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The 2015 Rugby World Cup is almost here, and rugby betting fans are looking forward to six weeks of hard-hitting action. There's no shortage of possible bets with so many intriguing games on the horizon, but where is the 'smart money' going? Read on for a tournament preview and some top tips.
New Zealand are, unsurprisingly, hot favourites to lift the trophy once again. The reigning world champions always shoulder weighty expectations, and this year is no exception: the All Blacks are attracting odds of 13/10 at Coral Sports.
With top players like Richie McCaw and Ma'a Nonu at the ready, it's easy to see why everyone expects the Kiwis to perform. It's worth noting, however, that the team couldn't be further from home and that the tournament's Northern Hemisphere location may not be to New Zealand's liking. History isn't on their side either – no team has ever claimed back-to-back Rugby World Cup titles.
If New Zealand struggle to live up to the hype, England might well be the team to capitalise. Stuart Lancaster's team are attracting odds of 9/2 with William Hill Sports, and are already second-favourites to win the trophy. The team played well in their last warm-up game against Ireland, and will hope to re-create their 2003 championship-winning form when they take on Fiji at Twickenham on September 18th.
New Zealand and England are not the only teams with world titles to their name. South Africa, the 1995 and 2007 World Cup champions, are currently third-favourites with odds of 6/1 at Betfred Sports. The Springboks have struggled to hit top form during the build-up to the tournament, and have been receiving some harsh criticism from the media at home. In spite of this bad press, however, it is possible that South Africa's experience of high level competition will allow them to deal with the pressure and push on to a third World Cup victory.
Experts also think that Australia, who won the tournament twice in the 90s, could excel on rugby's biggest stage once more. Though it'll be hard to beat New Zealand, the Wallabies' chances are vastly improved by the presence of star fullback Israel Folau. Back them at Ladbrokes Sports with odds of 7/1.
Punters looking for a good outside bet may be interested in France. The French seem to have been largely overlooked in the pre-tournament chatter, possibly due to their poor showing in this year's Six Nations. While it is true that 2015 has not been a great year for the side, seasoned rugby historians will remember that France has not failed to reach the last four of a World Cup since 1991. They even made it to the final last time around, so it's worth taking a close look at William Hill Sports' odds of 7/1 for France to be finalists again. William Hill Sports also have Philippe Saint-Andre's team at an appealing 14/1 to go one better and win the tournament.
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As the Lady Éowyn learned to abandon pride and instead follow her love, Faramir, she became used to build and nurture instead of destroy. Here I devote myself to all that grows us in strength, joy, clear thinking and godliness.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
40 Weeks! (tomorrow)
So the results? I've lost all the weight I gained last week, which means my midwife was right in thinking most of it was water retention. I think not being on my feet teaching has had a lot to do with it, as well as our cooling temps here. Belly is still the same size, with the little Miss' heartrate strong & steady. She is definitely getting more cramped in there, and I can feel EVERY jab and poke whenever she so much as wriggles a finger. I don't mind, though-- it assures me she's ok. Her head is firmly lodged in my pelvis-- station -1 almost 0 for those of you who know/care what that means. =D It means she's really low. I'm 80% effaced, 2-3 cm dialated... which at least did tell me that all those nights & days of contractions (the past 3 have been especially fierce) have been doing their work.
I'm praying she comes today, I won't deny it. =D I want to meet her and hold her and kiss her and hear her crying. It wouldn't be so hard to stay this big & pregnant if it weren't for the rough nights. Every night contractions start just as I try to sleep, and I'm up about every hour. I figured out that if I sit up in our glider for a while, though, and breathe really deeply, they tend to stop and then I'm exausted enough to sleep (usually this happens around 4 am). So I'm doing ok energy-wise during the days, so long as I rest in the afternoons. Now that my mom is here, I expect it will be easier to do that, since she's always so eager to do chores for me. =D
All righty, that's it! We're basically ready & waiting for her to appear! Feel free to pray she'll come today or tomorrow!
6 comments:
- Rebecca Elves said...
I am so excited for you! I'll be praying for you and hopefully Eowyn will be here soon.
- Amy Donell Molina said...
yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i´m waiting for news! who'll be updating us????
- Sharon / Markus said...
Waiting for your first one is so special. I'm checking every day to see when little Eowyne arrives. - SRJ
- Ashley said...
Wow! You're going to have a BABY! I think that just sunk in. :o) Hope these next days go by quickly!
Ashley - 5:52 PM
- Eowyn's Heir said...
Thank you all so much!! Of course, Techie Daddy Extraordinaire will be keeping everyone updated on the blow-by-blow... probably both via Twitter & our blogs... lol
Ashley, I am totally with you on the shock-settling-in-factor. Ryan & I look at each other about once a day, and are just like "oh wow. Are we really ready for this?" - 11:31 AM
- theprestons said...
We are so excited for you and Ryan. I pray she comes quickly. We will be checking your blog for updates.
I am still waiting for baby Scarlett to arrive...today is 11 days over. :-)
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Today, April 27, 2013, at 4pm, is the start of the 12 hour music festival here in the country - the CloseUp Philippines Presents Summer Solstice 2013 will end tomorrow at 4am featuring local and international artist, the roster for local artist features - Sandwich, Sponge Cola and Urbandub, and then the international roster of artist features Afrojack, Alex Gaubino, Cedric Gervais, DEV, COBRA STARSHIP (DJ set) !!, Apster and Jump Smokers.
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Lord Geoffrey Wellington travels from Strasburg, Virginia to Philadephia, Pennsylvania to meet the young lady that was his father's dying wish. He is warned that she has a temper that matches her flaming red hair and will need to be tamed. The courtship and marriage are quick, but both feel an attraction. Geoffrey lays out his expectations and consequences for poor or misbehavior.
The plot of the story is full of mystery, suspense, assault by highwaymen, kidnapping, and adventure. Geoffrey is extremely protective of her and does not want to let her out of his sight, or even to walk on her own with all the dangers she has incurred. The staff and townspeople fall in love with the feisty Lady Wellington, but her husband isn't impressed with some of her antics and takes her in hand.
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James Mallord William Turner (1775- 1851) was both the most admired and the most derided painter of his time.
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He was always secretive and kept a mistress about whom little is known.
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so I am currently in WDW at a deluxe hotel. we checked in this morning, and after returning to our room this afternoon i discovered a HUGE roach (about 3 inches long) in the shower. I called housekeeping because i didn't know what to do with. I was grossed out, but now that it's nighttime it's bothering me more! Is it likely there are more in the plumbing somewhere?! Would anyone have asked for compensation of some sort? I understand it's Florida, but talk about ruining night 1 in a $400 room!!
It's Florida, those things are everywhere, it's really to their credit that you don't see more of them, I went to a University in the South and our dormitory had them everywhere...was not unusual to see five in a day in your room! We learned how to 'dispose' of them rather quickly without flinching... I would not ask for a discount, BUT if I saw a second one in my bathroom, I think a call to the manager would be in order, he needs to know if it's a problem or a fluke straggler that came in with the vacuum cleaner when they cleaned your room...
Ah yes, i figured they're prob no big deal to people who live down here. In Ohio our biggest bug is a thousand.legger, so i had no idea what to do with such a huge roach! I'm REALLY hoping there will be no more here. Still creeped out by the size though and all our luggage and bags are zipped shut!
**ugh** that just gives me the heebie-jeebies!!! Hoping that it is an isolated incident and no more appear!!!!!
Did Mousekeeping come and dispose of it or is it still there??? And if they did come, what did they say?? I honestly don't care what they call those things down there, Palmetto Bug, or whatever...it's a roach!!! I saw several while down there last week...all outside, thanks goodness and not in our rooms. Those suckers fly and I could easily see how they could land on someone and be transported into a room. It's highly likely that it's that type of fluke versus an infestation, but still, I would let mgmt know just in case. I wouldn't ask for compensation, but I would feel better if someone "checked" into it.
Walk down to the front desk, get a manager. Have them come to your room and see it. Except that it's gone. But the thing is, a *call* isn't going to cut it. When you call the "front desk" you get a call center that isn't even necessarily in Florida. Go to the front desk and talk to a manager. There was a recent post by someone who lives in Florida and knows his Floridian bugs, who said there was a roach (NOT palmetto bug) infestation in his room at a moderate. He made sure they knew about it.
Yep. One or two of these big ones in not that big of a problem. It's when you have 3 zillion of the little ones you need to be worried.
A friend & I were at BWV in a studio and we were out on the balcony watching the fireworks. I looked back into the room and there was one crawling across the rug. My guess is it flew in the open balcony door. We chased it around, my friend finally got it with her shoe. We didn't see another one.
That is sooo disturbing! It was my understanding, if you see one cockroach that means there are many more. I agree with the OP. I would also have trouble sleeping after that. I would think of the ER reality show I watched that had a patient, who came in with ear pain; and, it turned out to be a cockroach in their ear. I think for $400 a night I would ask for a different room, even if that is an extreme request. I would never be able to sleep after that.
That is why I said it was a Palmetto bug. They do not infest/swarm/whatever like German roaches. It is unlikely there would be more than one in a room. It's not worthy of compensation - as Deb said, they get in by flying in an open door generally, it's not an indication of poor cleaning or maintenance or anything. One joined us at our dinner table on the first night in our new home in Florida. I chased it outside. They're big and ugly though, definitely. Remind me more of a cicada.
Yup had one in our bathroom in the Hyatt at MCO before our cruise last April-just flushed him-didn't see another.Yuck!!!!!!! Linda
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????? OMG I shouldnt have opened this thread. Im sooooooooo grossed out right now.
Hubby is an ER doc, as much as it grosses us out he says it's a lot more common than you would think.
No guarantee there wouldn't be one in the next room. Yes, it is Florida. The ONLY way to make sure you don't have ANY creepy crawlies in ANY hotel room is to not vacation in Florida. And 'm sure, yes, it's probably true, you have bugs in your house. You might not see them but they are there. Sorry to all the roach haters out there but what did the roach do? Did it attack you and bite you? It's just a bug. We would have gotten a cup, trapped the poor thing and released it outside.
As a pp said tree roaches (as tx calls them) are big and dark brown. They are gross but everywhere no matter how clean the area is. They just sneak in. German roaches (little lighter brown ones) are the ones that if you see one there's a thousand more hiding in the walls. German roaches are the result of a dirty environment. Tree roaches are the result of trees and humidity :/
After living down south I was convinced Palmetto Bug was just the nice southern way of saying BIG HONKING ROACH They are gross, but nothing like the german variety.


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USA | 2005 | 30 | Comedy . Animation |
Steve signs Stan up for a father-son bike tournament, but the plan veers off-track when Stan admits that his father never taught him how to ride a bike. Determined to make things better, Steve helps reconcile Stan with his convict father. Meanwhile, Hayley needs internship credit for school, so Roger hires her to bartend at his makeshift bar in the attic. |
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Mostly a hoot. [4 Feb 2005]
Kansas City Star Full ReviewThe scattershot humor ranges from perceptive to sophomoric to blah. [6 Feb 2005]
Orlando Sentinel Full ReviewFeels forced.... What "American Dad" really resembles most is the less-funny outtakes from "Family Guy," done in a way that doesn't even pretend to be original. [4 Feb 2005]
San Francisco Chronicle Full ReviewIf you like Family Guy, you'll probably like American Dad. The problem is, if you've seen Family Guy, you've already seen American Dad. [4 Feb 2005]
USA Today Full ReviewIn its early episodes, "American Dad" not only follows the lead of "Family Guy" but also throws in digs at U.S. political institutions. [1 May 2005]
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times Full Review"Family Guy" fans, prepare to be disappointed: "American Dad" looks a lot like its predecessor, but it lacks the zing and smarts that made "Family Guy" a cult hit. [1 May 2005]
Washington Post Full ReviewAlthough 'Dad' also was created by [Family Guy's Seth] MacFarlane and has even more outlandish characters - a gay alien, a randy German goldfish - it feels like the more conventional (read: less funny) sitcom. [1 May 2005]
Boston Herald Full ReviewIt cribs from Family Guy, which has a similar family makeup, and, as with that series, its laughs are hither and yon. [30 Apr 2005]
Houston Chronicle Full ReviewIt's a bit cruder and ruder [than "Family Guy"], and its family seems unimaginatively similar to Peter Griffith's - except that the dad works for the CIA, and there's a talking alien instead of a talking dog. [28 Apr 2005]
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Newsday Full ReviewAbout as appetizing as fried roadkill. [5 Feb 2005]
New York Post Full ReviewThe only fun is in trying to enumerate how many ways it's offensive. [30 Apr 2005]
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Stopped listening to Savage years ago and have been a Mark Levin fan from the beginning. I love all of his books. I learn from reading and listening to Mark Levin. The rest a just shoveling excrement.
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As much as I respect Michael Savage, I think you are correct, too much time off, to many hours repeated. He's still got some great analysis and I can not begrudge him for taking time off as he has advanced in age and indeed has other interests, I mean my hat is off to him but it's like a part time job with him.
I don't even know if that book, novel he said he was writing ever even came out showing I'm out of the loop myself as well.
We don't listen to choose or rank but all are important.
Savage says what we all are too afraid to say out loud but is still the truth.
Weiner Nation is a pathetic egomaniac. The Great One on the other hand is actually interested in educating the listeners.
I really like Dennis Miller as a person and when he has to state his political opinions especially when he teams up with Bill O'Reilly, I think Dennis is a weekly guest but I really don't appreciate his show that much and I gave it plenty of chances as it is on here at nighttime, I think they bumped Mark's show until after DM's. I wish Mark's show still came on in the early evening. Really like Hugh Hewitt's show and it's usually all politic but is not say, overly critical of some politicians in that regard.
Respectfully and happily I enjoy Mark "The Great One", what he has accomplished, the books he has written (Although I can't afford them, I have heard great things!), the message he offers and his analysis of events. His views have never left me wondering whether they are true or not because they are easily seen and heard in daily news and the truth stands out. Sean introduced me to him and ever since he has been a favorite. He is honest and forthright. I believe his opinions are grounded in faith and truth. He is strong in his word and soft spoken at the same time. I would really miss him if ever the time came. I love the way he sticks to the point... "Get off the phone you big Dummy/Dope..." Thank you Mark! You need a friend, I am here for you. --Willis--
I was just going to Make this thread. I'm glad Levin Or anyone really, finally decided to take Savage on. He's been trashing them for years...
Its actually kind of sad, because they are nearly identical on most issues. Savage should have stopped bashing Hosts a long time ago. Not sure what he's trying to prove.
Mark Levin is simply brilliant -
And humble, he works tirelessly to defend and promote the God given freedoms Americans enjoy.
Savage is intelligent but his show is 'one mans opinion'.
Savage displays his lack of understanding every time he refers to America as a democracy; it is not! America is a representative republic.
Democracy is 'mob-rule' as Harry Reid has made the Senate.
The repuff-ican establishment are schlocks and schmucks -
That's right I said it!"
I was a lifelong ultra liberal from my hippie days and voted for Obama twice, but after laughing and poking fun at Levin and Sean Hannity for years, one day it just sunk in they were right and I was wrong, and shallow. Levin and Sean are two giants, Savage seems all for himself while Levin and Sean are for what's right for the country.
Maybe you missed Savage's 2006 book The Political Zoo where Michael viciously ATTACKS every conservative pundit on the air waves and TV including Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh and I think even Sean Hannity so I do believe there is a basis and reason for the tension towards MS.
I used to listen to Michael Savage for several years, but quit when he went off the deep end. The hatred of other conservative hosts seems to have come about when Savage was banned from Britian, and he seemed to think that all other Conservative Talk Show Hosts should have come to his rescue/support. His rants went beyond sanity, as he had never been a great admirer of them.
I will note that other then Mark, I have never heard any bad things said about Savage by the others, so Michael is in a war by himself.
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Share another experience before you go.Depending on what you get it can be expensive. The pastry is decent, I usually get a doughnut or a sandwich combo, which can be good for the price.
So many choices, and very reasonable. Makes fresh every day. Sandwiches are great, Coffe is good, pastries art great!
This place the best Majorca sandwich and the desserts are out of this world. Every time I come to Puerto Rico I have to stop here and buy at least a1/2 dozen brazo gitanos to take back home.
Wonderful selection of pastries, breads, cakes, as well as lunch/dinner dishes. Casual, comfortable, affordable, and excellent!
Was brought here by family but had already read about this restaurant chain thru TripAdvisor. We were very pleased to have come. We enjoyed a birthday cake that was special ordered and made entirely with Splenda instead of sugar. It was absolutely the hit of the party. No one could guess that it wasn't a sugar cake. It was truly... More
We recently spent a couple days in Mayaguez and visited the Ricomini Bakery twice while we were there. There is a huge selection of delectable baked goods and desserts (we tried to fantastic coconut pudding) - super yummy! Additionally, the other offerings include a hot buffet and sandwiches which are ordered at the counter. In our case we chose to... More
Ok, so I'm not sure what to try...sooooo, I'll just try a little of everything. The guava donut was overload....chocolate cake, was delicious and to finish off my sugar nirvana a coconut bar with just the right amount of sweetness. Two bottles of water to wash it all down. The coffee looks amazing. I'll be back tomorrow.
Lunch was delicious. The mallorcas are the best I have ever tried. They have a great variety if sweets. The brazo gitano is very good too.
This is a great bakery, have sandwiches, breakfast, candy, all kind of postres, and the best is brazo gitano de Ricomeri. If you go to mayaguez and forget to pass to Ricomeri Bakery, then you don't visit Mayagüez.
It is a big bakery that also serves lunch and other light food. Has good coffee and sandwiches affordable. The place is famous for the sweet bread called mallorca, that I preferred toast with butter and coffee or hot chocolate
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Named in honour of the composer of Derby anthem My Old Kentucky Home, this $400,000 event is one of the jewels of America's 'handicap' division.
Wise Dan comes in off a blistering performance in Grade 3 company on the Keeneland Polytrack, having broken the track record with a ten-length victory on April 22.
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Nate's Mineshaft, who slammed Mission Impazible earlier this year at Fair Grounds, is a front-runner whose presence could conceivably upset Wise Dan, leaving the race open to more of a closing type like Alternation or Ron The Greek.
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Caelis (Peter Miller/Kevin Krigger), who used to be trained by Ralph Beckett, was third behind likely favourite Include'Me Out (Ron Ellis/Joe Talamo) and Ellafitz (Bob Baffert/Rafael Bejarano) on her most recent start in a Grade 2 here a month ago.
Colonial Downs: Colonial Turf Cup (Grade 2) 1m1½f, turf, 3yo+ (1.36am Sun BST)
The former Luca Cumani-trained Forte Dei Marmi (Roger Attfield/Rajiv Maragh) breaks from the inner in a 12-runner field for this $500,000 contest, one of the most prestigious turf races of the year.
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Imam Khomeini International University
دانشگاه بین المللی امام خمینی Dāneshgāh-e Beynolmelali emām khomeini |
Imam Khomeini International University
Motto | شکوفایی علمی، بیداری اسلامی |
Motto in English
Scientific development, Islamic awakening |
Type | Public |
Established | 1991[1] |
Chancellor | Abolhassan Naeini[2] |
Administrative staff
301 |
Students | 8,800[3] |
Undergraduates | 5,489 |
Postgraduates | 1,281 |
Location | Qazvin, Iran 36°32′N 50°00′E / 36.533°N 50.000°ECoordinates: 36°32′N 50°00′E / 36.533°N 50.000°E |
Affiliations | IAU FUIW ACSSU |
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Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) is a university in Iran that was founded after the Islamic Revolution. The bill of IKIU's constitution was ratified by the Iranian Parliament in January 1984. Constituent organs of IKIU include Board of trustees, president, and council. Deputies for Education, Research, and Students and Culture are some of the other departments. In addition, there is a Science and Technology Park, and central library with more than 100000 books and magazines.
IKIU has formed the Brilliant-Talent students' office to recognize top students and to support and guide the students, providing educational and welfare facilities. It has seven faculties. The Persian Language Teaching Center has hosted students from more than 96 countries, enjoying language labs, library, and computer site.
The university was established in 1991 to further culture, civilization, and thought of Muslim world. As an educational, research, and cultural institution under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, IKIU has the following aims:
- Furthering and promoting Islamic culture in the Muslim world
- Propagating Islamic culture and thought and science and technology on an international scale
- Introducing grand figures of the Muslim world with the purpose of consolidating Islamic culture
- Taking advantage of innovations and developments in science and technology to the benefit of Iran and other Islamic countries
- Training committed specialists with the purpose of making Islamic countries scientifically and culturally self-reliant
- Contributing toward the development of higher education in Iran[4]
The university offers 30 undergraduate courses and 13 master courses with a faculty of 183 staff teachers. There are 5489 undergraduates and 1281 graduate students. According to Four-Year Development Plan, five undergraduate courses, 17 master courses, and five PhD courses will be added to the programs of study.
The university admits international students. A total of 200 to 250 international students are admitted into the Center for Teaching Persian to non-natives each year.
Since not all of the academic levels and programs of study required by such students are available in IKIU and because the number of international applicants is on the rise, some international students will be referred to other leading universities in the country to continue their studies after they complete Persian language and pre-university courses.
500 international students from 55 countries are doing their 22 undergraduate and graduate courses at IKIU. Country-wide, around 5000 such students are doing humanities, engineering, science, and medicine.
The main campus of Imam Khomeini International University is in Qazvin, Iran. There is a Science and Technology Park near the main campus.[5] A residential complex is near the main campus.
Main Campus[edit]
- Faculty of Science (Page)
- Faculty of Engineering and Technology (Page)
- Faculty of Literature and Humanity Sciences (Page)
- Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Researches (Page)
- Faculty of Social Sciences (Page)
- Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development (Page)
- Faculty of Futures Studies
- Central Library
- Central Hall
- Professional laboratories
- Restaurant
- Mosque
- Sports hall
Residential complex[edit]
- Persian Language Center (Page)
- Dormitories
- Sports hall
- Soccer field
Faculty and alumni[edit]
Chancellor | Tenure | Alma mater | Speciality |
Dr. Mohammad Marouf Mashat | 1980–1987 | University of Oklahoma* University of Leicester |
Nuclear Engineering* Solid-state Physics |
Dr. Mahmoud Boroujerdi | 1987-1988 | - | - |
Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi | 1988–1989 | MIT | Nuclear Engineering |
Dr. Gholamreza Shirazian | 1989–1992 | University of Florida | Civil Engineering |
Dr. Mohammad Taqikhani | 1992–1994 | - | Biochemistry |
Prof. Saeed Sohrabpour | 1994–1996 | UC Berkeley | Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Rasoul Kazempour | 1996–1997 | - | Chemistry |
Dr. Ali Asghar Varsei | 1997–2001 | Manchester University | Mathematics |
Dr. Mohsen Beheshti Seresht | 2001–2004 | - | History |
Dr. Abolhassan Naeini | 2004–2006 | Iran University of Science and Technology | Civil Engineering |
Dr. Hassan Ghafouri Fard | 2006–2009 | University of Kansas | Nuclear Physics |
Dr. Abdolali Alebooye Langroodi | 2009–2014 | University of Tehran | Arabic Literature |
Dr. Abolhassan Naeini | 2014–present | Iran University of Science and Technology | Civil Engineering |
*Unfinished because of Islamic Revolution
Notable faculty[edit]
- Abdolkarim Soroush, as professor of Islamic Philosophy, before leaving the country
- Abolhassan Naeini, associated professor of Civil engineering
- Saeid Abbasbandy, professor of mathematics
- Ali Abkar, professor of mathematics and head of sciences faculty
- Abdolrahman Razani, Professor of Mathematics
- Hassan Esmati, teacher of theology and former Iran's cultural attaché in Tunisia
- Alireza Shokouhi, Iranian prominent hydrologist
- Hossein Abadian, professor of Iran's contemporary history
Notable alumni[edit]
- Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, Afghan philosopher
- Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist
- Maryam Shafipour, student activist
See also[edit]
- List of Iranian Research Centers
- List of colleges and universities
- Higher education in Iran
- Academy of Gundishapur
- List of Iranian scientists from the pre-modern era.
- Modern Iranian scientists and engineers
- Education in Iran
- National Library of Iran
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AFTER federal agents raided 60 Wal-Mart stores in October and found more than 200 illegal immigrants in the cleaning crews, the world's largest retailer was quick to defend itself from this enormous embarrassment. Wal-Mart's officers said they had no idea those workers were illegal, insisting they knew next to nothing about the workers from Mexico, Mongolia, Russia and elsewhere because they were employed by contractors. Nor did Wal-Mart know, its spokesmen said, that the contractors were cutting corners by not paying overtime or Social Security taxes or by flouting other labor laws, as the investigators claimed.
Like Wal-Mart, thousands of American enterprises rely on labor contractors to help hold down costs, and those industries -- from New York apparel makers to California's vegetable growers -- have given similar ''I had no idea'' responses when their contractors have been accused of cutting corners.
But American companies are facing increasing legal challenges to hold them accountable for their contractors' practices.
Just this month, New York State settled with a supermarket chain to redress minimum-wage law violations involving a contractor's deliverymen; a lawsuit in California against three grocery chains over the treatment of late-night janitors survived a challenge; and a union sued a contractor used by United Parcel Service, accusing it of breaking numerous laws in its treatment of immigrant janitors.
Continue reading the main storyCritics of business-contractor ties insist that companies know exactly what they are getting when they hire outsiders to supply them with labor.
''They're doing it for the same reason they've always done it, to save money,'' said Della Bahan, a lawyer who helped bring the suit against the California supermarket chains on behalf of hundreds of janitors from Mexico. ''These companies are pretending they're not the employer. The contractor is willing to work people seven days a week, not pay payroll taxes, not pay workers-comp taxes. The companies don't want to do that themselves, but they're willing to look the other way when their contractors do it.''
Contracting out is steadily increasing, business experts say. Some supermarkets turn to outside contractors to help deliver groceries and run cash registers, as well as to clean floors. Many hotels use them to handle laundry, catering and housekeeping. Real estate companies rely on contractors for cleaning and security, while the forestry industry uses them to plant seedlings.
Historians say labor contractors were first used in Philadelphia in the 19th century when builders needed more workers and turned to some enterprising Italian-Americans who knew where to find newly arrived countrymen. Those contractors, like the Mexican immigrants of today who are farm labor contractors in California and Florida, also used their language skills to manage their work crews. In the late 19th century, garment manufacturers often turned to smaller jobbers to help with production. The contractors often submitted low bids and then violated wage and other laws to squeeze costs, helping to create sweatshops.
Today, using contractors makes sense, business strategists say, because it allows managers to concentrate on doing what they do best, instead of worrying about cleaning bathrooms. Companies frequently save money by using contractors, who often do not provide fringe benefits, like health insurance and pensions, that companies usually offer direct hires. And labor has difficulty unionizing contractors' employees because many are temporary hires, and legal disputes often develop over who their employer is.
Probably the loudest complaints involve farm labor contractors, who are being used increasingly as illegal immigration has soared. Often, they provide dilapidated housing, do not pay overtime and make migrant workers pay for their tools and rides to work. Over the past three years, five contractors in Florida have been convicted of enslaving farm workers.
Phillip Martin, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of California at Davis, said using contractors gives employers the ability to deny knowledge that people working for them were illegal immigrants or were not paid overtime. ''Increasingly the purpose of contractors is to be risk absorbers,'' he said.
But Jasper Hempel, executive vice president of the Western Growers Association, a group of 3,000 fruit and vegetable growers, said contractors were good for growers and workers alike. ''A cherry crop is grown and harvested in a month's time, and artichokes and asparagus are grown in a very short period,'' he said. ''There's no way a farmer of these crops can have a full-year work force. Farm labor contractors can provide farmers with workers for two weeks or two months, and by moving workers from farmer to farmer, these labor contractors can give workers fairly stable, year-round work.''
Still, problems are reported in many sectors. Some contractors trick immigrant workers into believing they are not covered by minimum-wage laws, telling these workers that they are independent contractors, not regular employees. A contractor working for a Manhattan grocery chain was accused of using this rationale to try to justify paying just $2 an hour to African immigrants who delivered groceries. The federal minimum is $5.15. Two weeks ago, the state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, announced a $3.2 million settlement in which the chain, Gristede's, agreed to compensate the deliverymen for the contractor's minimum-wage and overtime violations. Gristede's had maintained it was not the employer and was thus not responsible for the violations.
There is a growing effort to make companies responsible when their contractors skirt the law. A California law now makes apparel companies that use contractors joint employers. In Florida, farm worker advocates recently sought a law to make orange and tomato growers liable whenever labor contractors violated minimum-wage laws, but the growers blocked it.
''A lot of these abuses are not going to happen if employers know that they're the people ultimately responsible,'' said Rob Williams, director of the Migrant Farm Workers Justice Project for Florida Legal Services.
But Ralph DeLeon, a labor contractor who employs 450 citrus and avocado workers in California and Arizona, asserted that only a small fraction of contractors break the law.
''Unfortunately,'' he said, ''the good labor contractor who complies with the law, you're never going to hear about.''
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Native name | Peter John Cochrane |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria |
15 April 1950
Awards | Fellowship of Australian Writers Award for Non-Fiction (1992) Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History (2007) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2013) |
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Alma mater | La Trobe University (BA [Hons]) University of Adelaide (PhD) |
Thesis title | Industrialisation and Dependence: Australia, 1919–1939 |
Thesis year | 1977 |
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Institutions | University of Sydney (1982–96) University of Adelaide (1979–80) |
Main interests | Australian history |
Notable works | Simpson and the Donkey (1992) Colonial Ambition (2007) |
Peter John Cochrane FAHA (born 15 April 1950) is an Australian historian and writer. In 2007, his book Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy shared the inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History with Les Carlyon's The Great War.[1]
Early life and career[edit]
Cochrane was born in Melbourne in 1950. He completed an honours degree at La Trobe University in 1974 and a doctorate at the University of Adelaide in 1978. After working for a couple of years in the Parliamentary Library of South Australia and as a tutor at the University of Adelaide, he published his first book Industrialisation and Dependence: Australia's Road to Economic Development, 1870–1939 in 1980.[2]
Cochrane worked as a Lecturer in History at the University of Sydney between 1982 and 1996. He published Simpson and the Donkey: The Making of a Legend, which won a Fellowship of Australian Writers Award for Non-Fiction.[3] Tom Curran criticised Cochrane's version of the story of John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey in a 1996 article in Quadrant.[4]
Later works[edit]
Cochrane published two books in 2001, a history of the National Library of Australia and Australians at War a companion book to an Australian Broadcasting Corporation series of the same name.[5]
In 2004, Cochrane published a collection of photos from the First World War called The Great War: 1916–1918.[6] He published a book of photographs from the 1941 Siege of Tobruk in 2005.[7]
Cochrane published Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy, which told the story of the introduction of responsible government to New South Wales. It was funded by the New South Wales Government to mark the 150th anniversary of that event.[8]Colonial Ambition shared the inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for History with Les Carlyon's The Great War.[9]
- ^ The Australian, "Two books share PM's history prize", 20 June 2007
- ^ National Library of Australia "Papers of Peter Cochrane"
- ^ National Library of Australia "Papers of Peter Cochrane"
- ^ Tom Curran Quadrant November 1996, Vol. 40 Issue 11, p22, 3p
- ^ Peter Stanley "A Narrow, Neo-parochial History" Australian Historical Studies April 2003 Volume 34, Issue 121-page 163
- ^ ABC Landline "The Western Front 1916–1918" 27 June 2004
- ^ ABC Shop
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy 15 December 2006
- ^ The Australian, "Two books share PM's history prize", 20 June 2007


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My trip to Guilin I like the green mountain and clear river all the time. This summer my dream finally come true. My father and my mother take me to the famous city, Guilin. There are lots of trees, and I could see the clear river everywhere. I like the people in Guilin. They are so kind, so nice, and they could cook delicious food, like rice thread. My family take a lot of pictures in there. The trip is very unforgeteble.
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The Corporate Bond Market Chair: Julian Parker, Chartered FCSI, President, CISI Guernsey Branch Speaker: Kevin Telfer, Fixed Income Product Specialist, Kames Capital 16 January 2013 Follow us @cisi Tweet about this event #cisicpd
Fixed income update January 2013 Kevin Telfer – Fixed Income Product Specialist
Kevin is a fixed income product specialist and is responsible for liaising with clients, consultants and financial advisers. He joined us in 2006 from Aon Consulting where he was an investment consultant, and has 16 years' industry experience. Kevin studied Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics at Heriot Watt University name and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Richard McGrail – Business Development Manager Richard joined Kames Capital in 2007 as a Business Development Manager for the North of England, Scotland and Ireland. His role encompasses developing relationships with Wealth Managers and key regional IFA clients. Prior to this, Richard spent three years with Aviva successfully developing key business relationships with national and regional clients. Richard has over 13 years experience in the financial services industry and is AFPC qualified. 3
Specialist investment management business 271 employees, including 85 investment professionals in Edinburgh, London and the Netherlands Funds under management of £52 billion* Expertise in four principal areas: fixed income, equities, properties and multi-asset Clients in the UK, Europe and Asia Wholly-owned subsidiary of AEGON NV, one of the world's leading financial services businesses Introducing Kames Capital Source: Kames Capital as at 31 December 2012. *As at 30 September 2012 Our investment capabilities Fixed incomeEquities PropertyMulti-asset Our clients Corporate pension funds Public funds Financial institutions Charities/foundations Wealth managers Financial advisers 4
Liquidity – what the fund managers are saying 5 "daily volumes are on a par with where they were in 2007" Richard Woolnough, manager of the £6.5bn M&G Corporate Bond Fund, £5.8bn M&G Strategic Bond Fund & £10.7bn M&G Optimal Income Fund Bond Vigilantes, 4 Dec 2012 "trading in the sterling corporate bond market is more expensive and difficult than before the financial crisis" Ian Spreadbury, manager of the £3.3bn Fidelity Moneybuilder Income Fund Investment Week, 4 Dec 2012 "anybody who says liquidity is not a problem is lying" Richard Hodges, manager of the £1.6bn Legal & General Dynamic Bond Fund Independent on Sunday, 19 Aug 2012 "liquidity in the corporate bond market can be pretty patchy" Paul Reed, manager of the £5.8bn Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Fund Investment Week, 17 Dec 2012
So what does this mean? 1. Corporate pricing can be inconsistent and liquidity is lower 2. Corporate bonds are therefore less suitable to index tracking Equities & bonds – important differences Source: FTSE UK All-share Index market cap from FactSet as at 31 December 2012. iBoxx £ Non-Gilt Index from Barclays as at 31 December 2012 EquitiesBonds Trading mechanismExchangeCounterparty PricingExchange? Market size£1,774 bn£533 bn 6
The challenge of managing corporate bond funds Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Investment Management Association as at January 2012 7 £bn
No longer able to rely on steady supply of new bond issuance 8 Source: Barclays £bn
Best selling funds in the IMA £ Corporate Bond sector Source: Lipper as at 31 July 2012 9 Fund size (£bn) 31 July 201231 July 2007 M&G Corporate Bond6.61.1 Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond5.71.9 M&G Strategic Corporate Bond5.50.9 Scottish Widows Corporate Bond3.52.2 Fidelity Moneybuilder Income3.11.2 Total sector50.325.0
Fund liquidity carefully monitored and tested Illiquid investments at manageable levels Pricing protects investors Derivatives, cash and gilts Managing liquidity in credit funds 10
Liquidity in Kames Capital's credit funds 11 Source: Kames Capital as at 30 June 2012. Figures are unaudited and there is no guarantee that the above figures will remain unchanged in the future. Sterling Corporate Bond (%) Ethical Corporate Bond (%) Investment Grade Bond (%) Strategic Bond (%) High Yield Bond (%) 1 day or less35.731.843.436.020.0 2-7 days29.825.733.743.450.5 8-30 days18.418.713.010.215.2 Over 30 days13.7126.96.36.1990.2 Over 6 months 220.127.116.11.84.1
So what does this mean? 1. Corporate pricing can be inconsistent and liquidity is lower 2. Corporate bonds are therefore less suitable to index tracking Equities & bonds – important differences Source: FTSE UK All-share Index market cap from FactSet as at 31 December 2012. iBoxx £ Non-Gilt Index from Barclays as at 31 December 2012 EquitiesBonds Trading mechanismExchangeCounterparty PricingExchange? Market size£1,774 bn£533 bn 12
Corporate bond pricing differentials Source: Barclays, Markit and Bloomberg as at 31 January 2010 13
Process is independent of fund managers and fully audited Primary sterling corporate bond price provider is iBoxx Supplied prices are monitored for anomalies Formal secondary pricing process when required How we price our corporate bonds 14
Regulators concerned about liquidity 15 ?
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Kames UK OEIC – building blocks or blend? Source: Kames Capital as at 31 August 2012 Strategic Bond Fund 27% Investment Grade Bond Fund High Yield Bond Fund 28% 9% 17
Key personnel for your mandate Source: Kames Capital as at 31 December 2012 Multi award-winning team – Our funds benefit from our award-winning fixed income capability Philip MilburnMelanie MitchellClaire McGuckinColin FinlaysonDavid RobertsEuan McNeilStephen SnowdenIain Buckle 18
Investment grade portfolio – Invests primarily in investment grade and government bonds in any currency – Ability to invest in selected high yield bonds Kames Investment Grade Global Bond Fund Source: Lipper as at 31 December 2012. NAV to NAV, income re-invested. Total return, local currency, A Inc USD class. Launch date 8 November 2007. Past performance is not a guide to the future. 1 year2 years3 years4 years5 years Fund15.23%14.43%23.76%52.50%39.24% Median12.36%14.53%21.13%42.65%33.34% Quartile13222 Outperformance2.87%-0.10%2.63%9.85%5.90% 19
Following a request to provide attendees with an insight into FI Bonds, this presentation has been complied for educational purposes only and does not constitute a financial promotion in terms of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The information in this presentation is based on the opinions of the presenter as at 16 January 2013 and should not be interpreted as advice or recommendations. The information contained in this presentation is derived from proprietary and non-proprietary sources deemed by Kames Capital to be reliable and are not necessarily exhaustive or guaranteed as to accuracy. Reliance upon the information in this presentation is at the sole discretion of the listener. The information contained in this presentation is confidential and has been prepared and is intended for use on a confidential basis at the CISI event Guernsey on 16 January 2013 only. It may not be reproduced, redistributed or passed on to any other persons or published on whole or part for any purpose. Kames Capital Investment Company (Ireland) plc, is an umbrella type open-ended investment company with variable capital registered in the Republic of Ireland (Company Number 442106), registered office at 25-28 North Wall Quay, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1. Board of Directors: Andrew Bell (UK), Mike Kirby (Ireland) and Bronwyn Wright (Ireland). Kames Capital Investment Company (Ireland) plc is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Kames Capital is an AEGON Asset Management company and includes Kames Capital plc (Company Number SC113505) and Kames Capital Management Limited (Company Number SC212159). Both are registered in Scotland and have their registered office at Kames House, 3 Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9SA. Kames Capital plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA reference no: 144267). Kames Capital plc provides segregated and retail funds and is the Authorised Corporate Director of Kames Capital ICVC, an Open Ended Investment Company. Kames Capital Management Limited provides investment management services to AEGON, which provides pooled funds, life and pension contracts. Kames Capital Management Limited is an appointed representative of Scottish Equitable plc (Company Number SC144517), an AEGON company, whose registered office is 1 Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SE (FSA reference no: 165548). Important information FP ID: 2013/15024 20
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The answer is actually remarkably simple, and it's this: it doesn't matter whether what's growing inside you is liable to end up as a man or a woman. What matters is whether the person it's growing inside – the person who is going to have to deliver the resulting baby, at not inconsiderable personal peril – actually wants to be pregnant and give birth to this child. In a world where it's possible to end a pregnancy safely and legally, it seems like rank brutality to force anyone to carry to term against her will.
And there you have it.
And there you do have it. Their entire argument. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
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Natural gas production falling sharply in Texas, Barnett
Natural gas production is declining statewide and locally in the Barnett Shale as drillers shift resources to go after oil or liquid natural gas plays that bring higher prices.
The latest numbers from the Texas Railroad Commission show a sharp drop for the first four months of 2013, including preliminary numbers for April. The price of natural gas dipped below $2 per million British thermal units in April 2012 and has been on a steady increase since then but, clearly, not enough to get production going again.
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Small-Town Main Street Organizations Say Downtowns Are Coming BackLeaders from towns across Missouri are looking to St. Louis, from South Grand to Kirkwood, for inspiration during a conference this week.
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Eight Injured in Mo. Crash Involving Traveling CircusAt about 11:00 Thursday night, a caravan of circus performers and animals were traveling down the highway at about 45 miles-per-hour when a truck rear-ended one of the circus vans.
Secretary Of State Kander Takes Legal Action Over MamtekKander says Morgan Keegan told investors that the bonds for the plant were secured by Mamtek's patents when the company didn't have any patents.
Ex-Mamtek CEO Appearing in Court on Fraud ChargesThe hearing set to begin today will determine whether the Missouri attorney general's office has submitted enough evidence to put Bruce Cole on trial.
Bank says Mamtek Sale Raised $1.8 MillionBank officials say an auction of equipment at a failed sweetener plant in Moberly has so far raised less than 5 cents for every dollar spent to finance the project.
Ex-CEO of Mamtek Fights Extradition to MissouriCEO Bruce Cole remains jailed in California after refusing to be extradited to Missouri to face charges over a failed business planned for Moberly.
Mamtek CEO Charged with Theft, Securities Fraud The charges announced by Attorney General Chris Koster cap a yearlong investigation into Bruce Cole, who was chairman and CEO of Mamtek U.S.
Lawmakers Call for More Scrutiny on Economic Development ProjectsHouse committee members investigating failed Mamtek project approved a bill placing greater due diligence standards on officials investigating future economic development projects.
Tighter Standards for Missouri's Department of Economic DevelopmentRep. Jay Barnes, said the legislation serves the purpose of trying to prevent the failure of future economic development projects.
Mamtek Investigation Results OpenedThe report makes a point of stating the panel's finding that the DED did not do its due diligence while investigating Mamtek.,
Mamtek Investigation ContinuesThe Mamtek project fell through after the company defaulted on a $39 million bond payment to Moberly after promising to create around 600 jobs by building an artificial sweetener plant. .