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Denver Institutional Asset Management services is provided by Denver Investment Advisors LLC. Denver Institutional Asset Management services manage money for a wide range of institutions. They include corporations, healthcare plans, public entities, endowments, foundations and the like.
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Denver Institutional Asset Management services follow a decision making process, which is bottom up. It focuses on a research policy, which is based on quantitative analytical methods and strict evaluation procedures. This makes the transaction process more credible. Denver Institutional Asset Management follows a variety of investing styles.
They are Domestic Equity Styles, Balanced Style, International Equity Style, Insurance Style and Domestic Fixed Income Styles.
Denver Institutional Asset Management Styles
Under Domestic Equity Styles there are Growth Styles and Value Styles . Under Growth Styles there are Mid-Cap Growth, Large-Cap Growth, SMID-Cap Growth and Concentrated Mid-Cap Growth. Under Value Styles there are Small-Cap Value , Large-Cap Core , Small-Cap Core and Mid-Cap Value .
Balanced Style deals with balanced management. International Equity Style involves the international small-cap. Insurance Style basically deals in insurance asset management. Under Domestic Fixed Income Styles there are Intermediate Fixed income, Municipal Fixed Income, Fixed Income which is Core Investment Grade, Core -Plus Fixed Income, Fixed Income which is Long-Term and Fixed Income which is High Yield and Core Fixed Income .
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Mid-Cap Growth under growth styles is the flagship product of Denver Investment Advisors LLC. Denver Institutional Asset Management services choose medium sized companies using their unique selection procedure. This procedure is formulated from high end quantitative technique based research. The evaluation procedure is strict and confirms to the highest standards in the industry. The focus is on the growth of earnings.
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The investment approach followed is a bottom up one for identifying the large-cap growth business organizations. The focus of the research process is to identify and segregate the growth catalysts. Growth catalysts can either belong to the short run category or the long run one. The basic idea followed is that, for attaining a positive long run return a balanced mix of companies is required. There should be companies which use short run 'tactical' growth catalysts as well as companies , which focus on the long run 'strategic' growth catalysts.
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Terms and Conditions of the SmartTrans online shop.
Sale conducted at online shop www.smarttrans.eu is realized by the entity which is responsible for the functioning of this shop:
SmartTrans Broda Kazimierz with headquarters in:
ul. 1 Maja 134/16
Katowice 40-237
Tax Identification Number (NIP): 954-243-34-96
REGON Number: 240664636
Main storehouse
ul. Fabryczna-Dworcowa
Mysłowice 41-404
Bank account number: 04 1050 1214 1000 0023 1899 9212 ING
This entity is knows as "The Seller" in next parts of this regulations.
1. This regulations were made due to art. 8, paragraph 1, point 1 of 1st Act of Electronic Services.
Regulations define in particular:
a) Type and scope of services provided in electronic way
b) The conditions of electronic services
c) Condition of concluding and terminating contracts of electronic sale
d) Complaint procedure.
2. The buyer accepts this regulations.
The core of www.smarttrans.eu shop is sale of goods. Goods have very detailed description and price. Prices are final, already with all the taxes included. Prices are in polish currency, PLN. The agreements is polish and it is concluded on the basis of polish law.
3. This regulations are current with all the consumers right included in the Civil Code and the Consumer Rights Law. The provisions inconsistent with the morals of the law do not oblige. In their place are used the relevant standard of common law.
4. Contact with "The Seller" takes place through the channels listed in the special section called "Contact". Traditional correspondence should be sent on the address listed there.
5. All the goods ordered with the option "Personal collection/Your own transport" are taken from the main storehouse in Mysłowice 41-404, at the Dworcowa-Fabryczna street by appointment accepted previously by telephone conversation. Vehicles are always loaded in the order they have arrived.
6. The person who make an order or request is known in this regulations as "The Consumer", "The Purchaser" or "The Buyer".
7. All the packaging designs of all the products are property of the SmartTrans company. No one can copy them and use their design without speaking with the owner.
8. The company provides authorization for the sale or distribution of goods to traders listed only on this page in special section.
9. Sending orders through this site: www.smarttrans.eu means sending valid orders that will be prepared.
10. While submitting your order you will be asked only for basic, required informations necessary for correct implementation (name, delivery address, telephone number etc.) These informations are used to produce all necessary transport documentation and accounting. The customer information are not used on any third party sites.
1. The buyer make an order by filling interactive form available on our website. The buyer can choose all the goods that he wants by putting them into his virtual cart. This form has to be filled only with instructions that you can see on the screen. The buyer indicated not only the goods he wants, but also their amount.
2. The buyer has to give following informations: full name, address, address for service, telephone number. Also the buyer has to select his method of payment and method of delivery of his goods. In addition, the buyer has to provide additional informations that are needed for the invoice documents (only if he is interested). The buyer can verify or change his data during order (for example address of delivery) only before sending him the goods..
3. The purchase procedure ends by pressing the "Purchase" button which means that the buyer confirms his order and is obligated to pay. An order placed by the buyer is also confirmed by the seller. It is confirmed by sending an email (automatic) to the buyer. Along with the confirmation the buyer receives all the regulations.
4. The buyer should follow all the instructions detailed in the confirmation. In particular, the buyer has to click the link in the email with confirmation.
5. Regardless of all the informations submitted to the buyer about the agreement, the full text of such agreements is kept by the seller in the form of electronic record and is available for the buyer on his special request.
6. If the seller have any doubts about reliability of the informations provided by the buyer he can confirm them and can stop processing the order until final confirmation of the buyer. The seller will inform the buyer about such situation as soon as it is possible. The seller on request will also give back all the money that have been already payed.
7. If the buyer is not answering phone calls on the day when order shall be delivered, the seller has the right to cancel an order or deliver it later.
8. The buyer is informed all the time about the order status changes by sms message, phone call or special email, depending on the type of contract. The customer can also check status by quoting the order number in special section on www.smarttrans.eu website.
1. Current prices are always presented on the website www.smarttrans.eu in the section with products. Price list is always current.
2. Orders are executed at the price of the order's day. If the price changed between submission of the order and the execution of the order (sending the goods), the price will not change and order will be processed at the price of the day when order was made.
3. Wholesale prices are determined individually.
4. Wholesale buyer is determined by the amount of purchased goods. This are buyers who buy more than 24 tones of coal at once or smaller amounts but with the purpose of reselling them.
5. Retails and wholesale prices are negotiable. Special arrangements can be made by contacting the seller.
6. The buyer receives personal proof of delivery of his excise goods. Also the customer has a choice between receipt and invoice document.
7. Delivery price is determined by chosen option. Selecting the option depends of the buyer needs. Both parties can arrange different delivery, not included in delivery options.
1. The buyer has to choose one of the following forms of payment:
a) Cash at the delivery - courier is charging the buyer after delivering the goods
b) Normal transfer - prepaid on selected by the seller bank account. The bank account for this form of payment is 04 1050 1214 1000 0023 1899 9212 ING.
c) Electronic automatic payments - supported by PayU SA (cost is the same as seen after selecting form of delivery)
d) Cash - payment in main storehouse (Mysłowice).
2. While choosing prepaid form of payments and delivery by courier or SmartTrans transport the money should be on account no later than 24 hours before shipping arranged in contract. Any delays with money transfer will cause delays with shipping an order
1. Creating of an account is optional for all the users who wants to use our services. Account is the tool to help the buyer make purchases on this website.
2. User using our account service agrees to start respect our account service regulations in the moment of creating an account.
3. Account is established after filling the "Registration" form.
4. The procedure of completing registration form require all the informations reffered in § 2, pt 2.
5. It is necessary to use correct email address, because the first password is received by an email.
6. Every user gives all the informations only if he wants it. The user has also the ability to independently update his personal informations anytime he wants to or to remove his account from this website.
7. After completing the registration form, the user will receive an email with the verification link. Also in this email user will receive all the information about the account service regulations.
8. After opening the verification link, user can use his new password and log in into our website. Clicking "Log in" button means that user accept all the account service regulations. It is the moment of signing non verbal agreement.
9. The full text of this agreement is in electronic record form. It is also available for the user at anytime on request.
10. Creation of an account and using it in anytime is free of charge. All the time.
1. Time of delivery and receipt of goods when the customer choose his own transport is determined individually.
2. Delivery of goods can be arranged with use of third party transport company.
3. "Couriers" type of delivery are realized in cooperation with courier companies. Delivery usually takes 1-3 working days.
4. In case of any incidents when third party company damage property of the buyer during, for example unloading the goods, the only responsible entity for this is this third party company. The seller is not taking responsibility for actions of third party companies.
5. The customer is informed by email, sms message or phone call when courier take his goods from our company.
6. In case of any random events like: failure of vehicles or equipment, very bad weather, sudden break from mining in mines, lack of supplies and other unplanned events - the terms of contract may be delayed. The buyer is informed about such situation as soon as it is possible and of course the buyer can cancel the contract anytime. Then, the seller is obliged to give back all the money that have been prepaid in accordance with their original value.
7. When a contracting authority (the buyer) has found that supplies have been damaged during transport, they need to indicate this on the bill before signing anything. Also, they buyer can refuse to take the goods if he think they are damaged. In such situation the buyer must write down appropriate protocol in the presence of the driver/courier.
8. The driver must judge by himself whether the spot for unloading is good or not. He is not obliged to take a risk of driving into narrow gates, yards, not cleared of snow streets etc., even if the buyer insists. Driver is not bringing the cargo to customers house, unless such thing has been previously agreed with the seller. Normally unloading is done at a distance of 5m from the car.
9. The buyer agrees to take the ordered goods from the seller in specified time.
10. Entity which is not paying excise duty tax has to sign special documents upon delivery. Not signing will result in charging excise duty on coal accordance with applicable regulations.
11. If the buyer has not take delivered goods without any reason, the seller can charge him for transport costs and for 20% of contract value. Penalty is mandatory.
1. SmartTrans company is selling stone coal coming only from polish mines.
2. It can be packed into 10kg or 20kg packages or delivered in bulk, depending on the contract.
3. Packaged coal is stored and transported on pallets. 1 pallet is 1 tone of coal. 40 x 25kg bags or 100 x 10kg bags.
4. Pallets with coal are additionally secured with foil and eventually with a hood foil.
5. The chemical parameters of coal may be slightly different depending on current sort or mine from which the coal is coming from. Such differences are completely natural.
6. In period when it is raining more than usual it may happen that the goods are going to be very slightly wet.
1. Coupons and all the discount codes can be attached or printed on the delivered goods.
2. Discounts can be realized within the next order, but only with the same customer.
3. Absolute value of your goods will be reduced by the amount in the coupon.
4. Discount coupons are not monetary and they can't be exchanged for money.
5. Coupons and discount do not combine with other promotions and discounts.
6. During the seasonal discounts on site, all the promotion coupon can not be taken into account.
7. The customer decide what kind of promotion he is going to use. It can be seasonal promotion on site, voucher, discount coupon or something else, but they do not stack.
1. The customer who has bought the goods on our site, has the right to withdraw from the sale agreement within 14 days from the date of receiving his goods without giving any reason. According to the Customer Rights law from 30 May 2014.
2. The customer who wants to withdraw his sale agreement can do it by sending an unequivocal statement by traditional letter on this address:
SmartTrans Broda Kazimierz
ul. 1 Maja 134/16
40-237 Katowice,
or by sending such statement by email on address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
3. In case of the withdrawal from the sale agreement, the seller will immediately, but no later than 14 days after receiving the statement from the customer, return him all the payments for both the goods and transport costs.
4. The seller can wait with giving all the payments back until his goods will return to him or he will be the evidence of returning the goods (for example the courier letter).
5. The seller is giving all the payments back with the same method of payments which was used by the customer, unless the customer is insisting to return them in other way.
6. The customer is obliged to take all the costs of returning the goods to the seller unless it is the situation reffered in Art. 34, Paragraph 2 of Consumer Rights law from 30 May 2014.
7. The customer is responsible for any diminished value of the goods he has received.
1. If the customer has concluded that his goods are damaged or it is not the same as in the description - he can make a complaint.
2. All the complaints should be reported in a complaint form. After filling the form it should be sended by traditional letter on address:
SmartTrans Broda Kazimierz
ul. 1 Maja 134/16
40-237 Katowice,
or by sending such statement by email on address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
3. Reply will be sent to the customer within 14 days from receiving the complaint.
4. If the customer is making a complaint, then he is sending the goods back to the seller on his own cost. The seller is not paying for this transport.
5. During the complaint procedure all the goods are subjected to laboratory examination and the results will determine whether the complaint will be accepted or rejected. Researched are performed only by independent laboratory.
6. The seller will reply if the complaint will be made no later than 2 years after receiving the goods. If the buyer will make a complaint later than 2 months after seeing this defect he will lose powers reffered in article 8 from Special Conditions of Consumers Sale Act and change to Civil Code.
1. All the agreements made on this website are concluded in polish language.
2. The customer receives agreement as attached content with email that is confirming an order.
3. All the informations and prices related to the goods published on this website are not an offer, within the meaning of the offer from Civil Code acts stated at 23 of April 1964.
4. SmartTrans company accepts all the rights provided in the regulations of the current law, in particular this are acts of Civil Law and acts of Consumer Rights law. Regulations of this site are not limiting any rights of the customers.
5. If this regulations will be changed, all the contracts, orders and reservations are going to be executed according to the regulation with were in force at the date of conclusion, signing an agreement, making an order etc.
6. In all the matters that are not regulated in this regulations the customer should follow polish law.
7. Annexes to this regulations are: Instruction on the right to withdraw from the contract which is an attachment 1 to this regulations.
8. These regulations are into force from 5.15.2015 and they applies to all the contracts concluded from that date. SmartTrans company reserves the right to make changes to this regulations.
9. Personal data of all the customers are protected under the Act on Personal Data Protection from 29 of August 1997 to prevent access to them by third party entities.


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Bandai Namco's future plans include "aggressively" creating new and original IP.
In the company's Q3 financial report it announced the creation of a new "IP Creation Unit", which will sit alongside divisions for toys, videos and music, amusement, and games. The unit will "invest aggressively in IP creations," and won't just focus on video games.
To facilitate the creation of new IP, Bandai Namco is investing 25 billion yen (approximately $232 million USD) over the next three years "on top of its normal investments".
The upcoming Code Vein is the company's next new IP - and it sounds like it's just the beginning. The company is also currently rumoured to be working on Ridge Racer 8 and Metroid Prime 4 for Switch.
Despite a dip in profits, sales were up for Bandai Namco last quarter, with Dragon Ball FighterZ bringing in 65.4 billion yen ($607 million). The game is making its debut at EVO 2018 this year, with producer Tomoko Hiroki announcing that she will be a competitor.
Shabana is a freelance writer who enjoys JRPGs, wine, and not finishing games. Follow her on Twitter.


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constant spiritual wealth, Only the lord truly satisfies, Peace through the lord, spiritual healing, you satisfy my every need, your living water satisfies my thirtst
You bring peace to grace my mind
You alone lift my spirit and heart
Where fear once made a place
You brought a radiant light to start
Your spirit awakens me as night comes
When you heard the sadness in my heart
You felt the worry about my health within
Your spirit provided a healing to start
Your word said not to worry tomorrow
As your spirit will never leave my side
Place your trust in me alone my child
And a blossoming will come alive inside
Know I am your God who will comfort you
As each day my grace in your life abides
Birthing a new constant spiritual wealth
Which shall blossom in your spirit inside
Who is like you, for you are a constant God
Whose embrace is more valuable than gems
Your selfless love when received inspires
One to believe the battle is won within
It brings alive a great increase of psalms
While deep praise comes alive from within
Your power satisfies my thirst with strength
Your touch of grace makes me feel born again
Lord, you will always be my morning glory
And my lasting joy as each evening comes
You're the spiritual power helping me succeed
Increasing my faith to know the battle is won.
Isaiah 26:3 –
"You will keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on You,
because he trusts in You." –
John 16:33 – "These things I have spoken
to you, that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world." – John 16:33
Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified
through faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Hello, folks! Long time no see. The photo above is a glimpse into my mind…very cluttered and chaotic. No, actually it's my office at work, but it's fairly representative of life at the moment. Work's been decently busy, not too slow, not overwhelming, and I am now entering week 8 of studying for the bar exam while working. I've been keeping track of a number of different aspects of my progress in an Excel spreadsheet and I was horrified/surprised to see that I've been pulling 80-hour weeks for 7 weeks. I've got five full weeks remaining, two of which I will be off work. I can't say I feel prepared or in control whatsoever at the moment, but according to the Kaplan schedule I am ahead of schedule. Studying for a test like this is time consuming but I guess the toughest part is the mental endurance of dealing with feelings like "how will i pass in this limited amount of time?" and then to "I have it all under control, ill be fine," and back again. I am eagerly awaiting that "i have it all under control and I will pass because I feel like I know what I am doing" feeling, which from what I've heard, doesn't really come around until the week beforehand, if ever.
Saturday I had a horrible headache and realized I hadn't taken so much as a 3-hour block of free time for myself since Jan 1, so I closed the books and watched some tv. It felt pretty good! Laced with guilt, but good. Being completely consumed with this one thing is very exhausting. It's hard to focus at work…I have been getting through things as usual, but the nagging "I want to go home and make progress" voice is on repeat in my head all day. It's going to get a lot, lot worse before it gets better.
To put it lightly, I don't want to take this darn exam (does anyone?). I understand the need for it, but I'd really just like to get on with my career and devote gobs of time to things that are important (either to me or the people for whom I am working), rather than a standardized test on material that I will mostly forget forever. I plan to have more 80-hour work weeks in my future – but I hope they are for a much better cause!
On top of hoping like hell that I will feel more prepared these next few weeks, I have one other wish…and that's for SNOW. We had two really great winters here in Cincinnati, but then last winter we didn't get any snow accumulation at all. I am really hoping this winter is a snowy one again, although so far it's not looking too promising. Hopeful, I purchased these Sorel Joan of Arctic boots in Hawk (a.k.a. "brown"). I LOVE THEM! They're so warm.
SO that's where I am at. Pray for me to be prepared for my exam and to get a couple good snowfalls in the next few weeks. I could really use both!


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BERLIN — When the Berlin Wall collapsed and Germany became one again, women in the former Communist East seemed to be the big losers.
They lost their jobs and their maternity and child-care benefits. And they lost the form of equality that Communism had brought: Raised in a culture where women drove cranes and studied physics, they were reduced to clichés depicting them as oversexed.
The assumption was that as with everything else, East German women would become more "Western" — more domesticated and somehow more docile.
But as Germany celebrates 20 years of reunification, it is Western women who, in many ways, strive to be more like their Eastern sisters.
Eastern women are more self-confident, better-educated and more mobile, recent studies show. They have children earlier and are more likely to work full time. More of them are happy with their looks and their sexuality, and fewer of them diet. If Western women earn 24 percent less than men, the pay gap in the East is a mere 6 percent (though overall levels of pay are lower).
Eastern women have made their mark: Chancellor Angela Merkel, a physicist, is from the East, as is Manuela Schwesig, the No.2 in the opposition Social Democratic Party. The most high-profile political talk show is run by Maybritt Illner, another Easterner, while actresses like Nadja Uhl and Nora Tschirner are among the most popular.
As Ms. Schwesig, 36, put it: "Eastern women are where Western women want to be."
Jutta Allmendiger, a West German sociologist and author of "Women on the March," a survey on young German women's attitudes, said "women in the East are more holistic," and "combine their children and their careers and their sexuality in a completely matter-or-fact way."
"West German women wobble," she said. "Eastern women have no fear."
When the Cold War split Germany in two, the country became a living experiment in social engineering. East and West had the same history — a history in which women principally raised children and kept the home according to the mantra "kinder, küche, kirche," or "children, kitchen, church."
Four decades of radically different socialization led to two very different sets of attitudes, illustrating how politics can shape gender relations.
In the East, a Communist state losing male labor to the West set up free day care centers and all-day schools so that women could work. Women had an extra vacation day per month, a year of paid maternity leave and shorter work hours after the second child.
In the West, they could be divorced for being a "bad housewife" until the 1960s. They needed their husbands' permission to work until 1977. Schools finished at lunchtime, and nurseries were scarce. Until reunification, single mothers were assigned a legal guardian.
When the Berlin Wall fell, female employment in the West was 55 percent, in the East 90 percent.
Since then, much was done to bring Eastern conditions into line with Western ones.
Yet East German women, like many women in the ex-Soviet bloc, tended to embrace change more readily than their menfolk. Whether because they needed to see their children fed, or because of an inbred independence, they would move or learn a new skill.
Hundreds of thousands have spread out across Western Germany in search of job opportunities, challenging stereotypes by doing as their mothers did: having children, working and competing with the guys for the top job.
"Eastern women have infected Western women," said Anke Domscheit-Berg, 42, director of government relations at Microsoft Germany. She left the East in 1991 and looked for work by flicking through the phone book and calling companies alphabetically. The travel agent Ameropa hired her.
"Most places I worked, I was the first mother in a full-time job, I was the bulldozer, I created the precedents," Ms. Domscheit-Berg said. "There were always other women after me.
"It's a no-brainer: When Western women see that it can be done, they want the same. When they hear that the pay gap in the East is so much smaller, they ask: 'Why not here?"'
Eastern women may have been raised under Communism, but they seem more entrepreneurial than Westerners. To this day, in the East, women are more likely to reach top management levels than women in the West.
In Chemnitz, formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt, Birgit Mayer runs a car parts supplier. All employees are men, but "they all grew up with working mothers, so there is no problem," said Ms. Mayer, a 48-year-old engineer.
Ms. Mayer said women in the East were also less fazed by the economic crisis "because we've lost our entire existence once and had to be creative to bounce back."
She said she had to halve her staff in recent years but plans to expand again next year.
In Linda, another Eastern town, Romy Harnapp was once a part-time accountant but in 2005 decided to buy the Eastern metal company BlecTec from her boss. Her daughter was 4 at the time and her son only 6 months. None of the big Western banks would lend her €3 million, or $4.1 million today, so she stuck with a small regional Eastern bank. "Since then we've grown from 35 to 67 employees, and all the banks are knocking on my door," she said.
She isn't easily shaken by stereotyping — even when men assume she is a hostess at industry fairs. Her husband, an air-traffic controller also from the East, doesn't mind that she earns more — "as long as he gets his pocket money," she jokes.
The success former Soviet bloc nations had in harnessing female labor offers lessons now that many Western countries are facing looming skill shortages, rising debt levels and declining birthrates.
Today, 66 percent of German women work. For those with children under 3, that figure plunges to 32 percent. German politicians have pledged to increase all-day schools and child care places.
"Of course nobody dares to say that this might be inspired by the East," Ms. Mayer said. "They say it's inspired by Scandinavia and France."
The Eastern regime mostly got it wrong, Ms. Domscheit-Berg said, recalling the security services pressing her to inform on fellow students in the summer of 1989, or chaining her best friend to a radiator in solitary confinement.
"But on women, the East was ahead," she said. "We are still far from where we were 20 years ago, but at least we are now moving in the right direction."


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May 17, 2003
MIKE CARLTON, joke, blunders again
MIKE CARLTON, joke, blunders again in the Sydney Morning Herald:
Only last week George W. Bush was boasting that al-Qaeda was on the run, "not a problem any more".
Only he wasn't. Here are Bush's words in their proper context:
So far, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Just about that number met a different kind of fate. They're not a problem anymore.
Maureen Dowd made the same stupid mistake. As Andrew Sullivan wrote:
It's perfectly clear that the president is referring, sardonically, only to those members of al Qaeda who are "either jailed or dead," not to the group as a whole.
Carlton continues:
Colin Powell and Tony Blair, and I think Lord Downer of Baghdad, condemned the attacks [in Saudi Arabia last week] as "cowardly", which also missed the point. Evil and murderous, yes, but no more cowardly than dropping bombs on unseen Iraqi civilians from B-52s at 35,000 feet.
For one thing, the purpose of the air attacks was not - unlike the Riyadh bombings - to kill civilians. And for another, the war in Iraq was largely fought on the ground, where many US soldiers died. Were they "cowards", Mike?
Meanwhile, one expert thinks Bush is right:
An Australian expert on terrorism in South-East Asia has raised doubts about the prospect of fresh terror attacks in the region, saying extremist groups have been beaten back.
Carl Thayer, a political science professor with the Australian Defence College, said while an attack could not be completely ruled out, the ability of such groups to carry out large-scale attacks was "extraordinarily limited".
Professor Thayer also doubts the extent of al-Qaeda's influence in the region.
"I think the organisation has been rolled back," he said.
UPDATE. Carlton's error - he presumably read Dowd's account of Bush's remarks rather than an original source - is similar to Robert Manne's mistake of last year, in which he fell for the NY Times' line that Henry Kissinger opposed a war against Irag. No correction was ever published.
UPDATE UPDATE. Bargarz has more.Posted by Tim Blair at May 17, 2003 06:52 PM


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Rapper and producer Pharrell Williams has put his Miami penthouse on the market for a staggering $16.8 million, according to NME.
The three-floor home is 9,080 square feet in total, with five bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms. The massive penthouse also has unparalleled 360-degree views of the Miami skyline, a pool, elevator entry into the foyer, and massive terraces.
The building is located in Miami's business district, Brickell, and is available through Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.


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Bamboo socks with non-slip silicone grips built right in. Good for all seasons, non-allergic, breathable and temperature-regulating. 80% bamboo, 15% polyester, 5% spandex. 100% PVC free.
Long thought to be urban legend, the Sock Monster thrives on a steady diet of mismatched socks. This fleet laundry lurker has feet so grippy, it's rarely seen. It's preference for single socks continues to confound biologists and parents alike.


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Sai-I-Nara's Kim
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Thank you Kim for everything you were to me, and for all the good memories you left. I'll keep you in my heart forever!
I can not leave my dear, dear Kim out of Ozzy's homepages - although Kim is dead, he still is my best friend ever.
Kim and I went to shows near-by, but the judges all said the same...he was to cute and feminine! Now how can that be?
Kim, pictured here 12 years of age. Fresh from having a bath,beeing groomed and looking sooo good. And didn't he know it! Unfortunately, because of his age I cut his long beautiful hair not so long after this picture was taken.I cried doing it - thought it was terrible, but the dog became a new dog afterwards...I could tell he felt so much easier so immediately I knew I had done the right thing.
Kim was my best companion wherever I went, and we had so many fantastic trips up the mountain. And Kim certainly loved it there. He even understood when he was asked:"Do you want to go up the mountain?" - and was immediately ready to go. He came along with me until he was over eleven years, but after having a stroke he got more and more problems with his legs and could not walk too far.


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New Motorola Moto X+1 (codenamed Victara) to be sold by all four major US carriers
Like the original Moto X, the new X+1 is expected to come with lots of backplate options, including some made out of wood, and leather.
Last week, Motorola announced its first new smartphone of 2014: the Moto E, which is an affordable handset that costs only $129. We are expecting the Moto X+1 to be more expensive, as this is supposed to be Motorola's next-gen flagship. Unfortunately, details about its features are completely missing at this point. We also don't know if the new handset will have a design similar to that of the Moto X (but we're guessing that a drastic change in looks won't happen anyway).
Motorola Mobility is in the process of being acquired by Lenovo, which agreed to buy the company from Google for almost $3 billion. But this shouldn't change Motorola's software strategy, so its upcoming smartphones will still offer near-stock Android.
The new Moto X+1 should be announced in the second half of the year.
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Haiti needs real aid that helps to rebuild institutions rather than just repairing razed buildings. The country has been suffering for a long time not only because of the earthquake, but because of a week government and a lack of industry. Aid should focus on developing the economy so that people can be self reliant.
Aid should help with the most immediate needs: food, water, clothing and shelter. After meeting those needs, it makes sense to focus on rebuilding institutions and helping to put recovery systems in place. If aid to Haiti helps rebuild institutions rather than structures, the people will have the ability to deal with future issues a little better.
Yes, I believe that the focus on rebuilding Haiti should be on the institutions first and then the buildings. Once people have institutions to give them a place to learn various skills, then those people can participate in constructing better buildings which will make cost cheaper. Institutions make life easier for the community.
The U.S, plus the world should of learned by now that they can't really dictate how each individual country should be run. That is up for the people to decide how they want their country to be run. If they have a problem with it, then they need to have enough courage to make the necessary changes. It is easier said than done though. We can apply outside pressure by keeping our own houses in order. Right now, they need some form of shelter and then they can decide what they want to do next.
After the recent horrible earthquakes in Haiti, the infrastructure is at an all time low. Without the infrastructure to support these institutions there would be no institutions at all in Haiti. Therefore, the aid money being brought into the country should go to infrastructure first and institutions second to insure the correct running of these institutions.


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After registering significant success with conventional missile systems, India is all set to test its first laser-guided missile at the Interim Test Range, Balasore.
The missile, Sudarshan, is the latest weapon system developed indigenously to occupy the niche of a precision delivery mechanism. It can neutralise any target in a 800-1,000 km range with a zero margin of error.
Developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore, Sudarshan is a versatile missile that can be used by the army, navy and air force. It suits the requirements of the artillery for a long-distance strike weapon. The navy can also fire it from an onboard launcher.
"The first version will use a ground-based launcher. However, subsequent ones could be fired from a flying fighter or drone. This will enhance the range," a source told Express.
Sudarshan will use a laser of a specific frequency bandwidth to locate the target. The laser creates a heat signature on the target. The missile recognises the signature and homes in on it even if the target is moving, sources said. "The target can be spotlighted using laser beamed from a ship or air. The onboard systems can light it up and the missile follows the reflected light to reach targets that need pinpoint accuracy," said the source.
However, unlike the practice of giving continuous laser guidance to a missile using an aircraft or a handheld designator, Sudarshan's instrumentation enables it to chase a target once the navigation systems lock in on it. The ADEis equipping the missile with global positioning system technology. Like all modern missiles, it will have a three-dimensional locking mechanism using latitude, longitude and elevation.


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Moon phase on 24 January 2082 Saturday is Waning Crescent, 25 days old Moon is in Sagittarius.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 19% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 21 January 2082 at 12:15.
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1905" and ∠1949".
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2082 after 19 days on 13 February 2082 at 06:16.
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1014 of Meeus index or 1967 from Brown series.
Length of current 1014 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 18 minutes. It is 1 hour and 44 minutes shorter than next lunation 1015 length.
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 29 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠84.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠122.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
6 days after point of perigee on 17 January 2082 at 16:31 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 2 February 2082 at 18:11 in ♈ Aries.
Moon is 376 354 km (233 856 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 315 km (251 851 mi).
6 days after its descending node on 17 January 2082 at 15:31 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 31 January 2082 at 01:22 in ♓ Pisces.
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
11 days after previous North standstill on 12 January 2082 at 16:51 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.182°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.230° in the next southern standstill on 25 January 2082 at 12:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
After 4 days on 28 January 2082 at 20:46 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.


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Employers play an essential role in helping Tennessee's children receive the support
they need. The information provided by employers through new hire reporting is critical
to the success of the child support program.
When reported consistently, new hire reporting:
New hire reporting is also important to the communities in which we live. Many families
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productive adults.
Additionally, when non-custodial parents can be located and fulfill their child support
obligations, public assistance costs for the state decrease – yet another way new hire
reporting positively impacts communities.
New hire reporting may also be used by other state agencies to detect fraud in areas
such as Worker's Compensation, Unemployment, and Public Assistance. By detecting and
eliminating fraud, employer taxes decrease.
Lastly, by saving state and federal funds, new hire reporting ensures a more efficient
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I am back in El Dorado after our weekend at Stanford, Scotts Valley and San Jose. I will post more on our weekend soon, but I wanted to post the good news about the results of my PET scan that we got yesterday. Monday morning Joyce and I met with our doctors at Stanford (pictured right with me) to go over the scan and to discuss further treatment. The news could not have been better!! The doctors could see no T-Cell lymphoma cancer in my lymph nodes in the scan. Now, I still need further testing and treatment but the doctor said, "the result could not be better." We will continue the final two rounds of chemo in May and June and then I get 6-8 weeks to recover before we do a final PET scan and a bone marrow biopsy in August to make sure the cancer is really gone. I am not out of the woods yet, but this is a major "YES" answer to our prayers.
On the left, you can see a screen shot of my two PET scans. The picture on the right is the scan from February and the one on the left was taken Monday. The black areas in the pictures are organs or the cancer. It is easy to see the difference the chemotherapy has made. This is not the final analysis but the doctors were already high-fiving Joyce and I because of this result. Way back at the beginning of this process I felt like God was leading/telling me to trust the doctors because they were doing His work in this process. We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the caring health professionals we have met through the treatment process and to God for the way he has worked out this outcome. There is still a ways to go, but we are happy to be where we are now.


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YUM Book Tour (2015-2016) Highlights
Williams-Sonoma Artisan's Market – Vancouver
September 5 (Noon-4pm) 2903 Granville Street,Vancouver BC
Oak Street Farmers' Market – Vancouver
September 9 (3pm-7pm) 949 West 49th Ave. ,Vancouver BC
YUM Book Launch & Dance Party – Vancouver
September 19 (2:30-5:30pm) 1550 W. 33rd Ave, Vancouver BC
Shaughnessy Heights United Church
Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest – Portland
Sept 26 – 27 Columbia Conference Center
8439 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland OR
Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest – Portland
Sept 26-27 Columbia Conference Center
8439 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland, OR
Thrive Cafe – Seattle
Sep 29 (11am-1pm) 1026 NE 65th, A102, Seattle, WA
GardenWorks – Book Signing – Burnaby
Sept 20 (1-4pm) 6250 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC
Costco Book Signing – Kirkland
Oct 10 (10am-Noon) 8629 120th Ave. N.E., Kirkland, WA
Costco Book Signing – Issaquah
Oct 10 (2pm-4pm) 1801 10th Ave. N.E., Issaquah, WA
West Coast Women's Show 2015 – Abbotsford
Oct 16-18 Abbotsford Tradex Trade & Exhibition Centre
Okanagan Tour – Merritt – Kelowna – Penticton
Oct 19 (11am-2pm) Brambles Bakery
2151 Quilchena Ave. Merritt BC
Oct 20 (5:30-7:30pm) Chapters-Kelowna
Orchard Park, 2271 Harvey Avenue Kelowna, BC
CANCELED Oct 22 (6:30-8:30pm) Hooked On Books
225 Main Street. Penticton, BC
Oct 23 (Noon-3pm) Mosaic Books
411 Bernard Ave, Kelowna, BC
The Body Soul & Spirit Expo 2015 – Vancouver
Oct 30-Nov 1 Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)
University Place Pierce County Library – Tacoma
Nov 5 (7pm) 3609 Market Pl, Tacoma, WA
Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks – Vancouver
Nov 7 (2pm-4pm) 1740 W. 2nd Ave., Vancouver, BC
The Change Dining – Vancouver
Nov 14 (Noon-2pm) 550 Denman Street, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, BC
Garden Works, Mandeville – Burnaby
Nov 19 (6pm-9pm) 4746 Marine Drive, Burnaby, BC
West Coast Christmas Show 2015 – Abbotsford
Nov 20-22 Abbotsford Tradex Trade & Exhibition Centre
Gluten-Free Expo 2016 –Vancouver
Jan 16-17 999 Canada Place,Vancouver, BC
Gluten-Free Living Show 2016 – Abbotsford
Apr 1-3 Abbotsford Tradex Trade & Exhibition Centre
Published by D&D Publishing
Kirkus Review
{review posted: Oct. 30th, 2015}
Nicassio's collection of more than 180 recipes that are plant-based and gluten-free offers help to those who suffer from dietary restrictions…
Her YUM philosophy is inclusive—even die-hard junk-food addicts or meat lovers can enjoy her recipes alongside those who need or choose to avoid certain foods…Although probably best suited to those already familiar with plant-based, gluten-free eating, the author's charm might convince many others to give it a go.
A thorough, informative cookbook for healthy meals; ideal for those with food restrictions.


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To connect to the physical payment devices, in the example, we use a USB Smart Hub. This provides the physical interfaces required for payment peripherals (typically RS232, CCTalk, MDB etc)
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4. Heavenly Choir*
Range: 0
Duration: 1 round
This spell calls forth a wordless choir of angelic voices and a ray of pure white light from above, washing outward from the cleric in all directions to a radius of 30'. All allies within the area are immediately healed of 1d6+1 points of damage, while undead and evil creatures suffer a like amount of damage. Additionally, there is a 5% chance per level of the cleric for any affliction suffered by allies within the area of effect to be cured. This includes sleep, fear, paralysis, poison, disease, curses, blindness, petrification, polymorph, and charm effects, but not energy drains nor Quest and Geas spells. This chance is checked once per affliction per creature. Thus, an ally suffering from paralysis and disease checks once for each. A second ally suffering from paralysis would have to check again, separate from the first creature's check.
The reversed spell, Infernal Choir, produces a demonic chanting and a wave of darkness. The spell causes 1d6+1 points of damage to all hostile good or neutral creatures in range, while healing undead and evil creatures of a like amount. The caster may choose to inflict disease (as a mummy), fear (as the reverse of the Remove Fear spell), paralysis (as Hold Person), or a curse (as reverse of Remove Curse) on all enemies within 30', with a saving throw vs. spells being allowed for each target to resist the effect.
6. Part Water
Taken from the 6th level magic-user spell lists. I have no idea why this was placed there, when parting the sea is quite clearly the province of the cleric, not the magic-user.
8. United Will
Range: 30'
Duration: 1 turn
By means of the Chain of Will spell, the cleric and one other character per three levels of experience become linked. Whenever any of the characters linked is forced to make a saving throw or other roll to resist a harmful spell or effect, each one rolls, and if only one succeeds, the initial target resists the effect. However, if all fail, then all are affected. For example, a 9th level cleric casts this spell to link himself with three other party members. An enemy magic-user casts Charm Person on the fighter, who fails his saving throw. However, the other three members of the party also receive a saving throw, and if any one of them succeeds, the charm is resisted. If all fail, then all are charmed.
Raise Dead: To be brutally honest, I just don't like spells that make death cheap, and I don't want them in my campaign. Of course, your mileage may vary.


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Hooray for the Wreckers, whose debut single has catapulted to No. 1 on Billboard's country singles chart, and three cheers and an earsplitting whistle if you please for the elongated Trace Adkins, whose album, Dangerous Man, stands on the pinnacle of the country albums list for the second consecutive week.
But, hold! Hurtling toward Adkins like another goosed metaphor is Pat Green's new CD, Cannonball. It rockets into the slot that's just No. 2-close-for comfort.
Alas, Dangerous Man tumbles from the No. 3 niche it soared to last week on the Billboard 200, the trade publication's all-formats chart, to a modest No. 14 after being elbowed out by a throng of debut albums, among them Paris Hilton's maiden effort.
In reaching No. 1, the Wreckers' "Leave the Pieces" dislodges Rodney Atkins' "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)," which drops back to No. 3. According to Billboard, the Wreckers are the first duo to top the country chart with their debut single since Brooks & Dunn claimed the honor in 1991 with "Brand New Man." It also marks the first time a female duo has accomplished the feat since the Davis Sisters' 1953 single, "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know."
There's not a lot happening in the lower regions of the albums chart. Believe: Songs of Faith From Today's Top Country & Christian Artists makes a noteworthy entrance at No. 31 while Jeff Bates' Leave the Light On re-enters the chart at a relatively dim No. 71. At the top, the new collections from Adkins and Green are followed by Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang (No. 3), Josh Turner's Your Man (No. 4) and Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts (No. 5).
The only two new singles debuting on this week's chart are Brad Paisley's "She's Everything," arriving at No. 57, and Keith Anderson's "Podunk," clomping in at No. 59. Steve Azar's "You Don't Know a Thing" returns from the shadows to No. 60.
Showing considerable velocity are Dierks Bentley's "Every Mile a Memory" (leaping from No. 15 to No. 11 after only nine weeks on the charts), Heartland's "I Loved Her First" (No. 16 to No. 12), Rascal Flatts' "My Wish" (No. 38 to No. 30), Tim McGraw's "My Little Girl" (No. 37 to No. 31) and Eric Church's "Two Pink Lines" (No. 52 to No. 45).
Steve Holy's "Brand New Girlfriend" (No. 2) moves up to No. 2 to wedge itself between the aforementioned titles from the Wreckers and Rodney Atkins. George Strait's "Give It Away" moves up to No. 4, and Little Big Town's "Bring It on Home" slips to No. 5.
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The Prophecy of the 6 Elements
A roleplay story from Middle School. 6 kids have been chosen to save the world and are given the power of 6 elements: fire, water, air, earth, electricity and time. They all attend a luxurious boarding school in which they start dealing with mysterious dangers and learning to use their powers to save their fellow… Continue reading The Prophecy of the 6 Elements


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Dive Port en Bessin – a small fishing village situated to the south west of the Bay de Seine in between the landing beaches of Gold & Omaha & the famous cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc where the American Rangers went ashore to destroy the gun batteries and took a battering themselves. The harbour is mainly a fishing port with a large fleet of French fishing trawlers operating from it, they go out daily and returning the same day to land their catch of fresh fish to the market.
There is no real marina here you just lay along the town quay in amongst the other visiting boats and trawlers. If it all gets too busy we rack up along side each other and climb accross the boats and up onto the quayside. The town is quite small with the main area being around the port, there are bars, restaurants & shops along the quayside with the theme very much about the sea & sea food although other quisine is available in all restaurants.
There are several hotels in the town ranging from the Hotel Ibis. the Kings Hotel. and the Hotel De La Marine. There are other hotels available & a Camp Site in the surrounding area but one to check out is The Hotel Mercure. with its heated swimming pools, fitness centre & golf course. There is also Portland Camping.
The reason we enjoy operating from Port en Bessin is that the harbour location offers us great access to the middle & western areas to the Seine Bay. It is quite a tidal affected harbour with access only available 2hrs either side of High Water so timmings are paramount especially if the second dive of the day is the High Water slack as we need to get back to harbour before the lock gates are closed.
Just a 15 minute walk from the Port is the shipwreck museum of Port en Bessin, It is situated on the outskirts of town in a large open area easily identified from a distance by the Alied flags flying from the large cranes. This museum is well worth a visit as it has taken the past 60+ years of clearing the obstructions in the Bay to make it safe for shipping and diving in the area, this has allowed the museum owner the opertunity to collect and preserve the artifacts that you now see in his museum.
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Here you can see the remains of war, there are tanks, armoured vehicles, big guns, landing crafts, deck guns from submarines and one of the few Valentine amphibious tanks that failed on the 6th June 1944. Inside the museum there are artefacts from the many ships that met their end in 1944 and these include the ships bells from HMS Quorn & HMS Isis, there are also the ships naval crests on display and Steering Helms, Telegraphs & Compass Binaccles. You can see munitions & shell cases of all caliber and personnal objects. There is also a video show that can be watched showing the salvage over the years.
There are lots of unknown targets that we have still to look at and groups willing to be adventurous diving guinea pigs the results can be rewarding
There are lots of wrecks to choose from when diving over in Normandie, many unidentified and most very rarely dived. The marine life is absolutely incredible, teaming with fish, crabs, lobsters, and free swimming congers. The only thing is, the reason that there is so much to see and look at, is because the French have a strict law which states, that no one shall, whilst diving with aqualung remove anything from the seabed or especially from any ship wreck, be it metal or edible. And this is a strict rule which applies to everyone, so please


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Guccio Gucci founded the self-named fashion firm. His first store opened in 1921 in Florence, Italy, and it offered a variety of leather goods, including luggage, fashioned by Tuscan artisans.
During the 1930's, the products in Gucci's store were very popular among wealthy patrons around the world. Many of the customers were avid horse riders, and Gucci's iconic metal semi-circle was fashioned after a horsebit. Because of the rise of a dictatorship during the 1940s, leather became a rare commodity in Italy, so Gucci began using other materials, including hemp, bamboo and linen. Aldo Gucci, Guccio's oldest son, became head of the company at the end of that decade.


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Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
October 2007
Published in Cornhusker Economics, 10/24/2007. Produced by the Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
The advent of "Gene Revolution" has sparked a significant research effort aimed at identifying the market and welfare effects of the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops into the food system. Due to the producer orientation of the first generation of GM products, particular emphasis has been placed on the agronomic benefits of the new technology and the potential for a productivity boost in developing countries.


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Running Fedora 21 on qemu-system-aarch64
Foundation Model V8 is a emulator for ARM64 architecture, but it has many limits, such as slow CPU, small memory (about 2GB), etc. Therefore I want to run fedora on qemu emulator for aarch64. There are already many docs to introduce how to run Foundation Model V8 on Fedora 21… Read more »


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[I posted this in early 2007 in the hopes that our derelict Congress would finally do its job of checking and balancing, but a year and a half after the great Democratic sweep they having proven so wimpy and impotent that they've managed the amazing feat of garnering themselves even lower approval ratings than Bush himself. I repost this article in memory of my former optimism. -EG]
"The time has passed for accepting this administration's assurances at face value. The human cost of its repeated assurances is too great."
(-Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.)
Scratching their underarms, stretching and yawning, and batting their sleep-laden eyelids, our hibernating legislators are emerging from their caves to behold with a double-take the wrecked landscape—the result of six years of blissful somnolent denial, of handing the unchecked reins of government to a cultic, fanatical cabal then turning over to snore and get another 400 winks.
Yes, finally, maybe, the Congressional Iraq War debate is a sign that our absentee representatives have checked the alarm clock, seen that the time is way past for them to get up, brush their teeth and hair, dress the part and then hurry up and race to work to get busy and do their jobs, part of which is to check and challenge and, yes, even deny and disallow the extreme inclinations that obsess and self-delude the out-of-touch royals holed up in their fantasy palace of Versailles.
The sacrifice of those delusions is never borne by their well-heeled, secluded, blanket-wrapped originators; only by those easily persuaded or in denial themselves. Now that in our vengeful fury tens of thousands more have died and been injured than in the 9/11 attacks—very few of whom were actual terrorists and none of whom were the original 9/11 terrorists and most of whom have been our soldiers, innocent civilians and people who have since converted to insurgency as the result of our occupation—it is finally time to say enough is enough.
Saddam is dead. The weapons of mass destruction are elsewhere. They are wherever the old Soviet stockpiles are ending up, not in Iraq. Mission Accomplished. We've stirred the hornet's nest; we whipped up this civil war. The glue that kept tribalism at bay, however heinous, is dissolved. We're traipsing around lumpenly, fighting the wrong enemy in the wrong place, and leaving a mess—one that won't be cleaned up or cleared up or organized any better or any more efficiently than the derelict and mishandled response to Hurricane Katrina. There are those who say we have to stay and finish what we started. At least they have one thing right, we started it. Neither Osama nor his minions were in Iraq, now they are. The Project for a New American Century couches its realpolitik in grand words, just like Bush. The subtext of the Project's idealism becomes clear in action: to wage perpetual war. With living wage jobs shipping offshore, war keeps the remaining American business interests fat. It's quite elegant in a way, send a taxpayer-funded war machine into a country, destroy it, then send more taxpayer dollars into the coffers of the privatized profiteers to "rebuild." But when is the rebuilding done? When does the broken seive that is this gravytrain end? It's kind circular in a way. My American dollar goes from my wallet into the wallets of Cheney's pals, ensuring the widening income gap and prepping us all to accept the lower New World Order wagescales. Iraq is the place—appropriately enough, the front—where this money exchange takes place. Like a Mafia money laundering scheme, more money goes in than seems to come out. It has been well known for several years (if you've paid any attention to the rightly skeptical alternative media) that $9-plus billion of your taxes have disappeared, unaccounted for, into the nebulous morass that comes with shady bribes and payoffs, no-bid contracts and unaudited overcharges. Only now is some of this actually being addressed.
So congratulations Congress. You've finally taken some wobbling, timid steps up to the plate. So hit a good one and bring all the runners in, and bring our young men and women home.


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Who doesn't like a rough looking lad like Nick Oval? This is his first appearance over on the Blake Mason site, and from what he says about what gets him off it's going to be an interesting ride!
The hot boy jerking off in this interview video is actually being asked the questions by a "mystery boy" apparently, and he's pretty good at finding out some tasty little facts about this guy and what he likes to do with that 8″ uncut cock.
This guy is into some of the same things I am. He has a couple of fantasies that really get him turned on and ready to stroke that solid cock to a gusher of a load, and they're the kinds of things I could really get into too.
First off, he'd love to get gang fucked. I don't know if they've had any videos of that on the site before, with one horny bottom getting group slammed by a load of juicy dicks, but I would definitely not pass up the chance to see this boy getting it!
The other thing he gets off on, when he's not being a slutty bottom boy, is using another guy as a cum bucket. Yeah, I have a few messy cum fantasies myself, and I have to confess that after watching this hot boy jerking off I would be more than willing to be his "bucket" lol
He's only been out for five years. After breaking up with his girlfriend when he was 19 he decided that as he'd always had a secret thing for cock he must be a little into it. Turns out he most definitely is gay, and I would guess that in that time he's enjoyed a whole lot of hard dick!
Check out this hot boy jerking off on video, sharing his fantasies and squirting the cum from his nuts. I think we'll be seeing some more of this lad in the future!


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This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding under yours stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
Take the best possible Halloween picture you can.
The picture can be of a sim, a room, a house, a place etc. That is totally up to you, but you only have one shot. Make it scary or funny or creepy.
You may edit the picture.
The contest will be just 1 round. You may enter 1 time. You just enter your picture and you are in! We will judge this by a public poll.
The five best shots will be featured in the next issue.
Oumamea donated these spooky halloween walls. Thank you!
We are looking for more prizes. We would love something for the winner + a participation prize.
Deadline: 31. October


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Naples 2019 has announced that as many as 5,000 people have applied to be volunteers at this year's Summer Universiade.
Volunteers will undertake roles such as working in the sports venues, receiving international delegations, participating in operational activities and contributing to communication and promotional activities.
As of Tuesday (May 14), 439 applications had come from outside host nation Italy – 31 from Africa, 135 from Asia and Oceania, 35 from the Americas and 238 from the rest of Europe.
During the selection meetings that started in Naples yesterday, everyone will be proposed a functional area and a venue in which to carry out his/her activities.
Different options will be indicated on the basis of each candidate's inclinations and CVs.
Once the functional area has been chosen, candidates will sign an agreement with the Organising Committee and effectively enter the Naples 2019 team.
The selections will continue later in the other provinces of Campania, where, it is claimed, the need for personnel is remarkable.
Most volunteers will get involved during the event, scheduled to take place from July 3 to 14, but some may start their duties before or finish them afterwards.
Volunteer applications can still be submitted by clicking here.
Olympic boxing champion Patrizio Oliva launched the campaign for the recruitment of volunteers in March.
The Moscow 1980 gold medallist did so at Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples
The 60-year-old, who was born in the Italian city, spoke to an audience of potential volunteers about the region and the opportunities the Universiade could give.


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Hewitt Machine & Manufacturing Inc. at (800) 544-2067 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at www.hewitt-roll-a-dock.com and click on "2014 Lift Chains Recall" link at the bottom of the page for more information.
Recall Details
This recall includes Hewitt Machine & Manufacturing winches with model number 1501, 2001 and 2501 printed on the front label of the product. The winches can be used in various marine lifts. The products are silver, metal and measure 21 inches high by 12 inches wide by 8 inches deep. Recalled winches were manufactured December 2013 through September 2014 and have a date code in the MM YY format stamped on the front right side of the product.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled winches and contact Hewitt Machine & Manufacturing or their local dealer to arrange for a free replacement of the roller chains.
There have been six incidents of the roller chains breaking in the recalled winch housing. No injuries have been reported.
Independent boat and watersport dealers nationwide and internationally and online at buyhewitt.com from April 2014 through October 2014 for about $400.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
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Copyright Protection
Copyright protects literacy work, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings, films, broadcasts or the content of publications. Please note that copyright cannot protect a single word or even a slogan, such 'work' is too minimal to cross the threshold for copyright. However, words and slogan may be protected by trade mark registration, see our trade mark section.
Our copyright registration service costs £70 plus VAT per annum and we will issue a registration certificate to confirm the details of the copyright registration which can also be used as evidence to support your ownership of the copyright material. However, the main benefit of registering a copyright claim with us is that we will prepare and serve a 'notice/cease and desist letter' to any third party that uses the copyright protected material without your consent together with undertakings that the offending party must sign to confirm that they will cease all use of the copyright material.


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3 Transparent Nosey Cups
Set of 3 transpsarent 4oz 8oz 12oz
- These plastic cups have a unique cutout designed that allows for comfortable drinking without an uncomfortable neck extension.
- You can see the liquid through the translucent plastic
- Drink comfortably without neck extension
- Suitable for use during feeding therapy
- The Flexi-Cut Cup is top-rack dishwasher-safe. No heated drying.
- Cups are made of FDA approved Polyethylene and contain no latex, lead, BPA or phthalates
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text: Assign a case from the workbench Users with the customer service manager role can assign a case to an agent from the assignment workbench. Before you beginRole required: sn_customerservice_manager Procedure Open a customer service case. Click the Find Agents icon () next to the Assigned to field to open the assignment workbench. If the case has an Assignment group, the agents from that group are listed on the workbench. If the case does not have an assigned group, no agents are displayed. Note: The state of the current record determines the availability of the Find Agents icon. The icon is available for records in the Open, Awaiting, and Cancelled states, and if the user has write access for the Assigned to field. The icon is not available for records in the New or Closed states or when the Assigned to field is read-only for the current user. (Optional) Select an assignment group from the Group list. The list of agents updates based on the selected group. (Optional) Add or remove skills from the Skills list. The selected skills appear in a list below this field. The Matching Skills column updates to reflect the selected skills. Note: Mandatory skills cannot be changed. (Optional) Sort the agents by clicking the column header for the desired matching criteria. Select an agent by enabling the check box by the agent's name and then click Assign. The assignment workbench closes and the name of the selected agent appears in the Assigned to field on the Case form. Click Update to save the agent assignment.


text: Riku Leino said the following at 02/27/2007 10:12 PM : >> (This is 64-bit Scribus 184.108.40.206, as supplied with Kubuntu dapper.) > > You really should update your Scribus. The latest stable version is 22.214.171.124. > There will be huge difference with these two versions (for good). > http://debian.scribus.net should have all the info you need. When I followed the instructions at that URL (i.e., added some sources and GPG keys) and told synaptic to update, I got: http://debian.scribus.net/debian/dists/dapper/Release: Unable to find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?) http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/dists/dapper/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz: 400 Bad Request http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/dists/dapper/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.gz: 400 Bad Request http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/dists/dapper/main/source/Sources.gz: 400 Bad Request http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/dists/dapper/restricted/source/Sources.gz: 400 Bad Request So I removed the sources from my sources.list file again. FWIW, essentially the same instructions are at: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Getting_Scribus_on_Ubuntu/Kubuntu_up_and_running They definitely don't work on my system.


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Rosemont, Ill., April 9, 2012— DMD, a national leader in connecting health care practitioners to professional information sources through comprehensive, database deployment services, today announced its new twitter page, designed to spread awareness about today's digital terminology.
DMD will post a new term each business day, related to email, Web, or mobile marketing. The terms and definitions will be derived from the following sources:
- DMD's second edition of Emailology, a comprehensive, digital marketing glossary, which has received industry recognition
- Daily research, observances, and experiences
- Input from DMD's network of technology companies, major medical publications, educational resource companies, and data management experts
"In a digital world, marketers need a guidebook and a compass to find a way through the maze of multiplying terminology," said DMD President Roger Korman, Ph.D., a health care data management expert with more than three decades of experience in the field. "As industry leaders, we collaborate with multiple sources to provide our followers with the newest, digital marketing terms and definitions."
To follow @DMD_Digital: https://twitter.com/#!/DMD_Digital.
For more information about DMD, please visit its website at dmdconnects.com.
About DMD
DMD is a national leader in connecting health care markets through comprehensive target-audience deployment services. DMD provides unique direct communication solutions to clients in the medical publishing, pharmaceutical marketing, medical advertising, health delivery system, and allied health sectors. With innovative technology and numerous consultative services, DMD enables its clients to create millions of connections with their targeted health care professionals.
Media Contact:
Lauren Berger


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V6 engines were once favored over four cylinders because of their inherent power but Mazda and other automakers no longer practice this. Mazda will no longer install V-6 engines at its Mazda6 sedan for the third-generation 2014 model year in favor of the equally powerful and yet more fuel efficient four-cylinder engines.
According to spokesman Jeremy Barnes, auto manufacturers have been developing powerful and efficient four-cylinder engines, which are eyed to replace the V-6s in mid-sized sedans. The 2014 Mazda6 will feature Mazda's Skyactiv technology, a combination of lightweight sporty chassis, high-compression direct-injection four-cylinder engines, new transmissions and others.
This resulted in a well-balanced co-existence of fuel economy and power, Barnes said in an e-mail. The present second-generation Mazda6 is being produced in the AutoAlliance International Inc. plant in Flat Rock, Mich., which is owned equally by Mazda and Ford Motor Co. The next-generation Mazda6, however, will be produced in Hiroshima, Japan and will arrive in the United States in the first quarter of 2012.
2014 Mazda6's sheet metal is expected to carry similar wide stance, muscular fenders and trapezoidal grille as those of the Mazda Takeri concept car, which previewed the future look of Mazda's next-generation vehicles. Aside from the current Mazda6, the other Mazda vehicle powered by a V6 and being sold in the US is the CX-9 mid-sized crossover.
Behold car enthusiasts, the new Mazda 6 is now in town! Born from the Mazda Takeri concept car that made its debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda 6 can only be described as wild and dynamic, but artful at the same time. Nevertheless, it creates a heightened expectation about the driving experience even before riding it.
Mazda Chief Designer Akira Tamatani described the new Mazda 6 as having a robust framework with a low, wide stance, conveying strength and stability, without detracting from the worldwide aesthetic appeal and beautiful form it has as a CD car. Moreover, Tamatani stated the Mazda 6 interior was designed to have the classic keynote black to express luxury and power.
Incorporated in this new model is Mazda's 'signature wing', creating a deeply sculpted face and a solid design of the nose. The hood creases extend from the tips of the wing and seamlessly flow into the body, complementing the overall dynamic form of the body.
From the side, three character lines can be appreciated – the line that extends forward from the rear tire, a rear fender line suggesting driving force from the vehicle's hind quarter, and a front fender line denoting strong shoulders that support nimble forefeet. The merging of these lines display the form of a predator crouched and prepared to leap forward in a burst of movement.


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Project Description
INTRAVENOUS THERAPY AND BLOOD WITHDRAWAL FOR LVN's
This course is designed to provide the Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) with the basic knowledge and skills to prepare them to initiate, maintain and monitor basic IV therapies and perform venipuncture for blood withdrawal. The course includes 27 hours of theory and 9 hours of supervised clinical experience for a total of 36 hours. This course is approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) for 36 continuing education (C.E.) contact hours and meets the BVNPT criteria for continuing education credit for California Licensed Vocational Nurses. This course is in compliance with the California Health and Safety Code 2547.3(a).


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The Arts Interview: Caroline Keane
Although, I lived in Limerick practically my entire life, I was born in London to parents from Longford and Roscommon.
When I was two, my father, Seamus, passed away following a drowning accident in Australia, where we had moved for a short time. As a result, myself and my mother landed back in Longford and subsequently travelled to Limerick, where her brother, Joe, had lived since the 1970s. My granny joined us a few years later. She was big into music so my interest in it was a given. Céilí House was never missed on the radio and she was constantly singing, lilting and whistling Irish music and songs. Indeed, her home house in Ballymahon, Co Longford, had been a rambling house where musicians gathered when she was growing-up.
Originally, I attended St Paul's Primary School in Dooradoyle, and later, the Salesian College (Copsewood) in Pallaskenry for my secondary education.
Finally, I graduated from the University of Limerick's (UL) Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (IWAMD). There, I undertook the BA in Irish Music and Dance. I still can't believe that I could obtain qualifications in something that I loved so much. Indeed, I still regard my time at UL as four of the best years I have ever had. It was a truly fantastic programme studying with top tutors and with like-minded friends always bouncing off each other's creativity and enthusiasm.
Thankfully, Copsewood, was very supportive of musicians and singers.
For example, there was a fantastic folk group there, run by Fr. Martin McCormack, Billy Sindon, Paddy Richardson and now Principal, Paddy O'Neill. If you were any way musically inclined, there was no escaping it. Any smidgeon of talent was recognized, nurtured and grown. Indeed, it was Paddy who took me on my very first tour outside of Ireland with the Fleming Ball Irish Dance Academy. I learned the concertina when I was just seven using my mother's own instrument. I, then, went to the Naomh Mhichíl Comhaltas Branch in Manister Co. Limerick coming under the guidance of its head teacher, Siobhàn Ni Chonaràin. After, learning the tin whistle a year or two later I got bored and pulled out the concertina again. Today, it is my instrument of choice.
'FourWinds' is a Trad Band composed of myself, Daoirí Farrell, Tom Delany and Robbie Walsh.
We play respectively the concertina, the bouzouki and vocals, uilleann pipes and whistles, and bodhrán and percussion. Our music is a fusion between Irish traditional and folk music genres. Indeed, we are all keen that the music should remain steadfastly rooted in the traditional style of both singing and playing. In this, we have been influenced by such musicians as Michael Coleman, Johnny Doran, Begley and Cooney, The Bothy Band, Planxty, and Brady and Irvine. We are all zealous musicians, bold as brass, and full of devilment, and these personality traits are definitely reflected in our music. In effect, we play old style Trad and Folk Music but with a bit of a 'kick' to it.
Irish music is part and parcel of Irish culture.
When musicians socialise they play music, and discuss albums. When we are either at home or in the car we are always listening to music. The Inspiration for our albums and their arrangements, like the music itself, comes through a process of osmosis involving everyone's input. 'FourWinds' is our debut album although Daoirí released his own solo album, called 'The First Turn' in 2009, with Tom and I releasing 'Framework', together, in 2013.
If you want to be a musician, do what you want to do.
You only get to live one life, so if you work at what you truly love, you'll never work a day in your life. I've been writing music for as long as I can remember, and long before I could actually notate it. I recently came across my 'first composition', written on the back of some shop receipt or other, just a random collection of letters, no bar lines, keys or anything indicated.
I still write lots of music whenever I get the time to do so. Indeed, the 'FourWinds' album features a set of tunes which I composed, including a hornpipe and a reel. I'm fascinated by recent compositions in the traditional style, and even wrote my final year thesis at UL on composition within Irish music. I used to sing a lot when I was younger, but the more I played the concertina, the less I sang. However, I am just starting to get back into it, lately, doing backing vocals and that sort of thing.
There is an ever increasing amount of artistic talent on show in Limerick.
This is a by-product of both the Irish World Academy's own music programs, and the endeavor shown by Limerick School of Art and Design. In addition, Limerick's year as 'City of Culture', also, did much to put the city on the map as a centre of artistic excellence. As a result, there are, an increasing number of galleries, theatres and pubs springing up around the place. Most are keen on encouraging artists, both to improve business, and to promote local and regional art and culture.
While we were at college, we played constantly.
There was at least one session every night of the week, which we attended religiously. Dolans had music every night and we played in Nancy's, Tom and Jerry's, Squire McGuire's, and Costello's to mention but a few. The fact that UL has such a strong music program really adds vitality to the city's music scene in general!
FourWinds will play the Armada Hotel, Miltown Malbay, on July 9, as part of their album launch at the Willie Clancy Summer School, before embarking on a tour of Brittany and Canada. For more information please see: www.fourwindsirishmusic.ie and www.facebook.com/fourwinds.tradmusic and watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uqcoeLR7TA and http://fourwindsirishmusic.com/gallery/fourwinds/


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Download PDF file for introduction
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
اللہ کے نام سے جو رحمان و رحیم ہے
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Beneficent.
*May Allah lead us to right path!*
I am from Abbottabad (Pakistan) and worked as an Analyzer technologist at different Petrochemical industries.
I spared my time for the sake of Allah (SWT) and prepared some download-able files for easy learning of Holy Quran,
it's Transliteration for non-Arabic readers,
Multilingual section, 50 translations,
WordbyWord section, Urdu/English translations,
Grammar Section, diff. grammar perspectives,
Amazing Features of Quran
Islamic MIP (Most Important Personalities) Tree,
and Selected Verses on different topics
Two PDF files are there one as a site introduction and other "Quran with big font" with links on table of contents.
All other in "Excel format" with Nice, Easy and user friendly search capability.
HELP tab is there in each file,
you can search by Sura, Aaya, Para, Roots, Words, Part of word and Grammar Topics.
Click the link next to the searched Word, it will jump quickly
to the same word location in the Holy Quran
(WordbyWord section then Holy Quran in case of WordbyWord file)
(Grammar section then Holy Quran in case of Grammar file)
This search function is very helpful to find all the locations against one topic
and also useful for quick learning and easy understanding.
Do not OPEN any file online (means directly from website) but first SAVE it, then OPEN it from your PC,
if it opens as protected mode, just click "Enable Editing" at the top of the file and go to HELP tab for assistance.
I used Simplified Arabic fonts for Arabic and Alvi Nastaleeq for Urdu, if your system will have different fonts, you may face some reading problem.
If some mistakes or errors detected in Excel files.
I would greatly appreciate it, if you kindly give me feedback with file name and error reference.
I will do my best to fix it as early as possible.
These files should be error free, and the person, who will take part to improve these files,will have endless reward from ALLAH subhana-hu-wa-Ta'ala. (you can check the file uploaded date as shown in the figure below, after clicking the revolving download icon. Always prefer the latest uploaded file and delete the old one)
Some videos are there for realizing the realities
that Quran is from ALLAH Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
Some useful links are below. {Some are for (absolute beginners) Arabic learning}.
The best sites for Learning Quran and Grammar http://www.lqtoronto.com/downloads.html http://quranhub.net/ http://www.lisanulquran.com/ For downloading PDF Quran and translations:- http://www.quranpdf.blogspot.com
Following link for 18 lessons are useful for learning Arabic alphabets (absolute beginners) but for proper learning watch in sequence.
following link is a quick introduction about Arabic alphabets
For downloading same Quran Excel files:-
Download PDF file for introduction
Go to quran-excel.blogsopot.com by clicking on following animation Mohammad Arshad Naseem Kashmeer house Sethi colony Abbottabad Pakistan