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Class 1A
No. 10 Cimarron (13-13) at No. 7 Dora (16-11)
6 p.m. Friday
• State titles: Cimarron (3) 2006, 2007, 2009. Dora (2) 1975, 1992
• Overview: After a slow start, the Rams have played well of late, winning six of their last nine games — all three losses in that span were to district champ and No. 3 seed Des Moines. ... Lacy Harris, a 5-7 senior G who played sparingly on Cimarron's 2009 state title team, is the focal point of her team's offense. "She brings the ball down court, can post up and shoots the ball well," Dora coach Caleb King said. "The team goes through her." ... Cimarron has won three state titles since 2006. "They're used to winning," King said. ... Kelli Merrick, a 6-2 senior, averages 18.7 points, 12.4 rebounds and 4.3 blocks a game for the Coyotes, who reached the state quarterfinals last year. ... Dora shoots 37 percent from 3-point range, but lost its best shooter when senior Jessica Fierro tore an ACL in the district tournament. She led the team with 36 3s. Sophomore Jasi Roberts is second with 25. "We're kind of peaking right now," King said. "We've had a lot of girls step into their roles and gain confidence in themselves."
• What's next: The winner between No. 2 Tatum and No. 15 Logan in the state quarterfinals in Albuquerque.
— Rick White
No. 13 Springer (16-11) at No. 4 Melrose (17-10) 6 p.m. Friday
• Overview: The Lady Buffs last won a state title in 1984 and last made it to the state tournament in 2000. … Melrose is 2-10 against Texico (0-3), Fort Sumner (1-3), Tatum (0-2) and Elida (1-2), and 15-0 against everyone else. That includes a 59-50 win over Des Moines, the No. 3 seed in 1A, at home in late December. "I really believe we've played the toughest schedule (in 1A)," second-year coach Toby Bostwick said. "We've tried to do that for a reason." … Melrose is young, with only one senior on the roster in 5-6 forward Liz Green, but the Lady Buffs lost freshman guard Teryn Tate last weekend when she suffered a torn ACL while competing in goat-tying during a rodeo at Eastern New Mexico University. "All in all, our big picture hasn't changed," said Bostwick, hoping the loss of Tate serves to pull his team closer together. "It certainly hurts to lose Teryn, but sometimes things like this can turn our for the best." … Sisters Cara Barnard, a 5-6 sophomore guard, and Caley Barnard, a 5-10 eighth-grade forward-guard, have led the Lady Buffs much of the season, but others have picked up a fair amount of the scoring slack lately. … Bostwick noted that in Springer's 61-55 home win over Logan in early February, 5-4 senior guard Autumn Ebell converted six 3-point shots.
• What's next: The winner gets either No. 12 Hagerman or fifth-seeded Cliff in a quarterfinal game on Tuesday at Bernalillo.
— Dave Wagner
Class 2A
No. 16 Cuba (16-11) at No. 1 Texico (24-2) 6 p.m. Friday
• Overview: Texico is trying to win its fourth 2A title in the last five years, and second in a row. … The Cooper twins, Jordyn and Jaylyn, a pair of 5-foot-10 junior guards, have led Texico most of the time this season. … The Lady Wolverines' only losses were to Class 5A El Paso Coronado (70-36) in the first round of Clovis' Plateau Wireless Classic and to Fort Sumner (39-36) in the EPAC tournament finals. Texico has won 13 in a row, only one — a 56-55 victory at Class 1A top seed Fort Sumner — closer than 11 points. … Veteran Texico coach Keith Durham said he knows little about the Lady Rams. "I haven't concentrated on them for one second," he said. "In fact, in Monday's practice we reviewed several defensive concepts because there was some slippage there, Tuesday we shot the ball as much as we could and (Wednesday and Thursday were) more normal practices." … If nothing else, the Lady Rams appear to have some scoring ability with 21 games of 50 or more points, including three games in the low 80s.
• What's next: The winner gets either ninth-seeded Magdalena or No. 8 Mesa Vista, Cuba's District 7-2A rival, in a 6:30 p.m. quarterfinal on Tuesday at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho.
— Dave Wagner

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The erectile external sexual organ of males, used in copulation, and in mammals, also for urination.
The male sex organ outside the body between the legs. It is made of soft spongy tissue and blood vessels. This is what a male uses to urinate. Most of the time it is small and soft, but when a male gets excited it gets larger and stiff or erect. A penis must be erect for a condom to be put on it. The tip of the PENIS is very sensitive and gives the male a lot of pleasure when it is touched. The hole at the top is covered by a mucous membrane. Germs that cause STDs, including HIV, can get into that hole during sex without a latex condom. This could happen during oral or anal sex. Also through vaginal sex if any blood, cervical or vaginal secretions with STD germs, including HIV, in them get inside this hole. Slang terms: Cock, dick, peter, putz, schlong, schwantz, wang, willie.
The male organ through which semen and urine pass.
A man's sexual organ.
fibro-elastic with no glans penis; the distal 5-6cm has a counter-clockwise coil which "locks" into the cervix of the female; the urethral orifice is a small slit 1 cm from the distal end of the penis; the sigmoid flexure is located cranial to the scrotum
The male reproductive organ. The average size is disputed, most Internet surveys claim around 6"; closer to 5.5" is probably a little more accurate.
Male organ through which urination takes place. The penis is mainly made up of erectile tissue, and when the penis becomes erect (rigid) it can then act as a sexual organ and release fluid containing sperm into the female.
L. = a tail.
male excretory/reproductive organ; located just posterior to the umbilical cord in male fetal pigs
The primary sex organ of the male.
The male reproductive organ involved in sexual intercourse and elimination of urine.
male organ through which sperm is ejaculated to impregnate a woman. The penis contains tissue that becomes erect, and engorged with blood during sexual arousal.
the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
a male sexual organ, the vulva, female
the shaft shaped organ that hangs outside the male body. Also known as 'cock' or 'dickâ€(tm).
the male external genital organ that conveys semen to the female during sexual intercourse. The penis consists of a distal head, or glans penis, and a main body or shaft. The glans penis is covered in part by a fold of skin called the prepuce (or foreskin), which is removed during circumcision.
Latin = tail, the male organ of copulation (cf. appendix, appendage).
In men, a cylindrical structure with the capacity to be flaccid or erect, providing passage for both urine and semen.
the eversible organ (not present in all groups)
The male intromittent organ that facilitates transfer of sperm. In hummingbirds, there is no penis, so copulation consists of the touching of the tips of the cloacas of the two mating birds.
(PEE-nihs) The external reproductive organ of the male through which most of the urethra extends.
Multipurpose male organ responsible for sexual pleasure, reproduction and elimination of urine and semen.
the male organ used in urination and intercourse
The male sex organ, also used to pass urine as well as semen.
male copulatory organ.
The male sex organ that engorges with blood and becomes erect. It is inserted into the vagina during sexual intercourse and expels semen when a man reaches an orgasm.
PEE-niss Dick or Cock
The male reproductive organ, through which semen exits during ejaculation
The male organ used for urination and sex.
the male sexual organ
An external male reproductive organ. It contains a tube called the urethra, which carries semen and urine to the outside of the body.
PEE-nis Male sex organ. 197
Part of a man's body used for urinating and in sexual activity.
(L. penis, tail) The male reproductive organ.
one of the male genital organs. See Sexual intercourse, and page 24.
Male organ for urination and sexual intercourse.
Also referred to as cock or lingam. Male external genital organ consisting of two cylinders of spongy tissue, thin walled blood vessels, and encapsulated by a thick membrane. The penis allows the discharge of urine and semen through the urethra, and provides sexual pleasure.
The external male organ of urination and reproduction.
The external male sex organ used to copulate and ejaculate semen and to convey urine outside the body. In Latin, the word "penis" originally meant "a tail ." The Latin "penis" is related to the verb pendere meaning "to hang down." See the entire definition of Penis
The male sex organ, which consists of a head called glans, and the shaft or body. At the tip of the glans is the urethral opening, through which urine and semen leave the body. The shaft or the body of the penis is made of spongy tissue and blood vessels. And it fills with blood an grows in size (becomes erect) during sexual excitement.
The external male sex organ; used to ejaculate semen, and to expel urine. For more information, click here.
The external male reproductive organ through which seminal fluid and urine can pass.
Male reproductive organ involved in deposition of semen into the cervix of the female during natural mating. See illustration, page 43.
the external reproductive organ of the male. The penis is made up of two parts, the shaft and the glans. The glans is the tip of the penis, while the shaft is the main part of the penis and contains the tube (urethra) that drains the bladder. All boys are born with a foreskin, or a covering over the tip of the penis. Some boys are circumcised, which means that this covering of skin is removed. Other boys are not circumcised and may have skin that covers the tip of the penis.
the male sex organ through which sperm cells leave the body; it also discharges urine
The male reproductive and sex organ, made up of the shaft, which is the body of the penis, and the head, which is also called the glans. When the spongy tissue inside the penis fills with blood, the penis becomes erect, and the man can have intercourse. Semen is ejaculated from the penis. In addition to being used for sexual and reproductive functions, a man also urinates through his penis.
The outer reproductive organ of a male.
One of the external structures of the male reproductive system, along with the scrotum and testicles.
The male organ of sexual intercourse.
The primary male sex organ. During foreplay, the erectile tissue in the husband's penis fills with blood and it becomes erect and hard. This enables it to enter the vagina and deliver an ejaculation of semen within swimming distance of the wife's egg.
The male external sex organ.
the male's organ of copulation and urination
The penis of the Arachnida is an intromitent organ, present exclusively in the order Opiliones. It consists of a long shaft, the truncus, and a terminal capsule called glans, containing the stylus and ejaculatory duct. It may have from one to three muscles, or none in the specialized lineage Grassatores, where the penis is operated by haemolymph pressure.


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EDISON, N.J. -- Twin County Grocers here and Key Food Stores Cooperative, Brooklyn, N.Y., are reportedly engaged in merger talks, observers told SN last week.
A merger between the two could add as much as $550 million to Twin County's sales base and more than make up for the possible loss of volume that would result in about a year if Mayfair Super Markets, Elizabeth, N.J., leaves Twin County, as most industry observers anticipate. Mayfair was acquired this summer by Netherlands-based Ahold and became part of Ahold's Edwards Super Food Stores division, which is supplied by C&S Wholesale Grocers, Brattleboro, Vt. Mayfair's store volume of $600 million includes about $350 million in wholesale volume pulled from Twin County -- about $200 million less than Key Food's volume, which is all wholesale, observers said. Officials at Key Food and Twin County could not be reached for comment. However, sources told SN the two companies have been talking for more than a year and may be very close to finalizing a merger agreement. Key Food services nearly 140 supermarkets in New York and New Jersey from a 500,000-square-foot distribution center in Brooklyn. Twin County, also a cooperative, services about 150 stores operating under the Foodtown name in New York and New Jersey out of facilities here and in West Nyack, N.Y. Its volume is about $1.1 billion.


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Capcom: Resident Evil 6 sales 'certain' to fall short
Publisher lowers company-wide sales expectations for fiscal year based on "weakened" sales of new shooter and delay of Monster Hunter 4.
Resident Evil 6 shipped over 4.5 million copies at launch, but this strong debut could not be sustained. As a result of this, and other factors, Capcom is lowering its company-wide revenue and income expectations for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
"In the Digital Contents business, sales of the major new title Resident Evil 6 were initially strong but subsequently weakened. As a result, sales for this title are certain to fall short of the plan," Capcom said in a statement.
Capcom was previously targeting ¥105 billion ($16.8 billion) in net sales for the year, but is now expecting that figure to be down ¥11.5 billion ($1.8 billion) to ¥93.5 billion ($15 billion). Net income was previously forecast to come in at ¥9.8 billion ($1.6 billion) for the period, but is now anticipated to total ¥6.5 billion ($1 billion), or a drop of ¥3.3 billion ($529 million).
Capcom also announced today that 3DS game Monster Hunter 4, which was previously planned to launch by March 2013, has been delayed to summer 2013. This delay was also cited as a reason for diminished company-wide sales forecasts.
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McKee quits partnership body over 'heavy-handed' policing of protests
ALDERMAN Jack McKee is to resign from Larne Policing and Community Safety Partnership over what he calls "heavy-handed" policing of ongoing Union flag protests in Belfast.
The Traditional Unionist Voice representative - a former chairman of the district policing partnership which preceded the new watchdog body - claimed the PSNI was being exploited as a "political force".
Ald McKee said: "I am resigning from the policing and community safety partnership because of the heavy-handedness of the policing of the loyalist protesters, particularly in the Short Strand in Belfast where republicans stoned women and children and got away Scot-free. The policing of the protests has set back community relations 20 years and I can't support that.
"I have been on the council over 40 years and I was the first chairman of the DPP, helping to get it started. I have always supported the police, but I believe that they are now being used as a political police force."
Ald McKee added: "I want to make it clear that I am totally opposed to rioting and fighting with the police. That is not the way ahead. But I believe that the Policing Board have made a decision to put loyalists off the streets."
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The project exclusively uses the features found in VISUAL C# 2005 Express Edition.
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Apart of the MAIN_Form class, the project uses 4 specific classes:
Note: The MP3 file and BASS.dll are located in the project folder named "\bin\debug". BASS.dll from Ian Luck (www.un4seen.com) is a prerequisite for playing audio.
The code must take over the WinProc, to handle the very important WM_NCHITTEST message, to mimic the behavior of a standard window.
You can use it between Explorer and BlackBox to play MP3 files!
private void SETUP_parameters() { // Setup default Skin colors SK.ColorLayerBackground = Color.FromArgb(255, 64, 64, 64); SK.ColorCaptionEnabled = Color.FromArgb(255, 220, 220, 220); SK.ColorCaptionDisabled = Color.FromArgb(255, 92, 92, 92); // Skin opacity in the range 0-255 SK.Alpha = 204; // 80 % default transparency level // OpenGL InitOpenGL(OPENGL_Container.Handle); StartAnimation(); // Try playing with these parameters Pulsating = true; // Rem this out to disable pulsating effect Velocity = true; // Rem this out to disable velocity effect // BASS.dll BASS.Init(hFORM_Main); // Default audio file (Edit to use yours) BASS.FileToPlay = @"BlackBox.mp3"; // Drag & drop // It accepts only MP3 files dragged from Windows Explorer Api.DragAcceptFiles(hFORM_Main, true); }
For those who may wonder why I am not using exclusively managed code, suffice to say that because I am working with different languages, it is easier for me (when writing demo) to use the only common denominator to all of them, the Flat Win32 API.
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Don't know if it's the correct place. But I don't think it should be in "Bug repport" too because the bug appear on a old rev.
So.. First, I've a Ps2 PAL SCPH-50004 (V9 I think). And I play by USB HDD.
I've tried today OPL 0.8 r485 and ... with all my game it's freeze on the maroon screen. The last 3 screen are Pink - Orange - Maroon in the boot sequence so I think it's the one from iopmgr.c. On the 0.7 it's works.
So what I've done before posting :
Tried to find which revision broke my setup. The r430 still work, but the r431 freeze on Maroon screen.
So what could I do to use the last revision without this maroon screen ^^.
If you need more information.. Tell me what you need.
Little Edit : I connect my USB Disk Drive with 2 usb connector on the PS2 (Don't know if the two are useful.. But the cable has 2 connector ^^'). Don't know if this info could be useful


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Imagine a new show from Charlie Brooker, and your probably think of something incredibly intense: the man himself ranting passionately at the inanity of TV news, or a jet-black satire in which the Prime Minister is blackmailed into having sex with a pig.
But his latest offering is a much more silly affair. A Touch Of Cloth is a spoof of grim TV whodunits which owes more than a nod to the puns and sight gags of Airplane! or Naked Gun.
Not that it has been entirely without controversy. Such is the dedication to making the parody look authentic that Sky One has received plenty of concerned correspondence from viewers taken in by the trailers, all keen to alert the broadcaster to the fact their flagship new detective series has a title with a dirty double meaning they must have missed.
We deliberately shot some straight trailers, Brooker confirms at an advance screening of the show, People have genuinely been writing in going, Dont they know thats rude?
To capture the authenticity, the show has been directed by im O'Hanlon who has several genuine police procedurals to his name, including Waking The Dead And actors John Hannah and Suranne Jones both of whom have also portrayed real fictional detectives on TV deliver often ridiculous lines with a perfectly straight bat.
We were very aware that we didnt want to spoil gags by sniggering, Brooker said at an advance screening of the film. Normally in comedy, so much comes from embarrassment and mistakes. But here everyone plays it so straight. In the moment, everyone believes it.
Hannah agreed, saying they had to ignore the comedy in the moment: Normally the best bit of advice directors can give to actors is to listen to each other, but here Jim told us not to. These characters have no sense of humour.
The show which runs to a feature-length 90 minutes has been a long time in the making. Brooker says: Ive always liked that stupid, fourth-wall-breaking humour and years ago we came up with a pilot script which was more an Inspector Morse spoof, in the same Airplane! style as this, but it was 30 mintues long, More of a vicarage murder piece.
It was nearly made by the BBC; it was nearly made by ITV and it was nearly made by Channel 4. Luckily Stuart Murphy [now head of Skys entertainment channels after coming from BBC Three] remembered it.
But the style of the piece changed because in that time it took to come to the screen crime series came to be largely about fucked-up men after artisan serial killers, all making artistic statements, like they are in charge of Radio 3, Brooker says
Co-writer Daniel Maier agreed: It was fun to move it into new territory of the post-Se7en police procedurals, which have got out of hand slightly with the complexity and the gore.
Hes spent the best part of the last decade working on Harry Hills TV Burp, so wading through hours of TV to find the clichés to mock is nothing new for him. And A Touch Of Cloth is riddled with them, from the opening credits to the denouement.
Everyone approached this as a way to take the piss out of clichés, said Brooker. As a writer your instinct is to run away from clichés, but here you embrace it.
Doing this has ruined all cop shows for me. I was watching DCI Banks he other day and was convinced it was a spoof. They are all the same. For example, at crime scenes theres always a guy in a mac just listing facts, Its ridiculous.
Theres a line in here straight from Luther and a scene in the morgue comes straight from The Killing. There its a harrowing scene they wring every bit of grief porn out of it but when you watch it on a compilation of morgue scenes, as we did, its hilarious.
He says the genre was rife for mockery as the genuine murder-mysteries necessarily have to have gravitas. Police dramas have to take themselves very seriously or people would complain. If the police in crime dramas really enjoyed themselves you wouldnt watch them, would you?
And, of course, they are incredibly popular. People love death, Brooker acknowledges. We love watching misery maniacs torturing people and police on their trail who are absolute walking wrecks.
As a fan of Airplane!, Brooker has added lots of pause-button moments subtle jokes in the background you might need eagle eyes to spot. His favourite, he says, was a picture of Condoleeza Rice stick on the fridge in the home of a lesbian couple for no reason than we thought shed be a good lesbian icon.
But the writers wanted to ensure the silly jokes didnt entirely overpower the plot. You have to sort of care; to sort of want to know who did it, says Maier.
We had what we called the Taliban draft, Brooker reveals. When we cut out all the stuff that was too zany. We put some back there are some old cartoon gags here like opening a door to a brick wall that you can get away with but only maybe half a dozen or so.
And as for the charge that A Touch Of Cloth isnt as edgy as his other work, Brooker concedes: I can watch this with my mum. Unlike Black Mirror. We were watching that together when the Prime Minister is having sex with a pig, and I thought, What have I done?
But he adds that even Aiplane! Isnt entirely as innocent as its reputations might suggest. People see Airplane! as this silly family-friendly PG film, he said. But theres a paedophile in it, always grooming the young boys. If you described that, people might think it was a dark, Chris Morris-type thing.
- A Touch Of Cloth airs later this month. Heres one of those all-too believable trailers:


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If ya think about it this was true last year. Roughly half of Grossman's interceptions were wide open bombs that fell five yards short of their target, but the receiver was there. The difference is arm and timing, and not necessarily playcalling.
AA could get open deep, Grossman just couldn't get it there. Griffin can. Mind you, some of the wide open's are WIDE open. Paul had half the field to himself yesterday.


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CGT leaders meet with Tomada, call for changes in income tax floor
The official CGT leaders, led by Antonio Caló, met with Labour Minister Carlos Tomada at the Ministry headquarters to discuss changes in the income tax floor and wage talks.
The head of Health Union, Héctor Daer, talked to the press after the encounter and assured "we've moved forward with some issues. We've also talked about the income tax floor, and we believe it must be changed as soon as possible."
Hours before meeting with Caló, Tomada said he would ask the organization to be "prudent" when making salary demands to the private sector.
The meeting, originally scheduled to take place at 2:30 pm, was moved to 6 pm, official sources confirmed on Monday afternoon.
At the same time, Tomada has agreed to meet with the leader of the CTA workers' union, Hugo Yasky, on Tuesday at 4:30 pm at the organization's headquarters.
The Government is looking to reach a deal with the two major umbrella unions so calls for salary raises do not exceed a 20 percent hike.
According to a local news agency, the CGT's goal is to reach a deal around 21 percent this year in exchange for a raise of the income tax floor.
The union leader, who recently urged President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner "not to let the purchasing power of the workers diminish," also expects to meet with her by the end of January.


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Unsure of what to get your mom for Mother's Day? Here are eight great eco-conscious gifts, recommended to us by Laura Meyer, founder of the Ultimate Green Store (theultimategreenstore.com).
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The Elderly Poor — There Are A Whole Lot Of Them
This report by the Kaiser Family Foundation about elder poverty is shocking. I don't think people realize just how many millions of people are barely subsisting in their old age, but it's many more than the government likes to admit to. Just as with the Chained-CPI, we're dealing with how they are accounted for rather than the actual numbers these people are forced to live on.


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ICC Champions Trophy 2004
This is my first post here. I am from Colombo. Who do you think will win the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 ? The pools are: Pool 1: Australia, New Zealand, USA Pool 2: South Africa, West Indies, Bangladesh Pool 3: Pakistan, India, Kenya Pool 4: Sri Lanka, England, Zimbabwe My analysis of the team's chances are as follows: 1) Australia -- Red hot favourites to win. They are a superbly balanced side; it will take something special to beat them 2) RSA and India -- Both strong sides and are in with a chance. 3) England and NZl are the dark horses; Improving England have home advantage and should win their pool but beyond that they will have to play very well; Kiwis are always a dangerous outfit and if they can upset Australia in the pool stage, their confidence will rocket skywards. 4) Pakistan and WI are in a bad shape at the moment but both are highly unpredictable. 5) I don't give my side SL much hope; We'll have to play out of our skins to get past the pool stage even where England is in the way. A lot I feel hinges on Jaya's form. |
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I think United States got the worst pool
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the india-pakistan game is going to be a cracker....if the recent odi series is anything to go by.
i heard that the tickets for the encounter sold out within 2 hrs. anyone know the date of the match and where in england it is going to be played. does anyone know how to get a hold of a couple of tickets...... ....me willing to pay big bucks |
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Australia have been red-hot favorites to win everything they've participated in since 1999. They have, however, barely made an impact in the past two versions of this trophy...right?
Personally, I think it's all about India and Australia...maybe USA... |
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Hi GermanSheperd,
Welcome to the forum my man, as u get can guess from my name I am also from SL. I agree Sri Lanka's form is really rock bottom. They are not bad at tests but they have slipped a long way down from being a good ODI side. Our batting is very weak with the old timers showing their age, especially Marvan and Sanath are more inconsistent that before. However we have promising bowling attack: Vaas, Zoysa and Murali are a dangerous trio. I agree Jayasuriya's form is important but to me the performance of the youngsters, especially Sanga and Mahela is crucial. Anyways best of luck to the SL boyz: they need it because their record in England is quite poor. Their success depends on the pitches. Green, swinging pitches the batting will crumble as we have seen on so many occasions. Dry, spinning pitches (I wish!) and Murali is the man to do it. Of the other teams either Australia and India are hot favourites. Both these teams are well balanced and they can adapt to different conditions. The Indian batting has obvious class and I really think bowlers such as Pathan, Balaji and Zaheer will do well if the pitches suit the swingers. However Australia has the obvious edge, especially in the spin department with Shane Warne. The other teams are a definite class below these other teams. England and West Indies have shown glimmers of excellence in ODI cricket but these are rare and they do not have the team strength to overcome Australia or India: they are based on a couple of brilliant individuals. I believe Pakistan is a wildcard in the tournament, if their batsman show to the world how they played against India and Sami and Shoaib are blasting out wickets, it will add definite excitement to the tournament. By the way GermanSheperd, how is SL these dayz?, I reaaaally miss it. I haven't been since 2000? LankanPrince
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It makes sense, though, and I agree with you. The Ameircans won't mind; I'm wondering what sort of a show they'll put up, though. |
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Public title:
Safety and Tolerability of DS-7423 in Subjects With Advanced Solid Malignant Tumors
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A Phase 1, Open-Label, Multiple-Escalating-Dose Study of DS-7423, an Orally Administered Dual PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor, in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- A pathologically documented advanced solid malignant tumor refractory to standard
treatment or for which no standard treatment is available
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1
- Have adequate bone marrow function, defined as:
Platelet count >= 100 X 10^9/L Hemoglobin (Hb) level >= 9.0 g/dL ANC >= 1.5 X 10^9/L -
Have adequate renal function, defined as: Creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min, as calculated
using the modified Cockroft Gault equation, ([{140 - age in yrs} x {actual weight in kg}]
divided by [{72 x serum creatinine in mg/dL} multiply by 0.85 if female]), or creatinine
- Have adequate hepatic function, defined as: AST/ALT levels =< 3 X ULN (if liver
metastases are present, =< 5 X ULN) Bilirubin =< 1.5 X ULN
- Have adequate blood clotting function, defined as: Prothrombin time and activated
partial thromboplastin time =< 1.5 X ULN
- Subjects should be able to provide written informed consent, comply with protocol
visits and procedures, be able to take oral medication, and not have any active
infection or chronic comorbidity that would interfere with therapy
- Subjects (male and female) of childbearing potential must agree to use double-barrier
contraceptive measures or avoid intercourse during the study and for 90 days after
the last dose of study drug
- Subjects must be fully informed about their illness and the investigational nature of
the study protocol (including foreseeable risks and possible side effects) and must
sign and date an Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved informed consent form
(ICF) (including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
authorization, if applicable) before performance of any study-specific procedures or
- Subjects must be willing to provide available preexisting diagnostic or resected
tumor samples, such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections. Providing fresh
tumor biopsy is optional for subjects in dose escalation cohorts. Pre- and
posttreatment biopsies are optional for all the subjects in Dose Escalation cohorts
but required for those in Dose Expansion cohorts
Additional Inclusion Criteria for Part 2 (Dose Expansion)
- A pathologically documented advanced colorectal or endometrial cancer, with
measurable disease based on RECIST criteria, Version 1.1, that is refractory to
standard treatment
- Agree to undergo pre- and posttreatment tumor biopsies
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of second malignancy and primary central nervous system malignancies, except
adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ disease, or
other solid tumors curatively treated, with no evidence of disease for >= 3 years
- Gastrointestinal diseases that could affect the absorption of DS-7423
- Subjects with a fasting glucose > 126 mg/dL (> 7 mmol/L)
- History of diabetes mellitus (Type I or II) or hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) > 7.0%
- Tested positive for hepatitis B or C serological markers (HBsAg or antiHCV)
- Recipient of live vaccine within 1 month of or during study drug treatment
- Concomitant use of chronic systemic corticosteroids
- Subjects requiring daily supplemental oxygen
- Recipient of a stem cell or bone marrow transplant
- Has a concomitant medical condition that would increase the risk of toxicity, in the
opinion of the investigator or sponsor
- Clinically active brain metastases, defined as untreated and symptomatic, or
requiring therapy with steroids or anticonvulsants to control associated symptoms.
Subjects with treated brain metastases that are no longer symptomatic and who require
no treatment with steroids may be included in the study if they have recovered from
the acute toxic effect of radiotherapy. A minimum of 4 weeks must have elapsed
between the end of whole brain radiotherapy and study enrollment (2 weeks for
stereotactic radiotherapy)
- Has unresolved toxicities from previous anticancer therapy, defined as toxicities
(other than alopecia) not yet resolved to NCI CTCAE, Version 4.0, grade =< 1 or
baseline. Subjects with chronic grade 2 toxicities may be eligible per the
discretion of the investigator or sponsor (eg, grade 2 chemotherapy-induced
- Systemic treatment with anticancer therapy, antibody-based therapy, retinoid therapy,
or hormonal therapy within 3 weeks before study drug treatment; or treatment with
nitrosoureas or mitomycin C within 6 weeks before study drug treatment; or treatment
with small-molecule targeted agents within 2 weeks, or 5 half-lives before study drug
treatment, whichever is longer. Previous and concurrent use of hormone replacement
therapy, the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulators for prostate cancer,
and the use of somatostatin analogs for neuroendocrine tumors are permitted if such
therapy has not been changed within 60 days before study drug treatment
- Therapeutic radiation therapy or major surgery within 4 weeks before study drug
treatment or palliative radiation therapy within 2 weeks before study drug treatment
- Participation in a clinical study within 3 weeks (2 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever
is longer, for small-molecule targeted agents) before study drug treatment, or
current participation in other investigational procedures
- Concomitant treatment with strong inducers or strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450
(CYP) 3A4/5, and CYP2C8
- Prolongation of corrected QT interval by Fridericia's method (QTcF) at rest, where
the mean QTcF interval is > 450 millisecond (ms) for males and > 470 ms for females
based on triplicate ECG
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Substance abuse or medical, psychological, or social conditions that may, in the
opinion of the investigator, interfere with the subject's participation in the
clinical study or evaluation of the clinical study results
- Prior NCI CTCAE, Version 4.0, grade 3/4 toxicity from a dual phosphatidylinositol 3
kinase (PI3K)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor (including, but not
limited to, BEZ-235, XL765, GDC-0980, SF1126, GSK2126458, PF4691502, and PF05212384),
requiring dose reduction and/or study discontinuation
Additional Exclusion Criteria for Part 2 (Dose Expansion)
- Prior treatment with a dual PI3K/ mTOR inhibitor (including, but not limited to,
BEZ-235, XL765, GDC-0980, SF1126, GSK2126458, PF4691502, and PF05212384)
Age minimum:
18 Years
Age maximum:
Health Condition(s)
or Problem(s) studied
Colorectal Cancer
Endometrial Cancer
Solid Tumor
Drug: DS-7423
Primary Outcome(s)
Adverse Events
[Time Frame: 30 days after last dose]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Effects of DS-7423 on glucose metabolism
[Time Frame: Cycle 1 Days 1, 2, and 15; and end-of-study]
Part 2 - Objective response rate in subjects with advanced colorectal and endometrial cancer
[Time Frame: Baseline and every 2 cycles of treatment for the first 8 cycles and then every 3 cycles thereafter until study drug discontinuation]
Part 2 - Pharmacodynamic effects of DS-7423 in tumors
[Time Frame: Baseline and Cycle 1 Day 15]
Pharmacodynamic effects of DS-7423 in surrogate tissues
[Time Frame: Cycle 1 Days 1, 2, and 15]
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Injured birds and injured small mammals (excluding skunks, bats and raccoons) are accepted without an appointment between the hours of 8:30 am and 10:30 am daily. We do, however, appreciate a courtesy call to (847)842-8000 prior to your arrival. This helps us plan our resources.
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Because our Northerly Island location is only open limited hours, all animals admitted at our Northerly Island facility are transferred to our Barrington facility where they receive 24-hour care.
Our Northerly Island facility is closed major holidays and, due to problems accessing our facility, it is also closed on days that the Chicago Bears play at Soldier Field in the afternoon. A list of closures follows:
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When working on a deck project, it's helpful to have plenty of different deck railing ideas. Mountain Laurel Handrails are the system of choice when you're looking for inspiration in a railing design. Each one of these sections is a custom crafted work of art that is sure to be the centerpiece of home decor. This is really the best wood deck railing idea that you'll find! If you're building or remodeling a log home or timber frame this is definitely the most distinctive style of railing to ever grace a house decorated with wood. The dimensional lumber in this railing system is often custom selected based on the original idea the designer had when beginning work. Red cedar is the typical lumber for the boards but other options include oak, yellow pine, ipe, walnut, locust logs, and the list goes on!
But maybe you're looking for a different option. There are plenty of metal deck railing ideas too. Cable railings are a common system that is especially popular on modernist architecture. This type of guard rail generally uses woven stainless steel cables about a quarter of an inch thick running horizontally between upright posts. The railing system requires special fasteners to connect the cables to the posts and they have to be tensioned with a special tool. My favorite metal railing ideas are these artistic metal railings. These metal panels are probably water cut on a big, cool, loud machine. Each one of these railings is custom made, just like Mountain Laurel Handrail.
Wrought iron is another common metal railing type. There are so many options with wrought iron and, historically, some of the most intricate railing designs have been in wrought iron especially in front of cathedrals and official buildings. Metal can be shaped into upright pickets, much like the common wood deck railing design with pressure treated 2x2s. But metal can also be formed into ornate patterns like the snarl of a dragon and its fiery breath. Wrought iron is a good option for certain areas and architectural styles.
Other kinds of deck railings that might inspire an idea are glass balusters. I really like this design as there are lots of different options and combinations to really liven up your decor, even though they are see through. Glass balusters are a good idea for the coast since they are relatively easy to clean and would handily withstand the elements like salt water. Glass panels are another good idea and offer multiple benefits. In the mountains, these glass panels offer protection from cool winds while you relax on your deck. They also allow a completely unobstructed view of mountainous beauty. Let me know what your favorite deck railing idea is of those above. Maybe I missed one… or two… Let me know in the comments!


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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument: incised the tablet with chisels; a plateau that had been deeply incised by streams.
- v. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
- v. To engrave designs, writing, or other marks into.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cut in or into; form or treat by cutting; specifically, to engrave; carve in intaglio.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
- v. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make an incision into by carving or cutting
- French inciser, from Old French enciser, from Vulgar Latin *incīsāre, frequentative of Latin incīdere, incīs- : in-, in; see in-2 + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
"We have 7 SMOG posters that we've collected after shows. 3 year anniversary ... "mHead:" Thanks for pointing out d'incise's latest release."
"To incise the design into the clay, I used scraffito tools on leather-hard clay."
"The root of the verb comes from the Latin cise or cide, meaning to cut, as in incise, circumcise and most importantly in this context, to decide."
"It's in the Torah, Leviticus 19: 28: "You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves," followed by the words, "I am the Lord," so you know this rule comes from the top."
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"The prohibition against Jews getting tattoos comes from a verse in Leviticus that forbids gashing one's flesh: "You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves; I am the Lord."
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"Wash the eggplant, incise it on one side, and lay it on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil."
"By contrast, other works in this case display a kind of lacquer that can be heated to the desired levels of viscosity so that artists can variously dye, layer, carve, incise, even inlay with precious materials."
"Yours," said Philip with soft deliberation, not questioning, not exclaiming, only saying over the single word to himself as if to incise it on the steely metal of his mind."
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I cook church dinners for 120 people, so I'm always looking for fast, inexpensive menu items. After watching a chef put this corn dish together, I prepared it at church several times. There was never any left over.
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RiverIndia.com Bamboo Eco-Lodge River Trips on the Siang River
This entry has been selected as a finalist in the
Geotourism Challenge 2009: Power of Place - Sustaining the Future of Destinations competition.
RiverIndia's bamboo eco-lodge in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh has provided the basis for our operations since 2005. Working in cooperation with a local tribal family, we built a bamboo safari lodge that serves as a model for future eco-tourism operators. With an emphasis on ecological conservation and providing jobs in a region of high unemployment, the lodge also serves as a base for RiverIndia's SARSI school- a free river skills training for interested locals that teaches skills from guiding and rowing, to leave-no-trace ethics and food-handling. We actively encourage students and employees alike to start their own rafting companies, and even provide equipment procurement assistance, ...
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Quality of tourist experience and educational benefit to tourists , Quality of benefit to residents for the destination , Quality of tourism management by destination leadership , Quality of stewardship of the destination.
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Describe Your Idea
RiverIndia's bamboo eco-lodge in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh has provided the basis for our operations since 2005. Working in cooperation with a local tribal family, we built a bamboo safari lodge that serves as a model for future eco-tourism operators. With an emphasis on ecological conservation and providing jobs in a region of high unemployment, the lodge also serves as a base for RiverIndia's SARSI school- a free river skills training for interested locals that teaches skills from guiding and rowing, to leave-no-trace ethics and food-handling. We actively encourage students and employees alike to start their own rafting companies, and even provide equipment procurement assistance, ...
What is the goal of your innovation? Please describe in one sentence the kind of impact, change, or reform your approach is intended to achieve.
Protecting the Siang River from reckless development and damming by building a river tourism industry and empowering a community of people who rely financially on the river's health.
Please write an overview of your project. Include how your approach supports or embodies geotourism or destination stewardship. This text will appear when people scroll over the icon for your entry on the map located on the competition homepage.
RiverIndia's bamboo eco-lodge in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh has provided the basis for our operations since 2005. Working in cooperation with a local tribal family, we built a bamboo safari lodge that serves as a model for future eco-tourism operators. With an emphasis on ecological conservation and providing jobs in a region of high unemployment, the lodge also serves as a base for RiverIndia's SARSI school- a free river skills training for interested locals that teaches skills from guiding and rowing, to leave-no-trace ethics and food-handling. We actively encourage students and employees alike to start their own rafting companies, and even provide equipment procurement assistance, all with the goal of building a community thousands strong who are interested in keeping the river free-flowing and healthy.
Explain in detail why your approach is innovative
We are the first people ever to start a rafting company in Arunachal Pradesh- a state that was opened to foreigners less than a decade ago. We've been active in promoting the easing of restrictions against foreign visitors, and this year successfully encouraged the government to triple the length of the Restricted Area Permits required to enter the state. With our lodge we could have copied the standard model in India: build a large, cheap concrete hotel. Instead we've emphasized traditional tribal bamboo construction methods, conscious that that will promote pride in culture and encourage authentic "tribal tourism". Our school is the first of its kind, and offers free tuition to students by combining school with small commercial trips where guests are aware of the educational-emphasis underway. This allows guests to participate, interact, and build relationships with students. We encourage students to start their own companies, and even assist them with this process. In the future we plan to offer small grants and micro-loans. We understand that the best way to build a unified voice is by creating an economically vested interest of conservation-minded rafting and tour companies.
Describe the degree of success you have had to date. How do you measure, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the impact on sustainability or enhancement of local culture, environment, heritage, or aesthetics? How has it transformed or contributed to the power of place or demonstrated the sustainability of tourism? How does your approach minimize negative impacts?
Over the past four years, we have created jobs for 10 previously unemployed locals and provided inspiration for dozens of others. Tourists were viewed with skepticism at first, primarily because they were foreign expeditions who visited, rafted, and departed. We have transformed this dynamic by involving the local populace, creating jobs, and recently conducting a "first descent" of one of the largest rapids on the river by a team of only-local paddlers. This generated a strong sense of pride and ownership- that the river was Arunachali rather than foreign. This is just one example of how we enhance the local culture. We measure our success by the feedback we get from our clients, by the media exposure we receive, by how many students we are able to train, and how many jobs we are able to create. With every new expedition we run, we are able to train another representative of the river who, as a guide leader, will pass on naturalist knowledge and conservation ideals to another generation of paddlers and citizens.
In what ways are local residents actively involved in your work, including participation and community input? How has the community responded to or benefited from your approach?
We employ and train cooks, drivers, equipment managers, and most importantly guides almost all of whom have heard about us through and hail from the local community. Our guide schools are aimed at building whitewater rafting, kayaking, and fishing as an industry, and we encourage and support other leaders in the community in their plans for joining the industry. As an advocate for the adventure sports industry, we represent a rafting interest in the government's tourism meetings and are considered the state's experts on the subject. We have helped to train the local police force in swiftwater-rescue techniques that can be used in the case of flooding- which the state experiences every year during the monsoons. We've received thanks for this participation from local community members and the state government.
How does your program promote traveler enthusiasm, satisfaction, and engagement with the locale?
Ultimately, we are in a business to run amazing whitewater rafting, kayaking, and fishing expeditions. Our guests are often so enthused and satisfied with the destination that they return the following year. Our fishing trips are a great example: after promoting catch and release Mahaseer fishing on a "last decent" of the Subansiri River (before it was dammed this past fall), our fishing group decided they would come back to the Siang River the following year. With a conservation minded theme to their trip they were enthusiastic about returning and making a difference the following year.
Describe how your work helps travelers and local residents better understand the value of the area's cultural and natural heritage, and educates them on local environmental issues.
We've conducted 3 years worth of custom kayaking expeditions with a group of professional whitewater kayakers sponsored by Jackson Kayak, Dagger, and Red Bull. These trips have not only promoted enthusiasm with the participants, they have also been shared with thousands of others through the production of documentaries ("The Last Descent"- Nevada City Environmental Film Festival viewer's choice winner), national promo-tours, and kayaking DVDs. Separately, our charity guide school, SARSI, emphasizes environmental issues to local residents. We discuss issues such as damming, proper waste disposal, the value of cultural immersion and intercultural dialogue. We prove the value of intercultural experience by running successful expeditions as a team of Arunachali guides and a mix of Indian and foreign paddlers. We share the issues we've learned about with our guests, who then share them with others when they return home.
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How is your initiative currently financed? If available, provide information on your finances and organization that could help others. Please list: Annual budget, annual revenue generated, size of part-time, full-time and volunteer staff.
RiverIndia.com finances the SARSI school with the profits of its commercial expeditions. It runs the SARSI school by combining it with a commercial trip where paying guests are invited to participate by preparing an educational talk on a ecological subject of their interest. The budget for each trip is around $8,000. We currently compress our operations to 4 months out of the year, though the season will ultimately grow to an 8-month season. Our staff on each trip is 6-8. We have 2 full-time staff and occasionally have volunteer staff who join trips at a discount.
Is your initiative financially and organizationally sustainable? If not, what is required to make it so? Is there a potential demand for your innovation?
Yes- we have been in operation for 4 years now.
What are the main barriers you encounter in managing, implementing, or replicating your innovation? What barriers keep your program from having greater impact?
Convincing people that this really is a phenomenal whitewater and adventure tourism destination. Once people come on our trips, they're thoroughly convinced but promoting the region to your average American, German, even India has been a challenge. We have good support within the community and even in the tourism department for the project and school's implementation. The program could have greater impact by expanding satelite operations on other rivers throughout India, or offering schools more regularly. We have a talented manager in India, Nino Dai, who does a great job of managing the details of the operation.
What is your plan to expand or further develop your approach? Please indicate where/how you would like to grow or enhance your innovation, or have others do so.
We plan to expand the rafting, kayaking, and fishing season to the full potential 8 months. The build-up of business and infrastructure takes time, though. In addition, we plan to offer three RiverIndia.com bamboo eco-lodges in the towns of Pasighat, Yingkiong, and Tuting. These towns would provide ideal settings for a culturally immersive experiences and would be able to offer lodgings to visitors outside of the rafting guests on our trips. These lodges have multiple activities associated with their locations: tea plantations, horse-riding, mountain trekking, and Khampa Buddhist cultural tours. Tuting is within 10 miles of the Tibetan border and currently neither Tuting nor Yingkiong have adequate facilities for our guests. We camp by the riverside near these towns, but hope to offer classy cultural bamboo-hut lodges to stay at soon.
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Roland Stevenson was raised in Germany, Italy, Botswana, India, and Pakistan while his parents worked in the foreign service. Before the age of 18 he had lived in south asia for 7 years and then spent most of his time in college devising ways to return to South Asia. After working as a river guide for 10 years in California and on the Grand Canyon, and receiving a masters in physics, Roland moved to India with the goal of starting a rafting company on a legendary, trans-Himalayan river: the lower Yarlung Tsang-Po, or Siang as it is known in Arunachal Pradesh. Roland arranged sponsorship from the US and invested his savings to ship a container of equipment from Oakland to Calcutta. He now spends 4-6 months in India every year running custom, small-group whitewater rafting, kayaking, and fishing expeditions through RiverIndia.com and teaches a free charity guide school for interested locals called SARSI- the South Asian River Skills Institute.
What is the origin of your innovation? Tell the Changemakers and media communities what prompted you to start this initiative.
Roland Stevenson traveled to the Siang River in the fall of 2005, first in the back of a dusty jeep with 4 Nepalis, then on a 2-day train ride, then alone on a local bus with a police escort- few foreigners had been there before. He had no permit to enter, but mailed the state's tourism director with news that he was coming to Arunachal and wanted to start a rafting company on the Siang River. He was greeted by an enthusiastic representative and taken on a tour of a state that holds the second largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the world (after Lhasa) and one of the world's greatest whitewater destinations- the Siang River. In meetings with administrators and locals over 2 weeks, one theme was clear: "We want to promote tourism, but we are losing our culture". Unfortunately, another theme was also apparent: the locals were lacking education in environmental conservation- evidenced by a celebratory tour dinner in which trash was thrown directly into the Siang River! RiverIndia was started to encourage culturally-immersive whitewater rafting, kayaking, and fishing expeditions that emphasize the ecological protection of the rivers we work on.
Describe some unique tourist experiences that your approach provides. Be specific; give illustrative examples.
A foreigner who visits the Siang River is one of less than 200 outsiders to visit the state each year. Guests enjoy meeting villagers who have never seen a foreigner before, or eating local delicacies such as boiled rat or deer-intestine soup (optional!). While the whitewater on the Siang is some of the largest in the world, our clients often remark that their favorite memories were of gathering around a fire in a traditional local bamboo hut- a meal of bamboo grilled ginger chicken on a banana leaf washed down with rice-beer brewed in bamboo. That all utensils are biodegradable is remarkable. We usually sing Nepali songs, clapping, and dancing the night away- all in a hut, in a rice paddy, in the middle of a starlit Siang River Gorge. It's magical and very unique! We hope to expand these minimally invasive bamboo hut lodges throughout the Siang River Corridor.
What types of partnerships or professional development would be most beneficial in spreading your innovation?
Partnerships with organizations that can help fund or donate equipment to our guide schools and river conservation efforts. Organizations that can help with destination marketing and increasing exposure of a new tourism destination. Organizations that can provide expertise, teaching, and training in building tourism that preserves the region's traditional cultures.
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This project looks great.Someplace I would love to go to as a tourist (if I had the money) or as a worker to help develop local accommodations for eco-tourists.
Dr Andreas Walmsley
Course Leader MSc Responsible Hospitality
International Centre for Responsible Tourism
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
I am truly amazed at how Roland Stevenson was able to start up RiverIndia and save the Siang River! I think that this goes beyond many entrepreneurial businesses I've heard of because it genuinely involves much more than just making a profit. The fact that he is employing and teaching locals make me want to go on the trip just for a tour of the facilities, let alone the actual river. While I'm sure that Roland is more than certified to lead the River trips, I was wondering what grade level the river was?


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