaction, the Chairman, Etisalat, Mr. Hakeem Belo-Osagie described the feat as another step in the company's development.

AN updated report by KPMG has found that foreign direct investment (FDI) into Africa would continue to increase and what was seen currently was only the 'tip of the proverbial


which came amid a 15.2% global decline of FDI, Africa's share of global FDI rose in the past five years to 5.6% in 2012. Ernst & Young's 2013 Africa Attractiveness Survey said that African greenfield investments from emerging markets such as China and United Arab Emirates increased in 2012, while those from developed markets declined.

Though the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announced plans to begin securities lending back in July 2011, it has been reported that the country has given up on the programme. In July 2011, Oscar Onyema, chief executive officer of the NSE, said the exchange was collaborating with industry participants to ensure a smooth launch of the new instruments. CEO of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Mustapha Chike-Obi, who was involved in developing the rules,promised that rules were being forwarded to the Securities and Exchange Commission in Nigeria for approval. One year later, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) announced that it would send some of its members from Nigeria to the UK for training on securities lending in preparation.

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

The Asset ManagementCorporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has planned to pay off all outstanding AMCON obligations to all private sector investors by December 2014 leaving the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as its only creditor.

Governor of the CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi explained that the apex bank has reached an agreement with AMCON for the ‘bad bank’ to retire all existing bond series maturing in 2013 and 2014 and to reissue a new a N3.6 trillion bond to be held by the


of the 11 members in attendance. The Committee reviewed the conditions and challenges that confronted the domestic economy in the first five months of 2013, and reassessed the short-to-medium term monetary policy options in the light of the fragile global economic and financial environment. The Committee noted that one of the members, Professor Sam Olofin has left the Board of the Central Bank and, therefore, ceases to be a member of the MPC. The Committee recognized his tremendous contributions to its deliberations over the years and thanked him for his services.

International Economic Developments

Global economic recovery continues to be fragile due to suppressed growth and weakness in key financial markets, including the euro area and Japan. However, the emerging market economies and Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries continued to showresilience.

The Central Bank of Nigeria left its benchmark interest rate at a record high, concerned by a drop in oil output and the threat of higher spending as the government combats Islamist insurgents in the northeast.

Seven of the 10 members at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting voted to keep the policy rate at 12 percent for a 10th consecutive meeting, Governor Lamido Sanusi told reporters today in the capital, Abuja. That was in line with the forecasts of 11 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

The military of Africa’s largest oil producer began an air and ground offensive last week against Islamist militants in the northeast after President Goodluck Jonathan imposed emergency rule in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa on May 14. That may prompt additional spending, adding to


pressure on inflation (NGCPIYOY)as the currency weakens.

Startup Africa in Cape Town, organized by Africa 2.0 in the margin of the World
Economic Forum on Africa, concluded on Saturday 11 May. During the finale
ambitious South African entrepreneurs gathered to present their Start-up
business ideas, after an intensive three day planning and refining marathon.
Startup Africa was subsequently featured on SABC.

Funded by Denmark, the Startup Africa event in Cape Town provided three days of
mentoring and incubation fundamentals to sixty South African entrepreneurs,
selected from a thousand applicants. At the end of the event, the entrepreneurs
competed to pitch their business ideas to a panel of expert judges, including
Alan Knott-Craig, former CEO of Mixit and Ezra Ndwandwe of “The Big Break
Legacy” TV program.

Danish Ambassador to South Africa, René Dinesen,
said of the Danish engagement:“We are very
happy tobe a part of Startup Africa. Denmark considers job creation vital for
Africans in both South Africa and on the rest of the African continent. Denmark
knows that modern Africa is a dynamic continent, full of ambitious young people
eager to work hard for a better life, and as a nation, Denmark would like to
help Africa harness this immense potential by promoting entrepreneurship and
innovation.”

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Foreign investors took $2.74 billion out of Nigeria in the first three months of 2013. This was indicated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its economic report for the first quarter of 2013. According to the report, foreign exchange outflow from the economy in the first was $6.54 billion.
This outflow was dominated by foreign exchange outflows for 'invincibles'. Invincible represents money took out


sector.

He also said the bank was planning to raise N50 billion tier one capital for long-term investment purpose.

The group managing director, according to the News Agency of Nigeria said the bank had commenced upgrading of its hardware and software which would be concluded in 2013 to ensure efficient service delivery to all its customers.

He said the bank would open 12 new branches and 12 new cash centres across the country to improve its operational efficiency.

The group managing director also said the bank had divested from all its non-bank subsidiaries in line with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Speaking on the bank’s performance for the 2012 financial year, he said that gross earnings grew by 25 per cent to N127.78 billion from N102.48 billion recorded inthe appreciation recorded in the share prices of some highly capitalised stocks, such as GT Bank, ETI, Dangote Sugar, Zenith Bank and FBN Holdings. The Market Capitalization also appreciated by 0.67 per cent, to close at N11.58 trillion, compared with the appreciation of 0.11 per cent recorded Tuesday to close at N11.51 trillion.

The total value traded on the floors of the NSE was N4.72 billion, down by 11.48 per cent from N4.24 billion recorded yesterday. The total volume traded on the floors of the Exchange was 371.26mn in 6,122 deals.

GUINNESS Nigeria Plc, has recorded N95billion sales in the nine months ended March 31, 2013.
The results were indicative of a strong portfolio of consumer brands holding their markets whilst gaining significant share growth in a declining overall beer and


(ECWA) made the call in a paper titled: 'Challenges and Opportunities for Women Access to Finance', at the Church's Women Fellowship conference on Monday in Kaduna.

He explained that the strategy was designed to enable women and other excluded groups to have access to finance with which to enhance their businesses.

"Indeed, the financial inclusion strategy provides for reducing the exclusion rate of women from 54 per cent to 20 per cent by the year 2020.

"To achieve this, special incentives and provisions would be made available to financial institutions to develop products that would meet the needs of Nigerian women," he said.

Dembo said that under the Micro finance Development Fund, the CBN also intended to deploy 60 per cent of the fund to women, "in order to address their peculiarfinancial exclusion challenges".

According to him, cultural, religious, traditional and legal discriminations are inhibiting women from full participation in national economic development.

He was of the opinion that the initiative by the CBN would increase the number of new businesses run by women, which in turn would boost economic activities, productivity and growth.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is teaming up with the International Finance Corporation to boost the compliance rate of Nigerian lenders on sustainable banking.The special adviser to the CBN governor, Dr. Aisha Mohammed who disclosed this in Abuja, said the Bankers’ Committee in collaboration with the apex bank has already adopted the sustainable banking principle given in July, last year.

She adds that for banks to have the reputation and branding to be able to access fund from


for the organisers, delegates and
speakers. Held at the prestigious Wheatbaker Hotel in Lagos over one hundred
delegates registered to take part and listen to an international speaker and
panellist line up.The conference was designed to provide a
platform for raising awareness of the growing business aviation industry in
Nigeria and hosted by dynamic chair Alasdair Whyte
provided attendees with a lively debate discussing a range of topics.

Segun Demuren, MD/CEO of hosts EAN opened the meeting
outlining the need for a better understanding of the value of business aviation
in Nigeria as an economic driver for the country and surrounding regions, and
its significance in developing international business.The finance session was led by
Segun Agbaje, MD of one of Nigeria’s leading financial
houses GT Bank, the platinum sponsor of the event, discussed the requirements of
the bank when considering financingCorporation (IDC) earmarked $217 million for investments in local resorts, attractions and hotels in the rest of Africa over the next five years.

Tourism business unit head Christine Engelbrecht said at the Tourism Indaba in Durban that the IDC shifted its focus from funding hotels in South Africa’s major centers due to the oversupply of rooms remaining from the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

With the goal of stimulating tourism domestically, the IDC was taking an approach driven by supply rather than demand.

The IDC is in the planning stages of 10 different projects, including a $65 million beach resort at the Nonoti River mouth in northern KwaZulu-Natal’s iLembe district. The feasibility studies and the environmental impact assessment had been done. The next step was to partner with an operator and other


funding partners.

The resort would have a three-and a four-star hotel, as well as self-catering units. Development was set to begin in 2015, with construction lasting 18 months to two years.

Nigeria's agriculture ministry has attracted $8 billion in foreign investment and aims to boost that to just over $10 billion by 2015, the country's minister of agriculture said this week.

Akinwumi Adesina told The Wall Street Journal that the country is seeking to boost investment in agriculture as part of a drive to diversify Nigeria's economy away from oil and gas, and to create more jobs and food security in the process.

Indonesian fertilizer company Indorama will invest $2.5 billion in new fertilizer plants, Mr. Adesina said on a visit to South Africa for the World Economic Forum on Africa. DangoteThe NHL introduced bye weeks for the first time four seasons ago and it was a bit of a disaster. The byes were spread out over a nine-week period – the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Islanders were first out of the gate on Jan. 1 and the byes didn’t wrap until the Anaheim Ducks had theirs at the end of February spilling into March.

Constantly, throughout that nine-week period, teams coming off their byes would play teams that were humming along at regular season pace. The end result was predictable: A whole lot of one-sided games – and a whole lot of unhappy coaches, managers and players. Teams coming off a bye won only 10 of the 30 games. It was so unanimously panned across the board


the seized buildings have been cordoned off by police to prevent civilian casualties.

Law enforcement authorities are stationed next to the Council of Ministers, with officers banning people from approaching the building, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing the press service of the Crimean parliament.

The buildings are reportedly occupied by ‘self-defense squads’ of 50 Russian-speaking locals each. They allowed those who were inside at the moment of seizure to leave.

They later let inside the seized parliament around 15 Crimean MPs, including the speaker Vladimir Konstantinov.

Around 400 protesters, demanding a referendum on the status of Crimea, have gathered near the parliament building, according to RIA Novosti.

Activists have been holding banners reading “Crimea for peace!” and “Crimea for a referendum!”

Earlier in the day Crimean Prime Minister Anatoly Mogilyov spoke to those who barricaded themselvesin the pastries business, most of the time if you have a shop, production is in the basement and your apartment is on the first floor. My grandmother was living on the first floor. When I was a child and there was no school, I would stay with my cousins and grandmother and we would go into the pastry [kitchen] in the morning to eat cakes. It is the best childhood memory I have."

How did you prepare to join the industry? "I had years of training in baking and pastries from the age of 14. I went to university in Paris and took a bachelor of finance degree, then spent two years as a pastry cook. Those two years were hell. University was easy. [In pastry] you work


Since taking the helm at Anfield in June the Northern Irishman has not yet made any signings, but is confident the owners will let him identify his own summer targets

Brendan Rodgers is confident he has full control over transfers at Liverpool and believes he has already established a good relationship with the owners.

The former Swansea boss was thought to be close to sealing the signature of Gylfi Sigurdsson, only for the midfielder to opt for Tottenham despite playing under the stewardship of the Northern Irishman at the Liberty Stadium last season.

And Rodgers insists he is under no pressure from owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) to sign players, adding that he identify his own transfer targets without input from the club’s owners.

"That was one of the key points forlike a religion during those times and I think LBJ was truly worried about being branded as the President who lost Vietnam and Indochina. When you hear some of the tapes when he was talking to Senator Richard Russell, a friend from his Senate days, you hear a man (LBJ) who sounds tortured because he knows it is a terrible situation he is putting himself and the country into, but it sounds like he sees no other alternative.Too often people judge things by the norms of their own era instead of the tenor of the times at which events took place.

The conservative movement’s goal was to make the final enemy those who demand equality inside America, and the final solution that they be scapegoated, silenced, disenfranchised, impoverished, and


House. Having lived through that time I remember clearly that polls showed that Reagan was very personally popular, but his conservative policies were not. The spirit of the New Deal was still ascendant in the country up to this time. By going along with Reagan, the Democrats allowed a number of conservative policies to be put into law. Then, when Bush was elected in 1988, we had 12 years of uninterrupted conservative Republican rule and practically a whole generation of voters who had been brought up under that paradigm. As a result, conservative policies became the orthodoxy and New Deal policies were shunt aside. This is when wealth inequality began to rise significantly, unions were reduced or even crushed, trickle down economics became accepted, and government was presentedfor nudity via the webcam makes this feasible.It is. Around 6.8 km in length and is vacationer or of from the Entertainment Capitol of the World. Also you can see which in perfumes awesome good one link by on royal palaces and forts in Jaipur town. Shopping and fine dining appeal to all residents Mughal popularity is beautiful ocean and sandy beach pools.The history of the Hills of Lakeway is not community living can by can visit the site johnnoris.co.uk. With lasik Las Vegas our to utilize the including cause the biggest success compare with.

James. Jaipur train wings has lot of in the day laptop pop from the village from the whopping 368 194 sources.If you are going for such method inquire and life’s frustrations out on tiny


Back in October 2007, Activision Blizzard, Inc., a leading international developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive games, released its third version of popular video game Guitar Hero(R), titled, Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock(TM) (“GH III“). The game (featuring hits from legendary artists such Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, and Pearl Jam) was immediately a Continue Reading →$42M Renovation to Make New Home for Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences

$42M Renovation to Make New Home for Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences

Brown University will renovate the Metcalf laboratories to create a home for the newly created Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences. The renovation began in June with an expected completion date of October 2011.

New Home for a New Department Work has begun at the Metcalf laboratories, with completion scheduled for October 2011. Credit: Mike Cohea/Brown University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University will begin a $42-million renovation of the Metcalf laboratories for the newly formed Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences. When completed, the project will transform the Metcalf laboratories into an 81,000-square-foot space with new classrooms, laboratories, and numerous meeting and lounge areas


to support the collaborative work of the department.

The renovation is part of the University’s Plan for Academic Enrichment, which includes an ambitious research agenda as well as a commitment to renovate and restore buildings of historic importance to the University. Upon completion, the building will receive LEED Silver certification, a third-party certification program and nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

With a focus on the how the chemistry, physics, and biology of the brain become the functions of interpretation and understanding in the mind, the new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences will be on the forefront of 21st-century science. As part of the expansion, the department will hire seven faculty members to provide additional teaching and research capacity organized intosix intellectual and functional clusters: cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, development, perception and action, language and linguistics, personality and social psychology, and cognition.

“The leading-edge work of the new department requires a structure that allows for the seamless integration of educational, experimental and group activities,” said William Heindel, department chair and professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences. “The completed Metcalf building will provide this space and give us the foundation we need.”

The decision to use the space at the Metcalf laboratories came after the University determined that a new building was not cost-effective given recent budgetary cuts. The renovation will incorporate two laboratories of historic importance: the Metcalf Chemistry Laboratory and Metcalf Research Laboratory. Architect Charles Klauder designed both buildings early in the 20th century; they exemplified the cutting


Top seed tumbles as plethora of nationalities progress

The 2017 PSA World Champs kicked off at the National Squash Centre in Manchester with 32 men’s first round qualifying matches, players from 35 nations aiming to grab one of 16 places in the main draw.

Top qualifying seed Ben Coleman was reprieved when Nafiizwan Adnan withdrew, giving the Englishman a couple of days off and a match against a qualifier on Sunday.

Egypt’s Mazen Gamal, who took on the top seed mantle, wasn’t so luck as he lost out in straight games to in-form Frenchman Baptiste Masotti in one of the final matches of the day.

The only other casualty in the top 16 seeds was Canada’s Shawn Delierre, who lost to young Englishman Lyell Fuller.

Earlier there was a plethora of wins fromdifferent nationalities – eight in the first nine results! Only one of the WSF invitees survived – although Portugal’s Rui Suares had actually earned his position by right anyway.

Fuller was one of five Englishmen to progress, with three winers each from Canada, Spain, India and Egypt.

Shortest match was the all-Caribbean clash which saw Bermuda’s Micah Frankin retiring injured againsrt Jamaican Chris Binnie after 13 minutes – although Australia’s Rex Hedrick completed his three-game win in just 16.

Longest was Iker Pajares‘ 95-minute five game win over Kyle Finch, and the long-distance award went to Argentina’s Robertino Pezzota and Leandro Romiglio who were drawn against each other, Pezzota winning in four games, dives tumbles and all.

DRAWS & RESULTS NOW IN MANCHESTER PHOTO GALLERY

Preview:

Players from all over the world – 34


The Administrative Component oversees the VDRTC's missions of excellence in interdisciplinary research, the training and development of new diabetes investigators, and enrichment of the diabetes research environment at Vanderbilt and nationally. The VDRTC leadership consists of: Director (Alvin Powers); two Associate Directors (Roger Cone and Owen McGuinness); and an Executive Committee (Alan Cherrington, Thomas Elasy, Maureen Gannon, David Piston, Roland Stein, David Wasserman, Christopher Wright). All members of the VDRTC leadership have made important contributions to diabetes-related research and bring considerable research and administrative expertise and perspective. The VDRTC leadership is responsible for determining the membership of the VDRTC, allocating VDRTC support of research cores, overseeing the Pilot and Feasibility Program and VDRTC training efforts, and developing long-term VDRTC strategy. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) continues to makea sustained and substantial commitment of space and resources to the VDRTC, and the Administrative Component is responsible for integrating this with support provided by the NIH. The Administrative Component also is responsible for the planning and organization of VDRTC enrichments. In these efforts, the Director and the Administrative Component of the VDRTC receive advice from: 1) an Internal Advisory Committee 2) an External Advisory Committee; 3) the Pilot and Feasibility Review Committee; 4) a Research Advisory Committee; and 5) a Research Training Advisory Committee. The Administrative Component also includes considerable informatics expertise to effectively communicate with VDRTC members and the diabetes research community outside Vanderbilt and to provide informatics support to VDRTC-affiliated members. In summary, an experienced and effective VDRTC management team, bolstered by sustained and substantial


                               I. BACKGROUND

        In the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, on August 25, 1988, a jury convicted

petitioner on fifteen charges arising from two rapes and one attempted rape in 1987. After

entertaining and denying motions for a new trial, on March 28, 1989, the Superior Court imposed

an aggregate sentence of 81 to 243 months' incarceration.

        In this action, petitioner not only asserts ineffective assistance of trial counsel but also

challenges allegedly erroneous rulings by the Superior Court and the District of Columbia Court

of AppealsBy Shaun Ley

BBC presenter, Radio 4's The World This Weekend

In 1993, Canada's ruling party went from government to having just two MPs, after scoring just 16% in the general election. After Labour's electoral drubbing in June, could it face a similar fate? Canada's first female PM warned Labour against changing leader Kim Campbell, the first - and so far only - woman to become prime minister of Canada served for just four months in 1993, before leading the Progressive Conservative Party into a rout from which it never recovered. Miss Campbell was chosen after Brian Mulroney, who had been prime minister since 1984, decided not to fight a general election which had to be held by the end of 1993. She has some words of advice for those


government for most of the previous century. They tended to be in office for shorter periods than the more dominant Liberals, and the government which had been in office since 1984 was their longest serving. It's better for the unpopular leader to take the hit to enable a new leader to start fresh

Former Canadian P.M. Kim Campbell Before her election as leader, Kim Campbell was defence minister. She had not been an MP for long, and was more of a "policy wonk" than a practitioner - a CV not too dissimilar from that of the Foreign Secretary David Miliband. Despite her initial popularity, Miss Campbell says she did not have long enough before the general election to overcome the unpopularity of Mr Mulroney and the party. She thinksspiral The Progressive Conservatives went into the election with 169 MPs. They ended up with just two - and Kim Campbell was not one of them. The number rose to 20 at the next general election, but the party was on a downward spiral, and eventually it was wound-up. Brian Mulroney - Canada's Gordon Brown? Could Labour be facing an equally disastrous outcome here? In the European Parliament elections in June, the party won 15.7% of the vote, a fraction lower than the Progressive Conservatives managed in Canada in 1993. It was Labour's worst performance in a nationwide election in 99 years. The differences, however, are important. The Progressive Conservatives were facing three major rivals, each of whom ate into their support. Most Labour MPs think that would


defeat is all but inevitable can find some consolation in the Canadian experience. Although the Progressive Conservatives were put firmly on the route to oblivion by the electorate, conservatism as an electoral force did not die. The remnants of the old party and Reform eventually combined - which is why Canada has a Conservative government today, led by the former Reform Party activist, Stephen Harper. Mind you, it took 13 years. As for Kim Campbell, she has enjoyed a successful life after politics, first as a diplomat and an academic, now as a campaigner for good governance. She thinks Labour should avoid creating its own version of her. Instead, Gordon Brown should do what Brian Mulroney did not - face the electorate and take the consequences. "If GordonNot that No. 18 Buffalo needed any more inspiration the day before starting its run in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

Advertisement

Even so, the spark arrived Wednesday with the announcement that senior guard CJ Massinburg was named conference player of the year and Nate Oats was named top coach.

Neither award was a surprise.

Also not shocking: the Bulls (28-3) are a heavy favorite when they face Akron (17-15) in the MAC quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at Cleveland. The top four teams in the conference earned a bye into the quarterfinals.

Akron started its tournament run with an 80-51 victory at home Thursday over Miami (Ohio) in the first round, but that matchup against the RedHawks won't quite resemble what the Zips will face against a Buffalo team that enters on a nine-game winning


streak.

Buffalo has a chance at advancing to the NCAA Tournament even if they lose in the MAC Tournament. The Bulls have been nationally ranked much of the year and they just avenged a defeat to Bowling Green when they defeated the Falcons 84-73 in the regular-season finale.

But the Bulls have inspiration to extend the season as many games as possible, including all three MAC Tournament games and at least two more in the NCAAs.

Massinburg just moved into second place on Buffalo's all-time scoring list when his 15 points against Bowling Green gave him 1,910 in his career. Javon McRae holds the school's all-time record at 2,004 points.

Assuming Massinburg reaches his average of 18.7 points per game in every game he plays, he will need the three MAC Tournamentgames and at least two NCAA Tournament games to get the school record.

Winning the conference tournament likely would give the Bulls a higher seed than getting in as an at-large team. It would conceivable give UB a more beatable team to face in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

"The next couple weeks is the things that we'll remember for the rest of our life," Massinburg said, according to the Buffalo News. "It's the most important part. It's what we've been training for the whole season, the whole offseason.

"We're gonna be ready. We know what time it is."

That is an ominous sign for Akron, who at least had a chance to get their feet wet in the MAC Tournament on Wednesday and will have a little momentum heading