Jewel stared at the piece of paper in his hand with so much anger. He was so certain that the message was from Henry.
"Henry you must be a coward for you to confront me this way. so you cannot come to me personally to confirm if there is anything going on between me and Angel. so you chose to do it this way. I was even planning of telling you why Angel and I always meet, but since you chose to go about it this way, I will have to see what you are capable of. I won't tell you why Angel and I always meet. I will watch and see how you will ruin my life, since that's what you plan to do." Jewel said to himself with a frown.
He tore the paper into pieces and dropped it in the dustbin.
"Henry, you can go ahead and do your worst." he said.
Just as he went back to sit on his bed, the door opened and Henry walked in. Henry went straight to his bed and lay down without sparing Jewel a glance. Jewel observed him for a while and realized that his face was slightly curved in a smile.
'so you are happy because you think your threat will have impact on me. let's see how it goes' Jewel thought.
Jewel observed him for some times, before lying on his bed.
Angel stood in front of Dr. Femi's office. Daniel had earlier informed her that Dr. Femi wanted to see her. She took a deep breath and hope Jewel didn't tell Dr. Femi anything. She knocked on the door and waited for response.
"come in" Dr Femi's voice sounded from within.
Angel entered the office to see Dr. Femi sitting behind his desk.
"good morning sir" Angel greeted.
"why are you taking your study with Jewel for granted?" Dr. Femi asked immediately without responding her greeting.
'so Jewel actually reported me to Dr. Femi' she thought.
"do you think this is a joke? You got the opportunity to represent your class and you are taking it for granted." Dr. Femi continued.
'so Jewel went and reported me to Dr. Femi after what he did. what is he trying to achieve by doing that. so he is trying to make me look bad. He is trying to make Dr. Femi see me as a bad person' Angel thought.
"let this not repeat itself. you may leave now" Dr. Femi said.
Angel lowered her head a bit and left Dr. Femi's office.
Angel sighted Jewel sitting alone in an empty class and walked straight to meet him. She had been looking for him since she left Dr. Femi's office. She stood in his front and glared at him when she got to him. Jewel looked up from his table to see Angel glaring at him.
'what's that look for' he thought.
"why did you go and tell Dr. Femi that I deliberately missed our study, after what you did?" Angel asked.
"what's wrong with what I said to him? didn't you miss it? you made me to wait all night, and when I tried calling, you ignored my call" Jewel responded.
"why won't I ignore your calls, after what you did" Angel said.
"what did I do?" Jewel asked.
"oh please! stop feigning ignorance. you know what you did" Angel said.
"I don't know what you are talking about" Jewel responded.
"I don't have time to argue with you. I just want to tell you never to try such nonsense with me again. because if you do, I won't take it lightly with you" Angel said and stormed out of the class. Jewel stared blankly into air, as he could not understand what Angel was talking about.
Francis sat quietly in the school restuarant, waiting for Lucy. He had made up his mind to tell Lucy how he feels towards her. He was very sure that he likes Lucy and would want to date her. So there is no need keeping it a secret from her.
'I will tell her today. yes I will' he mumbled.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Lucy standing beside him. she was smiling broadly. He froze when he saw her. He was so carried away that he didn't notice when Lucy walked into the restuarant.
"Hi Lucy, you are here already" he said, masking his surprise with a smile.
"thank you" Lucy responded and sat down.
"sorry for keeping you waiting"
"I hope you have not had lunch already, because if you have, without waiting for me, I will break your head" Lucy joked.
"No, why should I? I invited you here. so it's only proper for me to wait for you before having lunch" Francis responded.
"that's very kind of you" Lucy said.
Francis beckoned the waiter and he approached them. The waiter took their orders and served them. They consumed their food silently. After few minutes of silence, Francis spoke.
Lucy looked up from her table and faced him.
"there is something I will like to tell you" Francis said.
"okay, I'm listening" Lucy responded.
"first, I will like to ask you a question" Francis said.
"do you have a ..........."
"hi guys" Daniel interrupted them.
They both turned to see him standing beside them, with a plate of food.
"can I join you guys?" he asked.
Francis stared at him in annoyance. He just ruined his plan with his presence. Why will he choose to join them when there are empty seats in the restuarant.
"sure, you can join us" Lucy responded.
Daniel placed his food on the table and sat down beside Lucy.
"so what are you guys discussing?" Daniel asked.
'what do you want to know' Francis mumbled.
"nothing, we are just having lunch" Lucy responded.
"Francis, I hope you know that you are paying for my lunch also" Daniel said.
Francis felt like giving him a heavy knock on his head for saying such, after ruining his plan.
"sorry bro, I already budgeted for two" he responded, masking his anger with a smile.
"okay, no problem bro" Daniel said.
They continued eating silently. After a while of silence, Daniel spoke again.
"I always see Jewel and Angel together at night. Lucy, do you think there is something going on between them." Daniel asked.
'what's your business if they are seen together. won't you mind you own business?" Francis mumbled to himself.
Lucy stared at Daniel for some time without saying anything. She already guessed that there might be something going on with Jewel and Angel, and what Daniel just said to her just confirmed her hunch. She suddenly became very sad.
"I don't know if there's anything going on between them. Angel has not told me anything yet" she responded, masking her sadness with a smile.
"I'm just saying, because I always see them together" Daniel said.
Lucy dropped her spoon and stood up.
"yes, I have to leave now" she said.
"I'm leaving also" Francis said and stood up.
Lucy walked ahead, while Francis went to settle the bills. He joined her when he was done and they left the restuarant together.
Jewel opened his door and entered his room. Henry was not in the room when he entered. He went straight to his bed and sat down. He brought out his phone from his pocket and dailed Angel's number. He placed the phone on his ear and waited for her to pick the call.
"hello" Angel's voice sounded at the other end.
"I hope you are coming. don't keep me waiting like the other day." Jewel said.
"why are you even calling me. it's just 4pm"
"I need to remind you, so that you won't keep me waiting" Jewel said.
"I will come" Angel responded and ended the call immediately.
Jewel dropped the phone on his bed and picked up his bag. he opened it and brought out a notebook. He opened the first page of the notebook and saw a piece of paper placed in it.
He knew what the content on the paper was likely to be. He unwrapped it and read the content.
'After warning you to stay away from her, you still went ahead to wait for her at the garden. since you have refused to listen to my warnings, watch what will happen to you. I will destroy you. you won't escape my wrath this week. I promise you that'.
That was exactly what Jewel read on the paper.
Instead of getting angry, he became a bit scared.
"this is getting out of hand. why would Henry be sending me such scaring messages. I need to put a stop to this before something bad happens" he said.
He dropped the paper on his bed and rushed to Henry's bed. He took Henry's notebook from his bed and went back to his own bed. He opened a page in the notebook and compared the writing with the one on the piece of paper. His eyes widen in shock when he realized that the writing are not the same. He suddenly became weak.
"the messages are not from Henry" he said.
"then who is sending me these scaring messages."
He became very scared that he did not know who is trying to harm him, and what the person planned to do.
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Prince Andrew Email Suggests He Lied About Not Remembering Virginia Roberts
Orwellian Blueprint For The West? Chinese Man Gets INTERROGATED For Criticizing Police Online
REPORT: BILL & HILLARY CLINTON FREQUENTLY VISITED EPSTEIN'S 'ZORRO RANCH' COMPOUND
PAEDO'S BRIT LIST Jeffrey Epstein listed 301 Brit associates including Mick Jagger and Tony Blair in pervert's 'little black book' found by FBI
Source: The Sun
JEFFREY Epstein listed 301 British associates in a "little black book" of society figures uncovered by the FBI, it was revealed last night.
Among the contacts were celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Tony Blair and Richard Branson – as well as lords and ladies.
There were more than 1,000 numbers and dozens of email addresses between the Brits named in the book belonging to Prince Andrew's pervert pal, the Mirror reported.
New Labour grandee Lord Peter Mandelson – who has 10 numbers, including one marked "direct line" one for "home" and another for "country home" – is also listed.
Prince Andrew has 16 numbers to his name – including a mobile and lines for Balmoral and Sandringham palaces, where he had visited the royal.
Andrew's ex Sarah Ferguson is also named in the address book – with 18 phone numbers for her.
It's not suggested that those named in the book committed any wrongdoing – or even met Epstein in person.
ISLAND RAID
The revelation in the FBI's 2,000-page dossier on Epstein came as agents raided the perv billionaire's private US Virgin Island, dubbed "paedophile island", yesterday.
A large group of agents were seen disembarking from speedboats at the pier on the island on Monday morning and driving around on golf carts.
Other officials with "FBI" lettering on display were later seen overlooking the sea from the top of Epstein's remote luxury home off the coast of St Thomas.
TIES TO UK
US authorities have also vowed to carry on investigating Epstein's ties to the UK as part of their child sex trafficking probe – amid fears he could have offended overseas.
They are now turning their attention to his associates to track any sick enablers who helped him sexually exploit young girls.
One document is said to describe the "damning things" Epstein's inner circle did as he abused more than 100 girls from across the world, the Mirror said.
A source told the paper: "The document entails everybody in the Epstein case.
"It has some damning things, including about a number of Brits."
SUICIDE SHOCK
Epstein, 66, is believed to have hanged himself in a New York jail on Saturday while facing child sex trafficking charges.
He was found dead days after being taken off suicide watch – reportedly at the request of his own lawyers.
The Department of Justice and the FBI have both launched investigations into the sex beast's death.
His suspected suicide is not thought to have been caught on CCTV and it has emerged that guards did not check on him for several hours.
Epstein's death – which has sparked intense speculation – came hours after a Manhattan court released a 1,200-page dossier detailing lurid abuse allegations against him.
They were unsealed in a legal tangle between Brit socialite Ghislaine Maxwell — Epstein's ex-lover — and Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Roberts.
Timeline of the allegations against Jeffrey Epstein
The allegations against him go back to the 2000s
2005 – Parents of a 14-year-old girl told police in Florida that Epstein had molested their daughter at his Palm Beach home. A police search of the property found photos of girls throughout the house.
2006 – He is charged with multiple counts of unlawful sexual acts with a minor.
2007 – Epstein's lawyers put together a plea deal for Epstein, who was the 54.
He agreed to plead guilty to two felony prostitution charges in state court,
In exchange, he and his accomplices received immunity from federal sex-trafficking charges that could have sent him to prison for life.
2008 – Appears in court to plead guilty on two lesser counts and sentenced to a 18 months in jail and was released early in 2009
July 2019 – Arrested charges of child sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
Prosecutors accused him in a grand jury indictment of paying dozens of girls as young as 14 to engage in sex acts with him at his New York and Florida properties from 2002 to 2005.
Pleaded not guilty and could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted.
More than a dozen women have now come forward with more sex abuse allegations.
August 2019 – Hundreds of pages of court documents were unsealed alleging new details of sexual abuse claims against Epstein and several associates.
August 10 2019 – The twisted tycoon dies after apparently hanging himself in his prison cell.
Ms Giuffre has alleged that she was procured by "madame" Maxwell, 57, the daughter of disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell, as a teenage "sex slave" for Epstein.
Ms Maxwell, who has gone into hiding, denied all the allegations.
In previous court claims, she alleged she had sex Prince Andrew, 59, when she was flown to London aged 17 by Epstein – which the royal vehemently denies.
US court papers also alleged the Duke of York touched a woman's breast as she sat on his lap and played with a Spitting Image puppet of him.
Johanna Sjoberg alleged he touched her breast in 2001 at Epstein's New York home, according to court papers.
ROYAL DENIAL
Buckingham Palace has strenuously denied the allegations.
A palace spokesman said: "Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.
"It is emphatically denied that the Duke of York had any form of sexual contact or relationship with Virginia Roberts.
"Any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation."
MPs are calling for an investigation into the Duke of York's relationship with Epstein.
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Transitioning from 2016 to 2017 | Season It Already!
Posted on January 4, 2017 by Carrie @ Season It Already!
2016 was a tough year for me.
It's probably one of the reasons why I didn't post much in the second half of the year. I think the worst part about it all was feeling so helpless and guilty about it when I knew other people who were going through much more difficult experiences. I could go on about all of the personal reasons, professional changes and circumstances that led it to be so challenging.
But then I wouldn't be moving on.
Instead I'd like reflect on the good things. Instead of wallowing in despair, I'd like to bask in the gratitude. I have every intention of manifesting a healthier, happier and kinder 2017.
Rob and I walked away from a potentially fatal accident on February 14th. Rob was left with some physical scars. I'm still left with some mental and emotional ones – fear of driving in certain conditions and replays of the event in my mind. But we are still here. That is what matters.
I've often read that when you are unsure what to do with your life, think back to what you loved most as a child. I adored reading. I got back on it this year and it's been my saving grace. It has not only challenged my mind, but it also helped me pass the time when all I could think are negative thoughts.
I set a Good Reads goal to read 26 books in 2016. I chose this number because I've never measured the number of books I've read in a year before and I tend to read slowly. When I surpassed those 26 books, I changed my goal to 30. After that, I left the number the same; but in my mind set my sights on 52 books. In the end, I read 60 books in 2016. For me, that's a feat.
I was introduced to audiobooks, which is something I really want to share with you in another post. It's done wonders for keeping my mind from thinking worst case scenarios about every driver on the road and instead helps pass the time on my new commute.
When I moved to MN back in 2003, my friend Jen and I joined a yoga class together. I loved it. Every drive back from class, I would say to her, "I just love Yoga!" I was in a state of bliss.
In 2006 when Rob and I bought our house, I cut expenses in a ton of places, including our yoga class.
When I felt ready to go back, our truly perfect yoga instructor had retired and moved abroad. Finding another class was difficult. I couldn't find anything else like her style or that suited me. I wasn't one to do videos at home because I liked the personal instruction.
Jen and I went on a yoga retreat to Kripalu. This was a 40th birthday gift to ourselves. It was blissful. I never felt better. I never really posted about this experince, but I would highly recommend it to anyone. It was so nice to do gentle yoga (my choice) about three times a day, attend wellness sessions and have healthy meals prepared for me. I also got two massages and learned that the hot stone massage is the one for me! Jen and I joked that it was a rough day when we had our silent breakfast, attended a yoga class, leisurely read, enjoyed lunch, attended a meditation session and then napped before our massage appointments. 🙂 That was a true gift.
So in 2017, I want to continue to recognize all of those ways that I can be kinder to myself and continue to practice those things. Because I am grateful to be here.
It's truly fitting that I start out the year with a cold – one that had me sleeping 12 hours overnight and then another 4 hours in the afternoon. My body is telling me to take care of myself and ease into this.
In what ways do practice self-care?
Happy New year! I feel bad complaining too but 2016 ended on an exhausting, difficult note (well several notes really).
I understand about the accident. My new commute is really long and I have witnessed several accidents this winter. It scares me!
Praise God they you and your husband walked away from a fatal car accident. I was drawn by your blog because my daughter walked away from a fatal accident November 2016. It is Gods grace that allowed you to see 2017. I'm not sure what will ease your fears of driving. I can certainly relate. Each time it rains I cringe at the thought of driving from an experience I had many years ago.I look forward to more of your blogs. I hope to be more consistent with blogging this year.
Happy new year! This was the year I became a yogi too! After Critter's arrival I was astonished at how healing hot yoga practice was for me. Just having the choice to move my body how it felt comfortable or to lay in yhe room was life changing. Really. I needed the quiet. I need to check out this Yoga With Adriene thing. You are the second person to mention it in the last week.
I think it is MORE than okay to work through your difficulties and feel them fully in whatever is the best way to help with continued healing.
Thinking of you in 2017.
Thanks, Lady! much appreciated. 🙂 Warms my heart.
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My Top 5 | Dan Winnik
Daniel WinnikMy Top 5Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals forward offers up the five PGA stars he'd choose to play 18 holes with at Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters.
Before some of the best golfers in the world take their best swing at winning the 2017 Masters Golf Tournament – the first of golf's four major championships – Dan Winnik stepped up to the tee for this round of NHLPA.com's weekly Top 5 feature.
Dan Winnik's Top 5 PGA Stars He'd Like to Play:
1. Teeing it up with Tiger
"I'd choose Tiger Woods, if he's healthy. It's an obvious choice. He's the greatest player of my generation and could arguably be the greatest of all time. To be beside him hitting the golf ball would be awesome."
2. Left turn
"I would go with Phil Mickelson as well just because he's a lefty. I've always admired his game, especially his short game."
3. Long ball
"Dustin Johnson. He smashes the ball and he's always in every tournament. He could be taking over as the next dominant player on tour."
4. Savvy vet
"I'd like to play with Ernie Els. He's been around for so long. He might not have won a ton of tournaments, but he's in everything. It just seems like he's always in the hunt and he's had such longevity in the game. I think his take on the game – hearing him talk about golf – would be awesome."
5. Sergio Garcia
"I'd pick Sergio. There was so much hype around him for the longest time when he was young – that he was going to be the next big guy. He still hasn't won a major, but his game has always been impressive and I think he'd be a lot of fun to play with."
The 19th Hole:
On the strongest part of his golf game: "Probably off the tee. Very consistent with my driver and it usually doesn't get me into trouble and sets me up for the round. If I'm hitting it well off the tee, then it's going to be a good round."
On the one teammate, past or present, he'd like to play a round at Augusta with: "I'd probably have to go with Ed Jovanoski. Ed mentored me when I got in the League and we were best friends. I think he got a round at Augusta for his 1,000th game – I think he still has it – so hopefully, I can still somehow sway him to bring me."
On which current teammate he'd pick to caddy: "I don't think any of the guys would want to come and caddy. Maybe Justin Williams, just because it would bother him."
Winnik Wants To Win in Toronto
Dan Winnik returns to the Maple Leafs this season excited about helping his hometown team succeed
Early Season Success in SoCal
Dan Winnik is adjusting well to playing in Anaheim and is helping the Ducks to a strong start in 2013
Player of the Week - Daniel Winnik
Daniel Winnik is the Player of the Week for January 18 - 25, 2013
Players' Offers Rejected
The NHLPA's 3 proposals dismissed by the NHL during negotiations on Thursday
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Dan Winnik gives some insight into the importance of the link between the NHLPA staff & the Players during the CBA process
The 2012 NHLPA Golf Classic Set for July 23rd
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Van Horn, Keith Adam
Written by Linda Kirkpatrick on Monday, February 24 2014 .
Keith Van Horn was born and raised in Diamond Bar, California, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Of the three siblings in the Van Horn family, two were athletically inclined. Keith admits that he and his sister enjoyed an elite sports environment.
His interest in physical therapy and success in basketball caused him to seek out admission to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City – not too far from home, with a good reputation for physical therapy (he actually majored in sociology), boasting a highly respected basketball coach and ranking amongst the top 25 schools for basketball. It was at the university that he met and married his wife, Amy.
Standing 6'10" tall and being well coordinated for that height, he and basketball proved a good fit.
While at the University of Utah, he established several new school records, among them one for having scored 2,542 points, a record that still stands in 2014. He earned a reputation for last-second heroics and led Utah to three NCAA Division I top 25 finishes, including a #2 spot, their highest ranking ever in school history.
In 1997, the year he graduated, he was named a Consensus First Team All American and was recognized as the Western Athletic Conference all-time leading scorer. ESPN named him the 1997 Men's College Basketball Player of the Year.
The University of Utah retired his #44 Ute basketball jersey the year he graduated. In 2008 he was 1 of 16 named to the university's "All-Century Basketball Team." He's also been recognized in the University of Utah Hall of Fame.
The 1997 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft saw Keith picked second by the Philadelphia 76ers and traded that same night to the New Jersey Nets. He played for the Nets from 1997 – 2002, leading the team in scoring in the 1997-8 and 1998-9 seasons, averaging more than 20 points per game and ranking him fifth in the NBA in scoring in the 1999 season.
During his professional career he also played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks, being a major contributor to the Nets' 2002 Eastern Conference Championship team and the Mavericks' 2005-6 Western Conference Championship team.
He retired from a 10-year career with the NBA in 2008, averaging 16.0 points and nearly 7 rebounds per game.
"I could have played several more years," Keith says, "but as the kids were getting older, I couldn't justify the instability caused by moving around."
In 2005 he and his family moved to Colorado where his wife had family. He built a home on 80 acres of land in South Evergreen, working with the Mountain Area Land Trust to ensure that the bulk of the acreage would never be developed.
All four of his children attended elementary schools in Evergreen. He began offering free basketball clinics in Evergreen to fill a gap at the rec center but soon realized he needed to put an organizational structure behind it. That led to the formation of Premier Basketball Club, which involves about 1,000 boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 19, offering experiences for those who are beginners to nationally competitive elite club players.
"About 20% of the kids I work with are from Evergreen," Keith says. He is the founder and Executive Director of the club and accepts no compensation for his job.
The Keith and Amy Van Horn Charitable Fund has chosen to support a number of charitable organizations, among them his alma mater, Huntsman Cancer Institute, U-FIT, Denver Inner City Parish, Into Your Hands Africa, and Premier Basketball Club. He helped start a health-sciences program at the University of Utah, involving parents of autistic children and children with disabilities, and enlisting students to volunteer their time.
Since living in Evergreen, Keith has developed a close relationship with the special needs program affiliated with Evergreen Park and Rec, integrating young people in the Special Olumpics with students he coaches. He has been the Honorary Chair for the Andy Smith Memorial Golf Tournament, which raises money for the special needs population.
Keith also serves as the Managing Partner of Accuworks Software; VH Real Estate Holdings, LLC; Co-founder and Managing Partner of Weatherist.com; and is the former President of Branded Business Apps, which he sold in 2012. He is also a member of the University of Utah Advisory Board.
In his spare time between managing Premier Basketball Club and keeping up with his kids' activities, Keith enjoys mountain biking, fily fishing and in-road biking. Former Ute coach Rick Majerus has been quoted as saying, "Keith belongs in the parent hall of fame."
Former college roommate and teammate Kelly Leonard said of his financially successful friend, "He works like he still has to pay rent."
Sources: Interview with Keith Van Horn, Keith Van Horn Fan Page, Majerus and Leonard quotes from article by Kurt Kragthorpe in The Salt Lake Tribune


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Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell was the first husband of Adelaide Johnson. He first met Adelaide while she was visiting the Campbell family at Fort Arbuckle in 1858. They were married in the fall of 1859 and lived together with Michael's family at the fort. In 1860, they moved to their new home near the Washita River.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Michael joined the Chickasaw Battalion supporting the Confederate Army. Michael was a major, and spent much of his time on the march or at Fort Arbuckle, which was under Confederate control.
Michael often made the trip from the fort to spend the night at home. The trip included several crossings of the Washita River. One evening in the summer of 1864, Michael made the trip, but only his horse arrived home. Michael drowned in the river on the last crossing of his journey.
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Q: How is a categoryID added to an Issue? I am using a C# example provided by Workfront to interact with the Api.
https://developers.workfront.com/api-docs/code-samples/
I want to be able to update an Issue with a new categoryID or add the value when creating the Issue.
I'd also like to assign a value to one of the parameters in the category.

A: had same problem
this request works for me
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Pratica l'arrampicata in falesia, il bouldering e le vie lunghe, e ha gareggiato nelle competizioni di difficoltà e boulder.

Dal 2005 ha dominato la Coppa del mondo boulder di arrampicata vincendone cinque edizioni di cui tre consecutive. Per questi successi ha vinto il La Sportiva Competition Award nel 2009.

Biografia
Ha scoperto la passione per l'arrampicata nel 1995 in una palestra della sua città per poi passare a scalare anche sulla roccia.
Dal 1997 al 1999 ha partecipato alle competizioni giovanili nella specialità lead. Nel 1999, raggiunti i sedici anni, è entrato nella a far parte della squadra nazionale austriaca e ha iniziato a prendere parte alla neo-nata Coppa del mondo boulder di arrampicata. Dopo qualche anno di apprendistato nel 2003 ottiene il suo primo podio (terzo posto a Rovereto) e il 16 aprile 2004 la sua prima vittoria di tappa a Erlangen. È l'inizio di una serie interminabile di successi che lo hanno portato a vincere più di qualunque altro atleta la Coppa del mondo boulder: per cinque volte, nel 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 e 2011.

Come numero di Coppe vinte è seguito dal francese Jérôme Meyer con tre trofei.

A fine 2014 ha annunciato il suo ritiro dalle competizioni.

Palmarès

Coppa del mondo

Campionato del mondo

Statistiche

Podi in Coppa del mondo boulder

Falesia

Lavorato
 9a/5.14d:
 Action directe - Frankenjura (GER) - 26 settembre 2006 - Nona salita
 Underground - Massone (ITA) - 2005 - Via di Manfred Stuffer del 1998
 8c+/5.14c:
 Bumaye  - Margalef (ESP) - 2010
 Dolby Surround - Zillertal (AUT) - 2008
 Sanjski Par Extension - Mišja Peč (SLO) - 2006
 Alien Carnage - Castillon - 2006
 Bah Bah Black Sheep - Céüse (FRA) - 2005
 Za stara kolo... - Misja Pec (SLO) - 2004
 Biographie - Céüse (FRA) - 2003

Boulder
Ha salito boulder fino all'8C.

Vie lunghe
 Des Kaisers neue Kleider - Wilder Kaiser (AUT) - 28 settembre 2009 - Via di Stefan Glowacz del 1994

Riconoscimenti
 La Sportiva Competition Award nel 2009

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Currently, WWF-Brazil runs dozens of projects in partnership with regional NGOs, universities and public bodies. It supports research, policy change, environmental education and communication. It works to ensure the success of many protected areas, by promoting the establishment of protected areas and supporting sustainable economic alternatives for resident communities. In Amazonia, WWF-Brazil works to add value to the skills and livelihoods of those who depend most on forest and rivers, with the goal that they will be able to conserve and use these resources in ways are sustainable over the long term. WWF-Brazil supports forest residents to be involved in the management and monitoring of key resources, such as the endangered arapaima fish. It also supports the development of national programmes to reduce carbon emissions resulting from deforestation.


ICD Code H05 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of H05 that describes the diagnosis 'disorders of orbit' in more detail.
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H05. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


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Measuring water quality is complicated. The EPA, which regulates water quality in the United States, sets legal limits on over 90 contaminants and provides non-legally binding guidance on another dozen or so contaminants. Further complicating matters is that measuring water quality also depends on what that water is being used for. In this article, we'll cover the attributes of water quality that homeowners should know.
To do so, we'll explain how the EPA and your local water district work together to regulate water quality. By understanding this process, you'll know which attributes you should be on the lookout for. To start, we explain how the EPA evaluates and regulates water quality for human consumption.
At the highest level, the EPA evaluates the quality of your water based on three types of attributes: biological, chemical and physical. Biological attributes have to do with microorganisms in your water, such as Legionella, which can cause Legionnaires Disease. Chemical attributes have to do with a huge variety of organic and inorganic chemicals, such as arsenic, that may be present in water supplies. Finally, physical attributes include the taste, smell, and look of water.
The EPA breaks their water standards into two groups: primary and secondary.
Primary standards cover the minimum acceptable level of chemical or biological contaminants in your water supply. So while individual states are allowed to "set and enforce their own drinking water standards," those standards must be at least as strict as the EPA's standards.
Put simply, primary standards are the standards the EPA has set to ensure that your water is safe. Your local water district has to periodically show that they are below the EPA's threshold for an acceptable amount of each contaminant. Otherwise, they risk criminal penalties under the Clean Water Act.
Because the penalties for failing to control the level of contaminants identified are so harsh, you can be fairly certain that your water meets the primary standards. However, as Erin Brokovich pointed out in her criticism of the North Texas water supply problem, just because a district meets the minimum standards set by the EPA doesn't mean they are above reproach.
An overabundance of these chemical attributes—even if the level is below federal standards—can be an indication of other problems within the water treatment process.
Consider again what happened in North Texas as a case in point. Erin Brokovich pointed out that the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) was using Chloramine, which is an indication that NTMWD was using chemicals to cover up the presence of dirt in the water rather than remove it. Removal, according to Brokovich, is the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) recommended method for getting the dirt out of the water supply.
However, since NTMWD openly admitted to using Chloramine, a chemical attribute, Brokovich could deduce that they were "covering up" the presence of dirt instead of removing it. By knowing the attributes of your water quality affected by things like water treatment additives, you can be more educated if any water issues ever affect your home. Check out this page on the EPA's website to find a complete list of contaminants identified by the EPA's primary standards.
Unless you have the equipment to test your water at home, or you get sick, you're unlikely to know that your water quality is being degraded by chemical or biological attributes. These things show up at the molecular level so without someone like Erin Brokovich as a watchdog, it'll be hard to tell when contaminants are present. That said, it does help to know these attributes so you can be educated about what's going into your water when things like this hit the news.
Secondary standards, unlike primary standards, deal with the physical, as well as chemical, attributes of your water. Physical and chemical attributes covered by the secondary standards are much easier for a layperson to observe. And depending on your observation, you may find indications of a certain contaminant in your water.
It's important to note that the presence of these contaminants in your water doesn't necessarily mean that your water is unsafe. Also, your local water district isn't required by the EPA to bring contaminants identified by the secondary standards below the EPA's guidance level. However, just because it's legal doesn't mean it's okay. Physical or chemical contaminants should be kept to a minimum.
We've reviewed several of the most common water quality attributes that homeowners should look out for. But you should remember that threats to the quality of your water are heavily dependent on your location. While some things, like water treatment additives, are a concern for all homeowners, other water quality attributes may be more of a concern in certain areas. For example, heavy construction may pose a threat to the quality of your water supply. Or, as shown by the water emergency in West Virginia, nearby chemical plants can pose a threat.
Moreover, the quality of water treatment across different water districts may vary greatly. As mentioned earlier, as long as a district meets the EPA's minimum requirements, they're free to implement their own standards. As such, it's imperative for homeowners to be familiar with the water supply and treatment processes taking place in their city. That way, you'll know what water quality attributes are most likely to affect your drinking water supply.
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Top the best football coaches from Africa (Part 2)
In this article, we continue to share top the best football coaches from Africa for your reference.
As far as you know, Africa has special style in footbal performance which brings more interest for football. So, the African head coaches also make some impressive in football history.
3, Lucio Antunes
In the continental competitions, Lucio Antunes has ever reached many successes althouth his titles are not clear for the Champions. He still is admired and respected from the Afcon when he creates the finest fairy for the Afcon about winning dreams.
In the Africa cup, the Afcon under management of Verde became stronger and perfect than ever before. They were excellent to overcome the qualifiers to have an official ticket in the premier competition of continent.
Someone surprised when the Afcon could do the miracle when they could overcome Cameroon and make a tie with South Africa who was the host team as well the most potential team for the Championship.
He is nicknamed as "The African Mourinho" when he contributed to build up the young team of the Afcon to become one of top the best team. He has also several achievements during his career at the Africa continent.
4, Clive Barker
Although career of Clive had some changes but fan of Africa football should remember about his golden days at Bafana in 1990s.
In the Cup of nations in 1996, this was the first time to Bafana to pick up victory happily. His nickname was "the dog" as a strong man to manage and lead his student to thrive pressure of one weak team to reach good achievements which had never happened in history of Bafana.
Then he helped the South Aficans to go the first World Cup in 1998. This event was historic event for Africa football in general.


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Economist Manasi Deshpande Named a 2020 William T. Grant Scholar
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Manasi Deshpande's research focuses on social insurance and public assistance programs, and how to design them optimally. With funds provided by the William T. Grant Scholar program, Deshpande, an assistant professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, along with Rebecca Dizon-Ross, an associate professor and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar at Chicago Booth will investigate whether families' expectations of children's eligibility for disability benefits in adulthood changes their investment in the child's human capital.
Information May Change Human Capital Investments
"We are interested in understanding how providing information on children's eligibility for benefits in adulthood changes families' behavior," Deshpande explains. "Do they make different decisions when it comes to schooling, healthcare, or training?" Deshpande's research project will focus on this central question for the William T. Grant Foundation.
Deshpande and Dizon-Ross anticipate using multiple data collection methods. "We will measure the effectiveness of the intervention using the take-up of the resources that we offer to families as well as surveys, interviews, and administrative data. We plan to use surveys to measure behavior such as how long children and parents spend on schoolwork and interviews to understand the thought processes of the youth," says Deshpande.
A focus of the study is to find out how families change their behavior based on the information provided. "If parents find out ahead of time that their child is not likely to continue receiving disability benefits in adulthood, do they invest more in the child's schooling? Do the children have better attendance and grades? And do these investments actually lead to better outcomes?" Deshpande asks.
Deshpande and her team will be tracking families at every step in the process to find exactly where expectations and behaviors change. "It is possible that their expectations may not change with the new information or they may not invest in schooling because they don't think that will help their child in the labor market," explains Deshpande. "It's important to measure every step in the process from information to outcomes."
Background Rich in Economic Questions
Before her graduate studies, Deshpande worked for both The Hamilton Project at Brookings Institution and the White House National Economic Council. She worked on a wide variety of economic policies in these positions and developed a particular interest in the social safety net.
"I was surprised at how little empirical evidence there was on the costs and benefits of different social programs," says Deshpande. This experience pushed Deshpande to better understand American social insurance programs through an economic and labor market framework.
Deshpande's Ph.D. in Economics from MIT refined her interests further. "MIT had a focus on finding important open research questions and addressing them with convincing empirical methods," says Deshpande. This mindset still frames Deshpande's research on designing an optimal social safety net for the public good.
Arriving at this Research Question
Coming to the University of Chicago has allowed Deshpande to thrive as a teacher and researcher. "At the University of Chicago, there is a spirit of both understanding problems as well as solving them. The academic mindset here places emphasis on clear thinking and reasoning. There is a strong belief that empirical research is most informative when it is testing theory so that the results can be used in other applications," says Deshpande.
Deshpande's current project was rooted in work she did in 2016, which was published in a paper titled "Does Welfare Inhibit Success? The Long-Term Effects of Removing Low-Income Youth from the Disability Rolls" in the journal American Economic Review. The research followed individuals who were removed from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) after turning 18 years old and compared their outcomes to those who continued receiving benefits.
"I found policy variation that allowed me to compare young adults who were removed from SSI or stayed on for essentially random reasons. Twenty years later, I could see their labor market outcomes," explains Deshpande. The individuals who were removed from benefits had lower income in adulthood. While they earned more than those who stayed on SSI, their average annual earnings were only about $4,000 per year and they did not experience any earnings growth over time.
"In the context of that paper, the policy change was sudden and those that were removed from benefits were taken by surprise," Deshpande explains. "One thing that kept coming up in my talks was whether they would have behaved differently if they had known that they would be removed ahead of time. Rebecca and I decided to take on that question." Deshpande's current proposal for the William T. Grant Foundation seeks to answer this question.
The William T. Grant Scholars program invites applications each year from scholars who want to do research to improve the lives of young people in the United States. Deshpande was selected as one of 10 finalists based on her proposal and was invited to interview for the award in New York City in February. "The application and interview process itself was rewarding because it forced me to think about what I wanted to get out of this research and how it connects to my long-term goals. Of course, I was thrilled to learn that I was selected as a scholar, both because I'm excited about this research and because I'll get to learn from a new community of scholars in different fields," says Deshpande.
The William T. Grant Foundation encourages interdisciplinary work and for early-career academics to take measured risks in their research. "The William T. Grant Scholar program encourages scholars to use the most appropriate methods for the question of interest, even if they mean new training. "I haven't been trained in surveys or interviews, but those methods are important for understanding the mechanisms at work, and so the William T. Grant Foundation is supporting me in these areas," says Deshpande.
The William T. Grant Program also requires an intensive and detailed mentoring plan. Deshpande's mentors for the William T. Grant Scholars program are Dr. Ariel Kalil, Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy (CHPPP), and Dr. David Meltzer, Fanny L. Pritzker Professor of Medicine, chief of the Section of Hospital Medicine, and director of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences. "Mentorship is an important part of this program, and fortunately I have some of the greatest minds in these areas right here at the University of Chicago," Deshpande says. "In Rebecca, I also have an incredibly thoughtful and creative co-author who is an expert in survey design and randomized controlled trials."
The Empirical Power of Understanding Costs and Benefits
In her course Inequality in the Social Safety Net, Deshpande explains to students that the politics surrounding social programs are often "characterized by extremes, with one side seeing only perverse incentives and the other side seeing only benefits. The truth is likely somewhere in the middle, and empirical research is essential to compare costs and benefits for each program." Deshpande believes policy decisions "should be based on empirical analysis guided by theory, not theory alone."
Deshpande emphasizes that work like hers helps these discussions move beyond the ideological and political realm. She explains, "The goal is to figure out how to design the social safety net optimally. What are the costs and benefits and how can we balance them?"


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Committed to upping our game from last year, the PropertyTree and Rockend Lounge will be the place to between sessions. Without giving away too much, it will definitely be a place where you can relax, recharge (in more ways than one!), and experience some new and exciting product features that we have been working on!
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1st-time post for me, thanks in advance to any that might reply with helpful information. I'm a 52 yr.old male that , for the past few months have had a continual left arm and left hand pins and needles sensation (like when sitting cross-legged and your legs go 'asleep" -- its the sensation like when a limb is doing the "waking-up" part. The tip of my left pointer finger, from the knuckle closest to the nail, has been totally numb for a month, or so. Whenever the pins and needles, mixed with numbness, etc., are presented, I turn my head as far to the right as I possibly can....and as I do so....I physically "feel" a degree of "normalcy" return to the left arm and hand. If I look up for a few seconds...or down....or to the left....the sensation kicks in, almost immediately. Not to mention the "pressure and heaviness sensation on the back of my neck...complete with an irritating, mostly chronically-felt headache in the area where the C-spine is connected to the base of my skull.
Here, in its entirety, is the MRI report. I am finding that I need to google almost each and every word, in my attempt to understand it.
"There is a normal cervical lordosis. A slight retrolisthesis of C3 and 4 is present. Vertebral body height and marrow signal is within normal limits. There is diffuse disc signal loss with disc height loss greatest at C5-6. The cervical medullary junction is normal. There is no evident cord signal abnormality. T2-3 and T3-4 posterior disk osteophyte complexes are present without evidence cord compression.
C2-C3: No cord compression or foraminal narrowing.
C3-C4 Moderate posterior disc osteophyte complex and facet hypertyrophic changes present. There is near complete effacement of the ventral and dorsal subarachnoid space with mild ventral cord flattening. There is moderate bilateral foraminal narrowing.
C4-C5 Posterior disc osteophyte complex asymmetric to right confluent with a large right uncovertebral osteophyte there is facet hypertrophic change present. Mild asymmetric right ventral cord flattening with near complete loss of ventral and dorsal subarachnoid space is present. Moderate to severe right foraminal narrowing is minimal and left foraminal narrowing is present.
C5-C6 Moderate posterior disc osteophyte complex with loss of ventral and dorsal subarachnoid space There is mild ventral cord flattening. Mild facet hypertrophy is present. Mild left and mild right forminal narrowing is noted.
C6-C7 Mild posterior disc osteophyte complex which impresses the ventral thecal sac. No evident cord compression. Facet hypertrophic changes and small unconvertebral osteophytes combine to produce minimal right and mild/moderate left foraminal narrowing.
C7-T1 Small posterior disc osteophyte complex. No cord compression or foraminal narrowing.
CONCLUSION: Moderate multilevel cervical spondylosis as detailed above.
To me, it sounds like arthritis changes in your neck, with bone spurs narrowing things enough to cause the nerve to be pinched.
Don't go by me though, hope your doc can go over your MRI step by step.
I had a nurse call my results saying "looks like just some arthritis." Then was referred to a pain doc for epidural steroid injections. He said " my injections probably won't help - it can't change the abnormalities I see." Then, finally referred to a neurosurgeon.
I ended up with a very successful surgery, but have to say that a friend of mine did avoid surgery with epidural steriod injections (ESI). Even though she still has narrowing, the steroids reduced the inflammation enough to where the nerve had enough room (no longer pinched) & it was enough help to make the symptoms go away.
Good luck with your situation. Take your time and do your homework. Don't rush in to anything. Hope you feel better soon.
""Moderate to severe right foraminal narrowing is minimal and left foraminal narrowing is present.""
yes, axctually, its a "direct quote" from the radiologist. He actually used it twice: 1st on ther line, as you have quoted (re: his findings for C4-C5) - then again, he used the same wording for the coments re: C6-C7.
I've read AND RE-READ it and yes, thats exactly his choice of wording.
OK, I'm going to assume that he got a little sloppy, and that "minimal" refers to the left foraminal narrowing. That makes the most sense.
I think you really need to get a clear and complete understanding of your situation. You need to talk to at least THREE docs, and you should be educated enough beforehand so that you can have a real conversation with them, and not just get brushed off with a "you need this, see my secretary to schedule surgery". So what I'll do is just provide some info to get you started.
Your spinal CORD runs down the middle of a cage-like structure attached to, and in the rear of, your vertebrae. The CORD is contained within the CANAL. Between the cord and the membrane on the outside of the canal is fluid. Your radiologist is referring to the space between your cord and this membrane as the "subarachnoid space", which is correct, but is a term usually reserved only for the brain and not the spinal cord. Over time, several things can intrude into this space: disks being squeezed from in front, ligaments being swollen from behind, and bone spurs (osteophytes) growing off the vertebrae, or off any part of that bony cage surrounding the canal. The subarachnoid space gives you some leeway before these intrusions actually affect the spinal cord itself.
Some people (me, for one) have a condition called "congenital canal stenosis", whereby we are born with a canal that's too narrow. For example, the spinal canal should be about 18-20mm across, with the cord filling perhaps 10mm inside the canal. If you have congenital stenosis, the canal might be 11-12mm, so you can see that there's very little subarachnoid space left to protect the cord. The fact that you have so many things "effacing" (pushing away) that subarachnoid space, leads me to suspect that you may have some degree of congenital stenosis, as well. It's very important to find this out, because the knowledge will have considerable bearing on a choice of surgeries.
At each level, you have a nerve exiting the spinal cord on each side. These nerves - in the cervical spine - head off into your neck, shoulders, and arms. When they leave the cord, they pass through an opening in the bony cage called the "foramen". When something intrudes on the foramen (either a disk being squeezed from in front, or osteophytes growing off the surrounding bone) the nerve root can be affected, potentially causing the entire range of symptoms from false sensations (tingling, etc) to loss of sensation, to loss of motor control. This is called "radiculopathy", which just means "problem with the root".
When a foraminal opening is affected, the symptoms will occur in the area covered by the associated nerve, e.g. the left C5-6 will affect your left deltoid, biceps, and fingers (maybe just little finger? I don't remember).
However, if the CORD is negatively impacted, then the symptoms can occur ANYWHERE BELOW the problem.
If you have only arm symptoms (and if they only occur relative to neck movement), and you have NO leg symptoms, there's a good chance your immediate concern is one or more foraminal opening. If you have any leg symptoms, then your cord is involved.
Surgically, there are three basic approaches. They are not equal or mutually substitutable. One will be best, which one depending on your real condition.
1. The ACDF is when the surgeon comes in from in front, removes a disk (or more than one disk, if it's a multilevel surgery), puts a shaped piece of donor bone in place of the disk, then secures it all with a titanium plate. This has the benefit of immediately addressing problems caused by disks and POSSIBLY, to some extent, also addressing SOME of the osteophytes (you would want to find this out).
2. The LAMINOPLASTY is where the surgeon comes from BEHIND, cuts through the "lamina" (a part of the aforementioned bony cage) on one side and swings the lamina out. He then puts a piece of donor bone into the gap, and secures it all with a titanium clamp. This would be done for at least three levels. The whole purpose is to address the canal stenosis, to give the patient the room within the canal that he should have had by birth. At the same time, the surgeon can trim away the osteophytes impinging on the foraminal openings. This surgery does NOT directly address bulging disks, but it does give the spinal cord space to move away from the disks.
3. The FORAMINOTOMY is when the surgeon comes in diagonally from behind and on one side. All he does is grind away the osteophytes growing into the foraminal opening. The surgery is much less invasive than the other two, and should actually be outpatient.
For the record, I have had all three surgeries... a C3-4 ACDF in 1996, a C5-6 foraminotomy in 2004, and a C4-6 laminoplasty four months ago. Sorry to tell you this, but you might want to accustom yourself to the idea that you will also need multiple surgeries.
From your description, I think you MAY get away with just foraminotomies for now. A laminoplasty, with accompanying foraminotomies, might be the best overall solution. This would depend on whether or not congenital stenosis is your root problem. The trouble with laminoplasties is that many surgeons can't do them, or can't do them well. Also, they don't directly address the bulging disks. The radiologist didn't say how far out the disks were bulging (he should have given measurements in mm), so we don't know just from the report how much of a bulge you'd have left after a laminoplasty.
Another solution might be to do an ACDF at (probably) two levels, and then follow that up a few weeks later with foraminotomies to address the osteophytes. This combination will deal with the disks and the osteophytes, but won't help you with your congenital stenosis, if you actually have that.
So.... I hope this helps a little, and gives you at least a start on educating yourself in preparation to go back and talk to the docs. If there's anything else I can do, just ask.
Last edited by WebDozer; 10-12-2011 at 09:12 AM.


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The dull bit, but probably worth a read!
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Industry chambers condemn $1.8 bn fraud, rap functioning of PSU banks
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Two days after the $1.8 billion fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB) was disclose, industry chambers on Friday condemned the incident criticising the functioning of public sector banks.
"Alleged fraudulent transactions worth Rs 11,300 crore from a single branch of the Punjab National Bank with the connivance of the junior official(s) shows how vulnerable the Indian banks, especially those in the public sector, have become, with a dangerous potential contagion in the country's financial system," a statement by Assocham said.
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) condemned the illegal and unethical business practices adopted in the recent PSU Bank fraud case and commends the speed with which the government agencies including Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and other agencies have moved to take the investigation forward.
Fraudsters should be expeditiously punished in accordance with the law, the chamber said.
FICCI also recommended that in order to strengthen systemic and others risk management systems within the banking ecosystem, a thorough root cause analysis be done to plug the gaps and ensure there is no repeat of any wrongdoing that impacts the rightful functioning of any banking institution while discharging its duties to its customers and stakeholders.
"FICCI defends the freedom of business enterprise but does not support illegal and unethical business practices," said Rashesh Shah, President, FICCI.
"The fact that an officer of the level of a deputy manager, as is being reported in the media, could single handed wreck not only the country's second largest PSU bank but also several other lenders shows how the risk management system is lacking in these entities and how a chain of command system was not there or was not followed," said D S Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM.
He said with growing size of the Indian economy, the size of the banks and other financial institutions have also become large enough to leave a huge contagion, in case things go wrong.
"The PNB incident should open our eyes to the malaise and a huge gap that exists in building a foolproof risk detection and management. Ironically, even the regulator, which is the RBI, could not detect the problem well in time. After all, the RBI inspection is considered a routine affair in the bank branches," Rawat added.
He said "the scandal" has broken at a worse time for the banks which are battling a humongous problem of the non-performing assets.
"The PNB incident should not be allowed to shake confidence of depositors in the banking system. Such incidents would also make the public more apprehensive about the impending FRDI Bill," he said.
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Samurai Champloo: Champion Origins :: Japan :: Kyoto Share
The plight of Chirezumi...
Mon : 9
Location : In your ass...
Subject: The plight of Chirezumi... Sat May 17, 2014 12:37 am
Chirezumi walked along down the path calmly... It seemed that she was being followed, she parted ways with Hound some time ago to find her inner self to mentally train herself to prepare her for the worst.... She had been followed for quite some time now so she knew the person following her was not going to be a normal person.... She kept walking then stopped and turned around drawing her blade slowly.....
"Heh... I figured you would spot me.... What happened to your body guard?..." She stayed silent and readied herself for battle, he sighed and drew his blade assuming that she was not going to answer him.... They began to clash swords and they continued clashing as his brutal laughter filled the air....
After about an hour of battle he laid her battered and shredded body up against a tree.... "Trash..." He walked away dragging his blade into the ground and disappeared.... Chirezumi couldn't help herself in thinking of Hound the man that swore to be there should she ever need him.... Yet he was not here.... To bad she would have liked to see his face..... "Hound.... Sorry...."
Location : The Depths of Hell
Surname Name: Ryūketsu Ryōken
Courtesy Name: Hound
Occupation/Rank: Rōnin
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi... Sat May 17, 2014 12:47 am
"Trash? What an interesting concept...Does that include yourself?" he mused lowly, coldly as he drew the short blade with the protective guard on the handle. "If you choose to believe that she's trash then what are you? A dog? A injured little puppy who has no home? What I see is very different than what you see..." he said lowly as he walked along, coming to block the man's path as he glared coldly at him.
"It may be true that I'm known as a hound, but my tittle is completely different than yours...you are useless and completely worthless as a human being. Me on the other hand, I'm a man who has a purpose in life. While I may not follow a holy path or what the hell ever, I am much more useful than you ever will be...and to sink so low as to attack a woman who is smaller and weaker in body strength than you....you're as low as the worms in the dirt..." He said lowly as he tilted his head a little to look at Chirezumi. She was injured and wouldn't last long if he didn't take care of things quickly.
Ending this was important, but taking care of her was more of his concern. He had screwed up, and now Chirezumi was paying for that mistake. He wouldn't make it again...that much was certain....
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi... Sat May 17, 2014 1:00 am
"Heh.... hahahahahaha..... She was a simply minority that was around you are my main target.... How about I shred you into nothing this night and drag your body back to my superiors?...." Kyojin Akuhei.... He truly was a bushi that is evil.... His only goal is to fight and taint the light within the heart of others.... A kind and beautiful Miko is trying to contaminate his heart with the light but up to this point he has rejected it.... "My my how the mighty have fallen as the number one criminal in the lands to fall in love with a young female samurai that has lost her master and her way....." He licked his lips and walked toward Hound....
Kyojin is strong, very strong his name was sent down through all of the ranks of the Bushi and it has been spread around the lands.... "Come on my dear Hound show me what you have.... Can you kill me and save her?.... Or will I shred you to ribbons in your desperate attempts to save her?.... It all depends on you...."
Chirezumi looked up and seen him the man she fell in love with squaring off with the first person to ever defeat her.... She always considered herself to be strong she even crossed blades with Hound on equal footing once before and yet she was beaten without ever even scratching him... "H-hound..." She barely could let the word break her lips before she coughed loudly....
He clenched his fist tightly around the handle of his sword. The long sword would not be tainted by this bastard's blood...but...this man was completely a menace. A worm. A disgusting Pig. He would completely end this man right here and now so that he would no longer hold any power among the military's police. "I could say the same for you...Kyojin Akuhei...the man who was once proud captain of the military police has fallen to cruel and heartless attacks on women as he grovels at the feet of the men in power just so that he can get a taste of their boots after they've stepped in shit..." he said lowly as he moved his head to focus his gaze back on Kyojin.
"You're below them, so you make yourself feel higher than you are by hurting innocents...you're worse than any worm...you're no better than a maggot who feasts on the rotting flesh of festering sores and dead corpses...no better than the shit stain in the clothes of the men you serve..."
Kyojin grinned oh how wonderful this is to piss off Hound the man that he had been trailing all of this time..... "Hey.... This is so interesting listening to you tell me about how much of a piece of shit I am but sadly you know nothing of what I am capable of so to make things more interesting how about I kill this girl behind me?..." He looked at Hound and drew his jagged and half destroyed looking sword out to the side....
Chirezumi looked over to them and tried to stand wanting to prevent this battle from occuring she did not want anything to happen to Hound even if she should die..... Her sadness was evident on her face as she stared back at them....
Hound smirked as he moved before Kyojin had the chance to get close to Chirezumi, his blade short so he had to get in close, but what Kyojin didn't realize, was that Hound didn't just get his nickname because of his family name. "If you want to kill her, I'm afraid you'll have to go through me first!" he exclaimed as he moved, slashing first at Kyojin's stomach, but he dropped down low just as soon as he swiped, slashing at the one thing a swordsman depended on to get them from point A to point B, the legs.
With one fluid motion, Hound had both moved to slash at vital areas of a samurai's body, and moved away before a fatal and damaging blow could be struck. This was the main problem many faced with fighting Hound. The speed and viciousness of an animal. He was like a dog hungry for the kill.
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi... Mon May 19, 2014 12:46 am
Kyojin smiled and raised his sword to be verticle with his body to block the slash to his stomach while he jumped and back flipped the blow to the legs and then he counter attacked by stabbing out towards Hound, missing by a hair. Then, turning his blade to the side, followed with a horizontal slash.....
Kyojin was more skilled than the average swordsman he fought and fought to survive for years.... This was not the first time he had come across someone with the speed and ferocity of an animal however it was his first time fighting such a fierce version of it.... Usually the fight wildly and predictably, not Hound he was precise and not wasting a movement.... That was perfect..... He wanted Hound fighting harder and harder.... "Heh if I had known hurting your precious woman was enough to anger you like this I would have done so earlier!..."
He kicked back away from Hound and steadied himself in a stance daring Hound to get closer.... "My blade is dying to sink it's teeth inside of you Hound...." Chirezumi looked on at the battle before her frustrated with herself that she couldn't defeat Kyojin herself instead Hound was protecting her.... She only hoped that he didn't get hurt because of her.... She steadied herself against the tree beside her and clenched her other hand.... She wanted to fight....
Kyojin smiled catching notice of Chirezumi.... "Heh.... Would you look at that... The poor thing can barely muster the strength to stand and yet she wants to continue fighting.... Now I see why you want a piece of that Hound she's just as stubburn and animal like as you are...." He grinned wondering what Hound would do....
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi... Mon May 19, 2014 2:02 am
Hound narrowed his eyes at Kyojin. Annoyed that he had a few hairs sliced from his head by Kyojin's blade. He had moved fast, but not fast enough. It would seem that he would need to pay much closer attention next time around. He however, remained still as if sizing Kyojin up once more.
Reassessing his strategy, Hound placed the short blade in his mouth, guard facing away from his teeth as he lowered himself down on all fours. This stance was the final reason he had gotten his nickname. No other swordsman could get this low, or even remain on all fours as if an animal ready to strike. Words were needless now. His eyes were set to kill, and he was hungry for blood. Now, all he had to do was fight like Kyojin had never seen before.
Clenching his teeth tighter on the handle of the blade, he moved, seeming to be in one place one moment then gone the next. The only indication that he even had moved was the dust that was now settling. There was no other sounds. That is, until a cracking sound could be heard as Hound came towards Kyojin, launching himself from a tree trunk, but his intent wasn't clear since he didn't seem to be coming exactly at an attacking angle. And he wasn't. He landed a few feet short of Kyojin, creating an indent in the ground from landing.
When watching his seemingly erratic and uncoordinated movements, one would believe that Hound was just attacking blindly, but in fact, he had a plan.
Looking at Kyojin again, he vanished again, once again launching a silent attack, only to have it fall short of a few feet.
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi... Wed May 21, 2014 2:25 am
Kyojin was silent a moment watching the iradic movements of Hound, studying him watching his every movement.... He really did move like an animal.... He watched Hound jump through the air and stab at random spots.... How interesting he thought to himself as he brung his blade up and extended it to his side.... "Come on now don't keep me waiting that's so rude...." He swung his blade out and jumped hi into the air he came back down with a large crash stabbing strait down then bringing the sword up and swinging in each direction he didn't mind if he left himself open he was more like a berserker than a true swordsman sometimes....
He ran after Hound laughing loudly and swinging in his direction .... "Come on Hound! Fight me!" He laughed loudly and dove toward Hound swinging his sword rapidly... He landed and continued to swing determined to completely eradicate Hound....
Chirezumi growled this was how Kyojin defeated her he was completely indifferent to her strikes almost as if he wasn't afraid to die.... He is a brutal fighter with a natural talent for taking pain.... Not that she even inflicted any.... He completely overwhelmed her and beat her senseless....
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi... Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:20 am
Hound chuckled lowly as he watched Kyojin land on the edge of the circle he had created in the ground from his movements. It took only a moment for Kyojin to find the perfect spot to step on, and the circle began to collapse into a hole right under Kyojin's feet. Spitting his sword out and jumping back, Hound licked his lips and got back on two legs, yanki squatting as he watched the pitfall unfold. "Don't underestimate me...I'm not just attacking blindly. My moves are much more calculated than yours..." he told Kyojin lowly, coldly as he watched the hole closely.
"Don't attack blindly, or one handed with a two handed weapon, it makes you off balance and causes you to fall much easier...any swordsman would know that..." he explained as he sat there, waiting, watching for Kyojin. He was still perfectly ready to fight, his stance only a second away.
Kyojins brutal laughter could be heard from inside the hole, echoing out to the ones on the outside.... He jumped up high into the air.... He came down and landed on a safety area.... "But if I didn't give any advantages to the opponents I face it would be to easy.... I take relish in the pain I'll cause you Hound..." Kyojin looked at him and the grinned an almost full evil grin.... This was no ordinary man he could take pain and deathly strikes.... He would take them in full force and then counterattack..... Kyojin was a true berserker....
He looked at Hound a moment then put all of his strength into his legs ignoring the pain from the fall and launched himself toward Hound at breakneck speeds and did a long swipe at close range... Making it nearly impossible for anybody to dodge let alone counter... It would not be a death blow because of the speed executed but it would hurt... He knew that much....
Hound chuckled lowly, vanishing without a trace. Stupid people thinking they were better than him. "Easy Kyojin...don't get too cocky...you don't remember who you're dealing with here..." His voice could be heard, but couldn't be traced. It seemed to echo from all over, as if he himself had become his own voice. "I'm not so sure you have the upper hand here...after all, you're fighting the Blood Hound..." he said as he waited patiently.
He needed the perfect moment to strike, the perfect opening that no one would even think of. Unless of course, Chirezumi could figure it out. Hopefully if she did, Kyojin wouldn't catch on. He needed Kyojin to stay guessing for a little while longer before he attacked.
Subject: Re: The plight of Chirezumi...
Samurai Champloo: Champion Origins :: Japan :: Kyoto