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Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members who live and work in Indian country, whether the particular territory consists of a formal or informal reservation, allotted lands, or dependent Indian communities.[1]
|Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Sac & Fox Nation
|Argued March 23, 1993
Decided May 18, 1993
|Full case name
|Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation
|508 U.S. 114 (more)
113 S. Ct. 1985; 124 L. Ed. 2d 30; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 3135
|Case history
|967 F.2d 1425 (10th Cir. 1992)
|Absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members who live and work in Indian country, whether the particular territory consists of a formal or informal reservation, allotted lands, or dependent Indian communities.
|Court membership
|Case opinion
|O'Connor, joined by unanimous
The Sac and Fox Nation is an Indian (Native American) tribe that governs itself under the Indian Self-Determination Act and imposes taxes based on that authority. The State of Oklahoma sought to impose income and motor vehicle taxes on tribal members. The tribe brought suit to prevent the state from imposing those taxes.
Both the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court held that Oklahoma, without a clear authorization from Congress, was prohibited from imposing taxes on tribal members in Indian country. This case, together with several other cases, are known as the "Oklahoma tax cases" in Native American case law.
The Sac and Fox Nation is an Indian tribe originally from the Great Lakes area. Following a series of treaties with the United States, in 1867[2][3] they moved to the Sac and Fox reservation of 480,000 acres (190,000 ha) in Indian Territory (in what is now Pottawatomie County in the State of Oklahoma). In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act which broke up the reservation and allotted land to the tribal members.[4][5] In implementing this law, the United States entered into another treaty with the tribe in 1891,[6][7] in which the tribe retained 800 acres (320 ha) as a tribal headquarters and tribal members were allotted 160 acres (65 ha) of land from the former reservation.[1]
The Sac and Fox Nation governs itself under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination Act[8] and has its own tax commission. The tribe imposes a tax on earnings of any person working within tribal jurisdiction, regardless of whether that person is a tribal member. The tribe also provides for a motor vehicle tax and registration of any vehicle that are owned by a tribal member and garaged within tribal jurisdiction. The State of Oklahoma, through the Oklahoma Tax Commission, also administers income[9] and motor vehicle taxes.[10] The state considers that all income earned in the state is taxable, including on tribal land, and issues tax assessments against those who are delinquent. Oklahoma contends that anyone within the state had to register their vehicles with the state, while the Sac and Fox Nation required tribal members residing in tribal jurisdiction to register the vehicle with the tribe. The state viewed those members to be delinquent in their vehicle taxes, but made no effort to collect until the vehicle was sold to a new owner. At that time, Oklahoma would require that the delinquent taxes and penalties be paid in order to register the vehicle.[1][11][12]
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The Sac and Fox Nation then filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Tax Commission in U.S. District Court seeking a permanent injunction prohibiting the state from taxing income earned within tribal jurisdiction or of those who reside within the tribe's jurisdiction, and from vehicle taxes on vehicles that were lawfully registered with the tribe. Both the Sac and Fox Nation and Oklahoma made motions for summary judgment and the district court, without determining reservation boundaries, held that while the state could collect income tax on non-tribal members, they could not collect income taxes from tribal members employed by the tribe on trust land. The district court also held that the state could not collect vehicle taxes for periods that the vehicle was properly registered with the tribe. Both sides appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][11]
The Tenth Circuit Court affirmed the decision of the district court. First the court noted that the reservation boundaries were not relevant to the case, the issue instead being tribal immunity from state jurisdiction. The court noted the prior Supreme Court decision in Okla. Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band, Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Okla.[13] and stated that "It appears as though the State of Oklahoma persists in fighting a battle it has already lost."[11] Since Oklahoma could provide no Congressional authority for collecting taxes from Sac and Fox tribal members it was clear that the state had exceeded its authority.[14] On the income tax for non-tribal employees, the Sac and Fox Nation asserted that the Commerce Clause and treaty language granted it exclusive taxing authority on tribal land. The appellate court was not persuaded and ruled that the state could impose an income tax on non-tribal members.[11][15]
On the issue of tribal motor vehicle taxes and registration, the Tenth Circuit Court did not make a distinction between tribal and non-tribal members. The court held that the tribe could require the registration of vehicles on tribal land, regardless of whether the owner was a tribal member or not. The court noted that both Moe v. Salish and Kootenai Tribes[16] and Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation[17] prohibit such state taxation on tribal members. The state could enforce its vehicle tax on non-tribal members.[1][11]
Both parties appealed to the Supreme Court, which, after noting a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in the same area, granted certiorari and agreed to hear the case.[1]
Opinion of the courtEdit
David Allen Miley argued the case for Oklahoma. Edwin Kneedler argued the case for the United States as amicus curiae on behalf of the tribe, with Solicitor General Ken Starr. G. William Rice argued the case for the Sac and Fox Nation. Amicus curiae briefs in support of Oklahoma were filed by Arizona, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Briefs in support of the tribe were filed by Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma,[18] Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Navajo Nation.[1]
The state argued that the case law cited by the Tenth Circuit only dealt with established Indian reservations and that the appellate court erred since the Sac and Fox reservation had been disestablished in the 1890s. The Tax Commission's position was that there were no more reservations in Oklahoma.[19] Oklahoma stated that without determining reservation boundaries, if any, the lower court would be unable to properly apply tribal immunity. The state also argued that the vehicle tax and registration fees were more akin to a sales tax and a use fee than an excise tax.[1]
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of a unanimous court. O'Connor stated that Oklahoma's argument that a tribal member must live on a reservation to be exempt from state taxes was incorrect. All that is required is that the member live in "Indian country",[20][21] which Congress has defined to "include formal and informal reservations, dependent Indian communities, and Indian allotments, whether restricted or held in trust by the United States."[1] O'Connor noted that the Tenth Circuit should have determined the residence of the tribal members as inside or outside of Indian country, not if they were within the reservation.[22][23] She noted that in Potawatomi case, Oklahoma made exactly the same argument which was also rejected by the court.[1]
O'Connor also rejected the state's argument that the motor vehicle tax was not an excise tax and that the registration fee was a use fee. She stated that the tax strongly resembled the taxes prohibited by Colville and Moe, and noted that if the registration fee was a use fee, then non-residents of Oklahoma would not be exempt. The court upheld the decision of the Tenth Circuit Court.[1][24][25][26]
Subsequent developmentsEdit
This case, together with two other involving the Oklahoma Tax Commission have defined tribal sovereignty in a clearer manner.[22][27][28] The case has been cited in numerous lower court opinions, as well as the Supreme Courts own opinions, as limiting the ability of state governments to act in Indian country.[27][28] Sac and Fox, together with Potawatomi and Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation,[29] have become known as the "Oklahoma tax cases".[30] The decision is also unique in that it uses a federal criminal jurisdiction statute as the basis for civil jurisdiction.[31]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Okla. Tax Comm'n v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993).
- ^ Treaty with the Sauk and Foxes, 1867, 15 Stat. 495.
- ^ 2 Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties 951-956 (Charles J. Kappler, ed. 1904)
- ^ General Allotment Act of 1887, 24 Stat. 388.
- ^ 1 Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties 33-36 (Charles J. Kappler, ed. 1904)
- ^ Treaty with the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians, 1890, 26 Stat. 749.
- ^ 1 Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties 389–393 (Charles J. Kappler, ed. 1904)
- ^ Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, 25 U.S.C. § 450f.
- ^ Okla. Stat., Tit. 68, § 2351 et seq.
- ^ Okla. Stat., Tit. 68, § 2101 et seq.
- ^ a b c d e Sac and Fox Nation v. Okla. Tax Comm'n, 967 F.2d 1425 (10th Cir. 1992).
- ^ Alex Tallchief Skibine, Teaching Indian Law in an Anti-Tribal Era, 82 N.D. L. Rev. 777 (2006).
- ^ Okla. Tax Comm'n v. Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991).
- ^ Bradford D. Cooley, The Navajo Uranium Ban: Tribal Sovereignty v. National Energy Demands, 26 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 393 (2006).
- ^ Okla. Tax Comm'n v. Chickasaw Nation, 515 U.S. 450 (1995).
- ^ Moe v. Salish and Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463 (1976).
- ^ Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, 447 U.S. 134 (1980).
- ^ R. David Edmunds, The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900 307-308 (2004).
- ^ W. Dale Mason, Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics 200-202 (2000).
- ^ Angelique A. EagleWoman, Re-establishing the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate's Reservation Boundaries: Building a Legal Rationale from Current International Law, 29 Am. Indian. L. Rev. 239 (2005).
- ^ a b Skibine, supra, at 783 n.50.
- ^ Joseph D. Matal, A Revisionist History of Indian Country, 14 Alaska L. Rev. 283 (1997).
- ^ Skibine, supra, at 782.
- ^ Joseph Francis Zimmerman, Interstate Relations: The Neglected Dimension of Federalism 11 (1996).
- ^ Edmunds, supra, at 307-308.
- ^ a b Matal, supra, at 327, 333.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, supra, at 11.
- ^ Chickasaw Nation, supra, at 450.
- ^ Cooley, supra, at 414.
- ^ Marc Slonim, Indian Country, Indian Reservations, and the Importance of History in Indian Law, 45 Gonz. L. Rev. 517, (2010).
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- Text of Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993) is available from: CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)


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Many famous people are always seen to be surrounded by numerous friends. A number of well known, charismatic personalities, regardless of whether they are politicians, professionals, academics or business leaders, have a regular group of individuals who hover around them. They are seen to have many friends who wish to be in their company and orbit!
The art and skill of making friends and keeping that friendship going from strength to strength is, however, a function of sincerity, integrity and deep seated mutual admiration. Too often we find that a few individuals mistakenly regard some others as friends when in reality they are just mere acquaintances, or in other instances, associates.
These are people we meet, probably incidentally, in the course of our working and social life. We probably know them just on a casual and informal basis and as such they do not qualify as friends. We also meet such people in our neighbourhood and in our social circles. They are what we call acquaintances…not friends. If and when an acquaintance becomes a friend, then that is a matter of choice and probably because the relationship has progressed from mere acquaintance to that of friend.
These are individuals that we meet in a business or professional context. The very nature of our working relationship requires that we interact with these individuals on a regular basis. It is our work and the issues and challenges that arise from time to time that require us to meet and interact with these people. They are best described as associates…not friends.
Here too, while they meet on a regular basis, there is no real need to regard these individuals as friends. However, when the two individuals seem to get along well, share the same interests and views on work related matters and genuinely like each other's company, the stage is set to elevate the relationship from associate to a friend. This is sometimes the case and in that instance, you can consider it a gift.
Friends for a Reason
These individuals come into our lives for a specific reason. They inch and work their way into our lives because they have an ultimate objective. They are seeking something from you but at this stage of the so called friendship, you have no idea that this is the grand design. You are then drawn to the individual based on his / her approach to you and you do not suspect any ulterior motive.
The façade of friendship, however, crumbles when that person is unable to get what he / she wanted from you. You have continued to function and operate as a true professional. However, when the individual realises that you are not going to give him what he wants, he shows his true colours.
His was never a real friendship in the first instance. It was all an act to win favour with you for a hidden purpose. Once he is found out, he moves away. He pursued friendship with you for a hidden reason and not because you both shared mutual interests.
Friends for a Season
These friendships begin well enough and seem to flourish when you are both at the same level, job wise or career wise. However, jealousy creeps in and spoils the friendship when one party begins to get promoted or recognised. The other party sulks and is resentful.
This inability to appreciate a friend's success is actually very common. Such friends will not send a congratulatory note to the friend nor will he telephone to wish him well. In fact, he will studiously avoid the subject and show his mean streak. On the other hand, such a friend will be the first to notice his misfortune if he is sacked or retrenched!
At other times, such friends will make unreasonable demands on the friendship. And if the other party declines to give in, then problems arise.
I know of a friend who, when he travels, chooses to stay in hotels. He feels that he can come and go as he pleases when he stays in a hotel. This friend, as such, does not wish to trouble relatives or friends when he is on holiday.
However, he made a big mistake in acceding to his friend's invitation to stay in his house rather than a hotel. The friend even insisted that he stay for a minimum of four weeks! Sometime during the second week of the stay, he noticed a change in the behaviour of his friend. Soon after, he was being deliberately ignored. He got the strong hints and decided to leave forthwith. He should have known better and heeded a well known piece of advice: " If you stay with a friend, make sure it is for not more than three days. After that, like rotting fish, you will begin to smell! " What may have begun with good intentions however, resulted in that friendship coming to a premature end.
Friends for a Good Time
Many are aware of this phenomenon. This is quite often the case when you are in a generous and celebratory mood and quite prepared to pick up the tab repeatedly. In this scenario, there will be no shortage of so called friends because they will swarm around you like bees to honey. But when the situation changes for the worse and the regular partying, drinking and dinners stop happening because of financial reasons, these friends will move out with even greater speed than rats leaving a sinking ship. This inability to discern just who your real friends are can be a very costly mistake.
True Blue Friends
How do you tell if you have a true blue friend? It is, in fact, quite an easy task.
True blue friends are actually charter members of the ' Mutual Admiration Society (MAS). They share many common interests and values and their friendship is very evenly balanced.
Each party wishes to continue to strengthen and build the friendship over time. Each is genuinely pleased and happy for the other party to achieve success. Whilst they may share many common interests, they also have other interests that they pursue individually. Both parties admire each other for their talents, abilities and values.
Some Traits of True Blue Friends
These individuals always think and act in the friend's best interest. They do so instinctively and readily because it is the right thing to do.
These individuals have a friendship built on a sound foundation. Each contributes to the friendship in equal measure and it is never a lopsided friendship where only one party makes the effort. In some cases, I know of people who claim to be friends but only make the barest minimum effort to strengthen the friendship.
A true blue friend is also one with whom you can confide your fears and frustrations. He is there to hear you out, discuss matters with you candidly and never betray your confidence. He is willing to serve as a sounding board for your ideas and proposals because you know that he will give you his feedback without fear or favour. Sometimes, all he need do is just be a sympathetic listener!
Another admirable quality of true blue friends is that they stay loyal not just in good times but also when the other person is facing problems…financial, business, professional or personal. It is in times such as these that a true blue friend shines because the other so called friends have deserted him in his hour of need.
A true blue friend never takes the friendship for granted. He works at it diligently. In your whole lifetime, if you have managed to acquire, cultivate and keep five true friends, you can consider yourself a lucky person. You have been truly blessed because the reality is true friends are worth their weight in gold.


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OWNING a car in a congested city like New York or San Francisco can mean more hassle than happiness, what with traffic snarls, limited street parking and expensive garages.
But Curtis Rogers has figured out a way to turn those psychic costs into a source of profit. The less he drives, the more he potentially makes.
Registering his vehicle on the peer-to-peer car rental company Getaround, Mr. Rogers, who lives in San Francisco, rents out his Toyota Prius by the hour or the day, whenever he does not need it. In the last six months, he has earned an average of $750 a month for essentially doing nothing but acting as his own rent-a-car company.
"My friends and family back in Texas think I'm crazy," he said. "But I've been really surprised by how much money I've made.''
Mr. Rogers, whose day job also involves disruptive transportation technology, is an account operations manager for Lyft, the ride-hailing competitor to Uber.
Getaround joins companies like Lyft and Uber — and for that matter, Airbnb — that enable owners and customers to make use of valuable assets that might otherwise sit idle much of the time.
And it is but one example of how smartphone-based technology continues to upend the traditional car rental business, which was long dominated by Avis, Enterprise, Hertz and their various subsidiaries.
The conventional car rental companies, which a decade ago had to respond to the rise of digital fleet-rental alternatives like Zipcar — which Avis ended up buying — have had little choice but to continue evolving to adapt to smartphone upstarts like Getaround.
"For us, technology is key," said Sam Zaid, Getaround's chief executive. "Our technology makes car rental as easy as owning a car."
Operating in 10 cities in the United States, Getaround has signed up about 3,000 car owners. Each owner agrees to let Getaround install a small box under the car's dashboard, which tracks vehicle diagnostics, pinpoints the car's location at any moment and keeps track of how the vehicle is being driven. Getaround charges owners $20 a month, and a 40 percent commission on rental fees.
To rent a car, which costs $5 to $25 an hour depending on the model, a customer uses the Getaround app to find a nearby vehicle. A grid shows its location and whether and when the car is available. The customer can unlock the vehicle by smartphone, then find a car key that has been hidden within the vehicle.
All rental forms are filled out electronically, with no need for the owner and customer to ever meet. The rental rate includes $1 million of insurance coverage, as well as roadside assistance.
The Getaround model is meant for cities with concentrated populations, which is why its initial markets also include Portland, Ore., Chicago and Washington.
For less densely settled, sprawling metropolises like Los Angeles, there are companies like Skurt, a one-year-old start-up, which will deliver rental cars to customers. After the drop-off, Skurt drivers head back to the office by public transportation, a folding bike or even a skateboard.
Like Getaround, Skurt does not own the cars. The company contracts with the major rental companies to make use of their excess capacity. Using the Skurt app, customers choose the models they want, set the drop-off and pickup times and locations, and scan their driver's licenses. Prices start at about $40 a day.
Skurt is aiming at the millennial market. And so, unlike traditional car rental companies, which usually add a surcharge for renters younger than 25, Skurt will rent to drivers as young as 21 at no additional charge.
"Our customers don't consider us as an alternative to car rental companies; they use us as a replacement for car ownership," said Josh Mangel, 23, one of Skurt's founders.
Skurt's cars are available in the more heavily populated parts of Los Angeles and neighboring Orange County, with expansion planned soon to San Diego and Austin, Tex.
Besides the considerable costs involved in big fleets of vehicles and large chains of airport and storefront retail offices, the conventional rental car companies are also encumbered by longstanding business procedures, which for customers can mean standing in a slow-moving line at a rental agency waiting for a paper rental contract to be issued.
That is one reason that earlier this year, Hertz invested in customer convenience by taking a stake in Luxe, a San Francisco start-up that operates as a valet on demand, parking a car when the customer cannot find a space and then handing it back over again when the customer is ready. Although Luxe will park anyone's car, Hertz plans to make it a service option with some of its rental fleet.
To make its valet service feasible, Luxe operates only in parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, San Francisco and several other cities. The company returns a car within 30 minutes of the customer's requesting it.
Hertz plans to enhance Luxe's convenience by having employees pick up and deliver cars for customers who rent away from an airport, wherever they are.
"We're on the precipice of very significant changes within the company," said Jeffrey Foland, a Hertz senior executive vice president. Over the next two years, the company will refresh its core technology, including its customer interface and reservations systems. "We want to make the rental process no more complicated than a couple of clicks on a mobile device."
Enterprise, which also owns the Alamo and National brands, is betting that the best way to reduce the stress of a rental is keeping the customer away from the rental counter. It already operates Enterprise CarShare, a service similar to Zipcar.
And now, using Enterprise's new LaunchPad software, available in 17 North American cities, a customer who has booked a reservation is greeted at the rental agency door by an employee holding a tablet. With LaunchPad, the Enterprise employee has real-time access to the locations of cars in the fleet. The employee uses a prefilled reservation and takes the customer directly to the car.
During the car's inspection, any dings are photographed on the tablet through LaunchPad. When the vehicle is returned, the process is reversed, with a receipt emailed to the renter.
"We're moving the process from a transaction to an interaction," said Scott Stephens, an Enterprise assistant vice president.
Avis is taking a different approach. With its new Avis Now app, the company's preferred customers receive automatic notification of the location of their rental vehicle and a picture of it upon reaching the rental lot.
Customers can use Avis Now to change cars while still in the lot, confirm fuel level and mileage and return the car without assistance. With Avis vehicles that have connected technology, the app also allows the renter to open the doors and flash the lights to make the car easier to find.
Yet none of these advancements address the one basic fact about renting a car: Like borrowed evening wear, it may fit, but it is still not as comfortable as your own.
Imagine one day jumping into your rental vehicle and finding your favorite radio stations, seat position and temperature all preconfigured, based on your digital profile. That is a goal that the rental companies say they are pursuing.
"There's an aligned interest between the car manufacturers, Google, Apple and us," Mr. Foland of Hertz said. "We're working with these parties to have customized vehicles in the near future."


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Match ends, Norwich City 1, Derby County 1.
Norwich City 1-1 Derby County
- From the section Football
An own goal from Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy gifted their promotion rivals Derby a point at Carrow Road.
Cameron Jerome met a fierce low Martin Olsson cross to tap in the open goal from close range, while Steve McClaren's Rams failed to get an effort on goal before the break.
Steven Whittaker was foiled by Derby keeper Lee Grant before Ruddy spilled a Jamie Hanson corner into his own net.
Grant ensured a vital point, denying Sebastien Bassong and Gary Hooper.
The draw sees Derby fall off the pace at the top of the Championship, slipping from second to fourth in the table, with Bournemouth, Middlesbrough and Watford all winning on Saturday.
Norwich remain fifth and just one point adrift of Derby, but are now three points off the summit, with Bournemouth beating Blackpool 4-0 to reclaim the lead on goal difference after Middlesbrough temporarily went top in beating Ipswich Town.
|Tribute to a Canary legend
|Spectators at Carrow Road paid their respects to former Norwich City player and Canary Hall of Fame member Roy McCrohan, who died at the age of 84 last week, with a minutes applause before kick-off.McCrohan is sixth in the club's top all-time appearances list, having played 426 first-team games over an 11-years period between 1951 and 1962.
Alex Neil's Canaries started brightly with Alex Tettey, Graham Dorrans and Wes Hoolahan particularly lively, but it was not until the 17th minute that Jonny Howson called Rams keeper Grant into action.
While the visitors were starved of early chances, Derby's Will Hughes pounced on a partially-cleared corner to fire menacingly over the bar.
Jerome poked an effort just wide before eventually opening the scoring for Norwich, side-footing unchallenged into an empty net after Olsson whipped a low ball across the face of goal following good lead up work from from Bradley Johnson and Hoolahan.
Whittaker almost forced home a second for the hosts after the break, only for Grant to crucially save.
The near-miss seemed to rouse the visitors, with Tom Ince testing Ruddy from distance before the former England keeper inexplicably gifted Derby the equaliser, letting Hanson's corner drop over the line.
For Hanson, the goal marked his Football League debut, starting for Derby County after Spaniard Omar Mascarell suffered a foot injury in training on Friday.
It took two fine saves from Grant, keeping Bassong's header out before diving to his left to deny Hooper, for Derby to stay ahead of Norwich in the Championship table.
Still, Jerome almost secured maximum points for Norwich, but his powerful header from a Whittaker cross soared over the bar.
Norwich manager Alex Neil: "Obviously when you make a mistake as a goalkeeper it is highlighted and obviously John (Ruddy) is disappointed with the result, as we all are. But he has been fantastic since I've come in and it was what it was.
"The main thing to say is that we would have won the game if we had converted more of the chances we created.
"We had plenty of opportunities and I can't remember Derby having one."
Derby manager Steve McClaren: "It's always going to be tough coming to a place like this, especially when you are without three controlling midfielders and your two main strikers.
"But I thought we showed real character today to come away with a point - it's a characteristic that should serve us well in the last 10 games.
"We have taken a lot of points this season by playing fantastic football and that wasn't the case today.
"But the lads dug in to make sure we came away with something and to be fair I think it was about time we had a little bit of luck."
- 1Ruddy
- 2Whittaker
- 5MartinBooked at 82mins
- 30Bassong
- 23Olsson
- 8Howson
- 27TetteyBooked at 41mins
- 41DorransSubstituted forHooperat 79'minutes
- 4Johnson
- 14Hoolahan
- 10Jerome
- 3Cuéllar
- 11Hooper
- 12Andreu
- 16Loza
- 22Redmond
- 26Rudd
- 28O'Neil
- 1Grant
- 32ShottonBooked at 35minsSubstituted forChristieat 70'minutes
- 6Keogh
- 36AlbentosaBooked at 78mins
- 3Forsyth
- 19HughesSubstituted forBrysonat 76'minutes
- 26Hanson
- 8Hendrick
- 23Ince
- 11Russell
- 10WardSubstituted forWarnockat 82'minutes
- 2Christie
- 4Bryson
- 7Dawkins
- 16Lingard
- 21Roos
- 29Thomas
- 37Warnock
- Referee:
- Lee Probert
- Attendance:
- 26,766
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home59%
- Away41%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away10
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Norwich City 1, Derby County 1.
Attempt missed. Bradley Johnson (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Steven Whittaker with a cross.
Attempt missed. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Steven Whittaker with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Johnny Russell (Derby County) because of an injury.
Foul by Russell Martin (Norwich City).
Johnny Russell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Gary Hooper (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johnny Russell with a headed pass.
Substitution, Derby County. Stephen Warnock replaces Jamie Ward.
Russell Martin (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Russell Martin (Norwich City).
Johnny Russell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Norwich City).
Cyrus Christie (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Norwich City. Gary Hooper replaces Graham Dorrans.
Attempt saved. Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a cross.
Raúl Albentosa (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Raúl Albentosa (Derby County).
Substitution, Derby County. Craig Bryson replaces Will Hughes.
Attempt blocked. Bradley Johnson (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Whittaker with a cross.
Graham Dorrans (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Johnny Russell (Derby County).
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Will Hughes (Derby County).
Hand ball by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Substitution, Derby County. Cyrus Christie replaces Ryan Shotton.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Norwich City).
Richard Keogh (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Own Goal by John Ruddy, Norwich City. Norwich City 1, Derby County 1.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by John Ruddy.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Sebastien Bassong.
Offside, Norwich City. Russell Martin tries a through ball, but Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Norwich City).
Raúl Albentosa (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Norwich City).


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And can you blame us? That's Robin and his little boy Julian Thicke in the pic above and we can't handle that sweet smile. And don't even get us started on those gorgeous blonde locks. He is such a cutie!
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text: PICTURES: World Book Day Isla and Finley Cross, seven and six, East Wittering Primary Children have been busy dressing up as their favourite fictional characters for World Book Day today, Thursday, March 3. Here is a selection of the first fantastic pictures we have been sent in. Hope and Colin Taylor, five and 11, East Wittering Primary A slideshow of pictures will appear later. Email your pictures to us at email@example.com Jayden and Joey Stevenson, six and five, East Wittering Primary Lennie Palmer, four, Tangmere Primary Summer Rose, five, as Mrs Trunchbull. Parklands Primary How are some of Chichester's newest shop arrivals getting on?


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I have to say that I am really impressed with how much time Jay has been putting into his school project on Russia. After last week leaving it until the last minute then not having everything he needed done we had a good talk with his teacher. Well I would say that he now understands the importance of starting a project right away and not only does he have to just get the information he should be learning what it is he is researching and have it typed in his own words....So this weekend that is what he did and I would have to say that he surprised himself by what he actually learned about Russia. He will be back to school tomorrow to turn in his project and will present it to the class. I am sure his teacher is going to be very impressed with his work, I know I am :0)
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Turn down the noise
Stop for a minute ...
There's a beautiful place right under your feet
The grass has never been greener
The sky has never been so blue
The sun has never felt so warm on your face
Oh that was a beautiful view
But don't think that I don't see
Everything that makes you too busy for me
Too busy for me
Sit down by the water take a load of your feet
And dream for awhile
Listen to the music
There's a symphony playing ...
The birds have never sung sweeter
The river never ran so true
The wind up on the willow is for soothing your soul
~ Kelita ~ Too Busy For Me ~
Pre-diagnosis, my life was similar to others, busy. Maybe too busy for me. I dreaded being bored and would do almost anything to keep busy. I think this boredom also contributed to my eating disorder. Yet reflecting back, keeping busy really didn't keep me happy.
It is a habit as much of modern civilization can be credited to our very human behaviour of keeping busy. Invention not only stems from necessity but from boredom as well. Just think of the latest gadget on the market and the hype around it.
But are we "wired" for the pace we are living?
Mentally we can transfer information quickly ... but emotionally, we do need time to process experiences. No thanks to rapid communication pressures, most of us don't have the luxury of time. Simply put, life can become so fast, busy and pressured. Leading to stress, anxiety and depression ... resulting in deprivation of pleasure.
You know you are too busy when ...
a balancing act becomes a juggling act.
Now some would argue that the secret to a happy life is to keep busy. So are YOU torn between activity and inactivity? Personally I feel being busy isn't enough. Mainly because my mind can wander just as easily, busy or idle ... and I often struggle with staying present due to this wandering mind.
"...a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost."
So can you keep busy staying present then? Well paying attention to whatever you are doing NOW is likely to make you happier than letting your mind wander off to unpleasant, negative and worrying thoughts.
Being mindful is a good thing.
So mentally if you feel you are "just trying to get by", "keep your head above water" and "barely making it", just ask yourself how satisfied are you with your busy life. Restoring your energy is vital to reducing stress and increasing satisfaction.
Burn-out can happen even in a good life.
Most people don't regret spending too much time with their loved ones. So if you are too busy to integrate the good times you are suppose to be having, you may not be having a good time at all.


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AceShowbiz - One man has been found dead after attending the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
On Saturday, June 15, paramedics were called to tend to a 27-year-old male who had been found "unresponsive" while staying on the camp grounds with his father, and he was admitted to a local hospital for treatment.
However, doctors were unable to save his life, and he subsequently passed away.
In a statement issued to local publication the Manchester Times, Ann Ewing, director of crisis communication at the festival's public relations and marketing group Kaleidoscope Media, shares, "We understand that he had an underlying medical condition, and that, unfortunately, he has died. We have no further information at this time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends."
Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino, Phish, and Post Malone served as headliners for this year's Bonnaroo events, which kicked off on Thursday, June 13 and wraps on Sunday night (June 16).


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Monday morning saw a welcome end to what was, at times, an arduous process. I was offered a position with a firm in Minnetonka with whom I interviewed three times over the past ten days. My first day will be Tuesday the 25th!!
Upon hearing the news, my wife was incredibly ecstatic. So much so, she asked "Now can we put our house up for sale?"
I compromised. She was willing to "settle" for our first brand new car in our 7 ½ year marriage. As we were filling out the paperwork I came to the portion which asked how long I'd been at my current job, and to list the length of tenure in "Years and Months." I proceeded to ask the salesperson "Do you have a box labeled 'number of hours'?"


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"Mile in His Shoes" is the story of Mickey Tussler, a young man with Asperger's Syndrome--a type of autism--who is recruited by a passionate manager to pitch for his minor league team. The story centers on Arthur Murphy, who coaches a semi-pro baseball team out of a small country town in Ohio. The team he is coaching is starting another losing season, and Murphy is getting pressure from the owner for the team to improve or suffer the consequences. So Murphy is sent on a scouting trip to bring talent to the team. By chance, on his way to scout, his car breaks down and Murphy meets a young autistic country boy named Mickey Tussler. Mickey is autistic so he is a little bit off, but still very nice and friendly. Murphy sees Mickey throwing some apples, and spies Mickey's arm as talent. So, Murphy persuades Mickey's uptight parents to let Mickey come to Clayton, Ohio and have a tryout. Once in Clayton, Mickey proves his talent, and becomes well liked. However, Lefty, another pitcher on the team dislikes him; jealous. Lefty hires some men to take Mickey out and beat him up, hurting his right throwing hand. Mickey is then out for a few weeks, where Lefty (another pitcher) begins to shine in his absence. Then, somehow the law finds out about what Lefty did and he is kicked off the Rats (the baseball team). Then, after some time, Lefty joins their rivals the Bullets. Meanwhile, Mickey is having trouble focusing since his injury so Murphy takes him home to get his head on straight. Murphy ends up getting into a fight with Clarence, Mickey's father, and Mickey stays behind. In the end there is a final showdown between the two rivals, and beforehand Murphy persuades Clarence to let his son play again. Mickey shines, and the Rats win.
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Adivasi Club Lifted 10th Kate Purty Inter-village Football Tournament 2016 Cup Organised by Tata Steel's Sukinda Chromite Mine
Sukinda: In the final match played at Central Playground in Sukinda Chromite Mine (SCM) of Tata Steel in Jajpur district, Adivasi Club of Kate Purty Nagar lifted 10th Kate Purty Invitational Inter-village football tournament-2016, organised by Tata Steel by defeating Nehru Club of Bhalutangara from Dhenkanal district by 2-1 goal.
Ramdas Murmu of Nehru club scored the first goal but Bisan Murmu and Nares Tudu scored successive goals to give their team 2-1 lead. Shri R R Satpathy, General Manager, Operations, Ferro Alloys and Minerals Division, Tata Steel, Shri Rajesh Patel, Chief, Mining, Shri Harihar Barik, General Secretary and Shri K C Behera, President, SCM Workers' Union gave away trophies and cash award to the wining and runner-up team. The wining team received Rs 20,000 and the runners-up team got Rs 15,000 cash award.
Ghanasyam Kerai of Adivasi Club was best goal keeper of the series while Sib Narayan Bahadur of the same club was declared as man of the series and Biju Marandi of Nehru Club became the man of the series.
Starting December 15, 2016 this 15 days tournament witnessed brilliant performances by players of 32 teams, vying for the title. Teams from Ransol, Chingudipal, Kankarpal, Kaliapani panchayat of Sukinda block of Jajpur district and Raibol panchayat of Kankarahat block of Dhenkanal district took part in the 10th edition of this tournament.
Named after Shri Kate Purty, the man who discovered chromite in Sukinda valley in 1949, the tournament has been organised for 9 years in a row. While reminding people about Shri Purty's contribution to the economy of the region, the tournament aims at giving a platform to local football talent to showcase their skills and promote sports in the region.


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Today we travel to Utah and meet Kricket and Gussie Keetch. FFA and 4-H members. These girls are learning ranch life and livestock handling first hand!
We have been born and raised in Central Utah, both our parents came from agriculture backgrounds. Our dad grew up raising horses with his dad and training colts. He put himself through college shoeing horses. He rode saddle broncs in college and the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association) for about 7 years. Our mom grew up on a small farm, they always had horses and raised their own beef. After being married for several years, our parents started their own small business, now called Keetch Cowboy Gear. Our dad, Mike Keetch, is a saddle-maker and part-time machinist, and our mom, Cindy, is a chap maker. We have always had horses growing up and as we (Kricket and Gussie) have gotten older, we have really come to love and enjoy the Californio style of horsemanship and stock handling.
We, like most agriculture in our area, live on a small farm with horses, a few cows, chickens and a dog or two. We have a small arena to practice in and love to ride in the mountains. We take a week long pack trip once a year and enjoy the outdoors immensely. We have been blessed with friends and opportunities to do ranch work; sorting cattle, pushing cows up the mountain in the spring, gathering in the fall, doctoring cattle, work a feedlot, and our favorite, branding with several area ranches.
Kricket, now eighteen, was able to learn how to make a basic 17 strand cinch when she was about 13. Since then, she has learned to make other styles of cinches. She has learned to dye her own mohair, do different designs and people's brands. One of her cinches goes on all her dad's saddles and she has built her own clientele for Kricket's Custom Cinches. Kricket joined FFA as a freshman and has since been very involved. She was her chapter's Finance Committee Chairman, then Secretary, and was chapter President her senior year. Her SAE (supervised agricultrual experience) project was her cinch business and taking care of and using her horses. She has won various awards on the state level and was one of the top 4 individuals in the state for the Star State Agribusiness award.
Gussie, age fifteen, is naturally gifted with horses. She has great "feel" and is able to achieve the move she's trying to get from the horse. She loves horses and couldn't imagine her life without them. She expresses these thoughts and feelings through her cowboy poetry. She loves to write and has earned literary awards all through school since the first grade. Recently she had her poems published in Ranch and Reata magazine, along with a short story and pictures of her. She helps her dad or mom with any leather work they need and enjoys hanging out in the saddle shop.
Thanks Kricket and Gussie for the great feature! You can follow these girls and their adventures on their blog Boots, Braids and Big Loops!
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It's time to upgrade your senior living, and you don't even have to leave town to do it. Brookdale Santa Fe is a senior living community right here in Santa Fe that offers beautiful independent living and assisted living residences in pueblo-style architecture with magnificent mountain views. As a resident here, you'll have a whole staff standing by to help with the cooking, cleaning, and other household chores. You'll also have access to a range of amenities and features that help provide the resort-style retirement life that you've always wanted. And you'll enjoy it all in a community that feels just like home sweet home.
Nestled in the high desert of New Mexico at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, our community is adjacent to a public park and recreation center. We are also close to the historic Santa Fe Plaza, numerous art galleries and museums and many popular restaurants. Whether you're making new friends during one of our many planned group outings or social events, sitting down for a friendly game of cards in our spacious game room, or tending to your favorite plants in the outdoor garden areas, you'll have plenty of ways to live life well here.
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On 26th July' 16 the IBPS short for Institute of Banking Personnel Selection released the registration link for Probationary Officers Recruitment Exam which is CWE PO/MT-VI on its official website. Interested students can go to the official website and apply for the examination.
Also Read: IBPS PO/MT Recruitment Notification Released
Following are the steps that one should follow to register for CWE PO/MT-VI
- First, visit the official website of IBPS
- Once you are there you will find a link called CWE PO/MT-VI, click on it.
- After that click on "Click here for new registration"
- Read the instructions carefully before clicking on 'continue'
- Now, the form is open so provide the information asked
- Login ID and password will be required
- After that upload the scanned signature and photograph
- In the end, pay the fees
- Finally, do take a printout for future references
Students with a graduate degree in any field are eligible to apply but the degree should be from a recognised university and following are the phases one has to go through to crack the examination.
- Preliminary exam
- Main exam
- Interview
Also Read: Results for SSC CHSL Exam 2016 Delayed
Dates to Remember:
- Date of preliminary exam- 16th, 22nd, and 23rd October' 16
- Result of Preliminary Exam- November' 16
- Date of Online Main Exam- 20th November' 16
- Result of the Main exam- December' 16
- Interview- January' 17 and February' 17
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I get great door prizes for my speaking presentations at TJ Maxx. During a presentation I gave recently, I was talking about the store, and I mentioned how hard their price stickers are to remove. Super hard. I would pick, pick, pick at it and then need to use Goo Be Gone. It was all a […]Read More
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When I walk down the hallway to my mom's cottage in her nursing home I have 2 choices. I can go right to the Pheasant Run cottage and see my Aunt Joy. Or, I can go left to the Grandview Cottage and see my mom. Both are great choices. I love both women very much. […]Read More
One would think I would talk about being thankful today
After all, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day here in the US. And, I am very thankful. In fact, every night for years I write down at least 3 things I'm grateful for from the day. I hope you are extremely thankful, too. But, I figured you received enough 'Thanksgiving' newsletters this week. I want to talk […]Read More
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I didn't expect to be writing this article today. In the middle of the night my precious 92-year-old mom fell in the nursing home. She is now in the hospital and will get therapy and we will see what happens. She is so amazing. Her spirit is still one of joy and peace. Oh, to […]Read More
Organization Tip of the Day
Sit down with the children and take out all the board games and card games that you own. Find out which ones the children like to play, which ones have all the pieces, and get rid of the rest. If necessary tape up the boxes or put all the game boards in a bin and […]Read More
Organization Tip of the Day
Use baskets and bins for the different types of toys. One for Barbies, Barbies' clothes, hot wheel cars, legos, and be sure and label the bins. If your child is young, print graphics off the computer and tape to the bin. Use the one-in-one-out rule with your children's toys. For example, when they have a […]Read More
Day 28 of my 30-Day Commitment: Moments
Family! I'm in Denver visiting our daughter, Emily, and Micah flew in, too. We're going to visit Colorado State University tomorrow as Micah would like to go to college there. Moments like these are so precious. Priceless, actually!Read More
Day 24 of my 30-Day Commitment: Let's not forget about relationships
Tonight we celebrated Chris and Ashley's 1st wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been one year tomorrow since their beautiful wedding. It seems every day lately I'm thinking how fast time is flying by! And again today I realized how important relationships are for all of us. Then I started thinking about goals. I know […]Read More
10 Simple Ways to Organize During the Holidays
Don't worry about the whole house. There are too many other fun things to do in December. Just pick 3 areas that people see the most when they come over and organize those areas. As you take out your decorations don't put broken items back in the box. Take the time to really go through […]Read More
It's Time for a Great Holiday! 7 Tips for Holiday Sanity
Here are some great tips for you to keep sane in December! Print out a blank calendar for the month of December and cross out the week of Christmas. Now you can see in black and white that there isn't much time for all that you think you must do during the Holidays. Fill in […]Read More


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This was our first trip to Desire Pearl, and we visited 1 - 8 Sep 2018. We will be back.
Before we left for our trip I had been in correspondence with the resort manager about a few issues (things we'd read about in recent reviews that had us concerned), and so he knew my name. When I lost my passport the day before we were to leave (yup, true story), I let them know we'd be (unfortunately) arriving a day late (fortunately I live in Canada's capital and so was able to get an emergency passport replacement the next day). When we arrived on Sunday, we were greeted with an upgraded room (newly renovated, with a lovely private plunge pool) in a great spot, and the happiness began. Spoiler alert: the happiness didn't end.
The grounds themselves are immaculately kept and very lush and welcoming. The buildings are well-maintained, and the rooms are inviting. The only small knock on the rooms is the shower: it's a tiny shower with a single standard shower head, and could be more inviting with (at least) a hand-held shower head to reach those hard-to-reach places. The subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) theming throughout sets a classy/fun tone, and that plays consistently from the restaurants to the disco. The pool area is well designed, with lots of room to either socialize energetically or float serenely. The only knock is the current state of the seaweed on the beach (over which the resort has absolutely no control): it's called Brown Sargassum from the Sargasso Sea, and is invading parts of the Caribbean this season as a result of climate change. I hope it's seasonal, because I really feel for the tourist industry, it makes the beach unusable, and there's a pervasive smell. Like living in a town with a pulp mill, you get used to it…but I'd still rather not get used to it. Unfortunately, it's the new reality in the world, until and unless we come to our senses.
We'd read some reviews that noted a decline in quality of food at the resort. Frankly I don't know what those folks experienced, but for our (frequent vacationer) money the food was good to excellent (Unik was our favourite spot, but all the restos did well), and the service was uniformly outstanding. Special attention on my birthday, fun servers, dedicated staff, caring…we couldn't have asked for anything more. The buffet was better than most, and the a la carte meals were well-prepared and lovingly presented. Absolutely no complaints.
Desire Pearl has entertainment staff of a very special kind: entertaining! They encourage play, they encourage involvement, they're respectful, energetic, positive, open, and to a person engaging and interested. They all deserve recognition and reward for the absolutely great job they do, with each one standing out in a different and unique way. From Vincente to Roberto to Shirley, Candice, and Chanel, Kia, Charlie and the rest, the Playmakers did a great job. And not just during the day, but they also really kicked off each night's fun at the disco with enthusiasm and energy, getting the party started in just the right way. They are a treasure.
So, the time came for the membership sales pitch, a staple at many resorts. We wanted to visit the sister resort (Desire RM) and the cost would be covered if we sat and listened to the pitch, so we booked it. And you know what, it was actually going pretty well, my wife and I weren't completely put off. The presenter was pleasant, polite, not pushy at all, and we were reassured that if we said yes they would love us, and if we said no they would love us. It's all good. Well, until the end, when we actually didn't say no, but rather said that we wanted to take time to do our own research, some due diligence, and make our decision later. And can we just take this piece of paper that you wrote numbers down on to further that research? What, no? It actually got tense and testy, and once we didn't say yes it became quite dismissive and uncomfortable. Absurd, to be frank, and not at all pleasant. If Desire Pearl claims to be a 5-star resort, they should stop doing 3-star things like this.
Fortunately the relatively small negative of the Pitch is easy to avoid (just don't do the pitch), and didn't impact the core reason we went. In all other ways this vacation met or far exceeded our expectations, and we will absolutely be returning at our first opportunity. If this type of resort is your type of thing, this is the best example of it we've seen and would highly recommend it to anyone. Just do it


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Volume 36 Issue 1 February 2011 pp 73-85
Optimum design of laminated composite under axial compressive load
In the present study optimal design of composite laminates, with and without rectangular cut-out, is carried out for maximizing the buckling load. Optimization study is carried out for obtaining the maximum buckling load with design variables as ply thickness, cut-out size and orientation of cut-out with respect to laminate. Buckling load is evaluated using a 'simple higher order shear deformation theory' based on four unknown displacements $u,v,w_b$ and $w_s$. A C1 continuous shear flexible finite element based on HSDT model is developed using Hermite cubic polynomial. It is observed that for thick anti-symmetric laminates, the non-dimensional buckling load decreases with increase in aspect ratio and increase in fibre orientation angle. There is a decrease in the non-dimensional buckling load of symmetric laminate in the presence of cut-out.
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Mission Trip
It was a great experience, and we had a great team. In fact, the center staff (four college students who run the Leslie County ASP Center all summer long) said that our group was the best they'd had all summer. What a great compliment to our churches and our awesome youth!
While we were at ASP, we interacted with other youth groups, did chores around the center, and (most importantly) worked on a house. We were working for a wonderful lady named Geraldine, whose monthly income wouldn't even pay my rent. While we were replacing the bathroom floor and installing siding among other things, we spent a lot of time talking to her and learning about her life. We also met some of her sons, and one of her grandsons (he became a favorite of ours). We learned that Miss Geraldine had been living on $250 a month for about 2 years, and that one of her sons died in an accident on the other side of the mountain last year. We also learned that her sister-in-law is a doctor in the community, and that she would love to see the ocean (we invited her to visit us).
We saw from talking to the family how much poverty there is in that region. Most peoples' homes are put together from whatever they can find, and in whatever fashion they can manage. Because of this, many of the home fall apart and often people cannot afford to repair them. But we were also amazed at the connection people have to their community there. Family and neighbors are very important to these people.
For me, the biggest blessing was getting to the know the youth better, and seeing how they reacted to the experience. For a shy person like me, it takes one on one time like this to really start learning about people, and I am totally in agreement with the center staff, that Christina, Marta and Frank are amazing. I am also incredibly thankful for having Deb and Terry to guide us through this experience. I still can't really drive a screw very well, but I can hammer as long as the nails are in the floor and not above my head.
God is truly doing awesoeme things in our community. :-)


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University announces new research partnership with AECOM
new research partnership between the University and global consultancy firm AECOM, which aims to boost understanding of the environmental impact of major infrastructure projects, has been announced.
The organisations will jointly bid for and fund research on topics directly related to major infrastructure projects, such as the £1.86bn Mersey Gateway scheme. The research areas will be chosen to provide benefits, and to help reduce adverse impacts and improve outcomes for the natural environment on future projects.
The UK has an ambitious infrastructure plan, so developing industry's knowledge of this key area will be increasingly important for future programmes.
Peter Skinner, Chief Executive – Environment & Ground Engineering, Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, AECOM, said: "Shaping research so that it is applicable to specific projects provides students with opportunities to make a tangible difference to both academia and industry through their learning.
"Greater collaboration between universities and the private sector will make an important contribution to mitigating the impact of infrastructure on the environment and protecting the natural world. AECOM is proud to be working with the University of Salford on this initiative to increase understanding of the environmental and ecological aspects of infrastructure projects."


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