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Most canon pairing
I don't mean your favorite. I mean which has the most supported proof behind it. So things like Ichigo/Ishida are NOT canon pairings... lets keep it PG-13 at the least people, cause I've seen some of the threads that use to be great and now I'm like... 'OMG that's just gross! So like I said... Do us innocents all a favor... keep it clean! Also try to aleast put one fact supporting your claim
Now ... My personal belief is that Shunsui/Nanao has the most proof...
1) Shunsui is sooooo crazy for her it's actually almost sad
2) She only allows Shunsui to call her Nanao-chan (if any one else tried it she'd probably hit them)
3) When she was suffocating in the battle with Yamaji he shunpo'd (is that a word? :confused: ) her to safety and apologized afterwards
4) You could tell how worried she probably was when he fought Yamaji
5) The sakura petals in the battle with chad? ...that takes some SERIOUS dedication to degrade yourself to throwing flowers for an entrance scene
6) She's almost ALWAYS by his side. No matter what
7) He showed concern for her feelings during the failed execution
need I continue... :D
It just so happens that it is also one of my many favorite pairings...
/looks over at your banner
right... no favorites eh =)
I think Uruhara and Yoruichi have the most support. It's all over the episode since the very beginning.
Where's IchigoxOrihime?
Left out a big one there...
What about Matsumoto x Kenpachi
Give the man some love!
Inoue x Ichigo!! More of like Inoue liking Ichigo.... I would love it if Ichigo did fall in love with her tho, but it almost seems like a dry love affair for Inoue (Poor Girl, she cares alot for the guy) But after chapter 237..... I am a huge fan of Inoue x Ichigo..
As for obvious, I'd agree, Nano x Shunsui!!
Next would be Soi Fan x Yoruichi... Not to be far fetched or anything, but its totally obvious. More of like Soi Fans affair tho. (Not to be rude either)
But after that, I'd have to agree with Yoruichi x Uruhara.
Why doesn't the poll include Renji/Rukia and Ishida/Yoshino? o.O
Not that I'd vote for either, but meh...
well.. I voted for ShunsuixNanao, but I think that the most cannon pairing is IchigoxInoue ( I mean... just look at the ch 237 ^^), which I couldn't find in this pool:uhoh:
ya, i guess Renji x Rukia is a obvious one too
ishida x nemu...after his first loved died i can definatly see sparks developing between these 2 :heh: ishida always go for the strange ones -.-
edit : oh wait its a poll O.o nvm then i guess -.- in that case its UraharaxYoruichi
I choose Gin and Rangiku, but it should be Renji&Rukia and Ichigo&Orihime, since that's possible :P
Mayuri as father-in-law is as appelaing as having Kenpachi as your best man. (Though Kenpachi is rather sexy ;))
@ Anko Plushy
» I don't mean your favorite. I mean which has the most supported proof behind it. So things like Ichigo/Ishida are NOT canon pairings...
Ichigo X Hallow Ichigo» try to aleast put one fact supporting your claim
You forgot Ichigo X Tatsuki.
I challange you! :p lol, I can see where your coming from, but I mean, what else could they possibly be... definetely NOT father daughter cause Kyouraku is a number one fiend for women (that is one thing that no one can deny!) In the bleach special in the ending you see Kyouraku and everyone else (aka captains and vice captain ...{minus Mayuri.. THANK GOD!}) in the real world, he's at god only knows where, surrounded by tons of pretty, chinesse dresses dressed women and Nanao (also in a chinese dress) comes up from behind and drenches him with a bucket of water... jealous are we? :heh: They're perfect together.
On top of Renji/Rukia and Ishida/Yoshino, the list didn't mention Kaien & Miyako Shiba... which technically would automatically make them the most canon pairing considering that they were married:heh:
probly yourichixurahara orrrrrrrrrr ichix rukia/hime orrrrr nanao/shunsui
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Children's heart surgery in Leeds was halted because of 'poor' data
Children's heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary was halted because of "poor quality" data submitted by the hospital, it has emerged.
Operations were stopped 11 days ago after it was claimed records showed higher-than-usual death rates.
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England, said the data prompting the suspension was inaccurate.
On Monday a "phased resumption" of heart surgery at the hospital, beginning on Wednesday, was announced.
Sir Bruce told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "The data had shown a higher mortality but that data was based on information submitted by the hospital itself.
"Leeds had not submitted good data to the national audit, which is used for monitoring the quality of children's heart surgery."
He said the hospital had not submitted important information in 35% of cases, compared with between 0% and 1.4% at all other units in the country.
'Under review'
Sir Bruce added that, in the wake of public inquiries into children's heart surgery in Bristol and events in Mid Staffordshire, it was important to act swiftly on the data received.
"The most sensible thing to do in everybody's interests, not only the babies and parents, was to halt the operations until we got to the bottom of it," he said.
He went on to say "the immediate safety issues have gone" and said he would be "keeping the unit under review".
The planned restart of surgery at Leeds General Infirmary followed the end of the first stage of a review into the safety of the unit.
During that part of the review, assurances had been received from independent experts about the quality of surgery and staffing levels that were sufficient to allow the phased resumption of operations, according to NHS England.
The second stage of the review into safety at the unit will look at other areas where improvement may be necessary, including the way complaints from patients were handled at the unit and the completion of a review of patients' case notes over the last three years.
'Worries and fears'
Sir Bruce's comments came on the same day Save Our Surgery (SOS) - the group fighting to save the children's heart unit - called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to launch an investigation into the suspension of operations.
Campaigner Sharon Cheng said: "Given that the suspension potentially put patients at risk, has caused huge inconvenience and added stress to the families of children who have had to be treated elsewhere, and created unnecessary worries and fears amongst previous patients' families; questions must be asked as to why operations were suspended in the first place.
"We hope those who made this decision will now be held to account.
"This whole exercise has been NHS politics at its worst.
"We call on the Secretary of State to launch an urgent inquiry into these events and what led them to happen."


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|A group of men from the 7th, 8th, and 17th Regiments of the British Army
Dear Reader,
Today, we are going to look at a question very near and dear to my heart. At a reenactment last weekend, sitting around the camp fire, I heard a reenactor loudly proclaim that he would not go to church parade, (a military formation/church service held on Sunday mornings) regardless of what the practice was in the eighteenth century. This post does not intend to get into modern religious debates: indeed, nor am I trying to force anyone to do anything against their conscience. However, with that statement rolling around in my head, I decided to give a cursory glance at the sources, with the following question in mind: How religious was the average soldier of European armies in the eighteenth century?
Although I cannot hope to answer this question in the statistical detail of my "average" soldier posts, I still thought that it might be worth a crack, as there is certainly some information regarding this topic available. In answering the question, I am indebted, as usual, to the fine work of Christopher Duffy, as well as the writings of Michael Snape, Charles Royster, Caroline Cox, and Richard Gawthrop. Once again, I am truly standing on the shoulders of giants.
The only anecdotes of military-religious fatalism even approaching those of the Swedish and Russian armies, come oddly enough, from an army supposed by many in North America to be irreligious: the British Army. The rise of Methodism, described by Michael Snape in The Redcoat and Religion, created a swell of religious feeling in the British army during the War of Austrian Succession. The French military of the eighteenth century did not have an official chaplaincy, as a result of the Louis XIV's unwillingness to submit to papal authority. Rather, regimental commanders appointed their own chaplains, and were responsible for their pay. By contrast, Phillip V of Spain appointed a vicariate general of armies, who supervised the chaplaincy in 1705. Jean-Paul Bertaud asserts that in both cases, "Chaplains were not able to halt the de-Christianization of the armies."[15]
|Would period soldiers have engaged in such debauchery?
|A 19th Century depiction of Swedish Karoliner at prayer, by Gustaf Cederstrom
The Armies of the Great Northern War: Sweden and Russia
Both Swedish and Russian soldiers were fiercely religious in the early eighteenth century and directly applied their religious beliefs to their job as soldiers. A writer accompanying the Swedish army in Livonia during the Great Northern War noted that at the outset of an engagement, the Swedish commander:
"Count Lewenhaupt then addressing himself to the Lord of hosts and victories, ordered the prayers usual upon the like occasions; the cavalry alighting, and the whole two lines kneeling upon the field. The prayer ended with a verse taken from a hymn, which was echo'd by the whole army, and then the signal was given: with the help of God, and in the name of Jesus."[1]Such sentiments were still clearly being expressed by men such as Leopold von Anhalt Dessau thirty years later. The religiosity of Swedish army did not apply only to the high command. If you peruse the enormous collection of Great Northern War era Swedish soldiers' writings published in 1913, letters such as the following are common:
"It was a great sorrow to behold the poor men, who were frozen by means of the slow march. Indeed, many a cavalrymen and dragoon sat frozen to death still on their horses. The day after, which was the 24th of December, the companies were surveyed, and each had 25 or 26 men found frozen, and regrettably, this forced the amputation of hands, legs and feet. There was more sorrow and sadness than one could believe. ...Blessed be the Lord my God, who has brought me warmly through so many dangers. Blessed be my God, in both good and bad times, in all times. Indeed, Eternal glory , thanks, and praise to my God, full of grace, goodness and mercy. To me, the proof is now evident that the day of my death is swift approaching. So, I ask you, my God, with a humble heart, full of grace, send your peace and blessing to me, remain with me, and allow me to abide with you forever. Oh my Lord God, hear and grant me this, for the sake of Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Amen, Amen."[2]Such displays of military-religious fatalism were common in the Swedish army, but matched by the Russian army of the same era. From the writing of European observers, and the few diaries of the lower rank men who could write, we can see that military-religious myths arose in Russia, such as the belief that a man killed in battle would be brought to life again three days later in his native village.[3]
|An Orthodox Priest blesses Russian soldiers in the Napoleonic Era
The Russian military planners often disregarded the dietary requirements of Eastern Orthodox soldiers, leading one western military observer to note that there were, "religious fanatics who preferred to die rather than take a meat broth."[4] Peter I's response was to make the religious soldiers eat by threat of force, whereas other generals obtained permission from the Holy Synod for their soldiers to abstain from the dietary requirements. This would seem to indicate that the religious nature of Russian military life came from inside the army, and was not forced on it by the state in hopes of creating a fearless body of soldiers.
These ideas remained in place in the Russian army for much of the century. Charles Immanuel Warnery, a Prussian cavalry officer, described the battle of Kunersdorf, where the Russian Corps of Observation was caught in a heavy artillery crossfire: "This respectable Corps, did not defend themselves, but instead lay on the ground, and allowed themselves to be massacred by thrusts of the bayonet, in the honor of St. Nicholas. "[5] In both the Swedish and Russian armies, then, observers noted an acceptance of the will of God, which applied to military affairs.
|This British soldier, painted by Morier in the 1740s, was likely not a Methodist
Religion in Anglophone Armies: British and American Piety
British soldiers such as John Haime converted to the Methodism of John Wesley, and recorded intense bouts of religious emotion on the battlefield. At the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745, Haime recalled:
"The spring following, we took the field again : and on Mayllth,.l745, we had a full trial of our faith at Fontenoy. Some days before, one of our brethren, standing at his tent-door, broke out into raptures of joy, knowing his departure was at hand ; and, when he went into the field of battle, declared, 'I am going to rest in the bosom of Jesus.' Indeed, this day God was pleased to prove our little flock, and to show them His mighty power. They showed such courage and boldness in the fight as made the officers, as well as soldiers, amazed. When wounded, some cried out, 'I am going to my Beloved.[Christ]' Others, 'Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly!' And many that were not wounded earnestly desired 'to be dissolved and to be with Christ.' When W. Clements had his arm broken by a musket-ball, they would have carried him out of the battle ; but he said, 'No ; I have an arm left to hold my sword : I will not go yet.' When a second shot broke his other arm, he said, 'I am as happy as I can be out of paradise.' John Evans, having both his legs taken off by a cannon- ball, was laid across a cannon to die : where, as long as he could speak, he was praising God with joyful lips."[6]From the perspective of 2017, such words might seem almost haunting, and some readers may doubt the sincerity of the men who wrote them. However, far from being the outlier, these types of sentiments abound in the writings of British soldiers who had joined Methodist societies. We cannot know with certainty how much of the army joined these societies, but indicators in the letters and memoirs consistently make Methodists out to be a sizeable minority. Methodist preacher John Wesley received a letter from soldiers at the front, describing the same battle, which expressed similar sentiments:
But we were all endued with strength and courage from God, so that the fear of death was taken away from us. We left our brother Mark Bend in the field; whether he be alive or dead we cannot tell; but the last of our brothers that spoke to him, after he was wounded, found him quite resigned to the will of God. We that he has spared a little longer, desire you to return thanks to God for all his mercies to us."[7]Methodism would remain a force within the British army until 1815 and after; during the Peninsular War, Wellington expressed fears that Methodism was again on the rise, and requested Anglican chaplains to combat this sentiment.[8]Despite this, we should not assume that ALL British soldiers held these views, in fact, some commentators observe that the British were less religious than other eighteenth-century soldiers. A German Subsidientruppen from Ansbach-Bayreuth, Johann Dölha serving alongside the British army in the era of the American Revolution, recalled,"
The common English soldier is swift, marches easily...[w]hen they go against an enemy, they are fresh, optimistic, and do not worry about their life... The English keep their clothing very clean and have only the vices of cussing, swearing, drinking, whoring, and stealing, and these more so than other people.[9]
|It would also seem that the British Soldier of the era got into some trouble
The British army, then, seems to have been a contradiction, with both fervently religious and more profane elements. This should not surprise us, it is quite likely that the British were simply more expressive of this contradiction, existed in most eighteenth century armies. Another Anglophone army of the era, the Continental Army, was deeply religious, but perhaps less fatalistic than the Swedish, Russians, or Methodist Britons.
|George Washington in prayer at Valley Forge, a later artist's reimagining
|French Soldiers of the Seven Years' War Era, Don Troiani
Armies of the Catholic Powers: Austria, Spain, and France
The Austrian army possessed an official chaplaincy, and as a result of the work of Christopher Duffy, we know a good deal more than we otherwise might. In the mid-century, the average Austrian chaplain was 39 years old, with five years of service under his belt.[16] The Austrian chaplains "exercised a considerable moral authority over officer and man alike." [17]
Considering the Austrian Empire's status as a polyglot religious state, we should not be surprised that many Austrian soldiers were openly Eastern Orthodox or secretly Protestant. Only a chaplaincy for Catholics existed, but the army regulations indicate that: "Religion is something you should never speak about. Rather it is something you should strive to live by. Upon pain of severe and unfailing punishment, we forbid any behaviour which may create ill-feeling between those of different faiths."[18] The Austrian army managed to keep its soldiers fighting together, despite the religious, ethnic and politic divisions holding them apart. Such an achievement is truly remarkable.
|Menzel's Reimagining of a Prussian Infantry Chaplain
The German Protestants: Prussia and the Western German States
There were deep, heartfelt religious motivations among many of the common soldiers and officers fighting in German Protestant armies in the eighteenth century. In places as diverse as modern Poland and upstate New York, soldiers in Protestant German armies could be heard singing hymns as they marched into battle.[19] Most of these armies also contained numerous Feld-Predigers, or chaplains, who ministered to the men, and occasionally made rousing speeches on the day of battle.
Hessian soldiers such as Dölha complained about the lack of religious feeling in British soldiers and even deployed religious complaints about slavery in North America. August von Dinklage, a Lt. Colonel of a Hessian grenadier battalion, he thought that the whites used religion to mistreat African slaves. Dinklage believed that the animal-like treatment of the blacks was, "to the shame of so-called Christians." He went on to say, "it is a sad sight when one views these people, who in their capacities and the quality of their intelligence yield nothing to the whites, sold like cattle in the market to the highest bidder."[20] The Hessians brought their chaplains with them to North America, and many of those chaplains recorded their thoughts on the young United States. Unlike many eighteenth-century armies, the Prussian army contained ministers of Catholic, Calvinist, and Orthodox faiths, in addition to the official state sanctioned Lutheranism. [21] The Lt. Colonel of the Brunswick Prinz Friedrich Regiment, Christian Julius Prätorius, allowed his Catholic soldiers to attend mass separately from the rest of his men.[22]
Many men of an earlier generation, such as Leopold von Anhalt Dessau, were rough Christian soldiers of a simple, childlike faith. Though Leopold was an effeciency-minded reformer, he nonetheless possessed a firm, gruff sense of religion. His order to attack at the Battle of Kesselsdorf was a simple, "In Jesus Nahmen marsch!" (In Jesus name, forwards!).[23] He and men like him were consistently in conflict with the more intellectual officers of the Prussian army, and both added a necessary ingredient in Prussian success.
|Richard Knötel's depiction of Leopold von Anhalt Dessau at Kesselsdorf
"you could imagine nothing more elevating than to see this band of heoes, who make provinces and kingdoms tremble, bow down before the Almighty. The generals, the officers, and the rank and file stand in a circle around the preacher, who makes his altar out of two drums, and they all pray to Lord with bowed heads."[24]
|Frederick II was a deist, not an atheist
Non-belief in Eighteenth-Century Armies
As better and more famous historians than I have noted, measuring non-belief before the twentieth century is indeed a difficult proposition.[25] What we can say with certainty is that members of the upper classes expressed Deistic ideas. Frederick II, himself a deist, was not afraid to resort to theistic language in order to inspire his troops. At one point, he and General Seydlitz were listening to one of these religious speeches, and Frederick commented on the religious language: "That's just for the baggage drivers!"[26]
In the Austrian service, despite the incredibly high level of religious devotion among the rank and file, many officers were less devout. Describing a particular brand of young Austrian officer, a commentator noted that, "few of them have religious beliefs, and they scorn those who harbour them..."[27] Still- despite the efforts on modern atheists (such as Christopher Hitchens on Thomas Jefferson) to read back atheist into the eighteenth century, real atheism was quite rare, if not unheard of. Frederick II strongly defended the deist position against atheism in the later years of his reign.[28]
In summary: despite being "the age of reason," in a military context, the European eighteenth century was a highly religious place. Although the highest echelons of society may have espoused deism, most ordinary soldiers remained extremely devout. Although Christian religious belief in Europe was quite diverse, most states still divided their official military-religious ceremonies along sectarian lines. A few North German states such as Prussian and Brunswick were making small strides in the areas of military-religious freedom.
Please feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested.
Thanks for Reading,
Alex Burns
[1]Gustavas Adlerfeld, The Military History of Charles XII, Vol 2, 138.
[2]August Quennerstedt, Karolinska Krigares Dagböcker Jämte Andra Samtida Skrifter., Vol 3, 232.
[3] Christopher Duffy, Russia's Military Way to the West, 135.
[4]C. J. Ligne, Oeurves Choisies (Paris, 1890), 73.
[5]Charles-Emmanuel De Warnery, Campagnes De Frédéric II, Roi De Prusse: De 1756 à 1762 (1788), 312.
[6] Thomas Jackson eds, The Lives of the Early Methodist Preachers, Vol 4, 137.
[7] John Wesley, The Works of John Wesley, Vol 2, 37.
[8] Richard Holmes, Redcoat, 117.
[9] Dölha, A Hessian Diary, 71-2
[10] Ibid, 15.
[11] Charles Royster, A Revolutionary People at War, 18.
[12] Ibid, 19.
[13]P. Benson de Lany, "Biographical Sketch of Robt. Kirkwood," Graham's Magazine, vol 28, pg 104.
[14] Royster, A Revolutionary People, 250-4.
[15] Michel Delon eds, Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, 1247.
[16] Christopher Duffy, Instrument of War, 344.
[17] Duffy, Army of Maria Theresa, 133.
[18] Reglement für die sämmentlich-kaiserlich-königliche Infanterie, (1769), 60. (Duffy's Translation.)
[19] Alexander Burns, Honor, Religion, and Reputation, MA Thesis, Ball State University, 25.
[20]Landesbibliothek Kassel, 4̊ Ms. hass. 186, Tagebuch des Obrist Lieutenants von Dinklage 1776-84. fol 202.
[21] Duffy, The Army of Frederick the Great, 208.
[22]Lt. Colonel Christian Prätorius to Karl I of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, NdsStA Wf, 38 B (Alt 237), Acta Militaria.
[23] Duffy, Army of Frederick the Great, 245.
[24] Ibid, quoted on page 207.
[25] Jon Butler, Awash in a Sea of Faith, 20.
[26] Kalckreuth, 'Kalckreuth zu seinem Leben und zu seiner Zeit' , Minerva, Vol IV, 144.
[27] Duffy, Instrument of War, quoted on page 187.
[28] Duffy, Army of Frederick the Great, 207.


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MUMBAI: Key benchmark indices edged lower as investors turned cautious ahead of beginning of the 9-phase Lok Sabha elections on Monday, 7 April 2014. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex hit lowest closing level in one week. The 50-unit CNX Nifty hit over one-week low. The Sensex was down 149.57 points or 0.66%, off close to 165 points from the day's high and about 20 points from the day's low. The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive.
Indian stocks fell for the second day in a row today, 4 April 2014. From a recent high of 22,551.49 on 2 April 2014, the Sensex has declined 191.99 points or 0.85% in two trading sessions. The Sensex has gained 1,188.82 points or 5.61% in calendar year 2014 (so far till 4 April 2014). The Sensex has fallen 26.77 points or 0.11% in first four sessions of April (so far till 4 April 2014). From a record high 22,620.65 on 3 April 2014, the Sensex has declined 261.15 points or 1.15%. From a 52-week low of 17,448.71 on 28 August 2013, the Sensex has risen 4,910.79 points or 28.14%.
Coming back to today's trade, capital goods shares extended Thursday's losses. Realty stocks edged higher on renewed buying.
The Sensex edged lower in early trade on weak Asian stocks. The barometer index extended initial losses and hit fresh intraday low in morning trade. The Sensex trimmed losses after hitting fresh intraday low in mid-morning trade. Key benchmark indices hovered in negative zone in afternoon trade. The Sensex extended losses and hit fresh intraday low in mid-afternoon trade.
The S&P BSE Sensex was down 149.57 points or 0.66% to 22,359.50, its lowest closing level since 28 March 2014. The index declined 169.67 points at the day's low of 22,339.40 in late trade. The index rose 16.14 points at the day's high of 22,525.21 in early trade.
The CNX Nifty was down 41.75 points or 0.62% to 6,694.35, its lowest closing level since 27 March 2014. The index hit a low of 6,685.15 and a high of 6,741.85 in intraday trade.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was up 26.87 points or 0.37% to 7,197.62. The BSE Small-Cap index rose 57.60 points or 0.8% to 7,265.05. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
The total turnover on BSE amounted to Rs 2483 crore lower than Rs 2967.41 crore on Thursday, 3 April 2014.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive. On BSE, 1,648 shares gained and 1,135 shares fell. A total of 146 shares were unchanged.
Among the 30 Sensex shares, 24 stocks fell and the remaining stocks rose.
Bharti Airtel fell 1.74% to Rs 316.25 on profit booking after the stock rose 11.54% in the preceding nine trading sessions to Rs 326.10 on 2 April 2014, from a recent low of Rs 292.35 on 21 March 2014.
Shares of state-run oil marketing companies (PSU OMCs) were in demand. HPCL (up 4.66%), Indian Oil Corporation (up 3.21%) and BPCL (up 0.98%), gained.
Most metal shares rose. Hindustan Zinc (up 0.15%), Tata Steel (up 0.84%), Hindalco Industries (up 0.44%), Bhushan Steel (up 0.49%), Hindustan Copper (up 5.49%), and National Aluminum Company (up 1.94%) edged higher. Steel Authority of India (Sail) (down 1.11%), Sesa Sterlite (down 0.18%) and Jindal Steel & Power (down 0.05%) declined.
JSW Steel rose 0.77% to Rs 1066.50. The stock hit 52-week high of Rs 1070 in intraday trade. The company early this week said it has reduced prices for its two steel products -- hot rolled coil and wire rod with effect from 1 April 2014. The quantum of the cut will be Rs 500-750 per tonne for HRC and Rs 500 for Wire rod, the company said after trading hours on Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
NMDC declined 0.11%. The company said after market hours on Thursday, 3 April 2014 that for the first time in history it has produced more than 30 million tonnes in a single year. NMDC has registered iron ore production of around 30.18 million tonnes in the year ended 31 March 2014 (FY 2014) which is approximately 11% more than last year. The iron ore sales of the company stood at 30.50 million tonnes which is approximately 16% more than last year.
The production of diamonds from India's only Diamond Mine being operated by NMDC in Panna, Madhya Pradesh also registered a remarkable growth of 17% at 37,047 carats in FY 2014 compared to 31,533 carats during FY 2013.
Pursuing its capital investment schemes, as against an envisaged target of Rs 2720 crore for FY 2014, the company has incurred Rs 2518 crore for its various expansion and diversification projects which is 57% more than FY 2013. The projects of development of two new mines viz. Deposit-11B Iron Ore Project and Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mine, as part of its expansion programme and the installation of 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh, as part of NMDC's forward integration programme and value addition, are in various stages of execution.
Incidentally, Chairman, NMDC Mr. C.S.Verma received the Most Efficient Navratna award for the company from Mr. T.K.A.Nair, Advisor to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 2nd April 2014. It is pertinent to mention that NMDC is one of the lowest cost producers of iron ore in the world with very high EBITDA margins, company said.
Shri C.S. Verma, CMD commended the performance of the company and congratulated the employees for surpassing the 30 MT mark in iron ore production and sales and urged them to grow exponentially to cope up with demand of the steel industry. NMDC collective deserves appreciation for the commendable results inspite of evacuation and other problems
Private sector banks fell. Axis Bank (down 0.64%), HDFC Bank (down 0.45%) and ICICI Bank (down 0.39%) declined.
Kotak Mahindra Bank was down 0.72%. Kotak Mahindra Bank Managing Director Uday Kotak today, 4 April 2014, said that bank capitalisation will be a significant challenge and constraint for Indian lenders in coming years. Kotak was speaking at a banking event in Pune.
IndusInd Bank rose 1.3%.
PSU bank stocks rose. Punjab National Bank (up 1.04%), Bank of Baroda (up 0.06%), Bank of India (up 0.37%), State Bank of India (up 0.47%), and Canara Bank (up 0.13%), edged higher.
Most auto stocks declined. Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.58%), Tata Motors (down 1.5%), and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) (down 0.91%) edged lower. Ashok Leyland rose 0.86%.
Shares of most two wheeler makers declined. TVS Motor Company (down 3.16%), Hero MotoCorp (down 0.12%) and Bajaj Auto (down 1%) declined.
IT stocks reversed intraday gains. HCL Technologies (down 1.86%), Infosys (down 0.69%), TCS (down 1.25%), and Wipro (down 1.29%) declined. Tech Mahindra rose 0.02%.
Index heavyweight and cigarette maker ITC declined 0.55% to Rs 344.45. The stock hit high of Rs 349.45 and low of Rs 342.60.
Capital goods shares extended Thursday's losses. ABB (India) (down 1.04%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) (down 2.19%), Thermax (down 2.14%) and Siemens (down 2.12%) edged lower.
Shares of engineering and construction major L&T shed 1.22%. L&T on Thursday, 3 April 2014, said that the company evaluates its order book position on a regular basis. The slow moving orders in that process may be removed to enable carry forward of healthy backlog of orders, L&T said. There is no negotiation with the clients for this process, L&T said. Removal of such orders has no impact on revenue, L&T said. The new orders which the company has received has compensated for any such removal of orders, L&T said. The company as part of its communication to the press in January 2014 during the announcement of results had disclosed this aspect, L&T said.
Realty stocks edged higher on renewed buying. D B Realty (up 3.39%), Unitech (up 5.91%), DLF (up 2.15%), Anant Raj (up 2.4%), Peninsula Land (up 5.6%), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 5.6%), D S Kulkarni Developers (up 8.1%), Nitesh Estates (up 8.2%), Orbit Corporation (up 12.3%), Kolte Patil Developers (up 9.65%) and Housing Development & Infrastructure (HDIL) (up 15.73%) edged higher.
Sobha Developers rose 1.2%. Sobha Developers announced after market hours on Thursday, 3 April 2014, that at the close of the financial year ended March 2014 (FY2014), the company has registered new sales area of 3.59 Million Square Feet valued at Rs 2343 crore at an average price realisation of Rs 6534 per square feet. The new sales value has increased by 5.78% and average price realisation has registered a growth of 10.80% yearon-year.
The growth in sales volume and new sales value, excluding NCR Gurgaon, is 6.47% and 28.32% respectively as compared to the fiscal year ending March 2013 (FY2013). The sharp slowdown in the NCR~Gurgaon market saw its contribution to the company's performance declining to 3.59% (Sales Volumes) and 6.01% (Sales Value) in FY2014 as compared to 13.56% (Sales Volume) and 22.52% (Sales Value) respectively in FY2013.
At the beginning of FY2014, the company had set a guidance of new sales valued at Rs 2600 crore comprising of 4.20 Million Square Feet for FY2014. Owing to the tough economic conditions and its consequent impact on the real estate market, particularly, in NCRGurgaon, the Company achieved 3.59 Million Square Feet of news sales area valued at Rs 2343 crore, the company said.
Suprajit Engineering gained 5.16% after the company said its consolidated sales grew by 18% in the year ended 31 March 2014 over the year ended 31 March 2013. The company made the announcement during trading hours today, 4 April 2014. Suprajit Engineering's sales grew by 15% in the year ended 31 March 2014 (FY 2014) over the year ended 31 March 2013 (FY 2013).
Suprajit Engineering said that the automotive industry in India grew by less than 5% during the year, 2013-14.
Steel Strips Wheels rose 2.84% after the company said it has secured patent on disc forming process, from Patent Office, Government of India. The announcement was made during trading hours today, 4 April 2014. Steel Strips Wheels (SSWL) said that the innovation in disc forming process helps to get better endurance life & reducing the input material weight. This also has an impact on finish weight of the wheel rim and brings a saving upto the extent of 2%, SSWL said. This weight reduction shall help in improving fuel efficiency & environment norms compliance for passenger cars, SSWL said in a statement.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee pared intraday losses and was almost unchanged against the dollar. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 60.17, compared with its close of 60.165/175 on Thursday, 3 April 2014. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday, 3 April 2014, that the Indian rupee at 55 to the dollar would be too strong. Rajan said a study by economists at the finance ministry had suggested a range of 60 to 62 was reasonable, after taking into account inflation and export competitiveness.
The next major trigger for the stock market is Q4 March 2014 and year ended 31 March 2014 (FY 2014) corporate earnings. Investors and analysts will closely watch the management commentary that would accompany the results to see if there is any revision in their future earnings forecast of the company for the year ending 31 March 2015 (FY 2015) and/or for the year ending 31 March 2016 (FY 2016). Indian companies will start reporting their Q4 and full year results from mid-April 2014. The result season will conclude in end-May 2014.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) next undertakes monetary policy review on 3 June 2014. The RBI left its main lending rate viz. the repo rate unchanged at 8% after a monetary policy review on Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
On the political front, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will release its poll manifesto on Monday, 7 April 2014, the day the 9-phase Lok Sabha election begins. The party on Thursday, 3 April 2014, issued its manifesto for the North East region, wherein it stated that it will develop the area as a BPO hub if voted to power. The BJP has already released a Delhi-specific manifesto wherein it has made an array of promises like granting full statehood, reducing power tariff by 30% and controlling price rise within one month if BJP is voted to power. The party, which had lost all the seats in the national capital to Congress in 2009 Lok Sabha polls, said it will set up a helpline for the national capital to receive complaints of corruption. It also promised to bring police, DDA and other land-owning agencies under one roof to streamline governance in the national capital.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday, 3 April 2014, made a pitch to win back its middle-class supporters ahead of the national elections by promising to be more business-friendly. During the release of the party's manifesto, AAP's leader Arvind Kejriwal tried to brush off the anti-corporate image that has come to be associated with the party's politics. As a party that was created to combat corruption, big businesses have frequently been at the receiving end of Mr. Kejriwal's ire. "AAP believes the government should not be in the business of running businesses," the party's manifesto said, promising to revive the economy and create more jobs by easing rules for doing business. One of the hurdles it has promised to remove is the harassment of business owners by officials, who are often accused of demanding bribes in order to provide basic services such as approving licenses. In its manifesto the party has said that participation of the private sector can help enterprises thrive and create jobs. It has also promised a simple, progressive and stable tax structure.
A major near term trigger for the stock market is the outcome of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha elections will be held between 7 April 2014 and 12 May 2014 in nine phases. The counting of votes will take place on 16 May 2014. The term of the current Lok Sabha expires on June 1 and the new House has to be constituted by May 31. Along with the Lok Sabha election, Andhra Pradesh (AP), including the regions comprising Telangana, Odisha and Sikkim will go to polls to elect new assemblies. AP, Odisha and Sikkim assemblies come to end on June 2, June 7 and May 7 respectively.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that emerging markets may suffer as growth slows in China, where the government this week announced policies designed to shore up the economy. Developing nations, which are increasingly dependent on China for growth, may suffer as the world's second-largest economy decelerates, according to the IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook report. The probability of defaults in China is relatively high, Alfred Schipke, the International Monetary Fund's senior resident representative for China, said yesterday, 3 April 2014.
Business activity across emerging markets fell for the fourth straight month in March, with output contracting in three of the four biggest economies, a survey showed on Friday. HSBC's composite emerging markets index of manufacturing and services purchasing managers' surveys slipped to 50.3 from 51.1 in February, teetering on the 50 threshold that marks the difference between expansion and contraction.
European stocks edged higher on Friday, 4 April 2014, after the latest data showed that German manufacturing orders grew more than expected in February on the back of strong domestic orders. Key benchmark indices in UK, France and Germany were up 0.24% to 0.41%.
German manufacturing orders grew more than expected in February on the back of strong domestic orders, data from the country's statistics office showed today, 4 April 2014, reinforcing expectations for strong first-quarter economic growth. Total manufacturing orders grew 0.6% in monthly terms adjusted for inflation, workdays, and seasonal effects. Figures for January were, however, reduced sharply. Growth in January was only 0.1%, far below the 1.2% originally reported. Total domestic orders grew 1.2% on the month in February, after a 2% gain in January, while total foreign orders were up only 0.2%. This masked significant differences between the euro zone and non-euro zone. Foreign orders from within the currency bloc rose 5.9%, partially recovering from January's massive 9.4% drop. Orders from outside the euro zone fell 3.1%, after January's 3.9% rise.
In an accompanying press release, the country's economy ministry said that orders for the first two months of the year were on average 0.7% above the average of the last quarter of 2013 and that the upward momentum was broad-based across all industry classifications. It also said that bulk orders were above average for the month of February. The data suggest a further pick up in industrial output in the coming months and strengthened momentum in the domestic economy in the first quarter, the release said. Germany is Europe's biggest economy.
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) left key policy unchanged after a monetary policy review on Thursday, 3 April 2014. ECB President Mario Draghi said there was discussion of quantitative easing at the latest meeting, adding to speculation that the ECB would implement unconventional measures to fight falling inflation.
Asian stocks declined on Friday, 4 April 2014, after a fresh move by China's central bank on Thursday, 3 April 2014, to drain liquidity. Key benchmark indices in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore were off 0.05% to 0.68%. China's Shanghai Composite rose 0.74%.
The monetary authority, at its first-quarter monetary policy committee meeting, reiterated it will "keep moderate liquidity" and "realize reasonable growth in loans and social financing," according to a statement on the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) website yesterday, 3 April 2014. The PBOC will closely monitor new global and domestic economic and financial developments and continue to keep prudent monetary policy, according to the statement.
In February and March, a total of $3.5 billion flowed out of China equity funds, according to EPFR data, as investors worried about rising risks of an economic slowdown and fears of corporate defaults.
Trading in US index futures indicated that the Dow could advance 19 points at the opening bell on Friday, 4 April 2014. US stocks slipped on Thursday, 3 April 2014, as investors turned cautious ahead of Friday's monthly jobs report.
On the economic front, the US trade deficit unexpectedly widened in February to $42.3 billion as exports hit a five-month low, suggesting that first-quarter growth could be much weaker than initially expected.
A bright spot came from the services sector, where growth accelerated in March after being hampered by unusually cold weather, according to the Institute for Supply Management's services-sector index.
The influential US non-farms payroll data for March 2014 will be released today, 4 April 2014.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) next undertakes monetary policy review at a two-day meeting on 29-30 April 2014. The Federal Reserve on 19 March 2014 said after the conclusion of a monetary policy review that it will trim its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion to $55 billion. The Federal Reserve will end its bond-buying program before the end of the year with an interest-rate increase likely to follow in "around six months," Chair Janet Yellen said on 19 March 2014. Quarterly Fed forecasts on 19 March 2014 showed more officials predicting that the benchmark interest rate, now close to zero, will rise to at least 1% by the end of 2015 and 2.25% a year later.


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This tour took place during February and March 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and was a co-headlining tour with Queens Of The Stone Age. It was part of the NIN 2013-2014 touring cycle. Which band played first was determined by a coin toss.[1] The opening act was Brody Dalle. Some shows also featured a guest appearance by Mariqueen Maandig for covers of songs by How To Destroy Angels.
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The setup for this leg was minimal and a departure from the 2013 legs. No screens or projections were used, but it consisted instead of banks of various spotlights behind and above the band, as well as the overhead lighting panels that were used during the Tension 2013 Tour.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Cruz, Trump, Sanders making several stops today
Three of the five presidential campaigns plan events today around the state.
Cruz has a "Women for Cruz" coalition rollout at the Sheraton Hotel in Madison this morning. The event will include Heidi Cruz, Eleanor Cruz and Carly Fiorina.
Heidi Cruz and Fiorina then have stops planned in Milwaukee, Sheboygan and Fond du Lac.
Trump has stops planned for De Pere and Appleton.
And Sanders will be stumping in Kenosha, Madison and La Crosse.
Hillary Clinton and John Kasich did not have any planned public events. Kasich planned to campaign today in New York.


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I love Instagram. It's one of the things I visit all day long on my iPhone. I love seeing little glimpses of everyday life, and people are much more likely to upload the mundane, boring shit to Instagram than Facebook. I have gotten to know people so much better just by the silly little pictures they upload, and I never feel ridiculous uploading fifty pictures of my dog. Hey, everyone's doing it! Are you following me? My Instagram profile is right up above, in the menu bar. Feel free to click and peruse my fabulously boring life.
I wanted to share two Instagram profiles I have been stalking the hell out of lately. The first one is a chiweenie named Tuna. Oh my God, you guys. I have such a soft spot for chiweenies anyway, since I have one of my own. But this funny little pup is unlike any chiweenie I've ever seen. He has this crazy overbite happening, and the pictures of him are HYSTERICAL. Kayley and I laughed until we cried. "How does anyone love you?" Kayley howled. This baby is so ugly, he's crossed over into adorable. I love this dog. If you need a day brightener, just start clicking through his pictures!
The second is Delane, a gal I only know because of our shared adoration for Yo Gabba Gabba. She is a tattoo artist's wife, a stay-at-home mother of three, and a homeschooler. She's adorable and bubbly, covered head to toe in tattoos – even sporting an amazing Yo Gabba Gabba logo and boom box across one shin – and she was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her pictures are so touching, and the love of her family and friends is so evident in her writing. Delane is undergoing a radical hysterectomy TODAY. Her friends have set up a fundraiser to help her family get through her illness, and if you find yourself moved to support a kickass mommy in the fight for her life, check it out right here: Delane's Fight to Beat Cervical Cancer. Her talented hubby has also drawn a beautiful print, inspired by Delane and for sale right here: Refuse to Sink.
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There are sounds that can defy.
There are sights to no one be seen.
The truth peeks just a tad~
As the questions, lurk placid in the dark.
The sky had crumbled past the horizon.
The flock it flew to the East~
As the smoke rose to the windward tide~
The sun dried the lake.
The sounds that defy are deafened now.
The trees are still~
No rustle moves.
No chambers make a peep.
Copyright2008byLisa J. Warner
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Maven is a special guy and poet in great standing, but he should have told me of you. I love this and how you placed your photos with each line adding an image to my mind and pointing the way to silence is sometimes golden. 'No chambers make a peep'
" The flock it flew to the East...."....and as such, left all behind..Very nice poetic expressions...Larry
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Is There A Soul In There...?!
Because I'm into the weird and strange; and anybody who's into vampires, werewolves, fairies, mermaids, and all those inhuman monsters, can find something about them attractive, tantalizing, or just simply AWESOME!
Am I the only one who got turned on by an ape in Planets of the Apes (2001)?
Huh? Yes? It's just me? ... Oh.
Yeah, I thought that chimpanzee was just TOO SEXY! Or maybe because he was played by Tim Roth, and I found that little guy just SEXY!! Especially in that TV series Lie To Me.
And why am I talking about sexy monkey's?
Love works like that. You don't see anything ugly, wrong, disturbing, bad, or amiss with the object of your affection. And if that sounds strange or untrue to you, try seeing it in the point-of-view of a Beauty and the Beast, a favorite fairy tale of all time. And then there's the Princess and the Frog.
Nothing is too ugly, new, big or small, for the eyes of the beholder.
We can get hopelessly devoted to unordinary things, which makes a person want to sing!.
I think it's what's inside that counts...inside of ourselves that defines the outside.
It's what we view inside ourselves is what we project unto the object of our love and thus we are seeing with an "inner-eye" that makes us blind to what's on the outside.
Sometimes I think we blind that "inner-eye" so that we can't see what's exactly in front of us. Sometimes it is not blinded and we can see what really IS in front of us....and that's a good thing.
"Is there a soul in there?" General Thad questioned, while prying open a Human's mouth.
I would like to name it "soul" or a "holy spirit", when we actually SEE what's inside ourselves.
Either way, who we are in the inside, makes us who were are; and it also creates what, and who, surrounds our lives.
Keep that Lil'l Light burning...!!!!
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'Revenge Wears Prada' Author Lauren Weisberger on Long-Awaited 'Devil Wears Prada' Sequel
Ten years after her first Anna Wintour-inspired novel hit shelves, the best-selling author chats with THR about the spicy sequel and the hopes of a film adaptation.
Gird your loins and move faster than a glacial pace: Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns -- the long-awaited follow-up to The Devil Wears Prada that marked Lauren Weisberger's debut and made her a best-selling author 10 years ago -- hit shelves last week.
The first novel introduced Andy Sachs, an aspiring journalist who landed a position at the coveted fashion publication Runway. However, assisting the most influential -- and devilish -- woman in the fashion industry caused her to question her values and strained her personal relationships. The 2006 film adaptation featured Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt, and grossed $300 million worldwide.
"It's my first time writing a sequel, but I've been thinking about it for years," Weisberger tells The Hollywood Reporter of her new Simon & Schuster book, set a decade after the original novel. "I wanted to stay true to Andy and, to an extent, Miranda and Emily, but have them change and grow in the way that people do over ten years. It was finding that balance of what new and exciting things are happening, but still staying touch with essentially who they are."
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Fans will find Andy at the helm of her own high-fashion bridal publication, launched alongside her former nemesis at Runway, Emily Charlton. Weisberger says the two have become "partners in crime, for better or for worse," in covering celebrity nuptials and combating their common enemy in the book. She drew from her personal and professional growth to shape the updated Andy.
"She's not that super naive 22-year-old who's scared of her own shadow; she's a confident career woman now," Weisberger says of Andy. "She's made a place for herself in the magazine world, she's about to get married, she's found a lot of security and success --- of course, we all know that exactly when it seems that way, things come in to throw that all off balance. But it was nice working with the new Andy."
Such wasn't necessarily the case when reviving Miranda Priestly for the sequel -- the character is inspired by Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, and Weisberger's first post-graduation job was as her assistant at the fashion magazine.
"Sometimes I'm thinking, I'm getting stressed out because her role as character is to just come in and find different ways of tormenting Andy and Emily," she says. "I find it both anxiety-producing and yet really fun. The pace picks up, everything moves a little faster, gets a little edgier when she's on the page."
But don't expect Miranda to be turning over a new leaf -- unlike the other Devil Wears Prada characters, Weisberger deliberately ensured she stayed stoic over the decade between the two books (besides a promotion, a plot point that was completely coincidental to Wintour's own recently announced role as Conde Nast's artistic director). And after drawing inspiration from the pageboy-bobbed personality for two novels, how does Weisberger feel about Wintour? "I worked with her for a year ... and I think she's a great editor."
To complement the familiar faces, the sequel also introduces a love interest for Andy: Max Harrison, someone who would've been quickly dismissed by a younger version of Andy.
"He's tall, dark and handsome, he's from a super wealthy family, he's socially connected, and he kind of has the reputation of being a little player," Weisberger explains. "I think all of that initially would've been a huge turnoff. She would've never gotten to know that he is a good guy, and he has the potential to be a good husband, despite all of those things. He's brand-new, and it was fun to write."
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The best-selling author greeted approximately 200 fans at NYC's Bagatelle on Tuesday night, at an event that featured a discussion and book signing in partnership with Gilt City. Weisberger opted for Prada-free chic, wearing a navy blue (not cerulean) Diane Von Furstenberg lace mini-dress with studded Valentino pointed-toe stilettos.
Weisberger admits that penning a sequel to such a popular book and film had its pressures, but she says she managed to write without picturing Streep and Hathaway butting heads in her mind. "Everyone except Emily -- she will always be Emily Blunt to me," says Weisberger. Plot points aren't always as clear. "There are still times every now and then when I stop, and I'm like, 'Did that happen in the book or the movie?' I can't always keep it straight," the author says.
Though there are no plans for a film adaptation currently in the works, Weisberger hopes to reunite the cast from the hit 2006 film, as well director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. (Last year, Streep mentioned that she would gladly reprise her icy Oscar-nominated role.)
"It would be great to see it on the big screen again; it was a total dream come true the first time," says Weisberger, who told the roomful of fans that she wouldn't change a thing about the Devil Wears Prada film and that her favorite scene was Hathaway's big makeover by Stanley Tucci's character, "because nothing like that ever happened in my life, and I wish it did!"
Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns (as well as the audiobook version narrated by Smash's Megan Hilty) is now available for $25.99.


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The page will be completely blank. I had this problem before and it would send me to an actual page. I downloaded and ran SuperAntiSpyware and it cleaned out a rootkit (I can't remember the name). My problem now is that if you notice the end of that URL it says "there was a problem starting the specified module could not be found." After deleting that rootkit with SuperAntiSpyware, I get an error everything I start Windows that says:
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By Charlotte Greenfield
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A convoy of 27 military trucks reached the stricken New Zealand town of Kaikoura on Friday, five days after the seaside community was completely cut off by huge landslides caused by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed two people
The convoy, which had been delayed by bad weather on Thursday, carried food and medical supplies and a team of civil engineers, officials said.
Helicopters have also flown provisions to the town from navy vessels anchored offshore since the quake struck early on Monday. More than 1,000 tourists and residents were evacuated from the small South Island fishing town, a whale-watching base that draws visitors from all over the world.
Relief efforts by sea, air and road will continue to supply the town of around 2,000 people as roads remain shut to the public. "Our people are going to be there for a very long time," a spokeswoman for the New Zealand Defence Force said.
Not all tourists have left, and New Zealand media reported that a local lawmaker and motel owner had complained that some were staying to get drunk and party through the night for a "cheap holiday" as residents tried to clean up.
The quake's cost could add up to almost NZ$12 billion ($8.4 billion), which could push the government budget back into deficit after two years of surpluses, analysts say.
"This week's disaster struck in more lightly populated areas but damage to infrastructure has been severe," said Citibank economists in a research note.
Prime Minister John Key said earlier this week the damage bill would be about NZ$2 billion($1.40 billion), although he cautioned that was only an early estimate. Finance Minister Bill English told parliament the damage was "relatively localized".
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said the total for insurance losses – which excludes losses to land, infrastructure or cars – would be between NZ$1.15 billion and NZ$5.3 billion.
Most residential damage would be covered by the government-owned insurer, the Earthquake Commission, which is backed by NZ$4.7 billion in reinsurance, AIR Worldwide said in a statement.
In 2011, an earthquake in Christchurch, the South Island's largest city, killed almost 200 people and required a NZ$40 billion rebuild.
Warships from Australia, Canada and the United States, in New Zealand for the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary, have been assisting with Kaikoura's recovery.
This week's quake damaged as many as 60 buildings in the capital, Wellington, on the North Island some 150 km (95 miles) to the northeast of Kaikoura.
That included serious structural damage to three relatively recently constructed multi-storey buildings, one of which engineers said would have to be torn down.
The government said on Thursday it would investigate why the newer buildings had been unable to withstand the quake.
($1 = 1.4278 New Zealand dollars)
(Additional reporting by Carolyn Cohn in London and Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengalaru; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)


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|System: Wii, PC, DS
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: W! Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Atari
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
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|Release: Feb. 5, 2008
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|Players: 1-4
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|ESRB Rating: Everyone
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Also, In addition to going through jumping courses and playing mini-games, you can also take care of your horse. In the "My Horse and Me" mode, you can groom your horse, outfit it with all the latest gear that you've unlocked by winning and performing well in competitions, and even outfit yourself with some gear as well. This mode is probably the least rewarding of the game because there is not as much to do as one might hope. When it comes to taking care of virtual animals, I like a little bit of a tedious element just to lend some realism to the whole experience. It probably takes about two minutes to groom your horse, and you don't even have to feed it. I realize that this mode might not be the most appealing to some, and perhaps that is why they marginalized it, but I can't help feeling that young people who play this game might have enjoyed having to take care of their horse on a regular basis.
Graphically, this game is pretty good. Sure it is not high-resolution or anything, but it is decent to look at, and there are no glitches or bugs that I have seen, which is great in a budget title like this. Sound is not bad either with enthusiastic voice acting from the coach character and some pretty inoffensive music. I wish there were a little bit more of a focus on horse sound effects, but I can also understand that if implemented incorrectly this could have gotten a little agitating.
Overall, I enjoyed My Horse and Me. It is definitely aimed at the younger sect, as such can provide a fun and entertaining look at the world of horse riding. The controls are definitely hard to grasp at first, but if you can overcome those, then you'll have a great time playing this equestrian game. Have fun riding!
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* DRUG ARRESTS: Northern District -- Bernard Sells, 43, and Rodney Fennell, 31, both of the 2400 block of Barclay St., were arrested Tuesday afternoon by district narcotics officers during a raid on their home that resulted in the seizure of 200 plastic bags of cocaine valued at $2,000 and a large rock of crack cocaine valued at $4,000. Both men were charged with multiple drug violations and were being held at the Eastern District lockup pending a bail hearing. The arrests came after a lengthy undercover probe of drug trafficking in the Greenmount Avenue corridor.
* SHOOTING: Northwestern District -- An unidentified man was listed in serious condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being shot in the head Monday night in the 3400 block of Powder Mill Lane. The victim is unable to talk, and police had no other details.


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Diabetes is hard to manage. You can get a comprehensive understanding of the disease here and get the information about the latest treatments and get professional advices. read more
Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a brand-new therapy based on traditional Chinese herbal medicines dating back thousands of years ago. It combines the essences of herbal medicines read more
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Most patients with Hypertensive Kidney Disease can travel safely. Of course, they should always consult their doctors before planning to travel. If their disease conditions are stable, most doctors encourage travel which can give a big boost to patients' morale and sense of well-being.
Planning the trip for Hypertensive Nephropathy
Let the nephrologist (kidney doctor) know your plans ahead of time. Find out whether your kidneys are healthy enough for you to travel. Discuss your trip with him before you bury tickets or make travel plans.
Before traveling to other countries:
▪ Check with your travel agent to ensure you have all the proper documents for your trip, such as passport, visa, return ticket. Other nations have new regulations.
▪ Purchase travel medical insurance that covers "pre-existing" conditions. This includes the kidney disease and any unexpected, associated costs.
▪ Carry a letter explaining your health and medicines. The kidney clinic can give you one. Carry the telephone number of your family doctor, kidney doctor and the kidney clinic in case you need to make contact.
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Remember to carry the medicines with you. Do not pack them in your luggage as it could be delayed or lost.
Take enough of all the medicines with you including an extra supply in case you are away for longer than expected.
If you are travelling over several time zones, check with your pharmacist about the proper dosing schedule.
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People that love reading time-honored volumes of Christian spirituality, such as Thomas a Kempis' "Imitation of Christ," will delight in an audio edition as well. This affordable combination of print and MP3 version, read by Stephen Johnston, is a new way to know and love a Kempis's thoughtful and practical meditations on Christian discipleship--an unparalleled guide to spiritual disciplines.
This treatise on the central task of Christianity, and learning day by day to live like Jesus, still impacts believers six centuries after it was penned. It distils the vibrant teachings of Thomas and the monastic community he was a part of, and remains an essential aide on embarking upon an intimate walk with the Savior. The print and audio package will be of great interest both to people that know Thomas a Kempis' work, and to those that are just discovering its riches.
Read by Stephen Johnston, this affordable combination of print and MP3 is a new way to come to know and love Thomas a Kempis' work.
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Promoting your project
That's why it's important to describe and report our funding and our partnership with you accurately to the media and in all other communications.
If we are your largest funder, please ensure that acknowledgement of our support takes priority over other funders' throughout all your communications work.
Here are some tips on announcing your grant. Our press team is also always on hand for media advice and support.
When to announce your grant
As soon as you receive your grant notification letter you are free to announce the news. We have created some handy press release templates to help you. Once you have decided on an announcement date, please let your grants officer know so they can inform the press office.
The press release
You can use the press release templates by simply filling in the blanks. It includes all the correct wording, template quotes from heads of nation/region at HLF and HLF's correct 'Notes to editors' paragraph – please just insert your project information where required. Remember to use simple, enthusiastic language and avoid jargon.
Do remember to send your press release onto your grants officer a few days before you plan to send it out so we can approve it.
Who should I contact?
Find out what media is available in your area. If you have a really visual story, you could approach the local TV station. Speaking directly to a journalist helps you to get to the top of the pile. Ask to speak to the news desk, or, in the case of radio and TV, the forward planning desk.
Before you call, carefully plan what you are going to say. Journalists don't have much time, so you need to grab their attention quickly. Make sure your press release is ready to go via email, with the copy pasted into the message rather than enclosed as an attachment.
Giving interviews
Sometimes you will be invited to do a media interview about your project. Agree in advance who the best person is from your organisation to do media interviews, and think about the three key points that you want to get across.
Plan carefully what you want to say but remain flexible so that you sound natural and enthusiastic. You can always ask the journalist in advance what sort of questions they may ask. If it's a radio interview, find out if it's live or pre-recorded. Again, please let us know in advance if you have lined up any interviews as we can often offer someone from HLF to speak too. Remember to credit HLF where appropriate during the interview.
Getting visual
Newspapers and websites are always looking for interesting, high quality, eye-catching images to make their pages and the story come to life. Remember to send any good quality photos relating to the project alongside your press release.
If there is a strong visual element to your project you could invite the local media to a photo call at your project (no big cheques or Lottery balls please!). You can download the template photo call notice to help you. Have your press release ready to hand out to journalists on the day of the photocall. Also don't forget to send it, along with any photos, to anyone who couldn't make it.
Good photos are a great way of capturing progress and successes. They help both you and us promote your project, and they show the difference that HLF funding makes.
Providing HLF with images of your project is an important condition of your grant award, and it is good practice to send photos to HLF throughout the lifetime of your project.
Use the guides at the bottom of the page to: find out what we look for in photos, how you can submit images to us, how we use them, and the steps you can take to ensure you have the necessary consents for the images you provide us with.
Keep the media posted
The media is often interested to know when a project has finished or a significant milestone has been reached – they like an opening or a finale event. Try to get members of the public there, including local community/friends groups and schools, local celebrities, local MPs and anyone who has benefited/is going to benefit from the project. The more people you can find who think the project is brilliant, the better the media coverage you will probably get.
Contacting your MP
Don't forget that there may be strong local support to be gained by talking to politicians, local dignitaries or MPs. Invite them to endorse your project within the press release through a quote, or get them involved in a photo call. See if your local MP is on Twitter and if so tweet at them with news of your project. If your project has an opening or reception, consider inviting your local MP. HLF has a Government and Parliamentary Relations team that can assist you with this.
Social media
Do not forget to incorporate use of social media into your communications planning. HLF are more than happy to share your project information or event details. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use #HLFsupported.
All of our local offices use Twitter so don't forget to follow them too for local news, events, grants and heritage information.
Make sure your website is up-to-date with the news and information. If you want to keep an online record of your progress, other social media platforms might also be useful. You could set up a blog, a Flickr page or Facebook page for example. Please let us know if you decide to do this so we can have a look and help spread the word where appropriate.
Dealing with criticism
In the current climate, large amounts of investment need to demonstrate clear public benefits at a local level. Always keep in mind local sensitivities when announcing your grant. Ensure that the name and the description of your project accurately reflect what it will deliver, and that they don't sound frivolous. Avoid announcing your grant at the same time as a major piece of local 'bad' news – such as job cuts or cuts to services.
We are always on hand to provide advice on handling negative media coverage or questions that are clearly negative in tone. There is usually an effective way to manage media stories if we work together.
Don't forget to keep in touch
Let us know if your story appears in the media. We're always keen to hear about any key moments and events throughout your project's life span. We want to help you with promotion in whatever way we can.
Please send us a final version of your press release (the one you issued to media) for our records. Please also send all releases to your grants officer.
And please also share your project milestones, and what you've learnt along the way, in our Online Community.


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TWD 2017 Directors' Meeting Presentation [PDF, 552KB]April 6, 2017
Map of RISE Institutions(HTML version)
RISE Sample Format Tables for Competing New (Type 1) and Competing Renewal (Type 2) Applications
RISE Sample Format Tables for Noncompeting Continuation (Type 5) Applications
TWD Application Forms and Instructions
RISE (R25) is a developmental program that seeks to increase the number of students underrepresented in the biomedical sciences that complete Ph.D. degrees in these fields. The program provides grants to institutions with a commitment and history of developing students from populations underrepresented in biomedical sciences as defined by the National Science Foundation. By supporting institutions with well-integrated developmental activities designed to strengthen students' academic preparation, research training and professional skills, the RISE Program aims to help reduce the existing gap in completion of Ph.D. degrees between underrepresented and non-underrepresented students. Applicant institutions must award the baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degree in biomedical science fields.
Institutions that have received less than $6 million per year from R01 and equivalent grant support (total costs) in each of the last two fiscal years are eligible to apply. An institution may apply for and hold only one RISE grant. Institutions eligible for the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program are not eligible to apply for or receive RISE grants. Similarly, IRACDA lead institutions are not eligible to apply for or receive RISE grants. The total requested project period for these awards may not exceed 5 years. Awards are renewable. While there are no budgetary caps for this award, all requested costs must be reasonable, well documented, and fully justified and commensurate with the scope of the proposed program.
NIGMS encourages all applicants for RISE grants (new as well as renewal) to contact Dr. Luis Cubano or Dr. Anissa J. Brown at 301-594-3900. For more information about the RISE program, please see the links below, and consult the RISE program announcement (PAR-16-361).
Applicants should also please note that NIGMS does not require applicants requesting $500,000 or more in direct costs for any year to contact staff to obtain agreement that the IC will accept the application.
NIH Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
R25 Grants Receive Up to $3,000 for Evaluation Support per Project Period: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions and
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Here at Culinary Cruisers we specialize in custom-built, food carts. Our first cruiser can be found serving up organic Kombucha on tap at farmers markets and special events in and around Somerville, Cambridge & the greater Boston area.
Kombucha ("com-boo-cha") is a delicious and energizing 'live' drink that contains a vast array of probiotics, including lactobacillus acidophilus and s.Boulardii, as well as digestive enzymes, antioxidants, B vitamins, and valuable trace minerals. Together these work in a variety of ways to support the natural functioning and vitality of the body, and help to promote harmony, balance and overall wellbeing.
The Kombucha culture is a continuously reproducing, symbiotic colony of beneficial bacteria and yeast, and is similar to that of a sourdough starter. It floats atop an infusion of tea and sugar, and through the natural process of fermentation, a chemical reaction comparable to the way yeast reacts with complex sugars during the brewing of beer, the sugar is converted into organic acids and carbon dioxide. At the same time, a variety of other compounds that are detoxifying and nutritious to the human body, including gluconic, lactic, and folic acids are also produced.
Due to the production of B-vitamins, probiotics, and a variety of other compounds, drinking Kombucha tea regularly can benefit the human body in a number of ways. It can help:
- Balance metabolism
- Cleanse the blood and regulating pH levels
- Improve liver, gall bladder, and digestive function
- Detoxify the body and enhancing the immune system
- Raise overall energy level
To insure none of the live bacteria and vitamins are lost, it is not pasteurized or heat-treated.
The earliest recorded consumption of Kombucha tea dates back to the Chinese Qin Dynasty of 221BC. Ancient records from the period refer to the unique tea infusion as 'The elixir of life,' while the spiritual Zen Masters regarded Kombucha as a source of chi – a revitalizing life energy which they believed aligns and harmonizes the body and mind with the soul. The Japanese Samurai warriors often carried Kombucha tea in their hip flasks to help recharge their energy levels.
As trade routes expanded beyond the Far East, Kombucha spread via travelers and traders to India, Russia and Eastern Europe, arriving in Germany around the turn of the 20th Century. Kombucha tea was soon being enjoyed throughout Europe until World War II broke out and, with it, the rationing of the two essential ingredients for metabolizing Kombucha: tea and sugar. However, by the early 1960s, Kombucha's popularity was starting to take off again.
Today, Kombucha tea is experiencing a further resurgence of popularity worldwide, so head on over to the Cruiser and get yourself a glass!


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Yesterday I rode 50 miles on a bike as part of the LA Bicycle Coalition's "LA River Ride". The whole process…ride out, stop for snacks at the 1/2-way point, ride back…probably took about 4:15. Not the best 4 hours of my athletic life, and no where near the worst.
I have almost nothing interesting or enlightening to say about the experience except I got a bruise on the back of my right calf, where it goes into the knee joint. While riding, I thought it was chafing and I could not imagine how/on what. Apparently the repetitive smacking against the elastic on the bottom of my bike shorts caused the bruise.
I love cycling. But today I don't get the push to ride faster, faster, faster (and farther). Yes, it's true that the first time on a bike, when I was pushed to 12 mph, I was outraged, thinking "nobody needs to go this fast. This is completely stupid." And now that's my meandering speed. So, maybe it's the same thing. I just don't "get" it yet.
Why it is, do you suppose, that I'm drawn to these odd ball endurance events? So few people do marathons, why have I done several? I don't know, but I suspect that even fewer people have ridden a bike super long distances (taking the general population into consideration). Why is that appealing to me?
Thinking about activities in the coming months, cycling is going to be high on the list. Strength climbing hills on a bike is definitely on my list. So, I guess father is going to be on the list too. I just don't know about dramatically faster.


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Hatco's Cold Shelf Built-In Flush Top is a foodsafe shelf that is designed to keep pre-chilled food products in the perfect chill zone for serving.
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