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Billings Rated As One Of America's Top 100 Most Livable Cities!
Livability.com puts out their Top 100 Most Livable Cities List each year and for 2015 Billings came in at #98! Quoting their website "The only city in Montana surpassing 100,000 residents is Billings, population 108,000, and the city continues to feature a robust economy due largely to its proximity to the Bakken formation – the largest oil discovery in American history

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Each year PSU has several fun (and FREE) events in the first two weeks of the Fall semester. This is a great chance for new students to get to know each other and the Pitt State culture. It's also a wonderful opportunity for returning students to reconnect to the University. Below are the events for 2014.
TRON Glow Stick Dance - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Lindburg Plaza - There will be great music and lots of fun to keep you busy on your first official night in Pitt - sponsored by Residence Hall Assembly
Classes begin
Friday, August 22
For more information about the organizations involved with OFF2PSU, check out the following links:Black Student Association Facebook
Campus Christians Facebook
Career Services website & Facebook
Greek Life website
Hispanics of Today Facebook
Kansas Army National Guard (Pittsburg Office) Facebook
Office of Student Diversity website & Facebook
Native American Student Association Facebook
Residence Hall Assembly website & Facebook
Student Activities Council website & Facebook
Student Success Programs website & Facebook


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Uses: Exhibition. Utility: eggs. Eggs: 190 - 220 white / cream.
Origin: Switzerland (Appenzell Canton).
Weight: Cock: 2.26 - 2.94Kg, Hen: 1.36 - 1.81Kg.
Bantam: Only Large Fowl Standardised in the UK.
Colours: Black, Blue, Laced (as in the Andalusian), Black-Red.
Useful to Know: A very active breed so is best suited to a system of free range as it is a superb forager. Unlike the other breed from the Appenzell canton the Barthuhner is not a flighty breed and is fairly calm although males can be aggressive during the breeding season.
Photo: Appenzeller Barthuhner owned and photographed by Benjamin Shepherd.
Originating in the North-eastern Appenzell canton of Switzerland, the Appenzeller Barthuhner is thought to have developed in the most remote parts of the country where temperatures were much lower during winter. It was a farmer in the region who created the breed to be able to lay large numbers of eggs on little additional feeding whilst being able to withstand the harsh weather conditions hence the rose comb and small beard covered wattles. Its beard gives the breed its name - Barthuhner literally translates to Bearded Hen. Unlike most other bearded breeds the Barthuhner is allowed to have small wattles but they should be almost completely hidden by a full beard.
Never very popular in the UK the breed remains under the umbrella of the Rare Poultry Society since the collapse of the joint Spitzhauben and Barthuhner club in 2001. Currently it is believed that only 3 large fowl and one bantam Appenzeller Barthuhners are in the UK at present.
Take care with males during the breeding season as they can be aggressive.
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Warrendale, PA (PRWEB) July 08, 2014
SAE International is partnering with its Central Ontario Section to offer the "Strategic Leadership Workshop" on Nov. 13-14, 2014 at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Toronto, Canada.
It's the responsibility of a strategic leader to ensure that organizations are moving in the right direction.
Executives and selected mid-level managers must have the practical insight necessary to address competitive business challenges. Each segment of this two-day course is designed to impart simple, but meaningful lessons that will equip participants to more fully engage in strategic discussions, ask pertinent questions, facilitate critical decisions and shape high performing organizations. Classroom exercises assist participants in acquiring practical, effective methods of gaining organizational credibility and avoiding common errors in strategic leadership.
Topic outline includes:
To attend the seminar, contact SAE International at CustomerService(at)sae(dot)org or call 1-877-606-7323 (1-724-776-4970 outside the U.S. and Canada). To learn more about the seminar, visit http://training.sae.org/seminars/c1412/.
SAE International seminars are regularly held at SAE International's Automotive Headquarters in Troy, Mich., and in many locations across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Seminars are also often held at select SAE International conferences and symposia. Because of this new partnership with its Sections, SAE can schedule certain classroom seminars at a facility in local Section area and/or to coincide with a Section meeting or other Section event. In addition, the partnership provides an opportunity to address the specific training needs of Sections by choosing from SAE International's vast list of seminar programs.
For more information regarding SAE International's seminars for Sections, email Rachel Unterbrink at rachelu(at)sae(dot)org or call 1-724-772-4012.
SAE International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for the engineering profession. By uniting over 145,000 engineers and technical experts, we drive knowledge and expertise across a broad spectrum of industries. We act on two priorities: encouraging a lifetime of learning for mobility engineering professionals and setting the standards for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our philanthropic SAE Foundation, including programs like A World in Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™.


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Celebration Green Beans
7 Aug 2010
|Fresh green beans
|1⁄2 Pound, trimmed
|Canola oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Cider vinegar
|1 Tablespoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Sliced onion
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|1 Tablespoon
|Dry bread crumbs
|2 Tablespoon
|Grated parmesan cheese
|2 Tablespoon
Place beans in a steamer basket; place in a saucepan over 1 in.of water.
Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 7-8 minutes or until crisp-tender.
Transfer to a 2-qt.baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Combine the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper; drizzle over beans and toss to coat.
Set aside.
In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender.
Remove from the heat; stir in the bread crumbs and cheese.
Sprinkle over beans.
Sprinkle with paprika if desired.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until topping is lightly browned.
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Volleyball Bounces Back With 3-0 Sweep at Virginia
Oct. 19, 2013
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The NC State women's volleyball team never trailed in Saturday's contest against Virginia, as the squad cruised to a 3-0 sweep inside Memorial Gym. The Wolfpack won the first set, 25-21, before taking the second and third sets, 25-17 and 25-14, respectively.
"We played with a lot more emotion and passion tonight," said head coach Bryan Bunn. "We were much more locked in and we took care of the ball, so we didn't give up a lot of points on errors, and that made all the difference."
Junior Dariyan Hopper led the Wolfpack (15-5, 6-2 ACC) offense with a match-high 13 kills, complemented by a .385 hitting percentage. Rachel Buckley, a junior from Carollton, Texas, smacked eight kills and classmate Nikki Glass swatted seven kills. Junior Alston Kearns and freshman Rachel Eppley paced the defense with 15 and 14 digs, respectively. Setter Tanna Aljoe dished out 34 assists and tallied nine digs.
State limited Virginia to a .094 team hitting percentage and forced 21 attacking errors. In contrast, the Pack hit .269 as a team and only committed 13 errors. NC State recorded its eighth shutout win of the season and improved to 14-0 on the season when recording a higher hitting percentage than its opponent.
"The team was locked in from the first point of the first set today and when that happens you're not going to give the other team much of a chance," Bunn added. "Against Virginia Tech, we started slow and didn't have much energy, so we weren't able to battle back."
Hopper ignited the Wolfpack offense in the first set, as she recorded the first kill of the match to get the squad off to a great start. Virginia (10-10, 3-5 ACC) responded with a kill by Lauren Fuller to knot the score at one, before a kill by senior Meredith Richardson and a Cavalier attacking error gave NC State a 3-1 advantage.
The Cavaliers tied the score again at seven, but the Wolfpack scored consecutive points to take the lead, 9-7, and the score was never tied again in the match. After the Pack led 24-18, Virginia scored three unanswered points, but Hopper capped the first set for the Pack with a kill from Aljoe.
"Dariyan [Hopper] did a nice job tonight," Bunn said. "She struggled a little last night, but she bounced back with a strong performance tonight."
NC State carried the momentum from the first set over to the second set and started the frame by scoring back-to-back points. The Wolfpack used a 4-0 run to extend its lead in the set to 12-4. State's defense kept the Cavaliers at bay for the remainder of the period as Virginia never scored more than two consecutive points.
In the third set, the Pack scored the first three points, before the Cavaliers tallied their first point. Multiple 4-0 runs by the Wolfpack helped the squad stretch its lead in the set. NC State registered a .343 attacking percentage in the third set and held Virginia to an .050 clip. The Cavaliers also committed seven errors in the frame, as opposed to just two for the Wolfpack.
NC State will return to action on Friday, Oct. 25 when it hosts Pittsburgh in the first matchup between the two schools as conference opponents. The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m. inside Reynolds Coliseum and will be streamed live on GoPack.com.


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Austin Medical Center Doc To Head Franciscan Skemp
Franciscan Skemp of La Crosse has found a new leader, just 100 miles to the west...
Dr. Timothy Johnson of the Austin, Minnesota Medical Center will become the new C-E-O of Franciscan next month. Johnson says his first goal in La Crosse will be to get to know the staff. Johnson has served for more than 10 years as the C-E-O at Austin. He's succeeding one of his mentors...Dr. Rob Nesse, who's leaving Franciscan to head the Mayo Health System in Rochester.


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Peace on the Ripper
As the Red Riding novels are adapted for television, we revisit David Peace's writing for the NS
As the Red Riding novels are adapted for television, we revisit David Peace's writing for the NS
by David Peace Published
Should the Yorkshire Ripper really be in Broadmoor? Or was he not mad at all, but a coldly calculating killer? David Peace on a case that remains full of strange anomalies.
Carol Wilkinson was murdered in Bradford in October 1977 on the same day that the body of Jean Jordan was discovered in Manchester. Wilkinson's injuries initially caused police to think that she was the sixth victim of the Yorkshire Ripper. But George Oldfield, then head of the Ripper Squad, changed his mind and, deprived of manpower by the hunt for the murderer, the Wilkinson inquiry was delegated to two inexperienced detectives. Jean Jordan became, instead, the sixth victim of the Yorkshire Ripper. Eighteen months later, 22-year-old Anthony Steel confessed to Wilkinson's murder. Steel was mentally handicapped and had been interrogated for two days before making his confession. The chief superintendent with overall responsibility for the charge against Steel was James Hobson. By this time, Hobson had also taken command of the Ripper Squad and would remain there until January 1981. On 28 February this year, the appeal court quashed the 1979 conviction of Anthony Steel for the murder of Wilkinson. Her case remains unsolved. More questions. No answers. No end.
The hunt for the man who would become the Yorkshire Ripper began in Leeds on 30 October 1975 with the murder of Wilma McCann. His first four victims were described by the police and press as "good-time girls" - prostitutes. But then, in June 1977, the Ripper killed a 16-year-old shop assistant. This murder caused public outrage, bringing intense pressure on West Yorkshire Police, pressure that was to increase with each murder and assault. In April 1979, the Ripper killed another "innocent girl" in Halifax. It was in the aftermath of this tenth death that the police decided to release excerpts from a cassette tape and letters that they believed had been sent to them by the Ripper.
No one who heard the tape will ever forget the Geordie voice that taunted the police and threatened to kill again. Nor will anyone ever forget the siege of fear it laid to the entire north of England. The tape convinced senior Yorkshire detectives that the Ripper was from Wearside. They believed that the tape and letters contained information that only he, the killer, could have known. They also believed the Ripper had left behind clues that would eventually help catch him, and so launched a million-pound publicity campaign to "flush out the Ripper". One clue was the reference in the first two letters to the murder of a woman called Joan Harrison in Preston, Lancashire, in 1975. This murder was now regarded by West Yorkshire Police as the work of the Ripper.
Three murders later, two uniformed policemen approached a parked car in Sheffield's red-light district on 2 January 1981. Inside it were a prostitute and her punter. The punter was Peter William Sutcliffe, a 34-year-old, married lorry driver from Bradford. He was not a Geordie. But, two days later, he confessed to being the Yorkshire Ripper.
Twenty-two years after the arrest of Sutcliffe for 13 murders and seven assaults, there is no end in sight for the communities he terrorised. Uncertainty remains as to how Sutcliffe could have done what he says he did and why, and how the police could have let him and why. Sutcliffe's trial at the Old Bailey and the subsequent review of the police investigation by Sir Lawrence Byford, the chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales, should have answered the public's questions. Neither did.
Before he was arraigned, the crown prosecution and defence counsel had agreed that Sutcliffe was suffering from a paranoid schizophrenia that led him to believe he was on a mission from God. These divine instructions came from voices Sutcliffe had first heard when working as a gravedigger. Sir Michael Havers, the attorney general, was prepared to drop the murder charges if Sutcliffe pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. But Mr Justice Boreham, the trial judge, believed both prosecution and defence had accepted psychiatric evaluations based solely on the word of Sutcliffe himself, and that he had contradicted his original confession to police, when he had made no mention of either voices or missions. Justice Boreham ordered that it was for a jury to decide if Sutcliffe was himself a victim of his own uncontrollable madness, rather than simply a premeditated murderer. The jury found Peter William Sutcliffe guilty on 13 counts of murder and the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. But given the initial plea-bargaining, it was an unconvincing trial, made only more so by Sutcliffe's eventual transfer to Broadmoor mental hospital.
Further public doubts about the West Yorkshire Police and their investigation into the Ripper case were not assuaged, either, by Home Office insistence that the Byford report remain an unpublished and classified document. The Home Office brought no pressure to bear for the arrest of the person responsible for the hoax letters and tape that had so misled the police. Nor did there seem to be any particular impetus to solve the murder of Joan Harrison, which police had included in the Ripper inquiry but was the one crime that Sutcliffe consistently denied.
There have now been 11 books devoted to the case of the Yorkshire Ripper, every one of which has managed at some stage to introduce evidence of contradiction or error. However, some books have been more useful than others. Deliver Us From Evil by David Yallop, published in 1981, listed a number of murders and assaults (including that of Carol Wilkinson) that the author felt Sutcliffe should be questioned about. In the years since his trial, Sutcliffe has indeed confessed to two of these assaults. Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son by Gordon Burn and The Streetcleaner by Nicole Ward Jouve both made intelli- gent attempts to understand Sutcliffe and the time and place in which he lived.
It has been more than ten years since the last major book on the case. But policemen retire. Friendships fade. Pensions depreciate. Tongues loosen. Perhaps, then, it is not surprising that this year brings two new books. The Shadow of the Ripper is the result of its author's obsession with Wearside Jack, as the author of the hoax letters and tape is known. Patrick Lavelle has already published one book and a number of articles in the Sunderland Echo on his search for the hoaxer, and this latest book continues his dedicated research. Shadow of the Ripper contains much interesting information about the original investigation on Wear- side and offers a compassionate account of the life and death of Joan Harrison. Lavelle now believes Sutcliffe did kill Harrison, and did so in the company of Wearside Jack. Lavelle also believes Wearside Jack later murdered a woman called Julie Perigo in Sunderland in 1986. But much of this is not new.
Two days after Sutcliffe was found guilty, the Sunday Times published a three-page article, headlined "Did the Ripper have an accomplice?". The sources behind this suggestion appear to have been "senior police officers". The article was the first to link Sutcliffe to the Harrison murder via an accomplice who then produced the hoax letters and tape. These arguments were largely discredited by a later report in the same publication. However, both articles agreed on a possible connection between Harrison's murderer and the person responsible for the letters and tape.
Lavelle highlights many of the loose ends and unanswered questions surrounding the entire Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. However, the arguments are not well marshalled, and assume the reader to be already very familiar with the intricacies of the whole case. He is too concerned with the people who were originally suspected of being behind the hoax letters and tape, and the book would have been more persuasive if the evidence from the initial investigation and trial of Peter Sutcliffe had been set out first, in detail. The undoubted contradictions and anomalies in the case could then have been better exposed and tested against Lavelle's own theories. The book would also have benefited from an index and detailed list of sources.
Wicked Beyond Belief has 100 pages of sources, notes, references, appendices, a bibliography and an index, plus the obligatory "sensational" revelation. Michael Bilton was part of the Sunday Times Insight team responsible for the initial accomplice piece. He shares with Lavelle the same guide on the mountain: former detective superintendent Dick Holland, a senior member of the Ripper Squad from 1977 to January 1981, who also believes that Sutcliffe was linked to Joan Harrison, Wearside Jack and the hoax. Despite his continued friendship with Holland, Bilton has no place for the theories of his main source. His motive for writing this book is, rather, to "put flesh and bone" on the much-maligned detectives who tried to catch the Ripper. In his extensive research, Bilton had the "good fortune" to be given "privileged" access to the "secret" Byford report into the police investigation. However, as it is presented here, the report seems remarkably tame when set against the very human cost of the police failure to catch Peter Sutcliffe.
There are few new facts about the investigation itself in Wicked Beyond Belief that have not already been published in previous books or newspaper articles. Bilton does, I concede, reveal that one victim was not the virgin her parents believed her to be, and that she had also promised to have sex with her new boyfriend (source Dick Holland). True, he reveals that another victim had had an argument with her mother the night she died (source confidential). And true, he also reveals that an unmarried victim had had a number of lovers, but not many (source West Yorkshire Police).
That Bilton is so candid about the victims and their secrets stands in sharp contrast to his silence in regard to the police and theirs. In the 482 pages of this book, there is no mention of the wrongful conviction of Judith Ward for the murder of 12 people in the M62 coach bombing of 1974. Ward spent 18 years in prison before her conviction was quashed in 1992. The appeal court was told that Ward had changed her confession several times. The police and prosecution had then edited different parts together to construct a single, plausible statement. The prosecution also concealed other important facts from the defence. There is no mention in Wicked Beyond Belief of the role of George Oldfield in Ward's arrest and trial. Nor is there any mention of the wrongful conviction of Stefan Kiszko for the murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed near Ripponden, West Yorkshire, in October 1975.
Twenty-four-year-old Kiszko, who had physical and mental problems, was told that if he signed a confession he could go home to his mother. He would spend 16 years in prison before his conviction was quashed in 1992. Evidence that Kiszko could not have produced the semen found on Lesley Molseed's clothing was withheld during his original trial. There is no mention anywhere in Bilton's book of the part played by Dick Holland in Kiszko's arrest and trial. Yet both these cases helped propel the careers of Oldfield and Holland to the top of the Ripper Squad. These cases are of relevance to any understanding of the time and place of the Ripper's Yorkshire and that of the men who hunted him.
But as befits any book worthy of seria-lisation in the Sunday Times, Wicked Beyond Belief does have its "sensational" revelation. The retired detective chief inspector Desmond O'Boyle reveals to Bilton that Sutcliffe was wearing a "killing kit" at the time of his arrest. This included an inverted V-neck sweater, worn in place of underpants, with the legs placed inside the sleeves and the genitals exposed. For further comfort, Sutcliffe had also sewn in reinforced knee-pads. The killing kit was discovered only after Sutcliffe had completed his 15-hour confession to John Boyle, Peter Smith and Desmond O'Boyle at Dewsbury police station. Bilton claims the detectives bagged this killing kit for forensic examination but made no mention of it to any "senior investigating officer". Nor was any written record of it ever made. Really?
In his text notes and references, Bilton attributes this disclosure to a third and final telephone interview with O'Boyle on 13 March 2002. That, according to his own notes, would make it the last interview Bilton conducted with any member of the Ripper Squad. It is a great shame, to say the least, that Bilton did not see fit to reinterview his other sources in the light of this revelation.
The degree of premeditation involved in fashioning a "killing kit" makes a further and complete mockery of the psychiatric arguments that surrounded Sutcliffe's trial and his initial plea-bargain of diminished responsibility. Furthermore, the implications for all involved are grave. If O'Boyle's statements to Bilton are to be believed, a vital piece of evidence in the largest criminal investigation in British history was not disclosed. More questions. No answers. Half-truths drip-fed to us as sensation and scoop by media conglomerates while organisations such as Tough Justice - which campaigns against miscarriages of justice - work for nothing to free innocent victims such as Anthony Steel.
There are old men out there who know the answers to all the questions about the Ripper case. These men failed us once and, through their silence, they fail us again and again. These men can still right some of the wrongs done to the victims and their communities. There is still time, but it is running out. And yet, to the dead, we owe the whole truth and nothing but that truth.
Shadow of the Ripper, Patrick Lavelle, John Blake, 318pp, £16.99
Wicked Beyond Belief, Michael Bilton HarperCollins, 482pp, £18.99
David Peace is the author of the Red Riding Quartet - Nineteen Seventy-Four, Nineteen Seventy-Seven, Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty-Three (all published by Serpent's Tail) - four novels about the secret history of West Yorkshire during the reign of the Yorkshire Ripper and the rise of Margaret Thatcher


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100 Days for 100 Gardens
11 Dec 13
For those who have been following Slow Food for some time, our commitment to creating a network of African food gardens is nothing new. We started at Terra Madre 2010, sharing our new dream and taking the first, small concrete steps along the path towards the right to food and food sovereignty. This dream is called A Thousand Gardens in Africa and involves schoolyards, village plots and urban corners in 27 African countries.
So far this dream has involved a huge number of people: 50 coordinators ready to pass on their knowledge, along with 30,000 African men, women and children who have re-established a relationship with local food - sowing seeds, watering seedlings, caring for them as they grow, harvesting their fruits, learning how to prepare these local varieties of fruits and vegetables, and of course, eating them! It has also involved many donors who have chosen to support the project with different amounts. Some have helped buy tools such as trowels or hoes, while others have helped to set up seedbeds or install innovative irrigation systems. Others have taken on the responsibility of an entire food garden, covering all of its necessary expenses.
We have decided that now - three years since the project was first launched, with 850 gardens adopted - is the time to go against our "slow" nature, hit the accelerator and give the African food gardens project a big push. We have set ourselves a very specific objective: to fund another 100 gardens, and a deadline: December 29, exactly 100 days from the launch date of the campaign. At Cheese, we saw the first clear results of this crowdfunding initiative, with a peak in donations. Today, 86 days from the deadline, the total stands at €15,000. This is 16% of our €90,000 target. As crowdfunding tends to imply a sharing of knowledge and information, the project has now become shared property, shared on hundreds of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and Google+ profiles. This is the beauty of social media; it acts as a sounding board, and is the ultimate word of mouth.
Funding from the crowd and knowledge for the crowd: The first steps of the 100 days for 100 gardens campaign are showing us that we can achieve our goal, and that all together, euro by euro, we can contribute to constructing a richer, more beautiful and more participatory future. For Africa, but also for ourselves.
To learn more about the project, to donate or to find out what you'll get in return visit: www.100x100orti.org
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Rwanda Development Board is in the process of reviewing the investment code for hospitality sector, a move tipped to spur infrastructure development and increase revenue from tourism.
RDB head of tourism and conservation, Rica Rwigamba, said players in the hospitality sector will have their say so that their aspirations can be captured in the new code.
During a meeting with hoteliers and restaurants owners recently, dozens of investors turned up to discuss among others what issues they would like to be addressed and included in the new investment code.
Hotels and restaurant businesses play a big role in the tourism industry--a major source of revenue for the country. The sector has attracted $241.6 million worth of investment--46% higher that the 2012 target of $165 million.
A favorable investment code, RDB reckons, will spur growth of the sector that aims to contribute 15% of GDP by 2020. In order to achieve this, the sector must grow by at least 15% per annum, according to Joel Rudasingwa, a researcher at RDB.
Rwanda's hotels, motels and lodges have a combined total of 6,700 rooms but the target is at least 10, 000 rooms by 2019.
The current investment code came into force in 2005 and after the country joined the EAC, a lot of modifications have been made and the current review is aimed at accommodating views of local investors to ensure they play well with regional competition.
The service sector needs new incentives to not only consolidate the current growth but also encourage future growth.
The current code has it that for someone to obtain an investor certificate, the investment project should be worth $100,000 for local, EAC and COMESA investors and $250,000 for foreigners.
In addition, for an investor to have their headquarters in Rwanda, they should have fixed assets worth $2million in addition to providing employment and training to Rwandans. They must also spend at least $1 million per year locally as well as have the capacity to make international financial transactions of at least $5,000,000 a year through a local commercial bank.
Currently, when an investor invests at least $100,000, the code recommends free initial work permit and visa for investors and foreign workers with a maximum of three expatriates.
There are also tax relief options for investors who export goods worth $3-$5 million to claim a tax discount of 3%.
Investors in the tourism transport sub-sector are also currently benefiting from the code's declaration that enables firms to import into the country duty free aero-planes and tourist travel cars as long as they are engraved with the official registered name of the project.
A recent survey done by the RDB on the state of restaurants in the country indicated that besides the huge problem of poor customer care, most local restaurants don't have professional kitchens and that the state of hygiene too, was lacking.
The current investment code allows hotels and restaurant owners to import duty free kitchen ware such as cookers, fridges and freezers. Other tax exempt items include air conditioning system, cutlery, televisions sets, carpets, furniture, curtains and gymnasium.
According Daniel Karera, the chairman of the Rwanda hotels and restaurants' owners associations, the code review is a welcome development which will help members improve and modernize their facilities to international standards.
However, he noted that the conditions one is supposed to fulfill before enjoying benefits in the investment code such as special orders for engraved goods was still making it hard for many of his members to enjoy the benefits.
"Very few of our members can order specially engraved goods from manufacturers as it is very expensive and limits chance of many to enjoy the benefits," he said.
In his proposal that was backed by some and doubted by others present during last week's meeting with RDB, Karera wants government to indentify local importers and give them special license to import in the exempted items and allow members to buy them from the special importers locally at reduced prices.
"That way, many members can be sure to benefit from the code in its current or future forms," he said.
Investors also want government to make future negotiations strictly with the hotels and restaurant's association and ensure that it's made a condition that however wishes to enjoy special investor benefits must identify themselves as members of the association.
"Benefits must be for members that are fully subscribing to PSF through our association and we want government to stop giving contracts to investors who have refused to register with the association in a bid to promote a single voice for the good of the sector," Karera said.


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Bring first 5 ingredients to boil in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Mix in rice and thyme. Return soup to boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer soup uncovered until rice is tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Add chicken and simmer until heated through, thinning with additional broth if desired. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer soup to large bowl. Garnish with parsley and serve.


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Boyd Students and Alumni Honored at Annual Pro Bono Luncheon
The Boyd School of Law and many of its alumni and students were honored at the Ninth Annual Pro Bono Awards Luncheon hosted by the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (LACSN) on Dec. 11 at The Rio Hotel & Casino.
Among those recognized for their dedication to pro bono legal work was Boyd student Brian Ramsey who received the Public Interest Law Student of Distinction award. This award recognizes a law student who has made a substantial commitment to the community by doing public interest work and promoting access to justice.
The LACSN also recognized the Boyd School of Law which received the Pro Bono Award of Excellence. This award is given to an entity that goes above and beyond in providing pro bono services or assistance to pro bono and access to justice efforts.
Dean John White accepting the Pro Bono Award of Excellence on behalf of the Boyd School of Law from Justice Parraguirre. Photo courtesy of Beau Sterling
The following Boyd students were recognized for their pro bono efforts:
Elizabeth Bolhouse
Alexis Brown
Rebecca Blood
Berdette Clark
Morgan Flaherty
Megan Goodwin
David Gordon
Elana Graham
Siria Gutierrez
Antonia Hamid
Derrick Harris
Mark Hesiak
Chata Holt
Tenesa Houdek
Janice Jocovino
Natasha Kaul
Mona Kevah
Chan Lengsavath
Mary Madrid
Kerstan Micone
Deanna Molinar
Dominika Morun
Leslie Strasser Murdock
Joanna Myers
Douglas Nutton
Koa Perlac
Karlee Phelps
Ryan Phillips
John Piro
Kelly Przestwor
Felicia Quilan
Brian Ramsey
Jeremy Robbins
John Wickett
The following attorneys were recognized for donating their time providing free legal advice as part of Ask-A-Lawyer, Bankruptcy Facilitator, Nevada Microenterprise Initiative, Homeless Assistance Project, and Senior Legal Institute programs:
Giovanni L. Andrade '07
Brian E. Blackham '05
Chelsie C. Campbell '05
Sean K. Claggett '03
William C. Devine, II '07
Angela H. Dows '06
Christina Evans '03
Rhonda K. Forsberg '05
William M. Kapalka '04
Bryce C. Loveland '06
Danny J. Lovell '05
Maricar Magana '07
David L. Mann '07
Corrine P. Murphy '06
Carolyn Myers '01
Mary D. Perry '01
Mariteresa Rivera-Rogers '03
Louis C. Schneider '05
Nadia von Magdenko '00
Clarke D. Walton '05
The following attorneys donated at least 50 hours of pro bono work in the past year and were inducted into the 50 Hour Club:
Giovanni L. Andrade '07
Nedda Ghandi '08
Jacqueline A. Gilbert '07
Carla Kok '03
m'Ryah Littleton '06
Bryce C. Loveland '06
Maricar Magana '07
Macaire K. Moran '07
Mariteresa Rivera-Rogers '03
Lucas J. Tucker '06
The following attorneys donated at least 100 hours of pro bono work in the past year and were inducted into the 100 Hour Club:
Brian E. Blackham '05
Deanna C. Brinkerhoff '08
Lauren D. Calvert '07
William M. Kapalka '04
Kelly R. Kichline '07
Quinton R. Singleton '07
The following attorneys made it to the 2009 Attorney Honor Roll:
Heidi E. Almase '01
Giovanni L. Andrade '07
Paola M. Armeni '03
Ogonna M. Atamoh '01
Denise S. Balboni '07
Kevin E. Beck '03
Brian E. Blackham '05
Craig G. Bourke '01
Deanna C. Brinkerhoff '08
Shemilly A. Briscoe '06
Sarai L. Brown '08
Adam K. Bult '04
Lauren D. Calvert '07
Radha Chanderraj '03
Jarien L. Cho '03
Daniel C. Coe '05
Charles R. Cordova '07
Patricia J. Coyne '01
Lucien A. Cravens, Jr. '01
William C. Devine, II '07
Courtney L. Dolan '03
Angela H. Dows '06
Brian R. Dziminski '03
Robert N. Eaton '04
Michael J. Gayan '08
Michael T. Gebhart '01
Nedda Ghandi '08
Jacqueline A. Gilbert '07
Paula K. Gregory '07
Arun Gupta '08
Nancy R. Harkess '04
Amy B. Honodel '01
Andrea L. Jundt '07
Kelly R. Kichline '07
Carol A. Kingman '02
Kristina C. Kirigin '04
Carla D. Kok '03
Ramzy P. Ladah '08
Akke Levin '04
m'Ryah A. Littleton '06
Morag A. Logan '05
Marvin L. Longabaugh '01
Miguel A. Lopez '08
David L. Mann '07
Catherine M. Mazzeo '02
Matthew J. McAlonis '08
Rena M. McDonald '03
Martin I. Melendrez '01
Nancy Momcilovic '03
Jorge U. Morales '06
Macaire K. Moran '07
Sandra Douglass Morgan '03
Patrick J. Murch '06
Corrine P. Murphy '06
Mary D. Perry '01
Vivienne Rakowsky '04
Jeremy Robins '09
Miriam E. Rodriguez '03
Dina H. Romaya '07
Patricia A. Ross '05
Jenny L. Routheaux '08
Karl F. Rutledge '06
Sophia M. Salas '07
Quinton R. Singleton '07
Natalie M. Smoot '04
Rosa Solis-Rainey '01
Lucas J. Tucker '06
Christina H. Wang '05
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- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy ABM
Who are Jon and Kate Gosselin?
- Sunday 20 SeptemberBy barb
lol do you not watch tv
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Kimberly
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I fell asleep months ago over these two, thank goodness its a long rest.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Lunella
And Hay! I suggest you take your own advice and learn to spell - "you" is not "u," "are" is not "r," "and" is not "&" and "to" is not the same as the number 2.
Just a thought before you start correcting others.
- Sunday 04 OctoberBy nick
Regarding "'and' is not '&'"... An ampersand (&), also commonly called an 'and sign', is a logogram representing the conjunction "and". Per Wikipedia.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Gennie
Hay is DRIED GRASS!!!! Hey! Stop showing your ignorance by being indignant over such trivialities!(see Merriam Webster)
- Saturday 19 September
Nick, you are correct, however, an ampersand (&) is not used in regular writing such as letters or articles; it is used in titles such as Brown & Brown or Lunella & Associates. Hay's use of it is incorrect, which was the point I was making.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy debe
Jeers to the view for bringing in Kate Gosselin. There are too many role model women out there to be giving her the time of day. You are only adding fuel to the fire and do you people not understand that we don't care. Her divorce is no more tragic than ours. Shes just making a million going through it while the rest of us don't.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Trish
Go Kate!!!
- Monday 21 SeptemberBy too much
If your partner consistently makes poor choices it tends to leave you feeling as if you have another child and no partner at all. Without Kate's constant guidance, Jon is simply being the idiot he always was. And being tough does not make her a bi@?*h, it makes her a parent. If more parents were this way, and stopped being lazy and letting their kids down by letting them get away with everything, more kids would grow to expect more from themselves and from each other.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy peter bowie
im tirerd of these two idiots .there are tooooo many people suffering in the world right now so why dont these pair of selfish clowns just get a bloody devorce and give us all a break
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Mary
Kate shouldnt hate! If life is so miserable and rotten for you then why in the HELL did you go n have so many kids??????????
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy hoku
All women, I would hope, go into a marriage and have children thinking they are going to end up with a "woe is me" story (as you put it). We go into a marriage full of love with the dreams of having and raising children together, a nice home, and living happily ever after. The truth is, for whatever reason, it doesn't always happen end up that way. I don'th think Kate nor Jon should be bashed for having all the beautiful children they had. What does matter is how one handles his or herself when a marriage falls apart. I believe Kate is truly thinking of her children (and herself, why not?) and Jon is just a confused man who needs direction.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Ross
I loved watching this show when it started. I was actually laid up in bed with the loss of complete movement from my waist down. I looked forward to watching the show. Now I just cant watch it at all. It is my opinion Kate was a real ball buster. Always rolling her eyes. John grew some balls and left!! He may be confused in his direction in life, but I think he is relieved that he can breath again. Kate stick with a one piece suit, and stop boring us with your pathetic poor me stories.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Ray
Kate is evil woman.. She bullied at Jon all of the times. did you see her yelling and bulling at him on TV..yelled at him for no reason.
Mean Kate!
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy MeritaBread
Shut Up Ray. You can't even talk! All you are doing is parroting what other Kate-haters have said.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy christina
When are these tv people going to take notice of all the complaints about the Gosselins? NO ONE CARES about this messed up pathetic family.
Enough already.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Angela
So far as having children we should be in control of that? How many of us have had children with their tubes tied, cut, and burned or on birth control? God is in control of who is to have children and how many. When I had my female organs removed to get rid of hormones that caused me breast cancer while I was pregnant with my 4th child my tubes were still cut to the point the Pathologist and my OB had no idea of how I got pregnant. I was the 1st patient in my OB's 25 yr practice that got pregnant after having a tubal done. We may not plan to have many children, but as long as God is in control of our reproductive system then we have no say! If children were all planned then most of us would not be here. It is going to get to the point where environmental whackos will be dictating to the government and then to us how many kids we can have so we can drive the death trap hybrid cars. Those cars are unsafe for medics who respond to crashes since there is potential for the batteries to explode so hazmat has to respond before medics can work on those that could be injured.
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Arjai
These comments are so funny to read. A lot of you talk as if you know them personally or live right next door to them. The FACTS are: The are celebrities, no marriage is perfect, John has behaved badly by his own admission, and Kate is doing what she feels she "has to do" to raise and support her and her eight children. None of us can say exactly what we would do if we were in her shoes. John has showed some poor judgements in the media. None of us support them financially so why all the drama? There are a lot worse things that she could be doing for money. What if both of them were as irresponsible as he has been lately? I commend her for doing what she has to do. From the beginning of the show, I thought John was very childish. And since when do we applaud a man for walking away from his eight kids? His one constant complaint is that she talked down to him....please, grow a pair! Even after he left his family, he certianlly doesn't mind reaping the "benefits" of the show. He hasn't worked in years. Please...he's a tool!
- Saturday 19 SeptemberBy Candy
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Charlotte, N.C. (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
Broach Sports Tours is offering a "Last Minute Air" promotion to fans wishing to attend the Ryder Cup in Scotland in September, president Tom Broach has announced.
Fans booking any of BST's six Ryder Cup packages can get roundtrip airfare from anywhere in the continental United States to Edinburgh or London for a flat fee of $1200 per person.
The promotion will run through July 10.
"It's late in the game but we still have tickets remaining and we have some fabulous offers on our packages," Broach said. "We're offering this airfare discount because many fans might think it's too late to book a trip to the Ryder Cup. But there's definitely still time to book this trip and experience one of the most-incredible events in all of sports."
The Ryder Cup is scheduled for Sept. 26-28 at Gleneagles Resort in Perthshire.
Broach's most-popular package is an eight-night London-Edinburgh combination tour. It includes three nights hotel accommodations at the London Marriott County Hall, London and Edinburgh city tours, rail transportation from London to Edinburgh, tickets to the Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday sessions of the Ryder Cup, five nights hotel accommodations at the Mercure Hotel in Edinburgh, breakfast daily, transportation to and from Gleneagles daily, welcome reception and more.
That package is priced at $5850 per person double occupancy or $7450 private.
Also available are five-night packages at either the Radisson Blu in Edinburgh or the Mercure Hotel in Edinburgh. They both include five nights hotel accommodations, tickets to the Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday sessions of the Ryder Cup, breakfast daily, transportation to and from Gleneagles daily, Edinburgh city tour, welcome reception and more.
The Blu package is priced at $4850 per person double occupancy and $7450 private, or the Mercure package is priced at $4350 per person double occupancy or $6200 private.
Also available is a four-night package at the Mercure that includes four nights hotel accommodations, tickets to the Friday, Saturday and Sunday Ryder Cup sessions, transportation to Gleneagles daily, breakfast daily, Edinburgh city tour, welcome reception and more.
That package is priced at $3990 per person double occupancy and $5680 for private... all before the discount.
Broach Sports Tours, located in Charlotte, N.C., is an official reseller of Ryder Cup tickets and packages authorized by the Ryder Cup.
Broach Sports Tours also offers more than 25 Major League Baseball tours each summer, along with Wimbledon travel packages, French Open travel packages, U.S. Open tennis travel packages, Masters travel packages and tours to the Westminster Dog Show.
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With good quality and affordable accommodation close by Loftus Versveld Sports Stadium, Nkosana Guest House is in an accessible to Pretoria. It is surrounded by access routes and transport points.Union Buildings - The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The grand Union buildings sit on Meintjies Kop and overlook the city of Pretoria. The Union Buildings were built from light sandstone and were designed by the architect Sir Herbert Baker in the English monumental style. The Buildings are over 275 m long and boast a semi-circular shape, with the two wings at the sides. This serves to represent the union of a formerly divided people. The east and west wings represent two languages, namely English and Afrikaans. The Union Buildings are considered by many to be the architect's greatest achievement and a South African architectural masterpiece. The cornerstone was laid in November 1910. Requiring over 1,265 workers over 3 years to build, the structure was completed in 1913.Especially notable are the terraced gardens surrounding the Union buildings which were planted exclusively with indigenous plants as well as the 9 000 seat amphitheatre. Within the grounds are various monuments and statues. The Union Buildings and its spectacular gardens are a "must see" when visiting Pretoria.Nearby Shopping centres: Hatfield Square Shopping Mall Loftus Versfeld/StadiumLoftus Versfeld Stadium is a sports stadium in the heart of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 and is an all seater venue. Loftus stadium was named after Mr Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organised sports in Pretoria, a man committed to the task of upbuilding sports in South Africa.Loftus Versfeld underwent a multi-million rand facelift - including a roof over the east stand - to prepare it for the 2010 Soccer World Cup and it became the standard bearer for all stadiums for the tournament.Found very close to the city centre and central to public transport, Loftus is the biggest soccer stadium in Pretoria.Besides soccer/ football there are also world class Tennis Courts and Rugby fields that are an integral part of organised sport in South Africa.
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About volunteering
Volunteering at Jamyang is fun and we appreciate and love our volunteers! It's a great place for enthusiastic people to be in a dharma environment within an exciting central London location.
Here's how you can volunteer according to your time and abilities:
Short Term Volunteering - few hours or a day:
Just come for a few hours, or few days to offer your time and skills.
Please include a short summary of any specific skills you have, and what times and/or days you have available.
Full time Volunteering - 3 month residential programme:
Volunteer in a more serious way, by joining our 3 month residential volunteer Work Programme scheme. You can work in our Hospitality Team (offering service such as cleaning, greeting visitors to Jamyang, setting up rooms for events etc) or in our Cafe Team (offering service in the Cafe: cleaning, serving customers, barista work, some cooking (with training given).
If you want to apply, you must be able to demonstrate oral and written competency in the English language at least equivalent to the B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).
Please include a short summary of why you would like to live and work at Jamyang for 3 months, any specific skills you have.
Please be aware that this programme is a 35 hour a week service, with 2 days off per week. We offer a single room accommodation and all meals, plus access to most teachings and in house events. These positions really are about taking the opportunity to offer service and deal with our own self
centredness head on.
It is helpful to have a strong, healthy body and mind for this programme!
Help Host School Visits at Jamyang:
Jamyang Schools visits have been going for many years and the feed-back we receive has always been extremely positive. An opportunity has arisen for some new volunteers who would like to get involved with helping show children and teachers from the local Primary Schools around the center. We are looking for a person or persons who would be able to commit 2 or 3 hours on an irregular basis ( up to 4 or 5 days a month) during school term time.
The role involves:
1. Greeting children and teachers and giving them a brief introduction to the general rules and safety issues.
2. Speaking about the historical background of the building.
3. Showing small groups around the cells, garden, entrance hall and the small and large gompas.
4. Explaining the meaning of the Buddha Statues and the many Thangkas.
5. Telling the ' Life Story of the Historical Buddha'.
6. Leading a non-Buddhist meditation for a few minutes for the visiting children. To begin with until you felt confident your role would be to assist and learn from the existing volunteers.
Contact Jamyang: Phone 020 7820 8787 or
Volunteer for any of these specific Community Days during the year:
Annual Jumble Sale – held on the Bank Holiday in August each year. We need volunteers before the Jumble Sale day, to help sort the jumble. On the Jumble day itself, we need people to man the stalls, help in the Cafe, help with clean up at the end of the day, and help after the sale to distribute left over jumble (vehicle and driver would be excellent!)
Peace In The City Days – Three times a year on a Sunday, we host these Community Days to raise funds for Jamyang. Therapists offer their time free of charge, and the public purchase half hour therapy sessions at reduced rates i.e. massage, reiki, shiatsu, yoga, reflexology, head massage etc. Our Cafe is open these days too, and it's a really lovely community day, relaxed and peaceful.
Annual Work Camp - Held usually in August each year. We ask for help from volunteers to come and do painting, carpentry, tidying up jobs, gardening and all sorts of other way to help us maintain our historic building. Volunteers can come for the whole week, or a day, or a few hours, according to their time. We offer accommodation and meals in return for your help.
Repaying The Kindness Volunteers:
Jamyang runs a programme offering respite days to carers. Each respite day may include some of the following: offering delicious food and drink, simple meditations, yoga, art & craft days, talks by guest speakers, dancing, music, healthy eating advice, and group outings both within London and beyond.
We are looking for people who would like to experience the taste of compassion in action — we need additional practical help for our ongoing programme of daytime events for carers — we would like to build up a bank of people willing to offer some of their time to this project. You will most likely need to be available during the daytime and resident in London.
* A carer is someone who looks after a relative, partner or friend or child who is ill or frail or has a physical, mental health or learning disability.
Or leave a message on +44 (0) 20 7820 9020.
Help our Spiritual Programme Coordinator:
Mike Murray, who organises Jamyang's spiritual programme (and much, much more!), is always looking for volunteers who can spare a few hours or days, helping him do tasks such as: keeping our meditation rooms clean & tidy, taking care of our Library (cleaning, sorting and cataloguing books).
Help our Communications Wizard:
Adnan Hadzi, our communications expert, always needs help with recording the teaechings for upload to the website, live streaming of events, delivering leaflets and helping with publicity.
Volunteering to do a specific project:
Historic Display Board: Creating a display board showing the history of the Old Courthouse to hang at Jamyang.
Skills required: Some artistic sense of display of material, researching history of our Old Courthouse (we have a lot of written material and some photos already), getting text and photos ready for print, researching printing options and prices, organizing for the board to be properly hung.


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The Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc was a preview demo for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes on the Nintendo GameCube. The disc contained trailers, an up-to-date history on all of the currently released Metroid games, a slideshow of concept art from Metroid Prime and then Echoes (which is accompanied by the Tallon Overworld theme), and a demo featuring a remixed room layout (compared to the final released game).
The disc was mailed to those on Nintendo.com who registered enough games (without a case), and was later bundled with Metroid Prime in new packaging. This new set was then bundled with GameCubes later on.
The gameplay uses twelve rooms from the actual Echoes, in a new layout. Samus Aran starts the demo in front of her Gunship, then after descending the elevator to Agon Wastes she is just outside of the Space Pirate base. The normal sequence of events continue, stopping once the player defeats a pair of Warrior Ing in Dark Aether and steps into a Light Portal.
Chronicle dataEdit
Each game has scrolling text detailing the game's synopsis, its box art (Echoes has its logo instead), a screen with gameplay clips (Metroid II: Return of Samus features a color palette), and a song from the game playing. For Metroid, it is the Brinstar theme, for Metroid: Zero Mission, the series title theme, for Metroid Prime it is Opening/Menu (Metroid Prime), for Echoes it is Dark Echoes, for Metroid II it is the SR388 theme, for Super Metroid it is the Ridley's Lair theme, and for Metroid Fusion it is the theme of Sector 1.
Nintendo Entertainment System, released 1986
A research vessel dispatched by the Galactic
Federation discovers and captures a strange
life-form called a "Metroid" on the planet
SR388. However, on its way back to Federation HQ,
the research vessel is attacked by Space Pirates
who steal the Metroid. Once they discover the
Metroids' ability to multiply through beta ray
exposure, the Space Pirates conspire to make
use of Metroids in their plot to take over the
universe. To stop them, Samus lands on the
Planet Zebes and single-handedly destroys their
underground base -- and their leader, Mother
Brain -- after a series of intense battles.
Metroid: Zero MissionEdit
Metroid: Zero Mission
Game Boy Advance, released 2004
In an expanded look at Samus's first mission to
Zebes, the bounty hunter heads to planet Zebes to
wipe out the Space Pirate threat. However, this
story doesn't end after Samus destroys Mother
Brain -- as she escapes the planet, her ship is
shot down by Space Pirates and she crash-lands
on the surface of Zebes, near where the Space
Pirate mother ship has landed. Having lost her
Power Suit in the crash, Samus must infiltrate
the Space Pirate ship and fight her way off the
planet's surface.
Metroid PrimeEdit
Metroid Prime
Nintendo GameCube, released 2002
A group of Space Pirates who escaped the attack on
planet Zebes begin to rebuild their forces on the
planet Tallon IV, where a strong energy source has
been detected. Discovering that this energy, called
"Phazon," has a capacity to mutate creatures into
more violent forms, the Space Pirates start
experimenting with it on the creatures of Tallon IV. Samus learns of these dangerous biological
experiments and heads to Tallon IV to destroy the
experimental facilities and uncover the
mystery of Phazon.
Metroid Prime 2: EchoesEdit
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Nintendo GameCube, coming 2004
A Galactic Federation ship has disappeared in
pursuit of a band of Space Pirates. At the
request of the Federation, Samus journeys to the
planet Aether, the location of the ship's last
transmission. There, Samus finds herself in an
incredible world where Light and Dark intertwine
in two unstable dimensions. The Light World is
controlled by the Luminoth, a peaceful tribe with
a unique and highly developed civilization.
Their four gigantic energy generators are all
that keep the Light World from collapsing. But
that civilization faces imminent destruction at
the hands of the invading Ing Horde, beings born
of the Dark World. If the Ing seize control of
the generators, the Light World will be extinguished
forever. Samus embarks on her mission to defeat the
Ing and to restore peace to Aether. However, there
is an ominous shadow lurking in the darkness, a
shadow which is quietly stalking Samus.
Metroid II: Return of SamusEdit
Metroid II - Return of Samus
Game Boy, released 1991
A number of research vessels dispatched by the
Galactic Federation to investigate SR388, the
home planet of the Metroids, vanish in succession.
Assuming that the crews have been overcome by the
Metroids living in the planet's caverns, the
Galactic Federation commissions Samus to eradicate
the Metroids. After fighting all types of Metroids,
Samus defeats the Queen Metroid deep underground
and completes her mission. However, unable to
bring herself to destroy a baby Metroid that has
just hatched, Samus takes the hatchling back to
the Space Science Academy.
Super MetroidEdit
Super Metroid
Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released 1994
While the base on planet Zebes is being reconstructed
by a group of Space Pirates who survived the assault
by Samus, Ridley attacks the Space Science Academy
and abducts the baby Metroid, the only one left in
the universe. Congregating at their rebuilt base on
Zebes, the Space Pirates once again concoct a plot
to use Metroids as biological weapons. To retrieve
the Metroid and stop the Space Pirates' evil plans,
Samus once again flies to the planet Zebes. There,
Samus destroys Mother Brain -- thanks to the sacrifice
of the baby Metroid's life -- and escapes just as the
planet Zebes is utterly destroyed by the Space Pirates'
self-destruct program.
Metroid FusionEdit
Metroid Fusion
Game Boy Advance, released 2002
Samus is attacked by an unidentified parasitic
creature called an "X" during a research mission to
study the ecosystem of the planet SR388 -- the planet
she had cleared of Metroids. Samus escapes death
with an injection of a vaccine made from a Metroid,
the only natural predator of X, and heads to the
Biologic Space Labs, where a mysterious explosion has
recently rocked the research facility. Bolstered by
her new genetic link to Metroids, Samus is now the
only being in the universe who can fight the X, so
she sets out to wipe all trace of them from the labs.
However, she's unaware that she's being hunted by
the SA-X, an incredibly powerful enemy mimicking
Samus herself... Will she be able to accomplish
this mission?
- The Phazon Mines theme plays on the menu screen.
- An extended version of the included demo was available for play at E3.
- Samus has access to the Light and Dark Beams from the start, along with two Energy Tanks and thirty Missiles. A single Missile Expansion can be found in a Morph Ball tunnel in the Command Center, thus making the number of Missiles Samus has to be thirty five.
- The tagline in the start-up screen of the Nintendo GameCube is "From Prime to Echoes, watch the Metroid universe evolve!"
- Luminoth Webbing is named as such in this demo.
- What would normally be scanned as a Webling is instead described by the "Dark Webbing" they create in this demo.
- Splinters and their cocoons are found in the Agon Wastes.
- In Command Center Access, a Light barrier is present, and can be dematerialized with the Dark Beam. A dark variant invulnerable to all weapons is also present in the room, but neither of these are seen in the final game, as Samus does not have the Dark or Light Beams at the time she explores the room.
- M-Dhe's body is strangely not present in the game even though the Landing Site is.
- The Record of Samus theme is more uplifting in this demo.[1]
See alsoEdit
- List of Rooms in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc
- List of creatures in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc


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Blantyre — When they decided to pull out in 1997, Stagecoach had left the country's public transport company with a fleet of about 50 buses on their last wheels and most of these were not able to complete a trip. In a historic turn of events, Stagecoach had given back the company to the people of Malawi at a nominal cost of K1 at a farewell party at Blantyre Sports Club.
The then Managing Director, in almost tears, told the gathering at that function "the deregulation of passenger transport had killed the once giant passenger transport company."
The Government of Malawi had no option but to close the company, commencing with a massive retrenchment in 1998/99 and further retrenchments were halted due to limited financial capacity to pay off retrenchment package.
In December 2000, Admarc Holdings Company seconded Humphrey Mvula as an undertaker to see through the process of the sale of the company and ultimate liquidation because at that time, the transport specialist hired by the company had recommended closure as the only way out.
Whilst the shareholders were struggling with the identification of the retrenchment package, the new management decided to give the company a trial. This resulted in the turn around of the company from MK87 million loss registered in 2000/2001 financial year to a profit of MK36 million in 2002/2003 and then MK117 million 2003/2004 financial year.
Mvula had his contract terminated a couple of weeks ago following allegations of corruption and fraud. Since his departure at Shire Bus Lines, there has been much speculation regarding Mvula's tenure at the company.
The most recent was published in the Malawi News of October 16-22, 2004, entitled 'Another Probe On Mvula.' In the article, it is alleged that "Mvula faces new counts involving the purchase and ownership of the company's new fleet of buses, the luxurious Paradiso and Sacramento coaches" and that the buses were bought "exorbitantly", suggesting fraud in the purchase and dubious ownership.
In an interview with UDF News Mvula dismisses the allegations as not true.
"The bid to purchase buses is something that started way back in 1999 and this crusade climaxed in 2000 when the Government of Malawi through the cabinet committee on economy and Admarc agreed to assist Shire Bus Lines in three ways," Mvula explained.
He said that first, they decided to assist the bus company to act as guarantors in the purchase of buses to the maximum of US$6 million. Government was going to guarantee Admarc to help Shire Bus Lines identify buses that it could purchase.
Secondly, he said the agreement also provided that the buses and accompanying spare parts package should be imported duty free.
"These decisions were made because at the time when Stagecoach dis-invested from Malawi, it had stopped the fleet replacement programme leaving behind buses that had an average age of ten to fifteen years. This fleet replacement programme had stopped long time ago, seven years before 1997 when Stagecoach pulled out," Mvula recalled.
"In a viable bus operation, the useful life of any bus ends at about five to seven years maximum and at that stage the drive train will have gone through the first and second overhaul. The bus becomes very expensive and unreliable to operate beyond that age, especially when you look at our roads and the distances that these buses cover," Mvula said.
"Four white managing directors had come and gone." Mvula said. "Some stayed for very few days. One stayed for only two months and said 'look this company is beyond salvation.' And technically when I came in on secondment from Admarc Investments, I was meant to be an undertaker, somebody who was going to see through the sale of the company," he emphasised.
The former CEO said that the company had actually started reducing staff, under a retrenchment programme. He, however, could not continue with the retrenchment programme because there was no money to pay the terminal benefits of retrenched employees.
"So we lived on. We crawled on hoping that maybe we shall have money tomorrow, and the issue of getting new buses became more of a nightmare than a real business thought. I changed orientation, the mindset of the people. I said, look guys, we can still make money with these old buses, because even in the UK, some buses are 15 or so years, we just have to improve and get these buses going," recalled Mvula.
He said that at that particular time they had been to "every bank in Malawi and to every bank in this part of Africa."
"I went with my directors, not alone, and with Ministry of Finance officials, looking for money; ABSA, Standard Bank, any bank that you can talk about in this part of the world. But the company was just not credit-worthy. The company was as good as bankrupt and no-one was prepared to risk his or her money into this company," he said, adding that Shire also looked for technical partners all over to add value to the venture.
"We said what are going to do; we have to live on. Look, we have so many people most of whom have worked only for Shire Bus Lines. Their skills are only towards a passenger transport company, they cannot be re-trained. The company is one of those with the highest number of drivers, over 500 PSV drivers. If they lost jobs today where would they go? The company has over 700 qualified mechanics and assistants; all these are specialized in buses, where would they go? We have 500 plus conductors. These have only been trained in issuing tickets and managing passenger transport, where would they go? Basically, it's a specialized industry and that even the person who is in support service, the expertise is only towards a bus.
Mvula recalls that he took this as a challenge, and that with the support of the board, he was poised to still look around for support. He said that luckily, in due course the company received about eight bids from Globex Trading Corporation, Colbot Investments, Daimler Chrysler, Volvo South Africa, ERF UK, Scania South Africa and Europe, PEW Limited and TEM.
After a critical analysis through the board and corporate officers, Scania was chosen as the best. Scania offered a better package because they also provided spare parts back-up, training package for staff besides the finance package.
"They were prepared to invest into the company via retooling the workshop. In terms of price, they also offered better price of the product, because the price of the product is not what you finally pay, but it's what goes with that package too especially the after-sale technical and spare parts support, " he said.
Mvula recalled that they worked very hard internally as a company until they made adequate money in form of reserves to pay for the shortfall.
He said they later talked to the Leasing and Finance Company of Malawi (LFC) who agreed to support the bus budget project. Shire paid half down to LFC and they provided the additional loan, which, according to the former CEO, the company is still paying for two coaches. Then they went to INDEbank and they did the same.
Mvula said as for the Sacramentos, it was an arrangement backed by the company's track record, because LFC and INDEbank had seen the company do well and decided to give the company some buses on short-term open account.
"No guarantees, because they trusted me as a person, the directors and my colleagues you can ask them," he said, adding that the buses were given to him specifically on trust "because I had demonstrated good performance."
"They were aware that I pulled a company from continuous losses of over MK80 million per year to the first profit of MK36 million, then to MK117 million and the time I was leaving I had already clocked up to about to K40 million in profit. I mean, I didn't buy any new buses, I only rehabilitated the same old buses.
"I think it is an insult to professionalism and a demonstration of the highest level of ignorance in corporate issues to suggest that a person can run his or her personal buses along side the company fleet. How would somebody bring in those buses into Shire Bus Lines? Suppose this manager a Mr. Mvula is so corrupt, or is so bad, how would he bring those buses in a company that employs up to 2,000 people? How does one recover his dues? Companies do not operate like that," said Mvula.
He said that there must be a serious lack of appreciation on how assets move in and out of a company. "You cannot even just buy or dispose of an asset, even a damaged cell-phone, you cannot dispose of it, without a board approval," Mvula, who is also UDF publicity secretary and deputy research director, said.
He said that the hate-campaign should not reach a point where people lose sight of how business operates and the good things that people have done.
"So those buses do not belong to any single individual and they have never belonged to anyone. Look, they can check with anybody in that system and we should thank Leasing and Finance Company and INDEbank for the support, and also our own foresight for identifying the shortfall. As for the Sacramentos, they are on my courtesy because they are on an open account with Scania," he emphasized.
Then the former CEO said that to talk of those buses, as second hand is an insult to technology. Mvula said that Paradiso 1200 are the latest generation of buses.
"Even if you go to South Africa, you will not find them," he said, adding that his management, with board's approval decided to purchase those buses for two basic reasons.
Mvula said since this type of buses are not replaced so often, and that as a growing bus company in this part of Africa, they did not want to be left behind in terms of technology.
"They are the newest buses. We were buying them because we wanted to be a SADC player, we wanted to compete with South Africa, and we wanted to compete with everybody. We had the South African market as a target. We needed a good product that can go into South African market and compete with buses in South Africa. It was not just aimed for Malawi. If it was just Malawi, Sacramento would have done the trick, but we said we wanted a bus that will go to Zambia, to South Africa and compete at that international level without any problems and that was the whole idea," explained Mvula.
Mvula then advised journalists in country to approach issues with maturity and should cross-check on facts, saying this particular issue is a sensitive one because it talks about the only national passenger transport company.
"We should be patriotic. We should investigate thoroughly. The industry is very sensitive and it is so easy to lose goodwill from the people. Some of us have worked so hard to see it take off. That company was destined for closure and I was posted to that company as an undertaker. Since the company has turned around, I want all of us to give it goodwill, and every Malawian should give it support.
"Mvula there or not there, my request to every Malawian is we should give it goodwill. It will only have goodwill if people do not give the company undue and unnecessary negative publicity," he said.
"Some of us have worked very hard for the company to move to where to it is today. Look, we don't regret being out of that company, I was an employee, and not a director nor a shareholder. I am not even aspiring for one moment that I should possibly go back, never. But we would like to see that company continue growing beyond what it is today because that's the only company in Malawi that has resurrected from the dead, like it or hate it," Mvula said.
He finally said that history that he did a wonderful job at Shre Bus Lines should not be erased just because of the on-going corruption charges.


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