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| Express expansion planned by logistics company | | 2008-07-11 01:07:00 | | Leading international express and logistics company DHL recently marked its 20th anniversary in Viet Nam. The company plans to keep expanding and continue its community involvement.
DHL-VNPT Express General Manager Tim Baxter spoke to Thanh Nien about the company’s plans.
How would you describe DHL’s customer and community orientation in this market?
Corporate sustainability is an integral | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | | The Development And Expansion Of Heathrow Airport | | 2008-07-04 00:00:00 | | Heathrow Airport, although starting its life as a small First World War military airfield never actually saw active service in either world wars. Strangely, unlike many of the airports in the UK it can trace its development as an airport almost solely used for commercial purposes. After a huge expansion when the centrally located terminals [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| Re: domain name expansion approved for implementation | | 2008-06-30 14:12:00 | | ICANN emailed me back and they said that the first-round application process for domain under the new system will begin in early 2009 and they told me to subscribe to the ICANN newsletter and news alerts to stay in touch with this subject, so I did that.I might be looking for business partners to get in on this with me. So that means we will be investing our own money on this, if interested let me know. If after lots of research I see a great opportunity here I will be investing lots of money.1) First thing would be to understand the obvious - existing competition in this space (the bulk domain purchasers) who will surely get screwed bigtime in their existing business once this system is implemented because the potential values of the sum of their existing purchases will drop to the floor, (i.e. if its the case that 97% of their purchases are like technologycomputersapple.com, etc etc those will be worthless). Think real estate here people, its like we have earth right now but lets say | | By: Roland's Blog | | |
| | Monopoly Game Expansion #4: Personal Credit Card Account | | 2008-06-30 08:00:22 | | Expansion Difficulty/Complexity: Medium-Hard
This is a credit card add-on for the game of Monopoly wherein players have both cash and credit and may opt to “charge” certain expenses in lieu of paying cash in order to keep the cash flow for investing in property and buildings. For being such a careful money saver in real life, [...] | | By: Our Fourpence Worth | | |
| | Internet’s Biggest Expansion in last 40 years to be Implemented | | 2008-06-29 10:45:26 | | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the rejuvenation work to be implemented till year 2009 and that would be taken as biggest expansion in last 40 years in Internet, since its inception.
ICANN has approved some recommendations that bring out the more of internet for people to express themselves. Below are [...] | | By: India Web 2.0 | | |
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| domain name expansion approved for implementation | | 2008-06-27 19:45:00 | | This is huge news. ICANN just announced not too long ago that the proposal to change domain names has been approved (not fully approved yet though). Full article here.The proposed changes mean that the domain names will be open to any extension, i.e. instead of the regular 16 extensions (.com, .net, etc..) that exist right now. there will be an unlimited number of extensions (like .bank, .travel, .yourlastname). The 2nd major change is the domain character set will expand from just the regular English alphabet to include foreign characters like Chinese and Arabic.This has huge implications, like the obvious fake domains that get created i.e. shop.amazon, america.bank.ICANN will have a special initial domain name buying period so that special entities like cities and whatever can put a hold on whatever they want, like newyork.ny for example. I think they have to go through all the proposals they receive and accept them or reject them individually I don't know how they will do it exactly | | By: Roland's Blog | | |
| | Monopoly Game Expansion #3: Certificate of Deposit | | 2008-06-25 08:00:16 | | Expansion Difficulty/Complexity: Medium-Easy
This Certificate of Deposit was the second expansion we created for the game (invented by Madoline) of Monopoly. After the Lottopoly (coming soon), I find this to be the most fun. The interest rates are rather high compared to real-life CD’s, but they help to illustrate the point that investing pays off, [...] | | By: Our Fourpence Worth | | |
| | Monopoly Game Expansion #2: Personal Checking Account | | 2008-06-20 08:30:05 | | Expansions Difficulty/Complexity: Easy
This is a cash-free version of the game wherein all transactions are handled through personal checking accounts and recorded in individual check registers. Each player is responsible for his own account and must record all transactions – payment and receipt of rent, taxes, bribes, etc. in his check register.
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To teach children (and some [...] | | By: Our Fourpence Worth | | |
| | Monopoly Game Expansion #1: Personal Savings Account | | 2008-06-18 10:00:18 | | Expansion difficulty/complexity level: Easy
This is a basic savings account add-on for the Monopoly game to teach the principles of personal savings. The rules are few, with easy to calculate interest rates and a simple form to keep track of each player’s individual savings. While the interest rates are higher (for easy calculation) than they would [...] | | By: Our Fourpence Worth | | |
| | | Age of Empires II - The Conquers Expansion | | 2008-06-07 05:05:00 | | WALKTHROUGH BY JARVISGENERAL NOTES ON STRATEGIESThe scenarios in these campaigns give the objectives, hints, and scouting reports beforeyou begin play which is of a great help. I found some of them to be in error as regardsthe troops to be employed by the enemy, but other than that, they should be regarded asan excellent aid to completing the scenario.There are also audio and video instructions during play which direct you to do things andwarn when you are not doing things which you should. They also occasionally change theobjectives. When the objective is changed a flashing message will warn you and you cancheck the objective icon to verify the change.At times you will have to travel a great distance to arrive at your field of battle, andthe construction of a forward base near the battle scene, especially for the slow siegeweapons, is desirable, if you have the assets to do so. At times you will have to assure that a character will survive. I find that when this isa requirement, it is | | By: PC Game - Walkthrough | | |
| | Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion | | 2008-06-06 05:04:00 | | __ ______ _ /\ / _| | ____| (_) / \ __ _ ___ ___ | |_ | |__ _ __ ___ _ __ _ _ __ ___ ___ / /\ \ / _` |/ _ \ / _ \| _| | __| | '_ ` _ \| '_ \| | '__/ _ \/ __| / ____ \ (_| | __/ | (_) | | | |____| | | | | | |_) | | | | __/\__ \/_/ \_\__, |\___| \___/|_| |______|_| |_| |_| .__/|_|_| \___||___/ __/ | | | |___/ |_| _____ _____ |_ _|_ _| | | | | | | | | _| |_ _| |_ |_____|_____| - The Conquerors Expansion - _____________________________________________________ Written by Nathaniel Modlich a.k.a. Namod65 Email: Namod65[at]yahoo[dot] Copyright 2004 © | | By: PC Game - Walkthrough | | |
| | Aviva moves to western India for major expansion | | 2008-05-31 13:46:04 | | Aviva Life Insurance to increase its business presence in the western India market is all set to launch 11 new branches in cities namely Pune, Indore, Jamnagar, Bardoli, Barwani, Jhansi, Surat, Rajkot, Gwalior and Jabalpur.The company, presently ranked eighth in life insurance market in India, plans to double its employee strength in next two years to generate more business.Aviva Life Insurance on Tuesday launched its two new offices located in Kothrud and Pimpci-Chinchwad in Pune. The company would also have another two offices in Pune itself by December this year.Jayeeta Sen, regional director (West), Aviva said, "We are present in 3,000 locations across India and have 39 bank partners for our business. We enjoy 3.5 per cent market share in the life insurance business in India and have more than 37,000 employees. western India remains the fastest growing market for us and hence, we are expanding on a major scale."The company has presence in tier-three cities of Maharashtra like Ahmed | | By: Best Investments in India | | |
| | Postal 2: Share The Pain - Free Multiplayer Expansion | | 2008-05-30 01:13:11 | | Postal 2 Share The Pain MP Is Released For Free.Special multiplayer edition of Postal 2 (upgrade also available via download for owners of the original). In addition to an enhanced single player mode featuring two new levels, Share the Pain offers four multiplayer types: Snatch: featuring the Postal Babes! Snatch the enemy’s babe and score; [...] | | By: Free 4 All | | |
| | HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base Mini-Review | | 2008-05-22 19:36:00 | | by Joanna SternI couldn’t have gotten through college without my laptop’s docking station. When I would return from the library with my Dell Inspiron 8200, rather than plugging in all my connections one by one—mouse, keyboard, external monitor—to my notebook, I had a Dell dock or port replicator on my dorm room desk. All I had to do was drop my laptop into the dock and I was up and running.Whether you’re a current HP notebook owner or a college-bound student looking to buy an HP, HP’ | | By: My Laptop Blog | | |
| | MWEHL Major Expansion | | 2008-05-09 11:46:48 | | I received a note today forwarded from MWEHL directors and coaches confirming that the Midwest Elite Hockey League is expanding nationwide at the Midget Major level to include four five-team...
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| | | Macau to stop gambling expansion 澳門限制博彩業發展 (澳门限制博彩业发展) | | 2008-04-24 07:29:00 | | Macau's Chief Executive Edmund Ho announce to stop granting new gaming licences and the construction of new casinos, government will not approve new applications for land use filed by gaming companies due to some of the locals protest that casino boom has not benefited the wider society and much of the profits have been sent abroad to foreign operators. The number of gaming licences in Macau would be capped at six, but the gaming constructions that are already underway or in discussion would not be affected. Moreover, slot machines will need to be remove away from the densely-populated districts.According to statistics from the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau, there are currently 29 casinos with more than 4,300 gaming tables in operation in Macau.US casino giants Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and MGM Mirage share price have increase by 9%, 7% and 3.4% on Tuesday.為了確保澳門經濟均衡發展, 澳門周二宣布將不再增發經營牌照, 凍結向新賭場建設劃 | | By: SeeMacau | | |
| | exhaust expansion chamber | | 2008-04-21 01:16:05 | | Engine
Type Single cylinder, 4Stroke , natural air cooled, Gasoline engine
Displacement 124.6cc
Bore x Stroke 54x54.4 (mm)
Max Power 10.8 Ps (7.92Kw) at 8500 rpm
Max Torque 9.8 Nm at 7000 rpm
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Ignitor Digital Igni | | By: CR4: The Engineer's Place for Discussion & New | | |
| | BASF plans bioplastics production expansion | | 2008-04-18 06:37:19 | | BASF SE has announced plans for a significant expansion of its production plant for the biodegradable plastic Ecoflex® at the company’s Ludwigshafen site (Germany). The move will raise Ecoflex production capacities from the current 14,000 by 60,000 tons per year. Production at the expanded plant will only commence in the third quarter of 2010. Ecoflex [...] | | By: Bio-Polym Blog | | |
| | Quranic meditation on the expansion of inner heart | | 2008-04-09 12:29:29 | | Bismillahir Rahmanir RahimIn remembrance of Divine, the Universally Merciful, the Singuarly Compassionate One. alam nashrah laka swadrak?Have We not expanded for you, your inner heart? The Quran 94:1(Royal Pronoun 'We' used in the Quran to identify the Divine, stands for the Divine Majesty and Royal Mystery of Being). faman yuridi ullahu an yahdiyahu yushrah swadrahu lil islam... For whomsoever the Divine guides in straight path, his or her inner heart is expanded to divine surrender ... 6:125. "Rabbi ushrah lee swadree""O my Lord! expand my heart for me" (prayer of Moses) ... 20:25+ the expansion of the inner heart, according to Quranic commentators is its illumination and its vastness for the reception of what is revealed unto it. in other world, the expansion of inner heart also symbolizes special enlightenment.the metaphorical term 'expansion of the inner most heart' points to its expansion with the Divine Light and bestowing with stillness and tranquility. the question of the open | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Legoland - Land of Adventure Expansion | | 2008-04-08 22:16:00 | | Just in time for Spring, Legoland California just opened their latest expansion called the Land of Adventure. The highlight of the new area is the Lost Kingdom of Adventure dark ride where riders will take a 1920s-esque off-road vehicle evocative of a Hudson Motor Car touring sedan. During the interactive journey, visitors ride through ancient temple ruins while shooting at animated targets with laser blasters.Adjacent to the hidden ruins, a different adventure awaits with other new rides Cargo Ace and Beetle Bounce. Cargo Ace helps imaginations soar as children become pilots as they board one of eight airplanes and fly up to six feet into the air. Beetle Bounce boosts children to even bigger heights, nearly 15 feet to be exact, as they are launched up one of two towers nearly touching the gigantic LEGO beetles above them. At Pharaoh’s Revenge, children and parents can fire thousands of foam balls at targets and each other in an oasis of fun.Legoland California is currently | | By: Daytrippingmom | | |
| | Business Expansion, Development in Retailing | | 2008-04-06 22:40:00 | | Hi,
Do you underastand the fast developing Retail Sector, have an eye for market expansion, keep yourself updated on upcoming malls and business hubs, know the technicalities involved in anticipating and acquiring new outlets (eg. lease agreements, contracts)?
Are you currently into a Business Development/ New market Development kind of a role in a Senior position?
Plesae get in touch on "
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| | Standard Chartered, HSBC plan expansion | | 2008-04-04 21:48:01 | | Two foreign financial groups, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), which have been approved in principle by the central bank for establishing 100%-foreign-owned subsidiaries in Viet Nam, are hastily completing application procedures on establishing fully-foreign-owned...
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| | PPC Management Team Expansion | | 2008-04-04 05:55:02 | | A big welcome to Jayne Wiltshire who joined our sales team this week.
Jayne joins Vertical Leap from our Portsmouth neighbours at IBM HQ where she was part of the media sales team (sometimes seems like half of the company worked at IBM at some point in their careers).
Jayne's primary focus will be with our PPC Management team offering both sales and account management. Our PPC service is growing at an amazing pace on the back of a solid track record of client success; in fact, we have an 85% renewal rate for PPC contracts with our clients.
I'm very excited to have Jayne join our team.
Matt HopkinsManaging Director | | By: Sonicatu | | |
| | The Global Implications of China's Military Expansion | | 2008-03-13 07:33:00 | | The Tank - The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning shortduration, high intensity conflicts along its periphery against high-tech adversaries – an approach that China refers to as preparing for "local wars under conditions of informatization."China's near-term focus on preparing for contingencies in the Taiwan Strait. However, analysis of China's military acquisitions and strategic thinking suggests Beijing is also developing capabilities for use in other contingencies, such as conflict over resources or disputed territories. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | | Ahmadinejad: Iran calls for expansion of all-out cooperation with Indonesia | | 2008-03-11 23:58:42 | | President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iran and Indonesia are determined to broaden mutual ties and cooperation in various fields.
Speaking to reporters after his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, he said Iran and Indonesia enjoy high potential for promotion of bilateral ties.
Iran and Indonesia signed five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) which would help broaden [...] | | By: Indonesia First | | |
| | Predication on dong/US dollar forex rate after SBV's amplitude expansion | | 2008-03-11 22:54:00 | | People and enterprises now have a big headache to decode newly issued monetary policies relating to forex rate, interest rate, and lending, which will cause big changes in import export activities, investments and consumption in order to draw up suitable regulations and minimise potential risks.
It is questioned whether the dong/US dollar forex rate will decline deeper or not. In the Official | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | | ANZ eyes expansion in Viet Nam | | 2008-03-11 01:39:00 | | Australia and New Zealand Banking Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to Viet Nam despite concerns financial institutions have about the evaporation of global credit.
The ANZ would continue to develop more products such as credit cards, mortgages, and property lending to further its wholesale business in Viet Nam , its managing director Asia Pacific Alex Thursby told reporters in Ha Noi on | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | ACC plans Rs 3,600cr expansion | | 2008-03-09 08:44:22 | | ACC has lined up Rs 3,600 crore investment to augment capacity to 32 million tonne (MT) by 2010 from the present capacity of 22 MT per annum.
Sumit Banerjee, managing director, ACC, said: "We would...
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| | S’pore factories post surprise expansion | | 2008-03-04 20:03:39 | | S’pore factories post surprise expansion
By Chia Yan Min
MAIN CONTRIBUTOR: The manufacturing sector’s positive growth was due to the booming pharmaceuticals industry, say economists. — PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS
THE Singapore manufacturing industry has grown for the ninth consecutive month, delivering a ‘nice surprise’ last month, according to economists.
Data out yesterday showed that the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) [...] | | By: singapore property real estate news blog | | |
| | Japanese PSN game Dark Mist gets expansion, still no Euro version - SendMeRSS | | 2008-02-29 01:14:38 | | Japanese PSN game Dark Mist gets expansion, still no Euro versionFiled under: New Releases, PlayStation Network The downloadable Japanese PSN title Dark Mist is getting an expansion: Dark Mist: The Depths of Darkness. Priced at ¥500 ($4.75), this update adds three new characters and a four-player online mode. The download is 148MB large.Dark Mist is an action adventure game that was supposed to hit the EU PSN, but has not yet made it's way over there. A North American release had never even been mentioned; however, we're hoping this interest in making new content for the game might somehow spark an interest in bringing it over our way. Optimistically hopeful much? Yes. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Link - Comments - Majed Athab - Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:30:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) dark-mist dark-mist-the-depths-of-darkness darkmist darkmistthedepthsofdarkness game-re | | By: Online Games | | |
| | | Global Expansion Part II | | 2008-02-13 10:30:37 | | Photo by ToastyKen
Not much news today, so I want to run something by all of you. As some of you know, Red Ranter and I have been engaged in a fairly academic discussion over the proposed 39th game and all it’s potential meanings. I came to the conclusion that there is a void [...] | | By: RedsUnite | | |
| | 40 new models by 2018: SEAT chief outlines dramatic expansion plan | | 2008-01-30 05:01:57 | | Filed under: Hirings/Firings, Plants/Manufacturing, SEAT
SEAT has some ambitious plans. The Spanish subsidiary of Volkswagen is targeting a twofold increase in sales from 400,000 to 800,000 units by 2018, but currently has a line-up of seven models that, for the most part, are little more than rebodied VWs with a poorer reputation. While speaking with the [...] | | By: Car O Focus | | |
| | | | Constituent Expansion and Interchange: Part One | | 2008-01-23 07:46:00 | | One of the more powerful aspects of the One Long Island series of projects is the ability to "share" constituencies and even "share" constituencies which may at first seem to have nothing to do with one another.This is the "meta relational" aspect to what we are working on. Once information is more freely available in an "open" format and the public is given the tools to access the information and to collaborate with one another, relationships will become apparent which were heretofore not realized.Who would be for this type of access? Individuals and organizations who want real information, collaboration and who wish to build broad based coalitions to effect a positive outcome for Long Island.More in part two. | | By: Long Island Idea Factory | | |
| | Site Expansion And Changes | | 2007-12-20 18:33:00 | | Due to the limitations on the number of shows and films being in production by any one single studio at a given time, I have decided to expand the topic of this site to include television and films...
High School Musical 3 casting call, talent search, and audition information will be posted as it becomes available. JONAS (J.O.N.A.S!) auditions will be ongoing. Acting jobs will be posted when available for Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, That's so Raven, and Cory In The House.
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| | Wynn Macau Expansion to Open on December 24th, 2007 | | 2007-12-20 01:38:00 | | Wynn Resorts will open its Wynn Macau expansion on Monday, December 24th. The expansion will include 85 additional tables, 551 new slot machines. Wynn Macau is expected to have a total of approximately 390 table games and 1,190 slot machines after the expansion. Wynn Macau will unveil the expanded retail promenade featuring 11 new stores including Dunhill, Ermenegildo Zegna, Ferrari, Gucci, Hermes, Hugo Boss, Miu Miu, Van Cleef & Arpels, Versace, Vertu and Wynn & Company Watches & Jewelry.In addition, Wynn Diamond Suites is scheduled to open in approximately 25 months (by the end of 2009) | | By: SeeMacau | | |
| | Warhawk expansion arrives day early, free for a few - SendMeRSS | | 2007-12-19 14:31:15 | | Warhawk expansion arrives day early, free for a fewFiled under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action Warhawk expansion Operation Omega Dawn arrived unexpectedly on PSN today, 24 hours before it was set to go live. What's more, when it first made its premature debut, it was (due to a glitch) accompanied by the bargain price tag of "Free." A few wicked folks (the same people that take a pack of mints without leaving a quarter for Jerry's Kids) managed to take advantage, but it looks like the kink in the system was worked out fairly quickly.The good news is that the pack was left up, so fans can still take advantage of the early appearance, as long as they cough up their $7.99. If you were unaware, the pack adds five new night-time maps, a new dropship and for a few (ahem) unscrupulous early adopters, the unshakable stench of shame.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Link - Comments - Justin McElroy - Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT - Feed (13 su | | By: Online Games | | |
| | Do Opponents of S-CHIP Expansion Hate Children? | | 2007-12-18 00:00:00 | | It's hard to say no to children in need. The desire to help children is so fundamental that it can be hard for some people to reject poor public policy if it's enacted in the name of needy kids. This conflict between the desire to protect children and the desire to enact sound fiscal policy is at the center of the S-CHIP debate, a topic we have written about numerous times (here, here and here, among others). Unfortunately, many legislators and voters do not realize that these two goals need not be mutually exclusive; sound fiscal policy helps everyone—adults and children, rich and poor.A new article from the Mises Institute titled "How Can You Oppose Health Care for Children?" analyzes the drawbacks of expanding S-CHIP with higher tobacco taxes, including some of the tax policy concerns we have written about. The article concludes:Those favoring expanding SCHIP trumpet their compassion for children and attack opponents as inexcusably mean. But the Scrooge-v | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Leaked aid map of Afghanistan reveals expansion of no-go zones | | 2007-12-07 07:08:00 | | Almost half of Afghanistan is now too dangerous for aid workers to operate in, a leaked UN map seen by The Times shows.In the past two years most foreign and Afghan staff have withdrawn from the southern half of the country, abandoning or scaling back development projects in rural areas and confining themselves to the cities or the less risky north. The pullback compounds the problems of the Government in Kabul, which has struggled to extend its authority to the regions and provinces, which are increasingly lawless or Taleban controlled.Development has always been touted as a key factor in Western efforts to win over Afghans and bolster support for President Karzai but in the past six years little has been done on the ground in the critical south and east.The failure to help ordinary Afghans or to rebuild areas damaged by fighting in provinces such as Helmand has caused huge resentment and is exploited by Taleban propaganda. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | TouchStone Announces Dealer Expansion | | 2007-11-30 01:55:00 | | TouchStone Accent Lighting(R) announced today that it has recently added to its exclusive dealer network in both the Kansas City and St. Louis markets. TouchStone Accent Lighting of Kansas City and TouchStone Accent Lighting of St. Louis are independent dealers selling TouchStone products exclusively, while offering full-service design and installation capabilities.Ralf Schlaefli, principal of TouchStone Accent Lighting of St. Louis, commented: "TouchStone provided a great fit for us, offering premium quality products combined with the training to successfully operate a landscape lighting business. We are very pleased with the result and the outlook." John Steeb from Kansas City echoed: "TouchStone has already done what they teach. Great products focusing on the effects, and years of proven applications. I saw this as a great opportunity." TouchStone - St. Louis (Ralf Schlaefli, principal) 314-486-0867 TouchStone - Kansas City (John Steeb, principal) 913-789-7283The company continu | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | Legoland California Reveals $20-million expansion | | 2007-11-06 21:32:00 | | Legoland will add a "Land of Adventure," to open in March 2008. It will include four attractions: Lost Kingdom Adventure dark ride, Beetle Bounce drop ride, Cargo Ace plane ride and Pharaoh's Revenge foam ball pit. The new plans include a SEA LIFE aquarium which will be two stories and will charge a separate admission fee. On the drawing board is a 350-room Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa with an entrance that will allow guests direct access to the theme park. Fifteen new attractions have been added to LEGOLAND California in the last three and a half years including the biggest Miniland expansion in the Park's eight-year history, Miniland Las Vegas and the popular pirate-themed water area, Pirate Shores. Voted Best Children's Theme Park for the fourth year in a row by Amusement Today, LEGOLAND continues to position itself as the preferred attraction choice for families with children ages two to twelve. 50% off adult admission to Legoland | | By: California Destination Guide | | |
| | Getting Centered with Aikido (Expansion Part 5) | | 2007-10-21 09:50:00 | | By Jeff Albright Sensei and Sean Hannon"The key to good technique is to keep your hands, feet and hips straight and centered. If you are centered, you can move freely. The physical center is your belly; if your mind is set there as well, you are assured of victory in any endeavor."- Morihei UeshibaAikido teaches us to move, feel and, to some extent, think from our center or what the Japanese call our "hara." It is the place that we are strongest. It is the origin of our power. Our core is where we are eternally abundant. Physiologically, our core is our viscera our gut and it is where our real strength comes from. Many think big muscles are where strength comes from. However, big muscles don't work if the lungs and heart aren't strong enough to pump blood to those big muscles.Fear produces a neurological response in the body call "fight or flight." This is also known as a sympathetic response. During a fight or flight response blood is shunted away from the internal organs - the hara – and, instead, goes to the muscles of the arms and legs for fighting. Therefore, the body actually loses core body strength. But ironically, a fight or flight response produces only a very short-term bout of strength. In the long run, flight or fight responses exhausts the body faster and actually weakens one’s core strength considerably.In Aikido, we train to create the very opposite of a fight or flight response. Our goal is to create a relaxation response – or a parasympathetic response. The power of all Aikido techniques derives from one’s ability to relax (expansion), not to tense up (contraction). Physiologically, relaxation responses produce the exact opposite of a fight or flight response. In a relaxation response, blood shunts away from the muscles of the arms and legs and brings it back to our hara. This is exactly what happens when one takes a nap or eats food. A state of warmth, comfort and relaxation is produced. Warmth is an attribute of expansion, while cold is | | By: Castle Rock Aikido | | |
| | Aikido & Abundance (Expansion Part 4) | | 2007-10-18 14:48:00 | | By Jeff Albright Sensei and Sean Hannon"If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly."– Morihei UeshibaAs we learned in Part Two of this article on expansion, Aikido is so much more than just a martial art. It is a whole way of life. Indeed, those who practice Aikido quickly learn that it is, in fact, a microcosmic arena for life. When regular daily problems at home or at work come up most people do the same thing as most martial arts teach. They push back, contract, shrink – they shift into a defensive posture. Sometimes they contract into adverse behaviors like excessive television watching, alcohol or overeating. Others contract by complaining, gossiping, hiding or ignoring their predicament. Aikido teaches us to address our challenges differently.Is expansion a natural response? Think of how a muscle grows. When muscles are exercised, the muscle fibers are broken down (contraction), but then life responds not by shrinking the muscle, but instead the muscle fibers grow back stronger, bigger (expansion). The result is a net gain in growth, not a net loss.Look at other forms of nature. What do most flowers do when the sun shines upon them? Do they expand or contract? Most expand in the warmth of the sun and then contract at night when the air cools. Look to the Universe. Is it expanding or contracting? Most astrophysicists agree that the Universe is in an expansive state. You’re part of the Universe too. Don’t you think that you are meant to be expansive, as well?If you think about it, Aikido is a philosophy more resonant with life than many other martial art styles. Life is about growing, not shrinking; about expanding, not contracting. And, yes, while it is true that everything in life (physiology included) contains both reciprocal qualities (similar to the Taoist concepts of yin | | By: Castle Rock Aikido | | |
| | Reprogramming Inborn Reflexes - Aikido (Expansion Part 3) | | 2007-10-16 11:00:00 | | By Jeff Albright Sensei and Sean Hannon"When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him;if he wants to pull back, send him on his way."– Morihei UeshibaAikido challenges us to evolve beyond primitive, instinctual survival mechanisms and reflexes that are taught in so many other forms of martial arts. For example, many Aikido students ask, "Why does Aikido take so long to master?" This is a valid question because Aikido does, in many cases, take much longer to master than other martial arts. In Aikido, we strive inwardly for self-perfection by training ourselves to utilize higher levels in the brain; to reprogram seemingly-contradictory, yet ironically, more sophisticated levels of thinking, non-thinking and other societally-conditioned responses into our unconscious mind.An Aikido student must learn to break inborn reflexes that are culturally reinforced by society and replace those reflexes with new ones. When someone pulls us, we usually automatically respond by pulling back in the opposite direction. Similarly, when someone pushes us, we push back, again, in the opposite direction. This natural response is both an inborn reflex and is also culturally reinforced into us. This is a primitive reflex based on responding to fear or threat. Aikido teaches us to react not with primitive reflexes, but with higher levels of response. This retraining of the brain can have a long learning curve for students especially if you don’t begin to train Aikido until adulthood.In stark contract to many martial arts, in Aikido we push when pulled at in the same direction of the attack. Similarly, when pushed we pull, again, in the same direction of the attack. This reprogramming of our nervous system's automated responses is challenging to learn, difficult to master and difficult to make automatic in our reflexes. Only through years of repetition in Aikido practice do we learn to break the primitive, conditioned responses of pull/pull and push/push and replace them with th | | By: Castle Rock Aikido | | |
| | Bull-SCHIP!!!! Democrats Seek Forced Government Dependence With SCHIP Expansion While The "Stupid Party" Cheers Them On . . . . | | 2007-10-08 15:48:44 | | The President was right to veto the SCHIP expansion recently passed by congress. To put it simply, all the grandstanding from lying Democrats and quisling Republicans that Bush is somehow denying health care to children is absurd. The facts about SCHIP simply do not support this notion.Under SCHIP, taxpayers pay for the health coverage of children in families of four earning as much as $72,000 per year. Democrats in Congress seek to open the program to families of four earning $83,000 per year or more. The President has made it clear that he is open to expanding the program, but not to cover well-off families before States enroll 95 percent of those lower-income children first.The foundation of SCHIP is utterly implausible in the first place. It assumes the efficient transfer of funds from taxpayers to the needy as their tax dollars go from their pockets to Washington and then back to state governments and ultimately back to the people who "need it." Like its uglier older sister, Medicaid, SCHIP subsidizes people whio do not need help, makes private insurance more expensive for everyone else, and discourages low income families from climbing the economic ladder.SCHIP's scope is much broader then legislatures will have you believe. The program already provides coverage to children in families who do not qualify for Medicaid, which is supposed to service the poor who cannot afford private insurance. 60% of children currently enrolled in SCHIP already had private health insurance prior to the program's inception. Currently, about 45 percent of American children are enrolled in either Medicaid or SCHIP." Inevitably, many families substitute SCHIP for private coverage. In fact: Economists Jonathan Gruber of MIT and Kosali Simon of Cornell University find that, in effect, when government expands eligibility for SCHIP and Medicaid, six out of every 10 people added to the rolls already have private coverage. Only four in 10 were previously uninsured.What this means is that SCHIP and Medicaid cover four previously uninsured Americans for the price of 10. Sound efficient? I didn't think so. Nevertheless, Republicans want to renew it, and Democrats want to expand it.SCHIP accomplishes what democrats have long sought to achieve which is an enslaved middle class with no incentive to climb the economic ladder. If a single mother of two earning minimum wage in New Mexico increases her annual earnings by $30,000, her net income does not change: She pays an additional $4,000 in taxes and loses $26,000 in SCHIP and other government benefits. Why should families expend that extra effort if it will leave them no better off financially?Expanding SCHIP would pull even more families into that low-wage trap. Again, this is what I am convinced Democrats want. A class of people who cannot help themselves who will become more and more reliant on the government who in turn will instinctively vote democrat.Related EditorialsCommunication Matters: Why George Bush's Veto of the SCHIP Program Was Not Good EnoughABC News: Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Sick in America with John Stossel and Michael MooreStossel On Heathcare . . .Doctors Refuse to Fix Builder's Broken Ankle Unless He Quits Smoking: The Benefits of Socialized MedicineCanadian Universal Healthcare is a Miserable Failure and why Michael Moore and his Film, “Sicko” are WrongJohn Stossel Debates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.Combating the Notion of Free HealthcareMichael Bloomberg: The Biggest Little Man in Big GovernmentMilton Friedman and Why Limited Government Helps the PoorThe Wall Separating Economics and State | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Expansion Part 2: Aikido & Budo | | 2007-10-04 09:52:00 | | By Jeff Albright Sensei and Sean Hannon"True budo calls for bringing the inner energy of the Universe in order, protecting the peace of the world as well as preserving everything in nature in its right form."– Morihei UeshibaThe novice martial artist sees martial arts merely as a fighting system – a means of self-defense. He understands only one-dimension of the word "martial." Martial, in the strictest sense of the word, means "associated with war." Therefore, to the novice martial artist, martial only means "the art of war" or "the art of fighting." For them, that is where the meaning stops. There is no evolution. There is no more growth. The master martial artist, on the other hand, understands this rudimentary definition of "martial" and expands it.The master martial artist recognizes the inherent responsibilities of the martial arts and ultimately adopts the concept of budo or martial way into his or her life. The martial way is very different from that of martial combat. For example, the term budo is made up of the Japanese characters (or kanji) "bu" meaning martial and "do" meaning path. The characters of the kanji for "bu" or martial is actually made up of two symbols. The first symbol is a set of crossed weapons or halberds. The second symbol is the Japanese character for "stop." So, interestingly enough, in Japanese kanji, the character for bu doesn't mean "fighting," but somewhat paradoxically, actually reads "to stop fighting" or "to prevent fighting." Therefore, budo really translates as "the way to prevent fighting." This is congruent with the underlying message of the art of Aikido – the way of harmony. But truly, we have only scratched the surface of what budo really means. A comprehensive understanding of the term budo is a lifelong journey and can only be gained by thoroughly studying Japanese language and culture.So, you'll notice that bushi-DO, bu-DO and Aiki-DO all end with the word "do." The word "do" is often used when a martial art is | | By: Castle Rock Aikido | | |
| | Expansion Part 1: Aikido & Self-defense | | 2007-10-03 18:21:00 | | By Jeff Albright Sensei and Sean Hannon"A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind."- Morihei UeshibaWhen most people think of "martial arts" one of the first things that to come to mind is the idea of "self-defense." When I think of someone defending themselves I tend to think of some one contracting, closing up, or hunkering down into a defensive stance. I also think the word defense represents a reaction to fear. Fear is always a function of contraction and is often met with defensive-oriented actions such as scratching, clawing, punching and kicking. Of course, there isn't anything wrong with these actions. There may be times in life when these become necessary. At other times, like in social environments, this lashing out may not necessarily take the form of physical strikes but, instead, may manifest as unnecessary, insensitive or sometimes even rude verbal attacks, glares or gestures.The art of Japanese Aikido is a martial art like many others. However, the organizing principle of Aikido is radically different from most. While the majority of martial arts are based on the principle of contraction, Aikido is rooted in the principle of expansion. Expansion, not contraction, is the source of Aikido's power. As a general rule, Aikido tends to be very much the opposite of what most people imagine when they think of martial arts. For example, if you think martial arts are about self-defense, then you should know that Aikido is more about self-development. If you think martial arts is about protecting, then you should know that Aikido is more about growing. If you think martial arts is about learning how to hurt people, then you should know that Aikido is more about learning how not to hurt people. If you think martial arts are about fighting, then you should know that Aikido is more about not fighting.In Aikido, when faced with a challenge or an attack we expand, not contract. Our posture, our stance and overall physical response gets bigger, not sm | | By: Castle Rock Aikido | | |
| | Minus presents “EXPANSION / contraction” release and album tour | | 2007-09-26 15:10:05 | | Of the continuing themes found throughout the music released on MINUS, one constant exploration is the relationship between Sound and Silence. Within the stripped down but dimensional outcome there exists a polarity that is neither controlled nor accidental, where life imitates art in between the notes. The act of finding inspiration from a sonic molecule [...] | | By: mK iArticles | | |
| | Panama Canal Expansion Under Way! | | 2007-09-19 22:09:27 | | Source: Panama First AlertBOOM! That's the sound that signaled to the world that the Panama Canal expansion mega-project has begun . The day: Monday, September 3, 2007—the 30th anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Panama treaty better known as the Torrijos-Carter treaty. Panama President Martin Torrijos "pressed the button," causing a powerful explosion to rip apart Cerro Paraiso (Paradise Hill), where excavation for the $5.25 billion expansion has already begun.Learn more on the Panama Canal Expansion ProjectSome 30,000 people were present for the symbolic act, including VIPs such as Colombia President Alvaro Uribe; El Salvador President Antonio Saca; Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega; and Honduras President Manuel Zelaya. A guest of honor, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived on Torrijos' presidential plane. Carter co-signed the Torrijos-Carter treaty (along with Martin Torrijos' father and then-dictator of Panama, Omar Torrijos) in which the U.S. agreed to hand over the Canal in 1999.Panama is growing and with it grow the investment and retirement opportunities. Let us show you how you can profit today in one of the most rewarding and exciting international real estate markets anywhere. TropilandPanama: Discover Your Paradise. Congratulations and good luck Panama on your newest venture!For more info on this subject and many more, visit TropilandPanama
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| | | | C&C3: Tiberium Wars Expansion Planned for Early 2008 | | 2007-08-14 22:23:04 | | Strategy fans rejoice, there will be an expansion coming early next year for the third Command and Conquer game. Kane’s Wrath will add a new campaign, multiplayer maps, characters and gameplay modes.There will also be some upgrades for each faction: both will gain sub-factions that have their own sets of units, powers and upgrades as well as the GDF and Nod getting their own new toys to play with. There will also be more live action video sequences, so the expansion will flow in much the same way as the original game. Along with some interface upgrades for the Xbox 360 multiplayer will get a boost with the inclusion of a new gameplay type called Global Domination. It’s like Risk but you’ll have all the C&C weaponry at your disposal. When units meet on the map the game will switch to the standard perspective and gameplay until one side is defeated. More will probably be announced at the Leipzig Games ConventionSource: Digital Battle Online Games Xbox 360 C&C Kane’s Wrath Str | | By: Online Games | | |
| | | Senate Finance Committee Approves SCHIP Expansion Legislation That Would Increase Tobacco Tax | | 2007-07-20 15:00:00 | | Senate panel OKs $35B increase for kids' health care By Richard Wolf and David Jackson USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The biggest expansion of health insurance likely to emerge from Congress in the next two years cleared its first hurdle Thursday but remains on a collision course with President Bush's threatened veto.The Senate Finance Committee voted 17-4 for a five-year, $35 billion increase to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which now enables health coverage for 6.6 million children. An estimated 3.2 million more uninsured people could be covered under the plan. It would be paid for by raising the 39-cent federal tax on a pack of cigarettes to $1. The plan attracted six of the panel's 10 Republicans, along with all 11 Democrats. Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, confidently predicted Senate passage before Congress adjourns for its August recess. "It's clear to me this will not be filibustered" or blocked by Republicans, he said.Abridged read it all he | | By: Elder Abuse | | |
| | Boston explores convention center expansion | | 2007-07-19 04:05:00 | | The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) has issued a request for proposal to further develop the 62-acre plot of land that's currently home to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). The MCCA is asking firms to focus on when and how the BCEC could be expanded. The 22-acres to be developed are currently a parking lot.“We always anticipated that there would be a phase two of the BCEC project when the building proved to be as successful as we hoped,†says Gloria Cordes Larson, Chairman of the MCCA board. “The building has exceeded our expectations, and it's the right time to explore what we should do with the undeveloped portion of the property. A master plan is the best way to start the dialogue.â€
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| | Further NHL Expansion Is Stupid, Likely | | 2007-06-30 19:42:00 | | There's really no better way to put it. Expanding the NHL to include more teams (like in Vegas) or simply moving existing teams from one lousy market to the next is a terrible way to promote the sport.What expansion does is dilute talent. There are a limited number of truly great hockey players in this world, and their skills are best showcased by playing on teams with each other. One superstar on a lousy team doesn't stand out because he's held back by his teammates who chuck lousy passes, bobble one-timers and more or less skate around without a clue. Florida comes immediately to mind, much to Olli Jokinen's dismay.When a team is filled with true superstars, chock-full of great talents whose skills are multiplied by playing with each other, the fans come flocking. As Eric at the Fanhouse pointed out yesterday, the Penguins have now been forced to create a waiting list for season ticket purchases because of out-of-control demand. Why is this, you wonder? Perhaps it has some | | By: Dear Lord Stanley | | |
| | | "Inevitable Gambling Expansion in Massachusetts? | | 2007-06-15 07:00:00 | | Massachusetts is the most recent in a long line of states to consider increasing gambling revenue (casino taxes and implicit lottery taxes) to fill state coffers. From an Associated Press article titled "State Auditor says casino gambling in Mass. may be inevitable":The state's auditor is the latest high-ranking official to get behind the idea of expanded gambling in Massachusetts. Joe DeNucci tells the Boston Herald that he thinks the state should move ahead immediately with allowing slot machines at Massachusetts racetracks. He also predicts a full-scale casino will be up and running here in the next three to five years. The auditor says without slots the racetracks will not survive.Recently state officials have also been considering selling the lottery, a proposal that is not without problems, but would be a better option than casinos and slots at racetracks. State-run gambling enterprises such as lotteries and video lottery terminals at racetracks exemplify poor tax p | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | NHL Expansion: It Worked So Well The First Time | | 2007-06-10 18:59:00 | | So what if several NHL teams are barely-watched from their actual arena seats, let alone on television? So what if the league itself is still the media's favorite whipping boy? So what if the talent pool is so diluted that some teams have to rely on just one really good player? It's time to expand, baby!Word has it that Gary Bettman and his cartel of head-in-ass owners are interested in granting expansion teams to Las Vegas and Kansas City. Never mind the facts that Las Vegas is television market #51 and the majority of its workers spend their evenings staffing the casinos, or the truth that Kansas City has a great new arena but no proven demand for the sport. Forget the fact that there are already teams like Nashville, New Jersey, Phoenix, Florida and Atlanta struggling to keep their seats above three-quarters full. While you're at it, forget the already-failed US expansion scheme Bettman suckered everyone with the first time. There's quick money in it, so let's make the | | By: Dear Lord Stanley | | |
| | Wal-Mart's Flat-Panel Expansion Mixes Up Shelf Share | | 2007-06-04 21:12:00 | | Key TV additions at discount store giant Wal-Mart helped to shake up shelf-share positioning in key digital television categories during the month of May, according to a TV retail shelf-share intelligence report from Current Analysis West, an NPD Group company.
It was a big month for up-and-coming value-centric flat-panel TV manufacturer Vizio, which introduced four new LCD TV models (VW26L, | | By: electronics tv | | |
| | Expansion Valve | | 2007-05-24 13:50:00 | | Another common refrigerant regulator is the thermal expansion valve, or TXV. Commonly used on import and aftermarket systems. This type of valve can sense both temperature and pressure, and is very efficient at regulating refrigerant flow to the evaporator. Several variations of this valve are commonly found. Another example of a thermal expansion valve is Chrysler's "H block" type. This type of valve is usually located at the firewall, between the evaporator inlet and outlet tubes and the liquid and suction lines. These types of valves, although efficient, have some disadvantages over orifice tube systems. Like orifice tubes these valves can become clogged with debris, but also have small moving parts that may stick and malfunction due to corrosion. | | By: Car-air-conditioning | | |
| | Digital Broadcasters | Qatar Broadband Huge Expansion | | 2007-04-15 05:44:10 | | When Digital Broadcasters Vendor News analysed Qatar’s broadband expansion with the help of the Arab Advisor's Group it was amazing to see that a full two thirds of all Internet connections in the country are on broadband. In fact, Broadband accounts grew by 90% in 2006.
For four years already, Qatar’s Internet subscriber base has been growing at strongly. In 2005 Q-Tel added 16,445 total
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| | Flower growers plan expansion | | 2006-12-19 07:00:00 | | Trade Arabia
Ethiopian flower growers and exporters are aiming to expand their business links with the Dubai Flower Centre (DFC) because of its geographical and logistical advantages in order to boost their supplies to Middle East and the Far East.
This was conveyed to the DFC delegation headed by marketing director Ibrahim Ahli who visited various government and private sector organisations and met officials including chairman of Ethiopian Horticulture Producers & Exporters Association (EHPEA) Tsegaye Abebe, who promised to lead a delegation to Dubai to visit the DFC complex.. | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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