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The South East Links
East Lothian is one of Scotlands best known golfing regions lying on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, facing its more famous neighbour to the north the Kingdom of Fife.
Great golf abounds in East Lothian with its most famous course being Muirfield which is the home to the 'Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers" and the host to 16 Open Championships in the past. But this is only where the great golf begins with the outstanding North Berwick links and a whole legion of fabulous golf courses such as Dunbar, Gullane 1,2,3, Longniddry, Glen and Kilspindie golf clubs.
And the modern links of The Renaissance Club & Archerfield offer endless options for your next golf trip. Why not combine you trip with a visit to Edinburgh?
Course Profiles and Map
North Berwick Golf Club
Gullane 1, 2 & 3
Longniddry Golf Club
Dunbar Golf Club
Glen Golf Club
Kilspindie Golf Club
MuirfieldMuirfield Golf Club 7245 yards Par 71, Muirfield is one of the worlds great links courses which has hosted 16 Open Championships over its history with a very impressive list of winners. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers moved to the Muirfield course in 1891 when Old Tom Morris was asked to design the course. In 1928 it was again altered by Harry Colt and Tom Simpson which made it into the links it is today. The routing of the course was very unique especially for the time with the course being arranged in two loops one inside the other and heads in the opposite directions which makes judging the wind a constant challenge.
North Berwick Golf ClubNorth Berwick Golf Club 6506 yards Par 71, North Berwick is one of the great experiences in the world of golf. The course is similar to St Andrews in many ways including how it plays 9 holes out & 9 holes back into the town to a club that is reminiscent of the clubhouse of R & A at StAndrews. North Berwick is famous for being quirky with such famous holes as "The Pit", "Redan" and the extremely crazy 16th hole "Gate" which has a green with two tiers with a massive swale in between. The other feature of the course is the way a rock wall comes regularly into play.
Gullane 1, 2 & 3Gullane no. 1 - 6873 yards Par 71 Gullane no.2 - 6385 yards Par 71 Gullane no. 3 5257 yards Par 68 Golf has been played in Gullane for over 350 years and is synonymous with the region of East Lothian. Gullane has 3 courses which are famous for their beautiful seaside location, wonderful links turf and beautiful views. The no. 1 course is the most famous but in fact all three are more then worth playing. Gullane was the host to the 2015 Scottish Open won by Rickie Fowler using a composite course of no. 1 & 2.
Longniddry Golf ClubLongniddry Golf Club 6260 yards Par 68, Longniddry is a mix of links golf and holes through Pine trees. The course has some wonderful holes and great views of Edinburgh itself.
Dunbar Golf ClubDunbar Golf Club 6597 yards Par 71, Dunbar is the most easterly course in East Lothian and a fine example of links golf. A great place to visit when your in the region.
Glen Golf ClubGlen Golf Club 6275 yards Par 70, The Glen or East Links is more of a cliff top course then a pure links but either way its a lovely course with stunning views over the Firth of Forth and the town of North Berwick. Not an overly long course but certainly a challenge to golfers of all levels.
Kilspindie Golf ClubKilspindie Golf Club 5030 yards Par 69, A wonderful compact links course that can be played in just 2 1/2 hours. Although not long it is a lot of fun and is a true hidden gem.


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Notice of a partially opened meeting.
The Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ITAC-11) will hold a meeting on Friday, August 10, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be opened to the public from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The meeting is scheduled for August 10, 2012, unless otherwise notified.
The meeting will be held at the University Club Atop Symphony Towers, San Diego, CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hellstern, DFO for ITAC-11 at (202) 482-3222, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The Agenda topics to be discussed are:
—Pre-Decisional Deliberations on a draft Letter of Recommendation on U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service Proposed New Increases in Fees.
—Access to and use of U.S. Small Business Administration State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Grants by San Diego-area business.
—Congressional perspective on trade barriers for small and minority business.
—Update on pending trade legislation that would impact small and minority businesses.
Christine L. Turner,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2012-18016 Filed 7-23-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3190-W2-P

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Etihad Airways is headquartered in the city of Khalifa, Abu Dhabi, near Abu Dhabi International Airport. Etihad Airways spent 183.6 million UAE dirhams (US$50 million) in 2007 to arrange the construction of a new headquarters and training center.
Completion of the new headquarters was scheduled for the end of 2007. Etihad Airways is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Mr. Mohammed Mubarak Al Masrouei, which acts in accordance with the company’s constitutional law and the company’s articles of incorporation. The Board of Directors consists of his seven independent non-executive members and has two sub-committees, the Executive Committee and the Audit Committee, each with its own charter and chairman. Other Board members are Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, H.E Matar Al-Romighty.
The airline was previously managed by James Hogan (formerly CEO of Gulf Air), who was appointed President and CEO from September 10, 2006 until January 2018 was The current CEO of Etihad Group is Tony Douglas, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2018. Etihad Guest is the airline’s frequent flyer program launched on 30 August 2006. We offer a discounted webshop for our members and numerous benefits such as extra baggage and priority check-in for frequent flyers. Points can also be redeemed for airline tickets and class changes.


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Fresh Farm Market!
We joined the 20th anniversary of the Fresh Farm Market fundraiser Tuesday, honoring Nora Pouillon, at Dock5 at Union Market. Two of the area’s favorite chefs co-chaired the evening, which served some of Chef Nora’s favorite dishes from her recently closed organic restaurant: D.C.’s Ris Restaurant’s Ris Lacoste and Woodberry Kitchen’s Spike Gjerde, Baltimore’s first James Beard award winner.
Chef Nora Pouillon, whose Restaurant Nora has been a favorite of Washingtonians for years, is with the event organizer, Corro Noble Associates CEO Lizette Corro. Nora helped found the organization in 1997 to connect food, farmers and communities here. It started with a Sunday market in Dupont Circle and there are now 15 healthy food markets during the week all over the DMV.

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The perjury trial against a Mandeville police sergeant -- who testified that he didn't recall if former Mayor Eddie Price requested a reduced charge against a local millionaire -- has been delayed until September.
Sgt. David Hurstell was set to begin trial Monday in state district court in Covington on two counts of perjury. But prosecutors alerted the court late Friday that they uncovered a statement Hurstell made more than three years ago that undermines his defense of a foggy memory.
"He's saying he doesn't recall; we've got evidence saying he does," said prosecutor David Caldwell, who leads the public corruption unit for the Louisiana attorney general's office.
Caldwell said Hurstell made the statement during a conversation with an assistant attorney general at the trial of Gary Copp, the former owner of SpeeDee Oil Change Co.
Copp was convicted of aggravated second-degree battery in 2008, two years after he threw a 42-year-old woman from her stool at a Mandeville wine bar and kicked her in the head with his cowboy boot. The attack left the woman with a fractured skull and permanent brain damage, including short-term memory loss and constant migraines.
Hurstell and then-Mayor Eddie Price, a friend of the businessman's, both testified at his trial.
They were each asked under oath if Price called the police station and requested that Hurstell, the sergeant on duty, gave Copp special treatment. Copp was released on a misdemeanor summons.
Price denied making the call; Hurstell said he could "not recall" having received it. Both were indicted on perjury charges in August 2009.
Price later pleaded guilty -- once he was in federal prison for unrelated corruption -- and prosecutors charged Hurstell with a second count of perjury.
The defense filed a motion Monday requesting that the trial be postponed in light of the new evidence, which Caldwell said "came up at the last second" during their pretrial preparations.
Prosecutors are required to disclose the circumstances of such statements -- when it was made and who it was made to -- if they intend to present them as evidence. They are not required to reveal the specific quotation or content.
Defense attorney David Courcelle declined to comment on the new evidence.
Hurstell remains on paid suspension from the Mandeville Police Department at $23.85 a hour.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count. His trial, expected to last several days, was rescheduled for Sept. 19.
Claire Galofaro can be reached at email@example.com or 985.898.4828.

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Alsara: The Dragon's Legacy
Known commonly as Vokaya, the Vokayagora Zemla was one of the most powerful nations in the world for four hundred years, a time known (at least by Vokayan scholars) as the Golden Age. During the Neverwar, however, Vokaya achieved such a pyrrhic victory that they were nearly destroyed, and they lay claim to “most powerful nation” only because all the other nations of the world are in similar straits.
Size (inhabited): 219,960 square miles.
Population: 16.7 million (10.5 million Vokayan, 6.1 million Tribal)
Prewar: 19.9 million (14.8 million Vokayan, 7 million Tribal)
Small Towns: 167 (population of 501,000)
State of Affairs
End of the Ghosts
The Glass Ghosts were disbanded in 1216, after low morale and infrequent demon sightings forced Merik to follow up on his promise. While the soldiers went their separate ways, their skills hardly disappeared, and many folded into the regular military. These days, the Ghosts not in the army are scattered all about, living their lives in retirement after having received a small fortune for their service. Nothing left but a rumor, and a haunted look in a stranger’s eyes as they walk by.
Despite the steady and rapid decrease in demonic activities in Vokaya after the death of Abaddon and the destruction of the Cabal, there are still demons in the world. While few act with any real organization or cohesion, they are all dedicated to bringing misery to the people of Alsara. Occasionally, they will kill a family, burn down a town, destroy a bridge or a fort somewhere, or just kill off a caravan for no good reason. They are nightmarish, yes, but without the terrible will behind them, they’ve gone from the nemesis of all life to just a very bad day.
The High Council was the most powerful ruling body in Vokaya before the Neverwar, but most of it was killed or dispersed during the Battle of Cascade Fortress: between the Demons and the Traitor Prince, nearly everyone of importance was slain or rendered unfit for rule. Due to the rapid action demanded by the circumstances, Merik Serendi Rex determined that he could not afford the time to rebuild the High Council, and suspended the office, transferring all of its powers to him. There would have been more protest, but the country was losing a war and facing down annihilation.
Afterward, though, he never got around to reforming the Council. This became more and more stressful on public opinion as the years rolled on, and there was a lot of upset when he decided not to reform the council after declaring the Neverwar ended. It happened again after the reconquest of Brittlestone Loch three years later, and again when the Contests were held in 1218. Merik was masterful at manipulating his image, though, and somehow even when there were demonstrations in the street he managed to convince everyone that it wasn’t time yet, and he could match everyone’s demands without the need for a High Council to check his power. It helped that he had done amazing things to revitalize the postwar Vokaya, and there was a certain amount of discussion amongst the people to simply elect him Emperor of Vokaya and do away with Council system altogether.
Then he died.
Lidiya Serendi Rex has not meet the people’s needs or expectations nearly as gracefully as her father had. Her reasons for forbidding the reformation of the council were not well-received, and even those close to her find the action difficult to defend. Opponents to her actions vary from tepid to outspoken, but it has won her no friends.
The Rise of the Republics
The dictatorial attitude of both Merik and Lidiya Serendi have fostered enough negative public sentiment to build into a large-scale movement to modify the government of the country, and to strip power from the Serendi Rex. While at first it was just grumbling arguments in taverns, it exploded into widespread and organized protests. So far, Lidiya has done little to appease this growing minority, and it has done nothing but galvanize the proponents of the ideas.
The most coherent Republican plan of action is as follows: first, they would reinstate the High Council as the primary body that generates and modifies laws. The Serendi Rex would lose the wartime powers of ordering general consription, and the ability to both declare and wage war without consent of the government.
In the late winter of 1214, Merik Serendi Rex called upon the Founding Treaty in Bastion, compelling them to ship a sizable portion of their armed forces and treasury to Vokaya. At the time, though, they were fighting a small war against a regiment of Raiders called the Black Hand. Due to some skillful negotiating, Lidiya Serendi was able to convince both the Bastion military and the Black Hand to march northward in defense of Vokaya. Part of her agreement with the Black Hand, of course, was legal protections and land in Vokaya.
This has had wide reaching effects, which the world is still feeling the echoes of today. After the Battle of Frozen Gates (which the Orcs of the Black Handed participated in), Merik extended the legal protections to all Orcs, and created a fast-track program for Orcish citizenship in Vokaya. He also began the establishment of entire towns, usually in parts of Vokaya that had been devastated by the Neverwar, where the Orcs could build private communities. In 1217, the Orcs were granted large territories in Brittlestone Loch, and did a great deal to try and repair the war-torn countryside.
These actions have attracted scores of Orcs from all across the world, and while the integration into Vokaya has been rocky, the progress has been steady. The impact this has had on Vokaya is difficult to quanity, but their presence is used in examples of both the successes and the failures of Merik’s reign. For the Orcs themselves, though, the response is clear: in the midst of growing distrust and disrespect for the throne, not one dissenting voice is Orcish. Their loyalty to the throne and to Lidiya Serendi Rex is absolute.
Rebuilding the Rampart Line
Two of the castles of the Rampart Line were destroyed in the Neverwar: Arx Vigesimus Secundus, and Arx Vigesimus Quintus. The destruction visited upon Arx Vig Secundus was nearly absolute, as it was the entry point for Empress Amelia’s vast host, and it fell directly to her wrath. The repairs of these mighty fortresses has been long and time consuming—not to mention expensive—but the new castles were designed to incorporate many modern advances in siege technology.
Currently, neither fortress would be able to withstand a dedicated assault from the south. As a result, a large force of soldiers is camped at both sites, ready to defend from attack if the Blessed Imperium should move in through the Steppelands.
Postwar Vokaya is not safe. It was once much worse, but no country survives invasion unscathed, especially not an invasion by a large and disorganized military like the Holy Imperial Legions. The upsurge in banditry caused by the Neverwar has tapered off, but the Imperial deserters have been replaced by others of their ilk. Elves, both High and Tribal, as well as disgruntled remnants of the Gift, as well as Raiders introduced by the Orcish migrations. Recently, there is talk of darker organizations meeting out in the wilds, making politically motivated attacks on Royalist figures. One might call these “bandits,” but the reality is they are either harmless or much more dangerous, depending on who you are.
Rise of the Stratosi
The destruction of the Stratos during the Neverwar has been answered by a massive force buildup over the past decade. The formerly undertrained and inexperienced footsoldiers of the Vokayan military have been reorganized, and both their equipment and their training has grown to reflect modern tactics and technology; particularly more recently, as the manufacturing centers in Brittlestone are finally catching up after the destruction of High Tower and Obsidian. Their numbers have also grown, in response to the numerable threats that continue to destabilize the heartlands of Vokaya.

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Not long after Wacom announced its new Cintiq Companion Windows and Android tablets, the company has refreshed and consolidated its line of opaque pressure-sensitive graphics tablets. As part of this consolidation, the Intuos5 Touch has been renamed Intuos Pro to more clearly indicate its target market of creative professionals and photographers and differentiate it from Wacom’s consumer tablets. The only other difference between the Intuos5 Touch and the Pro is that the formerly optional wireless accessory kit is now included with the Pro model. It continues to be available in small, medium and large sizes.
To further unify the brand under a single umbrella, Wacom’s consumer line of Bamboo graphics tablets will now be called, simply, Intuos. Beyond the name, however, Wacom has totally redesigned these tablets, which are available in two small- and one medium-sized models. Wireless connectivity for these new tablets requires the optional wireless accessory kit. The Bamboo name will be retained for consumer navigation devices and pressure-sensitive pens.
Intuos Pro Pen & Touch: $249 (small); $349 (medium); $499 (large)
Intuos Pen: $79 (small); Intuos Pen & Touch: $99 (small); $199 (medium)
Optional wireless accessory kit: $39
The NewsGuild of New York, the union representing The New York Times staffers, told members in a newsletter this morning that it will fight The Times’ proposed 20 percent reduction in photo desk staff via buyout. “As the Times makes changes to become a more ‘visually oriented’ news source, it is simply illogical to buy... More ›
Reuters has published a message from Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler to his staff that outlines how the news agency should cover the Trump administration in a “challenging” climate. “It’s not every day that a U.S. president calls journalists ‘among the most dishonest human beings on earth’ or that his chief strategist dubs the media ‘the opposition... More ›
Patagonia is using their recent winter catalogue to raise awareness of an environmental issue they’ve been working on for years: Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling and other resource exploitation. The outdoor clothing and gear company licensed images for the catalogue and its communications from conservation photographer Florian Schulz, who is currently... More ›


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Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice Martin Kenny TD has said that yesterday’s revelations in the Dáil show that Fine Gael cronyism is alive and well.
Speaking today, Teachta Kenny said:
“Yesterday we saw why the Minister for Justice fought so hard to avoid having to come into the Dáil and answer questions. When she finally came in and attempted to explain the process she went through in appointing Séamus Woulfe to the Supreme Court, we discovered that in reality there had basically been no process at all.
“The truth was laid bare. Instead of a proper process, she went to one member of the Cabinet – her party leader – had a casual conversation with him in which he told her that he felt the former Attorney General would make a “good judge” and lo’ and behold, he got the job.
“This was cronyism of the highest order and it is totally unacceptable.
“Behaviour like this is what happens when Fine Gael are in office – looking out for jobs for their friends and insiders. It is not a fair or reasonable way to run things.
“The Tánaiste needs to come forward now and explain why he did this. The Taoiseach also has questions to answer here about what he knew and how he has allowed this situation to happen. It is absolutely ridiculous that the Taoiseach allowed this to happen.
“I recently published a Bill to prevent those vacating the position of Attorney General from being appointed to superior judicial office; in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal or the High Court, for a period of two years after leaving office.
“If we are serious about making sure this situation does not arise again, we need to make sure that becomes law.”

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Absurdity Intrigue ensues when diving into the realm of collective nouns, where language takes a whimsical turn into the unconventional. Referring to groups of animals or objects in a unique and oftentimes amusing manner, collective nouns demonstrate the richness of human linguistic creativity. Among these peculiar terms, absurdity arises, encapsulating the essence of the unexpected with extraordinary collectives.
Consider a "shelter of Jerboas," kangaroo-like rodents bounding across arid landscapes. As the collective noun reveals, these eccentric creatures find companionship in the notion of a shelter, perhaps finding solace in a group that supports and protects one another as they navigate their desert habitat.
Moving beyond the desert, we encounter the antics of a "gluttony of Threlms." Picture awkwardly shaped imaginary creatures frolicking in lush meadows, afternoons filled with laughter and pandemonium. Despite their make-belief nature, this collective noun celebrates togetherness, highlighting the joy that can be found even within the most anomalous groups.
But wait, the absurdity does not end here! Gaze towards heaven, observing a flock of migratory birds, a staple of many collective nouns. Yet, in this playful linguistic landscape, they may be referred to as a "confusion of Vineyards" – a whimsical twist that invites contemplation on the inexplicably intertwined connection between nature and language.
These examples illustrate the beauty of collective nouns, allowing us to explore the peculiarities of language while personifying animals and objects through the art of lexical invention. The word "absurdity" infused within these collectives embodies the unpredictable, surprising, yet remarkable nature of groupings in the vast realm of the animal kingdom. After all, language itself transcends reality and aims to captivate and amuse, demonstrating our innate propensity for creativity and the appreciation of absurdity at its finest.
Absurdity of Idiots is a captivating and humorous collective noun phrase used to describe a group of individuals who consistently display foolishness, lack of intelligence, and irrationality. This imaginative phrase has an amusing undertone, evoking a sen...
"The absurdity of idiots is truly baffling, as they consistently make questionable choices and voice nonsensical opinions without a hint of self-awareness."
Some of these collective noun phrases are traditional, while others showcase a touch of creativity. Choose the one that best fits your narrative or discussion.
Collective Nouns That Start with A
Since you liked 'Absurdity Of Idiots'. you might also enjoy these other collective nouns starting with 'A'
Do you think you know your collective nouns? Take our fun and educational collective nouns quiz to find out!
Discover fascinating collective nouns for animals, people, things, and more. Challenge your friends and family to see who can score the highest!
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Uppsala University, Sweden
Uppsala University is Sweden's second largest university and home to the natural research station Erken. Erken research station is part of Sweden's Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES) network. SITES combines environmental measurement data from nine research stations in Sweden on climate, water, soil, and air for a wider understanding of ecology and biodiversity. Erken research station has monitored Lake Erken water quality using both manual and automated methods for many decades. Data collected through these measurements include water characteristics such as acidity, purity, temperature, depth as well as water content such as oxygen, phospates and some potentially harmful pollutants. Biological laboratory measurements of zooplankton and phytoplankton complement the chemical water data providing a complete picture of Lake Erken's ecological health.
Environmental data integration for research efficiency
Masinotek first provided its own proprietary EMMI environmental monitoring software in 2014. At the customer's request, Masinotek software developers created a new interface for EMMI to include weather station data from the Swedish Weather Institute (SMHI). In order to ensure higher quality data, Uppsala University also procured Masinotek maintenance software to maintain automated monitoring stations, preventing measurement errors and ensuring long term sustainability of the environment monitoring network. Masinotek software is a critical component of Uppsala University's world class environmental monitoring systems drawing researchers and visitors from around the world and inspiring countless students in their careers.


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Free Fiction Monday: Elites
Rowena runs the House, a place for homeless Sky veterans. The House, open only to the women who compose the Elite Squad, has only a few rules: No names, no details, no weapons.
The problem? Anything can become a weapon—even a toilet bowl scrubber. Even a word. Especially a word.
A word that could destroy both Rowena and her House.
“Elites” by Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is free on this website for one week only. The story is also available in ebook here and is included in the collection Colliding Worlds, Vol. 5, which is available in ebook, trade paperback, and hardcover here.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The free story will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, click on the links above. There’s another free story lurking somewhere around the site. Track the story down, read, and enjoy!
Puissant & poignant

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Two Types Of Exercise Which Is Aerobic Psychology Essay
There are two types of exercise which is aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise. Anaerobic exercise is necessary because it increases the body’s ability to respond to short bursts of energy by increasing the strength and an intergrity of muscle through weight training. The combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercise can promote a better health and physical performance among people (Nevill et al, 2008; Dao et al, 2004; Counil et al, 2003).
There are a lots of aerobic exercise can be done during leisure time for example jogging, walking, cycling, cross country run, aerobic dance or roller blade activities. The most common form of aerobic exercise is running and aerobic dance. Nowadays, peoples tend to have running on the treadmill in their homes or in the gymnasium with listening music and also do some aerobic dance every evening at home or fitness club. Running on the treadmill or jogging in long distance or time can make people easily to become boring and also can affect their mood during exercises. So that, listen to music can be use as an alternatives to motivate people to sustain more long during they do aerobic exercise such as running, jogging or aerobic dance. Because of this situation, nowadays, many facilities are equipped with speakers that are wired to a device that plays music and also many people nowadays, used MP3 player with earphone during jogging, cycling and many more.
Music can be used as one of the most effective memory aids to people. This is because in basic way, music is linked to the emotional part of our brain and also can stimulate a left logical side and right creative side of our brain (Maggie, 2004). Based on Maggie (2004) once again, listening of music during exercise and training should be completely done with care and full of knowledge about the effect of music to the exercise. Basically, the three main purposes of music are to create a conducive environment, to theme an event and the last one is to accelerate the learning among people.
To make the exercise more enjoyable, the exercise should be done with music. So that, the differences of music’s genre make a difference effects to the people. The choosing of music’s genre for exercise is important because different individual are influences by different types of music’s genre. For example, some exercisers like listening country music during exercise while other exercisers prefer rock music, modern, jazz or even the classical music. Generally, populations of the same generation tend to prefer similar types of music which is the fast beat of music or modern music. So that, the types of music is important for fitness facilities or each individual to recognize the suitable music’s genre for them to comfortable when they do exercise with music. Since music has an influence on exercise, the exercisers must like the sound of the music (Karageorghis and Terry, 1997). According to Karageorghis and Terry (1997) again, the challenge of making music selections has been through technology. Now can be seen, people are more prefer to wear headphones and carry their own personal listening devices that are filled with motivating music from their own prefer music’s genre during the exercise.
There are many researchers can prove the benefits of listening music during exercise. One of the benefits of listening music during exercise is the increasing of endurance among athletes in two types of music condition which is motivational music and outdeterous music (Karageorghis, 2009). In addition, the motivational music can be able give the big effect to the athlete’s endurances than outdeterous music. Then another one benefit is according to Lorna et al (1995), the use of music during exercise are more and without music are relative to the perception of both effort and feeling during exercise or training. The others benefits can be seen on the chapter 2.
1.2 Problem statement
1.2. 1 Introduction
There are many previous research shows that listening music during exercise can give various types of responses in terms of physiological and also in psychological responses. But there are many types of music’s genre that can motivates people during exercise which means music will make people easier to start moving, walking, dancing or any other type of exercise that you enjoy. When people exercise with music, the exerciser will feel the exercise more like recreation and less like work. So that, the exerciser will not easily to become fatigue and stress. Furthermore, music also can enhance athletic performance which means the athletes can increase their performance during training or competition when they listen to music. It can be seen to anyone who has ever gone on a long run with their listening device or taken a particularly energetic spinning class knows that music can make the time pass more quickly. So that, by all the fact, the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship of music to the mood, experience value and behavioral intentions during exercise.
As we know, this study was to determine the relationship of music to the mood, experience value and behavioral intention during exercise. So, the problem of this study was to discover the perception of people about relationship of music to the mood and experience value during exercise. And then what are the relationship of mood and experience value to the behavioral intentions during exercise. From personal observation shows that people’s impression about exercise before was very bad. People always say that exercise is boring because there is no entertainment during exercise.
Besides that, we found that, athletes or normal peoples will easily to become bored and fatigue during exercise. This is because, during aerobic exercise, it is usually take a long duration in low intensity and no fun during the exercise, so that, there is no extrinsic motivation to the athletes or normal people. Besides that, people or athletes now, actually don’t have enough knowledge about the important of listening music to their psychology or physiology aspects during exercise.
There are many previous research discover the influences of listening music during exercise. For example, according to Karageorghis et al (2009), endurance was increased in two types of music condition which is by motivational music and outdeterous music and the study shows that the motivational music had a greater positive effect than outdeterous music. Now also, there is lack of studies about the benefits of listening music during exercise in psychology area and also the benefits of listening music to the recreational sport. Maybe this study will make people interested to join the physical activities because with this research, there are other alternatives to make the exercise more fun and enjoy.
1.3 Purpose of the study
1.3.1 The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of listening music to the mood during exercise.
1.3.2 The fourth purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of listening music to the experience value during exercise.
1.3.4 The third purpose of this study was to determine relationship of respondent’s mood and experiental value when listening music to the behavioral intentions during exercise.
1.4 Research Hypothesis
The following null hypothesis were examined in this research :
1.4.1 HO1 : There is no significant difference of relationship between listening music to the mood during exercise.
1.4.2 HO2 : There is no significant difference of relationship between listening music to the experience value during exercise.
1.4.3 HO3 : There is no significant difference of relationship between respondent’s mood and experience value when listening music to the behavioral intentions during exercise.
1.5 Research Question
1.5.1 What are the relationships between listening music to the mood during exercise?
1.5.2 What are the relationships between listening music to the experience value during exercise?
1.5.3 What are the relationships between mood, experience value to the behavioral intentions during exercise?
As can be said for all research, this study does not proceed without limitations. The limitation in the present research is base on relationship of listening music to the mood, experience value and behavioral intentions during exercise among people of in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor that had experienced involvement in aerobic dance exercise. Lot of researchers doing research about the effects of listening music during exercise but didn’t specifically focus on the relationships of listening music to the mood and experience value and relationship of the mood and experience value to the behavioral intentions during exercise. First, this research’s study is limited in scope in regard to the people that had experienced involvement in aerobic dance exercise and recreational exercise. Furthermore, this research is limited in scope as to the number of quality targets of respondents. For example, the questionnaire will be distributed to people in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor area that had experienced involvement in aerobic dance exercise and recreational exercise. Other than that, the respondents might not answer the questionnaire honestly. Then the result might not be accurate because some of the respondents were not serious when answering the question. The limitations are the factor that might be occurring while doing this research and others limitations might be time, money, and knowledge constrain that faces by researcher.
The researcher had distributed the questionnaire to the people that had experienced involvement in aerobic dance exercise and recreational exercise only. The researcher also searched for 200 quality respondents to be the sample in this study. This study is used the questionnaire to measure and determine the relationship of music to the mood, experience value and behavioral during exercise. Then, the respondents were been guided during their answering the questionnaire.
1.8 Definition of terms
1.8.5 Aerobic Exercise :
Aerobic exercise is a physical exercise that intends to improve the oxygen system. Aerobic means “with oxygen” and refers to the use of oxygen in the body’s metabolic or energy-generating process during exercise.
1.8.6 Anaerobic Exercise :
Anaerobic exercise is an exercise intense enough to trigger anaerobic metabolism. It is used by athletes in non endurance sports to promote strength, speed and power and by body builders to build muscle mass.
1.8.7 Rock music :
The fast sound of rock often revolves around the electric guitar, a back beat laid down by a rhythm section of electric bass guitar and drums, and keyboard instruments such as organ or piano.
1.8.8 Genre :
Genre is the term for any category of literature, as well as various other forms of art or culture for example music, based on some loose set of stylistic criteria.
1.8.9 Oudeterous music :
Outdetereous music is a music that is “neither motivating nor demotivating” according to a study titled the effects of synchronous music on 400 meter sprint performance. Synchronous music refers to consciously timing the rhythm to movement, and conversely, asynchronous music lacks this conscious effort.
1.8.10 Ergogenic effect :
Ergogenic effects are any external influences that can be determined to enhance performance during exercise. These include mechanical aids such as ergogenic fabrics, pharmacological aids, physiological aids, nutritional aids, and psychological aids.
1.8.11 Mood :
Mood is a relatively long lasting emotional state. Moods differ from simple emotions in that they are less specific, less intense, and less likely to be triggered by a particular stimulus or event.
1.8.12 Emotional feeling :
Emotional feeling is the complex psycho physiological experiences of an individual’s state of mind as interacting with biochemical and environmental influences.
1.8.13 Extrinsic motivation :
Extrinsic motivation refers to the motivation that comes from outside an individual. The motivating factors are external, or outside, rewards such as money or grades. These rewards provide satisfaction and pleasure that the task itself may not provide.

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Bedford took third in cross country jamboree
Bedford?s boys took third place in the second South- eastern Conference cross country jamboree of the season Thursday at Mun- son Park.
Monroe?s Sean Brady fin- ished ninth overall in 16:51 and Anthony Wohlfeil and Adam Russell ran well. Adam Blaida led Bedford in 17:12 with Ben Wexler (17:22) and Maxwell Lezon (17:36) close behind.
The Trojans? Tommy Brandys, Kurt Geishert, Jor- dan Heinzerling, Jake Nel- son and Lakota Neilsen ran personal-best times.
Monroe?s Riley Delben placed 15th in the girls race in 20:35 while Kelsie Boyer, Sarah Kalenkiewicz, Lexi Steve and Melanie Was- smer ran lifetime-bests.
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Tearfund's CEO, Nigel Harris has joined leaders of other humanitarian, development and peacebuilding organisations in writing to the Secretary of State, Dominic Raab, to express grave concern at reported cuts in UK aid to South Sudan.
As we look forward to 2021 after a turbulent 2020, trusted faith leaders are joining together for a special televised week of prayer aimed at church congregations at a time when it is more challenging to gather as normal.
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Britain had the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured at Lloyds. At his coronation, more than 400 million people saluted George V. Truly, the sun never set on this historical phenomenon. Whatever the day, whatever the hour, somewhere on the globe, the empire worked and played up and played the British game, often absurdly so.
The story of the British Empire is one of enormous personalities, adventure, scientific and maritime development, and the building of one of the most complex international administrations the world has ever seen.
The series shows the history of exploration from the 16th century, but more importantly from the mid-18th century to the period shortly before the First World War.
"This final tranche of Christopher Lee's fascinating study of British history through its imperial ambitions was never a book at all, but a lively Radio 4 series, and it draws a well illustrated and instructive timeline from Victoria to Churchill to Gandhi and beyond." Karen Robinson,
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Corruption: A global scourge that kills in developing countries
Corruption concerns individuals as much as companies and public authorities. It affects all countries, both rich and poor, but has particularly disastrous impacts in developing countries.
Every year, the least developed countries lose a trillion dollars due to illicit financial flows. If poor countries could clamp down on this scandal, tax this amount and invest the revenues in their health systems, they could avoid the deaths of 3.6 million people a year.
The facts are there. States have no valid excuse not to take action against this scourge and, even more so, the most developed States have the responsibility to take action against this scourge.
Shell companies and trusts targeted
Indeed, according to the recent OECD Foreign Bribery Report, 75% of cases of corruption involve intermediaries, including shell companies and trusts. Yet these legal vehicles, the cornerstone of corruption, are themselves largely domiciled in G20 countries, mainly the USA and Europe and its related territories.
Shell companies and trusts are all one inside the other, like Russian dolls, and form a complex system. This facilitates the payment of bribes and the laundering of this dirty money, while ensuring anonymity for the actual beneficiaries of this corruption. The good news in 2014 is that the world has finally come to realize the role played by these entities. They are now identified by the G20 and OECD as an element that needs to be tackled in order to make headway in the fight against corruption.
Make information public as a deterrent
Facts are a good starting point. It is now necessary to remedy the opacity of these legal entities in order to facilitate legal procedures and deter the corrupters and corrupted. There is a solution: to establish a public register of the actual beneficiaries of companies and trusts.
To this day, hardly any countries in the world request the registration of the actual owner of a company or trust. The legal owner can be identified in certain countries, but it is not necessarily a natural person: a company can create another, which fosters the interplay of Russian dolls. In addition, the legal owner, on paper, is not necessarily the one who is pulling the strings and who benefits from the company’s profits. In the case of trusts, it is even worse: there is not even a legal owner, this is the “beauty” of this construction, which is historically under English law. Consequently, it is necessary to oblige these entities to register their actual beneficiaries with the State. Furthermore, this information must enter the public domain, as is already the case for other similar information on companies, which can be accessed via a register, such as the Trade and Companies Registry (RCS) in France.
Two studies – one by the British Government, the other by the European Union – indicate that introducing this type of public register is the cheapest and most effective way to clamp down on shell companies. Public registers would improve the quality of data: the information could be cross-referenced and checked more easily by the public authorities, but also by third-party actors, such as banks, investors, the media and NGOs. In certain countries, the administration alone would not have the capacity to verify the accuracy of data. Consequently, it would be a further incentive for companies and trusts to provide correct data. Public registers would also have a deterrent effect on the corrupters and corrupted. Finally, developing countries would have easier access to these data. They would not need to initiate lengthy administrative cooperation procedures to access crucial information in order to conduct their own investigations.
Company registers already exist in a number of countries, such as the RCS in France. It would simply be a matter of adding information to them on the identity of the natural person or persons who actually benefit from a company or a trust, and thus reveal those who are hiding behind these empty shells to launder proceeds from corruption.
Certain countries have made headway on this issue, at their respective levels. In 2014, France voted in favor of establishing a public register of the beneficiaries of trusts only. The UK also has a similar law, but only for companies. Denmark has just announced that it will introduce a similar register, which will also be public.
Europe can set an example
However, as we can see with the international scale of the scourge of corruption, the more the response will be global, the less the corrupted will find loopholes.
The last G20 summit did not wish to go far enough on the path to transparency. It recognized the problem without providing a solution to it.
It is now up to Europe to set the example. It is currently reviewing the anti-money laundering directive, a directive which includes a measure against the opacity of shell companies and trusts. If it is sufficiently ambitious, it will be the perfect opportunity for it to be a pioneer on this issue and define the bases for a future international standard.
However, the ongoing negotiations are still far from being completed. It is precisely the disclosure of information that is subject to extensive debate. The European Parliament considers this public access as its red line in the discussions with the Council, and rightly so, as only public access will provide an effective solution to this scourge. The Council, for its part, remains extremely divided over this issue. Germany, Spain and Poland, in particular, are opposed to public access to the information, despite the fact that they already have similar registers accessible to the public, which collect information on the legal owners.
Another actor in the difficult negotiation of the directive has remained overly reserved, even passive to date: the European Commission. The new team set up a month ago must come out of the woods and also adopt a stance in favor of public access to these registers. If Mr. Juncker really wishes to restore his image and become the champion of the fight against tax evasion and corruption, this directive will be his moment of truth.
This International Anti-Corruption Day is an opportunity to remind political leaders of their responsibility. The fight against the opacity of shell companies and trusts could have a major impact on public finances and on the lives of millions of people in the world. When you have such power within your grasp, there is no reason not to take advantage of it.


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Thanksgiving is just a few short days away and have you ordered your pie yet? Well, you’re in luck! Here are a few of the best pies you can get this holiday and if you get there early enough, you may just be able to get one of CT’s best pies.
Starting in lower Fairfield county, there is Aux Delice, a highly renowned market in the area. Known for their delicious pastries, cakes and lunches. They are also equipped with one of the best pies around. Double crusted apple, georgia pecan pie, classic pumpkin pie and a gluten free apple crisp that is a fan favorite amongst everyone. And their show stopping chocolate turkey cake is a hit with people big and small. Sometimes Thanksgiving needs a little chocolate to change things up.
Head over to Lorca Coffee Bar in Stamford where you will get a bit of variety on the classics and definitely woo the foodies at thanksgiving dinner with a pie from here. Get lost in flavors such as salted honey custard pie with pine nuts, dulce de leche apple pie, and mexican chocolate pecan pie. I hear the Mexican chocolate pecan pie changes lives.
Next stop is Michele’s Pies in Norwalk, this popular pie hotspot has been open since 2007 and is not slowing down with their long list of delicious pies. Seen and mentioned on numerous tv networks such as Food Network, GMA and the Today Show. This place means business when it comes to pie. Be whisked away with flavors like pumpkin crumble and maple pumpkin with pecan streusel. There are a few national pie championship award winning pies here that you won’t want to miss out on trying.
Don’t forget to head over to Whistle Stop Bakery in Ridgefield for delicious traditional pies also available gluten free. Popular hits such as harvest crumb pie filled with plum, apple and pear and Apple Toasted Pecan Caramel Drizzle just to give you a sampling of what they offer. Pies go fast here, they highly recommend calling before for availability.
Sono Baking Company in South Norwalk, Darien and Southport will be stocked full with pie favorites and other delicacies on Thanksgiving eve and Thanksgiving day if you haven’t been able to preorder in time. Try their popular tea loaves that come in flavors such as cranberry zucchini and pumpkin cream cheese.
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Alhambra Tax Center is located at
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The cross street would be Main St and Valencia. We are 1 block east of McDonalds, next to Palm View Dental (which is actually on the corner of Main and Valencia) and across the street from Bun & Burger/Salvation Army Thrift Shop.
There is street parking on both Main St & Valencia. If coming on Tuesdays Valencia has street sweeping, east side of the street no parking from 8am to 11:30am and the west side no parking from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.
We do have parking in the back, you would enter the alley off of Valencia. To enter the office we will be the last door to the right, there will be signs. Please note Kumon tutoring shares this parking lot. The lot is filled and congested on Tuesdays & Friday from 3pm to 7pm and Saturdays from 1pm to 3pm. During this time street parking may be easier.

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OGA offers 768 offshore blocks across UKCS
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered 768 blocks or part-blocks across the main producing areas of the UK Continental Shelf.
The offer is part of the OGA’s 32nd Offshore Licensing Round, and the acreage covers areas in the Central North Sea, Northern North Sea, Southern North Sea, and the West of Shetlands.
“Government forecasts show that oil and gas will remain an important part of our energy mix for the foreseeable future, therefore maximizing economic recovery from the UKCS is vital to meet our energy demands and reduce reliance on imports,” OGA said.
The 32nd Offshore Licensing Round is open for 120 days until the application closing date on November 12, 2019 (14:00 GMT). Decisions are expected to be made in the second quarter of 2020.
The OGA has also offered companies the opportunity to propose additional blocks in adjacent areas, for possible inclusion where applicants intend to commit to a substantial firm work program. Deadline for this is July 19, 2019.
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The Best Travel Foods
Travel of any kind can be stressful to the body if it is not feeding well. Long walks without a break you can dehydrate and make you feel tired and sluggish. Make healthy choices while on the road is essential to maintain energy and focus. If you are traveling for work or with your family, advance planning is the key to a healthy diet. Select and processed travel foods such as nuts, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat cheese. Avoid caffeine, sugar, salt and food as much as possible.
Many restaurant chains have worked for the menu of healthier options, and then it is easier to make good choices when you travel. Look for items such as roast chicken, Peru or fish, whole grains break, salads with fruit and vegetable sauces, dressing, fat-free or low-fat, brown rice soup or lentils and black beans. Keep away from food and items such as bacon or meatballs, burgers, shakes, creamy sauces and fried mayonnaise.
Athletes and the “wanderer” that make his life traveling the world need to pack the food for energy. Package of chips that can survive a couple of weeks in a bag without spoiling. Good choices are almonds, walnuts, dark chocolate with at least 70% cocoa. Other snacks that require refrigeration or more attention are fresh fruits like bananas and yogurt. If the snacks packaging is very difficult to consider buying dried fruit combining nuts, dried fruits and dark chocolate.
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Healthy snacks packaging for children will keep them happy and happy on long journeys. The stock exchange of a variety of foods such as peanut butter sandwiches, cheese pieces, pre-cut fruits and vegetables such as bananas, grapes, carrots and celery, unsalted crackers, dry cereal and low in sugar. Transport water if he shed not stain or damage clothing or child safety seats. To lock the trips to the bathroom and the desire not to give children sugar, caffeine and savory items.
Use a grocery store instead of the one-stop shop for car healthier choices. Most stores have a section of pre-made items to choose from. Buy items such as grilled chicken, chickpea puree and pre-cut raw vegetables, salad or sushi. In order to avoid meaningless snacks during the drive to the business, pack a cooler with elements such as boiled eggs, canned tuna, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables.http://www.aztourstravel.com/the-best-travel-foods/Travel Guidebest travel foods,travel foods


In the beginning there was the German potato salad. ``Grace, we`ve never had the Bavarian buffet before, have we?`` asked the TV critic from the Deep South. ``These little veal sausages are real good.``
The lady from CBS beamed with satisfaction. ``After a while,`` she said,
``the caterers start running out of ideas.``
The caterers in service to the television networks have been rattling their chafing dishes in New York City, Los Angeles and other ports of call for 20 years now, as the phenomenon known as ``the press event`` has grown along with expanded notion of TV coverage in the newspapers.
Over the last two weeks, the three major networks, along with Public Broadcasting and HBO cable, played host in New York to about 90 newspaper critics and reporters. Gang interviews were chased by Belgian endive, hours spent at screenings for forthcoming shows were eased by cocktails and pate and stars from the entertainment and the news side of the TV business were available.
In about a third of the 90 cases, the networks picked up the tab for the visiting newspapers, accommodating them at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel ($165 a night) and making sure that each and every scribe was given the opportunity to consume 5,000 calories a day.
Basically, this press event was broken down in carnival fashion, with a few days devoted to the CBS ride, which was followed by the ABC merry-go-round, which was chased, well into the second week, by the NBC Ferris wheel. The networks, persuaded now that TV criticism of both entertainment and news is here to stay, have adopted the spell-our-logos-right approach to the papers. And the corporate reasoning is solid.
Both networks and newspaper critics have discovered that the print press can sometimes celebrate a program with marginal ratings appeal right into a success story. It has happened, to varying degrees, with shows like ``Cagney & Lacey,`` ``Hill Street Blues,`` ``St. Elsewhere`` and ``Cheers.`` That`s the reason you see billboard-style advertising for new shows on network promos, ads that tell you what the Dallas Morning News or the Miami Herald thinks of
``Spenser: For Hire`` or ``Amazing Stories.``
In papers like USA Today, the Nielsen ratings system has taken on a sports scoreboard quality.
Newspaper critics are now routinely sighted at TV production venues, trooping off to shooting locations and talking to the producers and directors of network efforts the same way sportswriters interview baseball managers.
``Entertainment television is an increasingly lucrative and risky business,`` says Barney Rosenzweig, the executive producer of CBS` ``Cagney & Lacey.`` ``Down the road, the financial rewards for syndication, for mounting a successful network TV series are enormous. Obviously, you want to use whatever leverage is at your command, including good reviews from the newspapers.``
Those potential rewards translate into bizarre public-relations rites like the press tour. Next month, ABC, which is having some problems with its prime-time line-up, is offering ``North and South,`` a 12-hour mini-series produced by David L. Wolper at a cost of about $25 million. It is the centerpiece of the ABC fall season and, even scarier, the network has ponied up the money for 12 more hours for ``North and South, Book II,`` to be shown next spring.
Getting America`s attention is an enormous part of that gamble, for good or ill, and ABC responded by airing all 12 hours of the production, in 4 slices, for the assembled writers. That marathon was followed by a press conference with Wolper, who produced ``Roots`` and ``The Thorn Birds,``
followed by a press conference/soiree with six of the performers in ``North and South.``
At CBS, the stars of ``Kane & Abel,`` a seven-hour mini-series based on the novel by Jeffrey Archer, were trotted out to hotel conference rooms for interviews. Peter Strauss, Sam (``Reilly: Ace of Spies``) Neill and Veronica Hamel of ``Hill Street Blues`` were subjected to a witless round of questions about the accents they acquired for the project. Hamel was questioned about the relative merits of ``Hill Street`` in its sixth season.
Was the show as good as it used to be? Most of the time, Hamel said. Didn`t it used to be better than it is now? It was better more often, said Hamel, but it`s still pretty good pretty often.
Garnering this sort of information, it is believed, is a function of what is called feature writing.
Another function of the pack and the network press event is to accept routinely the notion that network television programs are invested with profound sociological meaning.
For example, CBS delivered a made-for-TV movie called ``Picking Up the Pieces,`` which aired last week. It`s a harmless and all but thoughtless look at an upper-middle-class California housewife who is euchred out of her possessions in a divorce case by a vindictive husband and an unscrupulous lawyer.


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MOWEAQUA – The journey began last summer with two Central A&M friends attempting to walk a 10-mile trek from Moweaqua to Assumption. They rarely made it more than a couple of miles, but, as many know, the journey isn't always determined by the distance.
During the short trips, William “Mikey” Mars would discuss with Nathan Gulley the many subjects important to teenage boys. “We talked about video games, movies we watched, experiences at school,” Mikey said.
The walk usually lasted about an hour due to time constraints and other responsibilities. They would often start by walking along the railroad tracks. Nathan worked at the Moweaqua Meat Packing Plant next to the tracks, so the boys felt the business was a good starting point. “We like walking, so let's see if we can walk to Macon,” Mikey said. “We never did.”
They only made it to the church north of town. On other trips, they would get tired, then stop by the local grocery store for food. The two friends never made it to their destinations together.
On Sept. 17, Nathan, 17, was killed in a motorcycle accident with another Central A&M student, Isaiah Tuppince. Mikey's friend, Nathan, was buried in a nearby cemetery a few days later. It was there he decided to start the trip again.
Mikey's solo walk started at Nathan's grave at 7 a.m. on Sept. 25, the Sunday after the funeral. He hadn't gotten far and decided to take a break just a few blocks later at the local grocery store to get doughnuts. “I needed food,” he said.
He started out again walking along the railroad tracks toward his destination. From time to time Mikey would stop to rest and read portions of a book Nathan had given him, a 2004 textbook published by the U.S. Army about war surgery.
Mikey, 18, began in the morning arriving at his destination three and a half hours later.
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Instead of walking to the shortest distance on north edge of Assumption, Mikey continued to the middle school on the other side of town. “It's where we first met,” he said.
The boys had been friends since they both met in middle school band five years earlier. Mikey played the baritone as an eighth grader, while Nathan played the trombone in seventh grade. The preceding year, Mikey had accidentally circled the wrong choice as an elective. “I sucked horribly.” he said. “But it was a happy accident.”
Their friendship developed as most do as teenagers, often hanging out at each others' homes and playing games. After Nathan got his drivers license, the two would venture out of Moweaqua ending up at a Steak 'n Shake.
As he grew older, Nathan's interests moved to cars, although Mikey never had a connection. “I was no good at that,” he said. “I learned that cars are incredibly complex.”
Mikey misses his friend, but has a few regrets. “Sometimes it felt like I was taking advantage of him,” Mikey said. “Whenever we go out on our walks, if we only went a half-hour, he'd take me to the store and we would get some ice cream.”
His solo walk was meant to bring closure for Mikey and the loss of his friend. He believes other friends may have helped the process. “It's like he was with me for the first part and I had other friends waiting for me in the last part,” he said.
Mikey's ride back to Moweaqua come from another friend, Morgan Brown. He told her his plans a few days before he started out. She knew Nathan meant a great deal to Mikey, but she had some concerns. “I told him 'You can do this, but stay safe',” she said.
On the trip home, Morgan saw how the trip proved helpful for her friend. “For him to complete it was uplifting,” she said.
Mikey continues to honor his friend daily. His mother Vicki Mars said her son often visits his friend. “He goes to Nathan's grave everyday, just to talk,” she said.


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We all have a responsibility to make a net zero carbon future a reality – and here at Xylem, we are committed to helping our partners solve the toughest water and resource challenges.
With nearly one in three buildings older than 50 years and almost three-quarters of building stock considered energy-inefficient, renovating existing buildings has the potential to lower total carbon emissions by about 5%. Taking steps towards sustainability can not only save energy and operating costs for buildings today but guarantee their durability for the future.
Xylem’s state-of-the-art energy-efficient solutions offer consultants, architects, facilities managers and engineers the opportunity to harness the power of energy-saving technology and rapidly recoup costs by significantly reducing usage.
Start with an energy audit
Operational emissions from the energy used to heat, cool and light buildings account for almost a third of the world’s carbon emissions, making building systems an easy target for savings. And lowering the impact of our buildings should extend to reducing water usage in the face of growing water scarcity.
A professional building systems audit from Xylem can uncover dated technology, leaking equipment, poor design or shoddy installation which may hinder performance and potential optimisation. Oversized heating systems can use 50% more energy than necessary, for example, an inefficiency which our experienced engineers can identify and then offer a more sustainable alternative.
Plug-and-play solutions for HVAC
Retrofitting sustainable solutions such as high-efficiency circulators and pumps for heating, cooling and hot water applications can bring immediate benefits.
Changing environmental conditions can be better managed, while thermal energy meters can provide continuous information on the network to allow for adjustments in real time and curb energy use.
Save energy and water
Sub-metering by Cordonel and iPERL is a valuable step to save water by collating data on consumer demand. And, by supplying water only when needed, system control measures can help to reduce energy use by up to 70%. Fully automatic booster sets like the Lowara GHV series can guarantee a stable water pressure during unexpected peaks of demand, while ensuring the lowest energy consumption.
Similarly for wastewater, the Flygt Concertor’s smart pump technology - using intelligent drives, controllers and built-in application intelligence – helps it adapt according to demand to reduce energy usage by up to 70%. This can apply to new wastewater systems or replace existing inefficient systems.
Get smart about water reuse
More drastic solutions to cut back on clean water consumption may be considered in the longer term. Xylem worked with a water utility in Berlin, Berliner Wasserbetriebe, and the Berlin Centre of Competence for Water to produce a beer made from purified and treated wastewater, which could have important implications for the future of drinking water.
The water was treated with Xylem's Oxelia process before undergoing the Advanced Oxidation Process using our MiPRO process to guarantee the highest possible purity level. Read more here.
Building resilience from the ground up
Water is vital to the sustainability of our communities – and reliable building systems can play a pivotal role in making our built environment more resilient in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Buildings no longer need to account for almost a third of the world’s energy use, or a fifth of its water usage: upgrading building systems to run at peak efficiency with Xylem’s help can mean huge energy cost savings in the long term and help build a more resilient world.


GQ award Beyoncé the title of Miss Millennium in their soon to be released February issue - crowning her the hottest woman of the past thirteen years! Not sure I agree with her winning this title to be honest. Sure she's a pop culture phenomenon and this spread with Terry Richardson is very nice but what about Betty White? Was Angela Lansbury too busy solving murders? Did Iris Apfel decline to work with Terry? I just don't know. This all seems a little made up - by Beyonce herself, probably. Click here to read Beyoncé's interview with the magazine. Apparently she has a really big archive room and employs someone to film every waking moment of her day (every day) since 2005... hmm.


- Living area: 1600 square meters
- Bathroom(s): 3
- Land area: 153 square meters
- Construction year: 2014
Eastpointe at Bridgeview is a new town home community in the Concord section of Staten Island.-In GPS use address 107 Burgundy Loop, Staten Island, NY. Floorplans shown are for homes to be built which are not the same as the model home located at #107. Great commuter location within mins of Verrazano Bridge, Staten Island Ferry, and train station. Townhomes feature open floor plan with 3 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, eat-in kitchen with raised panel cabinets and granite tops, oak hardwood thruout main level, flex space for home office, dining room or den. Master suite with private bath. Wall-to-wall carpeting in bedrooms, ceramic tiled baths. Two car garage. Hurry for preconstruction pricing!


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Spain's largest bank Santander has agreed to pay €937m to end a partnership between Allianz and Banco Popular over the distribution of insurance products.
Santander announced on Monday that is taking Allianz Group's 60% stake in Allianz Popular, which distributed insurance products for Banco Popular in Spain.
The transaction is another repercussion from Santander's 2017 acquisition of Spanish banking rival Banco Popular, which since 2011 had been Allianz's exclusive long-term distribution partner in Spain.
Allianz and Banco Popular had founded the joint venture Allianz Popular to sell life insurance, pensions, asset management and non-life insurance products in Spain.
Allianz Popular owned life insurance group Allianz Popular Vida, Allianz Popular Pensiones and asset management group Allianz Popular Asset Management.
The agreement is expected to be finalised in the first quarter of 2020 after receiving regulatory approvals.


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In a surprising development, New York Senator Chuck Schumer appeared to downplay the significance of torture in determining whether to confirm Michael Mukasey. “No nominee from this administration will agree with us on torture and wiretapping,” Schumer said in a statement Thursday. “The best we can hope for is someone who will rebuild the Justice Department and remain independent, even when pressured by this administration.” It is a truly unbelievable statement for those who have struggled to get the democrats to finally fight on principle. Just because a president intends to send people who refuse to denounce torture, it does not mean that the Senate should yield and confirm them. This is not a question of “agreeing with us,” this is established law that makes waterboarding a form of torture. For Schumer to express such willingness to forgive Mukasey on the torture question undermines the international calls for the Senate to hold firm on the question as a matter of basic human rights. Schumer’s comments would also explain why the Democrats have done none of things that would normally occur in a serious effort to fight the nomination. They have not seriously delayed the vote to allow opposition to be heard. They have not called a hearing on waterboarding to show that this is a clear issue. They have not confronted their colleagues on a basic question of human rights. It is not surprising that many feel that the fix is in for confirmation — as was the case on so many of matters of civil liberties with the Democrat Senate. For a column, click here
Schumer’s connections to Mukasey are deep. He lobbied for Mukasey to head the Justice Department eight months ago and his counsel is a former federal prosecutor in the Manhattan courts that were overseen by Mukasey. However, with his colleagues standing firm against torture, it is perfectly bizarre for Schumer to vote for him. After Schumer has opposed nominations on far less of a record, such as the recent Southwick confirmation. His own colleague from New York, Sen. Clinton, and his roommate, Sen. Durbin, has stood against confirmation on this core principle.
What is particularly distressful is that Schumer might cave after the President made another open play on his 9-11 theme to scare Democrats back into their bunkers. Not only has he made this a vote on the war on terror but is now insisting that he might not send another nominee and just take his jacks home. Why on Earth would Schumer, Feinstein, and Feingold be on the fence on such a clear and compelling issue?


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1. This joint petition by six petitioners challenges six different orders passed by the appellate authority under Rule 12 of the Bombay Village Panchayat Election Rules whereby that authority has set aside the rejection of the nomination papers of respondents Nos. 3 to 8 and accepted them as validly nominated candidates from different wards for election to the Wadner-Gangai Gram Panchayat. The Collector, Amravati, fixed an election programme for election to various wards for constitution of Village Panchayat of Wadner-Gangai. According to that programme, June 3, 1962, was a date fixed for receipt of nomination papers. The nomination papers were to be received by the Returning Officer (respondent No. 2) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on that date, at village Yeoda. The distance between Wadner-Gangai and village Yeoda is about 5 to 9 miles. It is connected by a road which is stated to be motorable, being part of Akot-Daryapur road. Scrutiny of nomination papers was to be held on June 4, and the date for withdrawal of nomination was June 11, 1962. According to the petitioners, there were five candidates on whose behalf nomination papers were given from ward No. 2. Only three candidates were to be elected to the three seats from this ward. Nomination papers of Sukhdeo and Tukaram (respondent No. 3 and respondent No. 6) were rejected by the Returning Officer, because they were filed late i.e. after 4 p.m.. Two candidates were to be elected from ward No. 3. Five nomination papers were filed in respect of these two seats. Out of these, nomination paper of one Shanker Tukaram (respondent No. 7) was rejected because it was filed late. Nomination paper of Assadullakhan was rejected on merits and the fifth candidate Bhaurao withdrew his nomination, thus leaving only two candidates, Gunwant and Rashidkhan as the only candidates for the two seats. Ward No. 5 had also to elect two representatives for which four nomination papers were filed. Nomination paper of Bajirao Nathuji (respondent No. 5) was rejected as having been filed late; that of Baliram Jyotiba was rejected on merits, but he filed an appeal challenging that rejection and in appeal his nomination paper was accepted. Thus, there were three candidates remaining for contest in ward No. 5 for the two seats. In ward No. 6 two representatives were to be elected. Four persons had filed nomination papers, of whom the nomination papers of Haribhau and Gulabrao, i.e. respondents Nos. 8 and 4, were rejected as filed late by the Returning Officer.
2. Those candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the Returning Officer as being filed late, i.e. beyond 4 p.m., preferred appeals separately before the appellate authority, i.e. the Mamlatdar. The Mamlatdar reversed the order of rejection of the nomination paper of each of these persons and accepted their nomination papers. The Mamlatdar did not issue any notice to any of the petitioners before hearing the appeal or deciding the same.
3. It is this order of the Mamlatdar in respect of each of the respondents accepting the nomination papers that is challenged in this petition by the petitioners. Originally it was stated in the petition that there was only one appeal filed by Sukhdeo (respondent No. 3) and that there was no other appeal filed by other respondents Nos. 4 and 8 and in spite of this respondent No. 1 the appellate authority had set aside the rejection of the nomination papers of other respondents as well. We had sent for the papers in connection with these nominations and the record of the appellate authority. It is now clear that separate appeals were filed on behalf of each of respondents Nos. 4 to 8 and that a common order was passed by respondent No. 1 in the appeal filed by respondent No. 3.
4. Respondent No. 1, the appellate authority, had to consider the question in each appeal whether the rejection of the nomination paper of the respondents was valid on the ground that the nomination papers were filed late. The appellate authority has observed in its order that the Returning Officer has failed to note the exact time of presentation of the nomination papers. The nomination papers were perused by the authority. He has also observed that it is absolutely necessary that exact time of presentation should be noted as provided for in the form, and in the absence of any such noting of the exact time the benefit therefrom must go to the appellants. The appellate authority also noticed the contention of the opponents that they were detained due to heavy rains and that they could not start early. The appellate authority, therefore, came to the conclusion that the rejection of the nomination papers by the Returning Officer on the ground that they were filed late was not justified.
5. Unfortunately, none of the respondents are present before us and none have filed any return. The original nomination papers which were filed by the respondents are, however, before us and we are constrained to notice that the Returning Officer does not seem to be aware of his duties in the matter of receipt of nomination papers and what he is required to do after receipt of those papers. In respect of nomination papers of Sukhdeo, Gulabrao and Bajirao, it is found that that portion of the nomination on which the time and date of receipt of the nomination paper is to be endorsed by the Returning Officer is completely torn. It is not possible to know, therefore, from the scrutiny of these papers of the three respondents whether or not the Returning Officer did make any endorsement at all regarding the date and time of the receipt of nomination papers. So far as the nomination papers of Shrimati Hirabai, Tukaram and Shankar are concerned, it is obvious that the Returning Officer has noted only the date of receipt of the nomination paper by him bit has omitted to record the time when the nomination papers were received by him. Similarly, we find that in none of these nomination papers the Returning Officer has cared to record the serial number or the order in which the nomination papers were received from these respondents. It is also found that on each of these nomination papers there is an endorsement to the effect that the application was received late and hence rejected. This endorsement purports to be made on the very date on which the nomination papers were received i.e. on June 3, 1962. The Returning Officer has put this date in his own hand in the nomination paper of Hirabai whereas in other nomination papers the date is below the endorsement of rejection as a facsimile of that date.
6. It is an admitted position that the Returning Officer did not accept the deposit which must have been offered by each of these candidates at the time of delivery of their nomination papers. So far as the record shows, we do not find any separate order having been passed by the Returning Officer on the next date i.e. on June 4, 1962, when the nomination papers were scrutinized. However, along with the memorandum of appeal filed by each of the respondents they have attached a communication received by each of them from the Returning Officer intimating that the nomination paper of each of the appellants has been rejected as it was received late. This appears to be a communication of the order and not the order itself.
7. The learned Counsel for the petitioners has raised two points in support of this petition. One, that the petitioners had acquired a valuable right of being declared elected because they were the only candidates remaining in the field in respect of the wards Nos. 2, 3 and 6, at any rate after the rejection of nomination papers of other contesting candidates. They had, therefore, the right to be heard by the appellate authority before the nomination papers of their opponents were accepted by the appellate authority in appeal. Secondly, it is also urged that the endorsement of the Returning Officer that the nomination papers of respondents Nos. 3 to 8 were received late should have been accepted as a fact established because respondents Nos. 3 to 8 did not apparently produce any evidence before the appellate authority to controvert the correctness of this endorsement, nor did they allege that they filed the nomination papers within time prescribed by the programme.
8. We shall first deal with the second contention as to whether the appellate authority acted within its jurisdiction in accepting the nomination paper of each of the respondents in the circumstances of this case. In our opinion, the Returning Officer in this case has completely failed to do his duty as required by the election rules. Under the election rules, Rule 8 prescribes that on the date appointed for the nomination of candidates, each candidate has to make an application in writing in Form A signed by him and present it either in person or through a representative authorised in writing in this behalf by such candidate to the Returning Officer. Sub-rule (2) is in the following terms:
On receiving a nomination paper under Sub-rule (1), the Returning Officer shall write on the nomination paper its serial number, and shall sign thereon a certificate stating the date on which and exact time at which the application was delivered to him.
In our opinion, a scrupulous adherence to this procedure is insisted upon by the rules and any dereliction of duty on the part of the Returning Officer in carrying out the provisions of these rules is not permitted. In the instant case what is to be found on close examination of the nomination paper is that the Returning Officer, i.e. respondent No. 2, has completely failed to do his duty in any of the three matters required to be done under Sub-rule (2) of Rule 8. He has omitted to note on the nomination paper the serial number; in three cases at least he has omitted to note on the nomination paper the date on which the nomination paper was delivered to him; and he has omitted to note in all the papers the exact time or any time at all at which the nomination paper was delivered to him. The failure on the part of respondent No. 2 to make the necessary endorsements required by Sub-rule (2) of Rule 8 has created several difficulties in this case which should never ordinarily arise if the Returning Officer1 were to comply with the provisions of Sub-rule (2). Instead of noting the exact time when the nomination papers were delivered to him, the Returning Officer seems to have made a subsequent endorsement on the application that the application was received late, and hence rejected. These endorsements are made on each of these nomination papers apparently on the same date i.e. on June 3, 1962. Now, as far as we can see, there is no power in the Returning Officer to reject the nomination paper whatever may be the defects in the paper on the same date. It is only on the date fixed for scrutiny of nomination papers according to the election programme that the Returning Officer is required to determine whether the nomination papers have been delivered in time and contained the necessary compliance with the rules in this behalf. It is at this time that he has to consider the objections, if any are raised, regarding the nomination paper and either on objection or on his own motion and after a summary enquiry the Returning Officer can reject a nomination on the grounds stated in Sub-rule (2) of Rule 11. One of the grounds on which the nomination paper is liable to be rejected is a failure of the candidate to comply with any of the provisions contained in the rules or the Act, Therefore, in a given case if it is found that the nomination paper is actually delivered beyond the time prescribed by the rules, the Returning Officer is well within his rights to reject the nomination paper on this ground. In our opinion, however, rejection of the nomination paper on the ground that it was filed late is intimately connected with the requirement of the rule that the Returning Officer shall endorse on the nomination paper the exact time at which and the date on which the nomination paper was delivered to him. If there is failure on the part of the Returning Officer to comply with this requirement of the law, we do not think that the Returning Officer has any jurisdiction subsequently at any rate on his own behalf to reject the nomination paper on the ground that it was delivered late. Whether a nomination paper is or is not delivered late is a matter which can always be checked by reference to the endorsement of the exact time at which the nomination paper was delivered made by the Returning Officer. It is possible that an objection on this ground may well be raised at the time of scrutiny by a contesting or opposing candidate. That then will be a matter for summary enquiry and the Returning Officer may have to make enquiry into such an objection. But in the absence of such an objection the only material on which the Returning Officer will be justified in rejecting the nomination paper will be the endorsement on the nomination paper of the exact time when the nomination paper was delivered to the Returning Officer. If the nomination paper does not bear an endorsement in this behalf, even the Returning Officer will be acting in excess of his jurisdiction in rejecting the nomination as filed late or beyond time because he has deprived himself of the means to ascertain whether in fact the nomination paper was or was not filed within time as required by the rules. In our opinion, therefore, the Returning Officer is not entitled to make any other endorsement on the nomination paper such as the nomination paper was filed late, except in the manner in which the time of delivery of nomination paper is to be indicated by endorsement given in the rule and that rule prescribes the endorsement of the exact time of delivery of nomination paper to the Returning Officer. In our opinion, therefore, the view taken by the appellate authority that doubt arose in such cases whether the nomination paper was not delivered in time cannot be assailed. It is contended before us that even though the exact time of the delivery of nomination paper was not noted by the Returning Officer, his endorsement of even date that the nomination paper was received late should have been acted upon or accepted by the appellate authority. We find it difficult to agree with this contention. The use of the word 'late' may have a different meaning in different contexts. It is not difficult to conceive of cases where the Returning Officer may have an incorrect idea as to the time limit up to which nomination papers are required to be delivered, and if he acts under some such impression that the nomination paper was delivered beyond time, the consequences of such negligence would be suffered by the candidate whose paper stands the risk of being rejected on the ground that it was delivered late. We must, therefore, hold that strict compliance with the rule requiring the Returning Officer to make an endorsement of the exact time and date on the nomination paper must be complied with in all cases, and if the Returning Officer fails to do his duty, then it is not possible to canvass that the nomination paper was delivered late merely on the strength Of the subsequent endorsement made by the Returning Officer.
9. There is a further safeguard given in the rule itself. It requires the Returning Officer to put a serial number on each of the nomination papers indicating the order in which the nomination papers were received by the Returning Officer. This is another check ensured by the rule in requiring the Returning Officer to indicate as to when the nomination paper was delivered to him. In the instant case the Returning Officer is probably not aware of his duty to make such an endorsement of serial number at all. We do not find any serial number endorsed on any of the nomination papers. In the absence of this material on record, we do not see how it could be still contended that the Returning Officer was entitled to reject the nomination papers.
10. When the matter went before the appellate authority, that authority seems to have accepted the contention of the respondents that they had reached the place in time and that they were detained due to heavy rains and could not start early. That is purely a question of fact which the appellate authority was entitled to determine according to the material before it. We, therefore, do not think that it is possible in this petition to have that matter adjudicated in face of the decision of the appellate authority and in view of the omission of the Returning Officer to do his duty under Sub-rule (2) of Rule 8.
11. This takes us to the first question raised, whether any of the petitioners have at all right to be heard by the appellate authority. In our opinion, there is no such right. It will be seen that the acceptance of nomination paper in spite of objection by a candidate is not liable to be challenged before an appellate authority. The time within which the appeal has to be filed is three days from the order of rejection. The appellate authority, constituted by the rules is the Mamlatdar who must necessarily dispose of the appeals, stationed at one place, distant from the place where the contesting candidates may be resident. It does not, therefore, appear likely that the rules intended that the right of hearing should be given to other contesting candidates who undoubtedly may be affected by the decision of the appellate authority one way or the other. We do not think it could be seriously contended that a wrong rejection of a nomination paper by a Returning Officer creates any right in the remaining candidates as such. After all, in a democratic process the accepted means of choice of representatives is by election. It is only in exceptional circumstances that a person may become entitled to be declared elected unopposed either because the remaining candidates have withdrawn or because the names of some of the candidates are liable to be rejected according to law. Therefore, it is not correct to say that the petitioners have acquired any legal right to be declared elected. Such a right accrues to them under Rule 15 of the rules subject to the compliance of Rules 11, 12 and 13. Rule 12 itself postulates that the decision of the appellate authority in a given case setting aside rejection of a nomination paper of a particular candidate shall be final. In our opinion, therefore, there is no legal right in any of the petitioners which is put in jeopardy by the appellate authority hearing the appeal filed by the candidate whose nomination paper is rejected without notice to the other candidate who may or may not object to his nomination paper. In fact, the scheme of the rules appears to be that whenever a nomination paper is accepted either by the Returning Officer or by the appellate authority in the summary procedure prescribed for decision of these matters, the opposite party has no right of challenge. It is not, therefore, possible to uphold any right in the petitioners to be heard in support of an order of the Returning Officer rejecting a particular nomination paper.
12. There is another aspect of this matter also. The matter was put in this way. According to the petitioners the order of the appellate authority is made final. Therefore, the persons in the position of petitioners will have no opportunity to challenge an improper admission of a nomination paper by election petition. In our opinion, the view that a decision regarding acceptance or rejection of a nomination paper is not within the ambit of enquiry under Section 15 of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act is not correct. Sub-section (2) of Section 15 of the Act is in the following terms:
An enquiry shall thereupon be held by the Judge and he may after such enquiry as he deems necessary pass an order, confirming or amending the declared result, or setting the election aside. For the purposes of the said enquiry the said Judge may exercise all the powers of a civil court, and his decision shall be conclusive.
We do not find any limits on the power of the Judge making an enquiry into an election petition under Section 15(2) which in any way hampers him from adjudicating as to the proper or improper acceptance of the nomination paper of a candidate. To take an illustration on the point: if any of the petitioners were to challenge before the Judge in an election petition in this very case that the nomination papers of any of the respondents were improperly accepted by the appellate authority, and if such a challenge is adjudicated, we do not see that there is any impediment in the exercise of powers by the Judge under Section 15 preventing him from embarking on such an enquiry. In fact, the very opening words of Sub-section (1) of Section 15 are : 'If the validity of any election of a member of a Punchayat is brought in question by any person qualified to vote at the election to which such question refers...'. If general right is given to the electorate at large to question the validity of an election, it is difficult to see how one of the contesting candidates is deprived of a similar right simply because in a summary enquiry the conclusion of acceptance or rejection of a nomination paper either by the Returning Officer or by. the appellate authority is declared to be final under the rules. It is well-settled that the right given by the section cannot be cut down or abridged by the rule. The finality which is given in the rule only means this that there is no further challenge at that stage to the decision of the Returning Officer or the Mamlatdar as an appellate authority so far as the rejection or acceptance of the nomination paper is concerned. But it cannot mean that the jurisdiction of the election tribunal created under Section 15 is in any way abridged in this matter. We, therefore, do not think that either on the interpretation of Rule 12, Sub-rule (4) or of any provision of Section 15 of the Act which permits an election petition, the petitioners are without a remedy, in case, they are not to be heard by the appellate authority against an appeal rejecting the nomination of a particular candidate.
13. Thus, the two points on which the petition was urged do not survive. The petition fails and is liable to be dismissed. It was represented before us that the elections were stayed as a result of stay order from this Court. The dismissal of the petition vacates the stay order automatically, and the election will now be held to these wards. What is apprehended is that in case the election is not held well within the time fixed under the Zilla Parishads Act, the elected members may be deprived of their right to vote at the Panchayat Samiti elections, unless their names are brought on the electoral roll of those elections. At this stage we are not called upon to pronounce on any such matters. If any such elections are held within time and they are notified, and persons so elected acquire the right to vote, we do not think they would be prevented to do so if they approach the necessary authorities, to enable them to exercise their right to vote.
14. The petition fails but in the circumstances there will be no order as to costs.