The General Services Administration (GSA) has released federal per diem rates for FY2015 that will go into effect October 1, 2014. The standard continental United States (CONUS) per diem rate remained at $83 per night for lodging.
The evil eye is a curse believed to be cast by a malevolent glare, usually given to a person when they are unaware. Many cultures believe that receiving the evil eye will cause misfortune or injury. Talismans created to protect against the evil eye are also frequently called evil eyes.
Matiasma means evil eye in Greek, and is often shortened to mati, or eye.. The word is used to describe the eye symbol itself, which looks something like a bull's-eye, with a dark center pupil surrounded by a circle of light blue, then sometimes white, then finally an outer circle of dark blue.