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By Andrew Tomsky, NAU Media Relations
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – After competing for a conference title and representing Northern Arizona University with a second place finish at the WAC Championship in late February, a pair of NAU athletes continued their training and got the great honor of representing their home countries in Olympic trials last week. Senior Chalene Dirks-Ryan and sophomore Emma Lowther both competed in Olympic qualifying meets for their home countries of Canada and New Zealand, respectively, swimming with some of the best athletes in the world.
"I'm so happy I went," said Dirks-Ryan, who will graduate with a degree in marketing next month. "It was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I feel so lucky to be able to experience something like that. I feel like it's an accumulation of the last four years of being in college and being a Lumberjack, and all of that has helped me get to where I am now."
Dirks-Ryan competed in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle as well as the 100 backstroke, while Lowther swam the 100, 200, 400, and 800 free, the 100 butterfly, and the 800 free relay. After struggling at the beginning of the meet, Lowther closed strong with a fifth place individual finish in the 800 free and narrowly missed a qualifying mark with a second place finish in the 800 free relay, competing with others from her home club Howick Pakuranga.
"It was probably the first meet where I've turned it around," Lowther said. "Usually when I start off one way that's how my whole meet goes, and that was probably the first time I've started off not as I was expecting to and finished as I was expecting to. I fell like that was a great growing experience and something that I can bring back to the team."
The swimmers were able to compete in the trials based on qualifying times achieved this year. While meets in Wall Aquatic Center are swam short-course meters and most other collegiate pools utilize short-course yards, the Olympic trials were competed on long-course meters, providing an extra challenge for the NAU Olympic hopefuls. One of the many benefits of training in Flagstaff, however, is that international teams train on long-course meters in the Wall pool, and Dirks-Ryan and Lowther were able to train with them for the month following the WAC Championships.
Both Dirks-Ryan and Lowther had also competed in Olympic trials prior to the 2008 Beijing games before coming to NAU, but said the training and experiences they have had as Lumberjacks made this meet a completely different experience.
"I remember after the '08 trials I thought about four more years of hard training and I'll come back and give it a good shot, and I'm so proud that I actually did that," said Lowther, a native of Cockle Bay, Manukau, New Zealand. "Out of the people that were there with me not a whole lot came back this year. I'm also glad I got to share it with this team, as even though they weren't there I felt their support."
"For me it was a lot different because it was pretty much my last competitive meet ever and it was just a totally different atmosphere," said Dirks-Ryan, who hails from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. "It was a lot more serious and I had more of a purpose. It's way different than anything we ever experience here when you are competing for your country."
Lowther has two more years of collegiate swimming to look forward to and the prospect of competing again for the 2016 games, although she would prefer to compete again in that environment much sooner.
"Even though it didn't go to plan this year, if anything it made me more passionate about swimming and I love it even more," she said. "I want to get back in and train and I want trials to be held again in another month. Seeing the reactions of the people that made it, I want that. I'm so ready to go again."
For Dirks-Ryan, the meet was likely her last competitive racing before she completes her degree and moves back to Canada, though her passion for the sport was elevated to a whole new level following the excitement of the trials.
"At this point I'm going to take a bit of a break from swimming so it was kind of hard and really emotional," she said. "Trials for a lot of people are an emotional roller coaster and it kind of was for me. I had to take everything in stride and I'm just proud of everything I've done.
Though they were thousands of miles away from Flagstaff, with the Canadian trials taking place in Montreal and the New Zealand trials taking place on the other side of the world, both Lumberjack swimmers said they could feel the support of the teammates and coaches.
"It's nice to have not only teammates but real true friends supporting you," Dirks-Ryan said. "There were only four people from my club team that went, so you bond over that but there's only so much support four people can give you compared to a whole team. At conference everyone is on deck and everyone is cheering and that type of energy is just not the same when the team isn't there."
The excitement and energy is of a different sort when competing for one's country rather than competing as a team.
"Nothing will ever top the whole team being around at the WAC Championships," said Lowther, who earned one gold, three silvers, and two bronze medals in a superb performance at the 2012 conference meet. "When you are halfway through a race and all you can hear is screaming, nothing will ever top that feeling. At times I missed having our team at the trials, because the club atmosphere is not the same. Here you want your best friend to swim well, whereas there you are competing against your best friend. It's just a different kind of competition."
While the team camaraderie may have been absent, witnessing the joy and elation that comes from qualifying for the Olympics was a great site to see for both NAU swimmers.
"Even if you aren't in the final and don't know all the people swimming, you still are just so excited," said Dirks-Ryan. "It's such an amazing atmosphere and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I got goose bumps after every single race."
"My friends started qualifying for the Olympics," Lowther added. "I had chills and we were all crying at the end. We're all behind the team and I know more than half of them personally now so it's going to be really exciting to watch the Olympics."
New Zealand and Canada are not traditional powerhouses in international swimming, but both Lowther and Dirks-Ryan have seen the progression of their country's swimming programs over the last four years and are excited to see them compete in London this summer. Dirks-Ryan will take the great experiences she had over the past week into a future likely outside of competitive swimming, while Lowther hopes to maintain and spread the positive energy she obtained as she looks to lead her team to new heights next season.
"I feel like I can appreciate what we've got more and hopefully share that appreciation with everybody else," she said. "We can't take the team for granted because it helps so much, and I really think we can win the WAC next year. Everyone is so positive already and I want to keep that energy going. Being back home and seeing what hard training can do, I hope I can hold on to that positivity."


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2. Ocean Magazine is a US based magazine, also published quarterly and available online and in print. The magazine contains a rich mix of factual, philosophical and poetic articles, stories, essays, poems and photography about, or inspired by, the ocean. The winter 2012 issue contains, amongst others, a captivating article about the scientific exploration submersible Alvin and an ode to the ocean as seen, felt and written by a rider of the waves; a surfer.
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Formed in 2005, the group was originally known as "Eyedea and Friends," and consisted of the four current members, as well as Twin Cities standouts Mazta I and Carnage. Eyedea states: "I wanted to do something that no one else was doing, something raw and honest, something therapeutic."
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Thierry Henry is confident he can make a positive contribution at Arsenal even if he is not the same player he was during his Highbury heyday.
The 34-year-old signed a short-term loan deal with the Gunners on Friday and could feature in Monday's FA Cup Third-Round match against Leeds.
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Overcoming the barriers to study was the focus of an open house and conference April 23, 2013, at the Brussels Branch of the Churches of Scientology of Europe.
The Brussels Branch of the Churches of Scientology of Europe brought together students, educators and representatives of NGOs April 23, 2013, to introduce them to Applied Scholastics International and Study Technology, a technology developed by author, humanitarian and Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard that provides the student with study skills with which to learn any subject. Applied Scholastics International is a social betterment organization that makes this technology broadly available.
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- News - Recap of Azure related Build conference announcements. Including:
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Boiling Down the Data Services Available into 3 categories: Databases | Data Warehouse, Analytics & Machine Learning Solutions | Data Processing Services & Tools
Factors For Choosing A Solution: SMP vs MPP architecture, Data Types, Volume, Velocity & Location of Data
Data Platform Diagnostic Questions you use to identify what are potential solutions
We reviewed what is Azure SQL Data Warehouse and compared it with Azure Data Lake and explained what Azure Data Lake Analytics provides
Tools & Tip of the Week
Azure Platform Explorer Website - Handy reference website with clickable graphics that share a summary and detail links for services in Azure.
Microsoft Data Migration Assistant 3.1 Tool - This tool helps you to analyze an existing database for migration to Azure SQL
Tip = Cloud Essentials a cool free service that provides:
- Self-paced Labs
- Instructor-led Virtual Classes (some from Pluralsight)
- Cloud Monitor Tool
- A small amount of individual Azure Credit (for individual playing around/exploration)
- Functionality Overview Videos
- Access to Trials for various cloud services
- Career Guidance
- Community Forums
- Questions From The Field were discussed check out the Slides for details
May 5 - Azure Thursdays Meeting Summary: Test & Dev Workload Management in Azure
Meeting Topics: Azure News, Test & Dev Workload Management in Azure, Questions
Speakers: Rahul Marathe (Azure TSP) & Chris Santaniello (Azure TSP)
Discussion Notes & Key Links:
DEV/Test Subscription offer - Optimize your Azure consumption by using Dev/Test subscription for non-production workloads. This Channel 9 video provides a walk-through of the process.
DEV/TEST Labs Service - We discussed the Dev/Test Labs service in Azure to create environments in cloud fast; for videos on this topic checkout Channel 9.
April 20 - Azure Thursdays Meeting Summary: Azure Backup & Azure Site Recovery
Meeting Topics: Azure News, Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery, Questions
Speakers: Kyle Wilson (Azure TSP) & Chris Hanson (Azure TSP)
Discussion Notes & Key Links:
- News - Introduced a broader team of Azure TSPs to the group including Chris Santaniello (NY Metro) and Rahul Marathe (Boston/North East)
- Topics (slides)
Azure Block Blob Storage - the lowest cost option for storing backup and archive content. Moving from tapes to block storage can be a cost savings and business value benefit (time to recover, resilience, etc.) Ask your existing backup software vendor if they support Azure Block Blob as a storage target.
Azure Backup - we offer a backup as a service solution called Azure Backup that supports workloads on premise and in Azure. This is particular appealing for branch offices who can backup directly to Azure without VMs or hardware locally.
Azure Site Recovery - this is our solution for replicating compute workloads to Azure for business continuity. (VMWare, HyperV or Physical).
- Question Summary (see slides for answers)
How do you replicate data from an On Premise SQL Server to the Azure SQL Service?
What is the difference between Power BI Embedded (in Azure) and the Power BI service?
What are your options if you want to move a large amount of data into Azure?
Tool of the Week - the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI) team have released an Azure CLI Shell tool that helps to discover Azure CLI commands. It is in preview, but is very helpful when trying to learn the Azure CLI commands and arguments. Azure CLI Shell
April 7 - Azure Thursdays Meeting Summary: Azure Managed Disks & Azure Enterprise Accounts Portal
Meeting Topics: Azure News, Azure Managed Disks, Azure EA Portal, Azure Governance, and Configuration best practices resources.
Speakers: Chris Hanson, Azure TSP and Kyle Wilson, Azure TSP
Discussion Notes & Key Links:
- Azure News: Azure Monitor & Azure Advisor both were released for general availability. You can track Azure service news by following the Service Updates Feed, for high level announcements, and by reading the core Azure Blog, typically longer detailed explanations.
- Azure Managed Disks: A new way of creating VM disks that is simpler to implement and manage and provides better scale and resilience. Here is a short overview video and a longer overview video (27 minutes). In addition we have posted a guide for converting to managed disks from traditional storage accounts and page blobs.
- Azure EA Portal: We talked briefly about the benefits of the EA Portal managing multiple subscriptions and reporting on usage with Resource Tags, project cost tracking. There is a good video series that explains the various roles in the EA Portal and how to use its features.
- Azure Configuration best practices: We talked about how the Azure Advisor combined with the Azure Enterprise Scaffold Documentation are both good resources for best practices and governance.
Azure Thursdays Background:
Azure Thursdays is a recurring webinar series for Microsoft customers who already use or are exploring Azure. The webinar is facilitated by Azure technical specialists and during each session we share Azure news, present an Azure related topic, provide Azure tips & tools and answer questions.
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National Geographic Explorer Thomas Culhane is an urban planner whose German-Egyptian non-governmental organization, Solar CITIES, trains residents in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the world how to build and install rooftop food-waste-to-fuel-and-fertilizer biogas systems, solar water heaters and other renewable energy, water, and waste management systems, mostly built from local, recycled material and even "garbage." The Solar CITIES initiative now has created more than 100 solar tanks and kitchen-waste-to-cooking-gas biogas systems that provide hot water for cooking and bathing, from the rooftops of Coptic Christian and Islamic neighborhoods in Cairo, to schools in the slums of Nairobi and in the Maasai tribal lands, hospitals and homes in Nigeria, wildlife reserves in Botswana, community centers in the Himalayas, universities and Bedouin villages in Palestine and Israel, and low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Culhane grew up in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., where he, like his parents before him, works part of each year as a professor at Mercy College. He graduated from Harvard University with honors, earning a bachelor's degree in biological anthropology.
After graduation, Culhane spent a year doing rainforest and orangutan research in Borneo as a Michael Rockefeller Fellow and later worked as a science writer. Culhane currently lives in Essen, Germany, and completed his PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the fall of 2010 after living and studying agroforestry in the rainforest villages of Guatemala and renewable energy in the slums of Egypt. He spends part of each year in Africa, the Middle East and California, working on environmental technology multimedia projects and traveling around the world to learn appropriate emerging technologies that he adapts in his own home so that he can share his lived experience with home scale solutions to our environmental challenges with colleagues in informal and marginalized communities. His belief is that everybody "can have the chance to live a dignified, healthy and sustainable life because it turns out that solving our energy and waste problems at the home scale isn't difficult at all!"


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While on the road tuning today, the tuner noticed that car was at full Wastegate Duty and only was making 11 PSI and was tuned for 16 PSI. Leading us to believe that either the turbo was going or there was a boost leak. Anyone know any common places for a boost leak to occur. I thought maybe that BPV was on its last leg or just a leak on one of the lines.
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" Genre: Easy Listening / Artist: Delirious? / Audio CD released 2008-04-14 at Furious "
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== Overview ==
Kingdom of Comfort is the last studio album produced by Delirious? prior to their disbandment later this year (2009) and the first without Stew on drums. History making on several levels, this is unfortunately not the best album ever produced by the boys from Littlehampton.
== Tracklisting ==
*** 1. Kingdom of Comfort ***
The title track of the album is heartfelt call to God requesting deliverance from the consumer society in which we live in and the uncaring, ungodly attitudes it creates in us. This track is one of the highlights of the album with lyrics that make you think about the way in which we in the West live in disregard of our spiritual lives and also our fellow man in poorer nations. I really like the way this track works up into a huge instrumental crescendo of ethereal vocals and organs over the lead vocals before the track just stops dead.
Best lyric: 'I rob myself of innocence With the poison of indifference'
*** 2. God is Smiling ***
This track is far more upbeat than the opener despite echoing the sentiment of reconciliation between all of mankind. This song is clearly a call to reconciliation to other through reconciliation to God. The guitar work, as always, is pretty good with a trademark solo from Stu G.
Best lyric: 'Break ours hearts and save us all'
*** 3. Give What You've Got ***
A song about living the christian life and putting all we have into making an eternal difference to those around us and the world in general. Despite having good lyrics, musically I feel this is one of the weaker tracks.
Best lyric: 'don't sell up your soul to the glitter and gold'
*** 4. Love Will Find a Way ***
This song seems to be about God's love manifesting itself to us and others; how God's love will bring change to pass whether we understand it at the start or not. Perhaps one of the most ambiguous tracks on the album and again not an instant classic. The track again builds up to a guitar climax with some interesting backing vocals.
Best lyric: 'I'm a tourist here so tomorrow I go home'
*** 5. Eagle Rider ***
This track speaks of the relationship with the Holy Spirit and the guidance He provides. Taking Isaiah 41 verse 31 as inspiration ('but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint') this track tries to explain how life in the Spirit gives a person strength. Featuring a strangely South American tempo, the lyrics of this song are sadly far better than the music which is only passable. At times the music actually sounds a bit like a Chris Rea track...
Best lyric: 'I feel the spirits breath free me from the net, Flying from captivity, And the life I called a wreck'
*** 6. We Give You Praise ***
Fading in directly from the previous track, this is a much slower, contemplative tune, up until the final chorus. With much more reliance on the keyboard, we don't even begin to notice the presence of the guitar until the second chorus. This song is another about walking with God through all the circumstances of life and praising Him regardless of what we see or experience because we know that everything will work out for good.
Best lyric: 'Here you meet me where I am
we walk with glory and pain
And you ve broken the chains
So there's no stopping here'
*** 7. How Sweet the Name ***
Probably the slowest track on the whole album and the most overtly Christian at that. This song is a contemplation of the saving relationship between the singer (Martin Smith) and Jesus which also echoes the experiences of many other christians. Although slow and gentle, this is a great track; when I saw it performed live at the O2 in London late last year it sent a shiver up my spine. Starting with just Martin on the piano as a really gentle ballad, the song introduces a heavy semi-electronica-rock hybrid passage near the end before falling back to the solo voice and piano. Excellent.
Best lyric: 'Jesus how sweet the name
The name that saves'
*** 8. Wonder ***
Another song about the life changes brought about through a loving relationship, despite being about the relationship with man and God, this song could easily pass for a secular love song. A driving bass line make this one quite a toe-tapper.
Best lyric: 'Oh sweet heart you ve broken this sweet heart
Oh sweet heart you've broken me.'
*** 9. Break the Silence ***
Break the Silence is a call for us to unite against oppression of any sort perpetuated against our fellow man, particularly that of the West on the poorer nations through unfair trade practices. This track features a similar thrumming bassline which has my toes tapping, topped by a sing-along chorus. One of the better tracks on the album.
Best lyric: 'Break the silence, break the silence,
Cross ever boundary that divides us, divides us'
*** 10. Stare the Monster Down ***
A strange song seemingly about mankinds potential to stumble and sin against God but ending with a tale of a father suffering through chemo treatment for cancer and ending with an ultimatum to the Devil. Probably the only other time I have heard the lyric 'Another day in paradise' without any trace of Phil Collins at all! With screaming guitar and an up-tempo beat, the deep content of the lyrics is offset by the "poppy" sounding chorus. An intriguing blend of light-weight (tune) and heavy (lyrics) and for that reason alone, a pretty good track.
Best lyric: 'One thing I have pondered
Is how the mighty fall'
*** 11. All God's Children ***
A meditation on the second coming of Jesus when pain and injustice will be banished forever. Slow and relaxed but again working up to a crescendo, this is another good track with a catchy chorus sung in conjunction with a children's choir, which is really easy to sing along with.
Best lyric: 'All god's children we will sing hallelujah'
*** 12. My Soul Sings ***
Probably my favourite track on the whole album, My Soul Sings is about the eternal love of God and how He extends it to all of us. Starting with a repetitive guitar riff, the vocals take up before being replaced by the riff at the end of each stanza. The song continues building up to a wonderful crescendo with angelic vocals repeating the chorus over a more dreamy reprise of the riff. This is probably my favourite track on the album and it was used as the last song of the O2 set to great effect too.
Best lyric: 'My soul sings'
== Conclusion ==
Despite not being the best Delirious? album I own, this one does have enough good tracks to introduce the uninitiated to their unique brand of Christian pop. I myself am a fairly latecomer to Delirious? but I have found that their music to have matured substantially over the years to the point where they have turned an insult thrown at them once into a badge of honour - they are a poor man's U2. But even though Delirious? themselves regard that as a compliment, it is grossly unfair to assume that they are a replica band being that they have their own musical style and abilities which have seen them become a mega group in the USA even if they are generally overlooked in the UK.
This is an above-average album, but I would personally recommend their "Mission Bell" as being better.
Delirious? website: http://www.delirious.co.uk
© ben-lloyd 2009. This review appears on other websites under the same user name.
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Kingdom Of Comfort
2 God Is Smiling
3 Give What You've Got
4 Love Will Find A Way
5 Eagle Rider
6 We Give You Praise
7 How Sweet The Name
8 Wonder
9 Break The Silence
10 Stare The Monster Down
11 All God's Children
12 My Soul Sings


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I drive a 535 xit and about 7 weeks ago I began to get these weird warning system failures. TPM malfunction, Air suspension failure, everything you can think of to really freak someone out. Then the clock would reset itself and all the car trip data would clear out. I honestly thought I was having battery trouble until it started spontaneously shutting off while driving. Very scarry. Life was a tad bit hectic but finally made it to the dealership.
Ten days later I recieve my car back. They found that yes the pano roof does drain and clog as well. Something that they clean and blow out on normal service visits. My whole back end was flooded and fried some very important instramunts. 11 control units were damaged and needed to be replaced and the vehicle needed to be re-programed. My warranty did cover everything along with a 3 series loaner. My SA was great about the whole thing and very professional about the repair. Labor and parts would have cost me $7,000 if not for my warranty. I am still really fuming that it actually happened but very glad all has been corrected. There was never a question of not covering it and honestly it was a huge safety issue as due to the power loss with my toddler in the car. So the only silver lining is that BMW stood by my car and fixed the heck out of the thing.
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text: Miles was cranking out about two studio works a year with this, his great 60′s quintet when "Filles De Kilimanjaro" was recorded, and he was about to embark on his groundbreaking "jazz/fusion" era of career. It's a time of transition too with Miles adding electric piano, played here by Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea, and Dave Holland providing bass on two of the cuts in place of Ron Carter. On this album, Mile's mood seems to be much lighter than displayed on "Neffertiti" the year before. The soundscapes seem to hold much more color, and there's even an element of funk beginning to creep in. As with just about everything this group recorded, the playing is flawless. My favorites are "Tout De Suite", and the beautifully rambling "Mademoiselle Mabry". This is Miles in a state of transition with his music to be sure, although I doubt there was ever a time in his career that his music wasn't in transition. That's part of being a genius. Here he begins to explore acoustically for the most part, the territory that he would tear wide open with electric instruments in just a few years. That alone is enough to make this great album important, but the music alone more than speaks for itself. —Tim


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With a stay at Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites, you'll be centrally located in Victoria, steps from Victoria Clipper Ferry Terminal and minutes from Victoria Harbour. This eco-friendly hotel is within close proximity of The Robert Bateman Centre and Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Make yourself at home in one of the 196 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an indoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
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U.S. says Russia "closer than ever" to WTO
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is closer than ever to its long-running goal of joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO), after more than 17 years of talks, a senior U.S. official said in an interview published on Monday.
Russia applied to join the WTO's predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT, in June 1993 but remains the biggest economy outside the trade body and has previously accused the United States of holding up its bid.
"I think that Russia is closer than ever before to entry into the WTO," William Burns, U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said in an interview with the Interfax news agency that was published in full on Monday.
President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, agreed at a summit in Washington this June to resolve all issues blocking Russia's WTO bid by the end of September.
But the comment from Burns, the State Department's third-ranking official and its top career diplomat, is the strongest signal yet that Russia and the United States are close to a deal.
"Russia has made good progress," Burns said. The interview was published in Russian and the U.S. embassy could not immediately provide an English transcript.
Obama has sought to "reset" ties with Russia to get Moscow's help on U.S. foreign policy priorities such as dealing with Iran over its nuclear programme and the war in Afghanistan.
U.S. diplomats say privately that helping Russia's WTO is currently the main focus of the so called reset in relations, though some officials say the ambitious timetable set by Obama and Medvedev may not be achieved by the end of September.
Diplomats hope there can be a deal within months, paving the way for Russia to join the 153-member Geneva-based trade body. Continued...


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ZURICH - HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, FIFA Vice President, concluded his visit to Zurich today after attending his first Executive Committee meeting at the Home of FIFA.
Prince Ali, who officially took over his Vice President position at the FIFA Congress in June, welcomed the roadmap of FIFA reforms presented today by President Joseph S. Blatter.
"I look forward to studying and discussing the suggested proposals in the best interest of the game so that we guarantee that these reforms are implemented properly," Prince Ali said.
The FIFA Vice President representing Asia also thanked members of the Executive Committee on behalf of the Asian Football Confederation for the support given by FIFA to Japan after the tsunami and earthquake adding that he hopes "FIFA will also extend a helping hand to countries in the ASEAN region that have been affected by recent flooding."weareasia.com


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The Science of Backpacking Backpacks At Home
Know How To Pack A Backpack?
For those of you that need to know how to pack backpacking backpacks, this article should help you master the "science".
The usual and most obvious place to begin is with the bottom of backpacking backpacks. A backpack usually has a large top end openings.
When you actually look inside to see what it can hold you will be amazed. The majority of backpackers load their sleeping bag first at the base of the backpack.
Items which you do not need until camping in the evening are loaded at the bottom also. Such items include underwear, jackets, bed time clothes, pillowcases, plus other items that can be rolled up into small shapes. However, one item that you may consider to be night time gear is a torch but this should be placed somewhere it can be easily accessed at all times.
A special precaution that is advisable is to ensure your sleeping bag is kept away from other items that can cause it to smell differently, such as perfume or alcohol. This is to ensure that you are safer from attack by wild bears as they are unable to distinguish between the aroma of food and nonfood items. Did you know that bears are unable to distinguish between toothpaste or lotion aromas and jerky or meat contained within your backpack? Imagine the dangers that may arise!
Did you known that some backpacks posses zipped compartments at the bottom that are also named sleeping bag compartments. Many backpackers love the convenience this compartment provides, but think about the extra weight it adds to the backpack when considering a purchase.
Next, the heavier items need to be placed above the sleeping bag, close to your spine to improve backpack stability. Also make sure to remember to place heavy items in line with the center of your spine so that there is better stability. Such items may include food, which could be contained within a bear canister or a stuff stack; and water supply within your hydration reservoir. Other items placed here could be your cooking kit, stove and any other heavy items.
Your hydration reservoir is usually easy to insert when the backpack is empty. This means you have two options:
- Insert the reservoir whilst you are still at home; and
- Transport the reservoir within a cooler to your hiking location and insert it there, but this may entail repacking your backpack.
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The property has been thoughtfully and tastefully remodeled very recently and benefits from a large living room with a bright and airy interior and a brand new fully equipped and remodeled kitchen with sea views.The sunny and inviting terrace of the living room on the main floor enjoys glass curtains with a panoramic view of the Mediterranean and Gibraltar.
The property consists of a master bedroom with ensuite bathroom in the upper level and 3 bedrooms also with ensuite bathrooms in the lower level which all open up to the pool area. The private nature of one of the rooms on the lower level with a fully equipped kitchen can be used as a private suite for guests, teenagers or a second family.The pool area covers the entire lower part of the villa with access from all the bedrooms. It takes advantage of the same panoramic view as the second floor and has a large L shaped pool with incorporated Jacuzzi. A built-in Mediterranean style shaded relaxation & sitting corner can be both used for outdoor dining or simply an afternoon siesta. The whole space is designed for bright Mediterranean mornings and lazy afternoons in the sun and water with friends and family.
El Paraíso, as the Spanish name suggests, "The Paradise", is a pleasant residential area located just 10 minutes from both Marbella and Estepona and less than 45 minutes' drive from Málaga and Gibraltar airports.
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While it is not abundantly clear what exactly is causing the delay, BGR previously noted that the Lumia 900 had not received technical acceptance so this latest delay is probably related to that.
While the date is changing, the price remains the same. The Nokia Lumia 900 is expected to be priced at an extremely competitive $99.99 when signing a two-year commitment with AT&T.
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Marketers, agencies and media companies scramble to capitalise on the hoopla over the return of Mad Men.
The fifth season of Mad Men, the drama series about advertising and America in the 1960s, is to begin on cable in the US this Sunday and on April 12 on the Movie Extra cable channel in Australia.
It has been 17 months since the final episode of Season 4, and that hiatus — twice as long as usual — has whetted the appetites of fans and those hoping to entice them to buy magazines, books, clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and other merchandise.
"One of my operating strategies for new products is always try to find a way to ride in on something hot," said Steve Eisner, who led Eisner Communications in Baltimore until it closed in 2006 and has published a novel, The MineFields, about the ad business during the last three decades.
"You can ride those coattails until it brings your product some lift," said Eisner, who plans to advertise his book on the Mad Men fan page on Facebook and on blogs. One ad asks, "Want to stay on Mad Ave after Mad Men ends?"
Authors of non-fiction looks at the industry in the Mad Men era are also hoping to gain attention, among them Andrew Cracknell, who wrote The Real Mad Men: The Renegades of Madison Avenue and the Golden Age of Advertising, and Jane Maas, who wrote Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond.
"I think Mad Men is pretty accurate, but I don't remember anyone with an actual bar in his office," said Livingston Miller, president at Seiter & Miller Advertising in New York, which is asking industry executives to reminisce about the last 50 years in interviews that can be watched on a YouTube channel devoted to Advertising's Greatest War Stories.
Perhaps the most ambitious effort is being made by Newsweek and its online partner, The Daily Beast, part of IAC/InterActiveCorp, which will bring out on Monday a double issue of the print and tablet editions of the magazine that are designed to mirror the Newsweek graphics of the '60s.
"I've been spending the last two months going through dusty bound volumes," said Rob Gregory, president at the Newsweek Daily Beast Co., who showed a reporter an ad from a 1965 issue of Newsweek that carried the headline "How do they manage to have a pretty Hertz girl waiting to meet you wherever you land?"
The contents of the Mad Men issue include a cover article by Eleanor Clift — who, echoing the character Peggy Olson, began as a Newsweek secretary and was promoted to so-called men's work — and ads that evoke the period or reproduce vintage pitches.
The sponsors include Allstate, Benetton, Bloomingdale's, British Airways, Domtar paper, Dunkin' Donuts, John Hancock, Geico, Estee Lauder, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, New York Life, Old Forester bourbon, Spam, Triumph motorcycles, Tide, Ultimat vodka and Johnnie Walker scotch.
For instance, the Estee Lauder ad will introduce a Mad Men Collection of makeup in colours and packages inspired by the brand's products of the era.
Online, Newsweek will offer video clips, content on newsweek.tumblr.com and a "retro 1966" makeover for the website dailybeast.com/newsweek, Gregory said, so it looks the way it might have had the internet existed then.
There will be 40 kiosks set up this week in the lobbies of ad agencies to promote the issue, he added.
Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, an agency in Boston that is part of the Interpublic Group, worked with the Newsweek Daily Beast executives to bring the project to fruition.
"We positioned the sales pitch, the idea of creating custom ads, and we even sold a few to our clients," said Karen Kaplan, president at Hill, Holliday, referring to Dunkin' Donuts, whose ad carries the headline "Say 'Yup!' to America's favorite cup," and John Hancock, whose ad, in black and white, carries the headline "Pessimism is a darn lousy investment strategy."
Newsweek is getting "a lot of new advertisers" who were "specifically interested in being in this issue because of the content," Kaplan said.
Of the 30 ad pages, Gregory said, 25 or 26 were created for the issue.
Among other magazines with cover articles or features about the coming season of Mad Men are Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, New York and Rolling Stone.
Online, Reminisce magazine has created a slide show called "1960s Pop Culture in Ads," which includes Cadillac, Wolfschmidt's vodka, IBM electric typewriters and Viceroy cigarettes ("a thinking man's filter ... a smoking man's taste").
There have been, of course, numerous attempts to take advantage of the buzz surrounding Mad Men since its debut in 2007. There is official merchandise like T-shirts, DVDs, books, soundtracks and calendars.
The Banana Republic apparel chain, has marketed clothing for men and women inspired by Mad Men; another collection, for spring 2012, is in stores.
And in 2010, Mattel sold versions of its Barbie and Ken dolls styled after four characters: Don, Betty, Roger and Joan.The series "resonates with our audience," said Bradford Shellhammer, chief creative officer at Fab.com, a social commerce website with flash sales on merchandise for "people who love modern design".
"A lot of the furniture we sell can be popped into the Mad Men set," he added.
Fab.com plans to greet the Season 5 premiere with a series of sales on items like period apparel and barware along with new rings, cuff links, tie bars and other jewelry.
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1. Following the instructions on the Cruz site update your stock T301 to Froyo.
2. Go to http://androtab.info...c/clockworkmod/ and read a little and download the appropriate recovery fro your machine. For the T301 it is presently T301-recovery-signed.zip. Get this onto your sdcard and rename it to update.zip. If you want to keep your original froyo update.zip rename it first.
3. Following the same instructions as you did to install the Froyo update (hold power and volume+) launch the stock recovery and it will install clockworkmod. Yay !!!!!
4. Now, go back to http://androtab.info...c/clockworkmod/ and a little further down from where you found the T301-signed-recovery.zip you will see Superuser,su and busybox for JZ4760 Froyo. Download that and put it on your sdcard. No need to rename it now.
5. Reboot holding down the power key and volume+ and you will end up in clockworkmod.
6. Choose Install zip from sdcard/choose zip from sdcard/and locate your zip file. Mine is Superuser-3.0.7-bb-mips32-froyo.zip. Select it and let it install. When it finishes your tablet will be rooted (su installed, Superuser app installed and busybox installed) SLICK!!!
Now my droogies you have a rooted Froyo tablet ready for you to experiment with. It looks like you can forgt all those battles with SDK and issuing abd commands, etc. Life just got a lot easier thanks to _FUN!
Oh... I might add that now you can make a backup of your rom using clockworkmod so, if in messing around with things you break something, you can just restore your backup with all the apps, etc. When a custom rom shows up and you want to try it, backup your present rom first and then load the new one (using clockwork mod) and if it isn't good, put your old one back. This is so great !!!
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- 1 cup dry red wine or 1/2 cup grape juice plus 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
- 8 whole cloves
- In a saucepan, combine the wine or grape juice plus vinegar, sugar, red wine vinegar, cinnamon stick and cloves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
- Strain liquid; discard cinnamon stick and cloves. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Yield: 8 servings.
Editor's Note: If using grape juice instead of wine, reduce sugar to 1/3 cup.
Originally published as Chilled Red Wine Fruit Dressing in Light & Tasty August/September 2004, p52
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Ideas to Increase Parent InvolvementBy Teachers.Net Community
Addie /MO – i think that the key to getting the parents to stay is to make them feel comfortable and welcome. i would start by just being friendly and making eyecontact and a short greeting. then one day, enthusiastically, walk over to them with a neat piece that the child did and quickly explain the significance.
Jen – great, lyn…I thought about running off copies of a wish list and just say help with what you can some of the items are eggcartons and recycable things
meeha/ece/tx – JWgs … milk jug lids, similar jar lids — great for sorting, counting, etc.
Peachy/K/NC – We send home a poetry notebook that is to be read with a parent and we have them read to their child 20 minutes a day. They sign a form each month and the cild gets a certificate. We also have family projects..usually art… that the parents and children do together.
JWgs – Thanks Addie.
lyn – paper bags, cotton balls, old magazines, etc.
meeha/ece/tx – i try to send home pics of the kiddos at work from time to time … kids send home BIG cards when a parent is ill (special class project!) seems that when we, as the teachers, go out of our way to welcome parents and kind of include them into the classroom they try a bit more to become a part of it!
Jen – yes, I figure that way if I get to much i can pass it on to other teachers and it always ends up I get a little of everything needed
Kat/1st/nj – Last year our k-team did a project to bring what we were learning in science to the home. We called it "Weekend Scientist". Every friday a child was randomly selected to take home a portable lab (duffle bag filled with stuff, including an experiment) that was relevant to what we were learning in class. After doing it with their family on the weekend, the "scientist" came to school on Monday and led his classmates in the experiment. It was a big hit!
Kindercutie – I send home a husky dog, out school mascot, and a notebook (journal)with a different child each day. They are to draw/write about everything they do with the husky in the journal and bring it back to share with our class the next day.
Leslie – another way to involve parents with children is a birthday poster…..usually a photograph of each year of the child's life with some description of events…we display it in our classroom for the birthday month!
Addie /MO – i used "sunshine at home" books from the wright group as take home books. the kids were to practice them each night and return the book weekly. i would conference with each child and listen to them "read" or retell the story of their choice (three in each book). at open house i emphasized to the parents how this nightly reading was soooo important.
kar – Does anyone have parents in your classroom doing bookmaking activities or do you send materials and projects home for parents who want to help out
Trish – fun arts/craft things like googly eyes, colored pipe cleaners, colored tissue, white lunch bags,etc.
Peachy/K/NC – Oh! We also send our bunny home to spend the week-end with a child. That was popular even with the parents this past year.
Kindercutie – We our fortunate enough to have a publishing center in our school where parent volunteers can make our class books.
meeha/ece/tx – we send home a lot of things with reading attached … i would suggest sending home instructions both printed and on cassette … possibly with an old tape player … to accomodate parents who don't read! pictograms will also help in that area!
Peachy/K/NC – I really like the bookmaking idea. I'd like to get that going.
lyn – Trish, you just helped me add to my list! Thanks
Addie /MO – i had one parent who came in and did our classbooks for most of the year. she came in weekly and put together whatever we had ready. but, she got a job about three-fourths of the way through the year. she even asked me to provide her with a reference! i told her i was going to write her a bad one so i could keep her. LOL,! but i didn't.
Kindercutie – My kids LOVE to read our published books.
Leslie – kindercutie, i use the same kind of mascot…a monkey puppet…the puppet goes home with the journal as well as a disposable camera…also i change the activity in the bag month to month…a book to read, a game to play etc.
Anna J – I interview each child at the beginning of the year, and write the things he tells me on a chart. Then I hand the child a paper crown which he takes to his desk to color while the other children draw a picture of him. I bind the pictures they drew into a book that he can take home. I take a picture of the child interviewed and type up the interview to put into a class book. When all the interviews are finished, they take turns taking the class books home and parents read the interviews and make comments on a comment page at the end of the book.
Leslie – that is a monkey puppet:)
Kindercutie – Great idea Leslie. I think I'll add a camera to my bag next year!
Peachy/K/NC – We have parents donate film and then we display the photos in the room or send some home to share.
meeha/ece/tx – if you have a parent so-inclined, one thing i have started recently is a class scrapbook … i take pictures all the time! scrapbook them … provides a nice opportunity to showcase my special needs program!
Kindercutie – meeha…i do the scrapbook thing too! I put the pages out in the hallway for everyone to enjoy!
Leslie – that is a lovely idea, meeha 🙂
meeha/ece/tx – one year another teachers' parent took b/w photos through the year and compiled them into a book, copied it off, one copy per child at the end of the year!
Kat/1st/nj – Peachy, I also had parents donate film as we use a lot of pictures for class made books. does your school pay for developing? I usually end up paying for it myself, but was wondering if some parents wouldn't mind have a roll developed over the year.
Kindercutie – I scan the pictures at the end of the year and include them in their memory books.
meeha/ece/tx – kind of made a year-book for each child with the people who were most important to those young children … and didn't cost other parents a dime!
Leslie – i usually wind up paying for the developing myself, but i think it is really ok to ask parents…maybe that's something that can be included in the questionnaire for open house
Addie /MO – a friend of mine has parents sign "coupons" for film developing at the first of the year. then when she finishes a donated roll of film, she sends it home with one of the coupons and the parent gets it developed
Kindercutie – gotta go make dinner for my husband…thanks for the great ideas.
meeha/ece/tx – Kat — i have several parents who would gladly develop film … i can do it with my classroom $$ but generally do it myself. need to learn to let parents do it if they so desire!
Leslie – addie, that is a great idea!
meeha/ece/tx – hi, mermaid! welcome to our discussion on parent involvement in early childhood/primary classrooms!
Kat/1st/nj – Good idea, Addie! thanks!
Peachy/K/NC – The school pays for some of it and I have paid for some. I, too, have thought of a volunteer! Good idea for the questionnaire.
Addie /MO – if you do lots of pix, you might want to invest (or get your school to) in a digital camera. i have one personally and our library at school has one.
meeha/ece/tx – i like the questionnaire idea, too … may add that to mine next year!
meeha/ece/tx – then mark my attendance page so i know who says yes and who has done it (i forget so easily!)
kar – I have a hard time asking for help and donations–do you find it best to do this at the beginning of the year(Back to School night) or throughout the year as the need arises
Peachy/K/NC – I mention the need for help in our weekly newspaper. Usually there is a response.
meeha/ece/tx – kar — i do it both ways … have pretty frequent contact with many parents, also include upcoming 'needs' in my newsletters … sometimes just the description will have parents saying 'what can i do to help with …..'!
Addie /MO – i think you need to ask the parents right off the bat if they are willing (because k parents are tripping over themselves to help at that point) and then organize the parents fairly by what they are willing to do and when things are needed.
Kat/1st/nj – I usually ask for donations at BTS night. Some years parents are very generous and send things on their own. One year my son's teacher asked that instead of a personal gift to her, if parents WANTED to give something, she prefered a gift for the class. I thought that was a nice idea.
meeha/ece/tx – school has one, Addie (dig. camera) … but it is always somewhere else and not in my room for those 'kodak moments' like my 35mm is!
Leslie – i ask for volunteers at open house….for classroom help as well as classroom donations
Kat/1st/nj – (That was during the Holiday season, guys!) (continued on pg. 3)


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Need help to achieve desired colors when staining oak trim
I am preparing to stain colonial oak baseboards and casing for my first major remodeling project. I started out by buying several different colors of Minwax oil-based stain and cutting pieces of trim to sample it on. I applied the stain with a brush, let it sit for about 10 minutes, then wiped it off, but when I was finished none of the colors looked quite right. I understand that different types of wood accept stain differently, but all my trim just looks dull. For example, a cherry stain came out almost a light brown color, while a dark chestnut was more medium brown. I tried a second coat of the cherry and it just ended up a little darker brown.
I thought maybe the problem was that I didn't sand the sample trim before staining, so I cut some more pieces, sanded, and stained. The result was only minimally different and still none of the trim really looks good. I want something with a little more color to it (like a cherry normally would be) instead of brown, but everything is taking on a brownish hue. Can anyone offer me advice as to what I may be doing wrong? I need to get started on this soon, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
The oak is very dense so is going to take a couple of coats of stain. If you want to achieve more red you could try turning at least your first coat of finish into a glaze with some opaque color in it. Definitely experiment to get the color right. You might check to see if another brand of stain might work better for you. I have never tried it on a hardwood but have gotten some nice effects by using Dr. Martin's liquid watercolor on softer woods.
I started over last night... I sanded the pieces before applying, stirred the can up well with the stirring stick, and applied 3 coats of cherry stain spaced 4-6 hours apart. It did get slightly darker with each coat, but I have a lot of trim to stain and it becomes unrealistic if I have to put 4 or more coats on each piece, since I can only do so much at one time. Is 4 coats of stain common for oak trim or does that sound excessive?
It can take multiple coats on dense hardwoods for the stain to be dark enough. You might try mixing stain colors together if you have not already to have a darker stain to start with.
After 3 coats of Minwax stain, I still wasn't happy with the results. I went to Sherwin Williams and bought some of their wipe-on stain and it looks much better. It only took one coat and I'm already getting a darker, more colorful result. Maybe the Minwax stain would be ok for a softer wood like pine, but it just seems unreasonable to have to apply 3-4 coats to oak trim. Sherwin Williams' stain appears to be the answer to my problem. Thanks everyone for your feedback.
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Rapper Lil Wayne sentenced to one year in jail
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail on Monday after he pleaded guilty on a gun possession charge in a 2007 incident.
Lil Wayne, 27, whose real name is Dwayne Carter and who also goes by the moniker "Weezy," appeared in New York State Supreme Court wearing jeans and a grey hooded sweatshirt.
Justice Charles Solomon passed the sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon after a plea agreement in which Carter gave up his right to appeal over a case in which a gun was found in his tour bus in July 2007.
Carter remained silent during the hearing and nodded solemnly when led to jail in handcuffs. His sentencing had been postponed twice in the last month, once so he could get dental surgery and then because a fire shut the courthouse for four days.
Carter, whose album "Tha Carter III" was the biggest-selling U.S. release of 2008 and won him best rap album and three other prizes at the 2009 Grammy Awards, also recorded numerous videos in anticipation of jail time.
He was accompanied by rapper and Cash Money records co-founder Bryan "Birdman" Williams and a barrage of fans and media gathered outside the lower Manhattan courtroom.
Carter is headed to Rikers Island jail, where he will be held in protective custody and could be released in eight months with good behavior, said his lawyer, Stacey Richman.
"Because of who he is, the department of corrections would not have it (protective custody) any other way," Richman said. Continued...


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James William Boyd (1822 – after 1865) was a Confederate States of America military officer who was alleged in a conspiracy theory to have been killed in the place of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Boyd born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1822, and lived in Jackson, Tennessee where he married Caroline A. Malone in 1845, and had seven children. Boyd was a captain in the 6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment of Confederate States Army, Company F, during the American Civil War.
Boyd was captured at Jackson in 1863 and held as a prisoner of war by the Union. In December 1864, while a prisoner of war, he requested permission to be released so he could return home to take care of his seven motherless children. Boyd's wife Caroline had died while he was incarcerated. Edwin M. Stanton, the United States Secretary of War, approved Boyd's petition on February 14, 1865. Boyd's official whereabouts following his release remain a mystery. His son James received a letter to meet Boyd in Brownsville, Texas, for a trip to Mexico, but Boyd never showed up for the rendezvous and no further contact was ever received from him.
According to a theory put forth by the 1977 book and subsequent film The Lincoln Conspiracy, Boyd was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth and killed on April 26, 1865, at Richard Garrett's farm, near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. The theory adds that the U.S. government was aware of the error, but covered it up and, thus, enabled Booth to escape to freedom.
James L. Swanson counters this claim by stating, "The survival myth of John Wilkes Booth, roaming across the land, evokes the traditional fate of the damned, of a cursed spirit who can find no rest. There is no doubt that Booth was the man who died at Garrett's farm."
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text: On the eve of the 102nd Foundation Day celebrations of Central Bank of India, M.V. Tanksale (right), Chairman & Managing Director, is seen honouring the Bank's valued customer Padmashri Dr. Prabha Atre, classical singer of kirana gharana, at the NCPA, on Thursday. Also seen are the bank's Executive Directors R.K. Dubey and Malay Mukherjee. A cartoon film on inculcating saving habits among children was released on the occasion. A road show of TAB-CABs with bank's branding was flagged off by the CMD with other top executives of the Bank.


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[2011-08-31] Mammalian diversification across the Holarctic: spatiotemporal evolution in response to environmental change The primary focus in this dissertation is on the processes of environmental change that drive evolution. We are currently witnessing unparalleled changes in climate and associated changes in biotic communities. With a ...