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Stranger #1 Thiesa, From Samoa. by Marlon Max

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100strangers project

She`s expend her school vacation visiting family in new Zealand.

I`ve found her selling watermelon in Mangere, South Auckland, i do not think that is a good way to have fun on vacation.

Any way she said that was nice be there selling with her aunt.

Her aunt Note: I love my beautiful Samoa, but lives in New Zealand it is more profitable.

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The Glory That Was Rome Crumbles as Berlusconi Tries to Make Past Profitable, The Times (London), 13/11/2010. p. 59. [3/3]. by Martin Conde

The Glory That Was Rome Crumbles as Berlusconi Tries to Make Past Profitable, The Times (London), 13/11/2010. p. 59.

"LA GLORIA CHE FU DI ROMA CROLLA MENTRE BERLUSCONI PROVA A RENDERE REDDITIZIO IL PATRIMONIO ARTISTICO (PDS)"

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POMPEI - The glory that was Rome crumbles as Berlusconi tries to make past profitable

PHILIP WILLAN

THE TIMES – 13 novembre 2010

The Italians of the past created the richest cultural heritage in the world — so diverse and fragile, in fact, that the Italians of today are at their wits' end trying to preserve it. The collapse of the House of the Gladiators in Pompeii a week ago was viewed by many as a metaphor for Silvio Berlusconi's Italy: reality's revenge on a party-loving Prime Minister who lives in the here and now with scant regard for either the distant past or the future. Mr Berlusconi and his Culture Minister, Sandro Bondi, believe that Italy's art treasures should pay for themselves. With appropriate promotion and publicity, ticket-paying tourists will flock through the turnstiles, sponsors will finance restoration projects and ancient monuments will be brought back to life as a backdrop to modern cultural activities such as concerts or fashion shows, they argue. To put this philosophy into practice Mr Bondi last year appointed Mario Resca, the former head of McDonald's Italy, to manage the country's 450 museums and archaeological sites on a more profitable basis. Other "supermanagers" are to be brought on board to supplement the scant business sense of the ministry's professional archaeologists and art historians and to spearhead the valorizzazione, or monetisation, of the nation's cultural heritage. Art world professionals have found themselves sidelined by managers from the Civil Protection Department, brought in to tackle emergencies such as Pompeii and licensed to work around the bureaucratic red tape that usually slows construction and restoration. The policy has backfired, however, with most of Italy's major cultural attractions closed yesterday because of a one-day strike over the budget cuts. Critics said that the Government's approach was short-sighted. "The collapse [of the House of Gladiators] has inflicted a terrible wound on Italy's reputation in the field of restoration," said Maria Pia Guermandi, a councillor for the heritage organisation Italia Nostra. "It wasn't just a house that came down but an entire patrimony of credibility." Ms Guermandi said that the emergency commissioners who had overseen restoration work since they were given responsibility for the site two years ago had acted with little sensitivity, operating with excavators and Bobcats on a site "where you should only intervene with a soft brush". The policy of augmenting the number of visitors to the country's best-known sites was also misguided, she said. At the Colosseum, where slabs of plaster plunged to the ground seven months ago, visitors have been given access to a greater area of the monument and there have even been nighttime visits. Mr Resca is also eager that the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, visited by 1.6 million people last year, should do more to challenge the supremacy of the Louvre, which had 8.5 million visitors. "People are looking for short-cuts," Ms Guermandi said. "The Uffizi is one-twentieth the size of the Louvre. It is dirty, smelly and when it rains water runs down the wall in one of the rooms." Mr Bondi, a Berlusconi loyalist who has been criticised for his willingness to accept swingeing cuts to the Culture Ministry's budget, due to go down from 1.4 billion to 1.2 billion next year, has so far resisted calls for his resignation over the Pompeii collapse. He insists that the incident was unforeseeable. However, critics say that the collapse could have been prevented because it was heralded by a series of lesser stability problems in neighbouring buildings, but that the Government had diverted funds from conservation to promotion. The weekly magazine L'Espresso published details yesterday of what it said were non-essential expenditures authorised by the emergency commissioner. They included 51,000 for a visit by the Prime Minister that did not take place. Pietro Guzzo, who was superintendent of Pompeii from 1995 until 2009, said: "It probably wouldn't cost as much as people think to get the site in order. There are the universities and the archaeology schools, such as the British School at Rome, who do great work. With a grand collaborative plan it can be done. It's just a question of method." Archaeologists said that the House of the Gladiators was one of a myriad treasures at risk from under-funding and neglect. They argued that it was time to return to ordinary administration of the country's threatened sites, restoring control to the ministry's professionals. Lists of the monuments at risk included Nero's Golden House in Rome, the dome of Florence's Cathedral, Bologna's twin towers and a host of little-known archaeological sites in southern Italy.

A Profitable Forex Strategy by Alax Aune

Making money in the Forex market is not an easy task by any means. However, given a bit of education and knowledge of the market, it can become quite easy to profit in the Forex market. bit.ly/176Nx31

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the 80/20 Stopwatch by Kevin Donlin

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This may be the strangest blog post you read all week.

Or the most-profitable.

Or both.

Here's why ...

I write frequently about the 80/20 Rule (aka the Pareto Principle), which holds that about 80% of results come from 20% of activities. In other words, most things don't matter -- only a few things do. The world is predictably unbalanced.

You'll find examples of the 80/20 Rule everywhere:

about 20% of your carpet gets about 80% of foot traffic

20% of people pay 80% of income taxes

20% of pea pods in your garden contain 80% of peas

... and on it goes.

In business -- and especially marketing -- most people spend 80% or more of their time doing unproductive tasks. Maybe 10-20% of what people do directly relates to making money.

But why am I wearing a stopwatch?

I got the idea from Darren Hardy, publisher of Success magazine.

Here's how Darren Hardy used the 80/20 Rule and a stopwatch to outsell an office of 44 veteran real-estate agents, in only 90 days -- when he was just 20 years old.

Hardy writes:

"As a real estate agent, there are hundreds of unproductive activities you can do to rationalize that you're ‘working': putting lock boxes on doors, shuffling escrow paperwork, doing open houses, taking "floor time," putting signs out, driving around "looky-loo" buyers, etc. In reality, there are only three things ("show time" events) you do that make money:

1) pitching a listing,

2) negotiating a contract, and

3) prospecting to get more of 1 and 2.

"Everything else that's a productivity "time suck" can and should be delegated.

Get that? Only a vital few activities in real estate sales make money, according to Hardy. Three, to be exact.

And if you take a close look at your business, I'm 99% sure you'll find only a handful of activities that really make you money.

But knowledge is not enough. You need action. Here's the action Hardy took ...

"I became so obsessive about monitoring my productive time that I would wear a stopwatch around my neck (yes, in meetings, at the store -- great conversation starter!). I stopped and started it all day long -- "OFF" when going to the bathroom, "BS-ing" in the hallway, waiting for the person to pick up while the phone rings, driving from appointment to appointment; "ON" only when actually engaged in one of my three (see above) high-value "show time" events.

"The first day I clocked my productivity, after an exhausting 12-hour day, I was floored when it only read 11 minutes, 56 seconds. At first I thought it was broken. But no, after 12 hours of "work" I had managed less than 12 minutes of revenue-generating productive labor. WOW, did I learn a valuable lesson! From that moment on, I wore my stopwatch religiously every day to improve my actual productive time.

"It is SHOCKING to realize how little time salespeople actually spend selling each day. Sometimes I would work like mad all day and only clock 14 minutes. FOURTEEN MINUTES?! My goal became at least 2 hours a day, every day, day after day. As a result of that focus on real sales productivity, I became the No. 1 agent in the office during my first year in the business. I was No. 1 in the city at age 21, and then the entire county of 3,000 real estate agents by age 22 (in a real estate market as crappy as it is today—so no excuses)."

Pretty simple, huh? Also: HUGELY profitable.

So, three questions for you:

What are your vital few activities that really make you money?

How much time are you spending on them?

Are you brave enough to take Hardy's (and my) 80/20 Challenge?

I can tell you from experience that EVERY DAY I wear my stopwatch around my neck is more productive (and profitable) than days I don't. The more time I'm able to shift from "time suck" to "money making," the more money I make ... and the fewer hours I work.

Now. What will you do with this information?

You can say to yourself, "Yeah, I know that" and move on ...

... or you can do something about it and give this idea a try. If you do, do NOT try to wing it and just look at the clock. Trust me: As someone who's been practicing 80/20 Marketing for nearly 10 years, I can tell you that you need to see tangible evidence for your subconscious mind to buy into this new idea. That's why actually wearing a stopwatch around your neck is important.

Why not try this 80/20 Challenge for yourself, and wear (or carry) a watch at work tomorrow?

When you find out EXACTLY how much time you're spending on the 20% of tasks that make you money, you can start turning your busienss upside down to focus more on those vital few activities. And your profits will soar.

If you're up for this challenge, join in and share your comments below.

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20181115-FPAC-LSC-0211 by U.S. Department of Agriculture

Martha Romero guides husband Salvador Prieto as he drives and dumps a load of mulch at their Hass avocado trees; she’ll then toss the mulch into place near the tree trunks and under the canopy, in Somis, CA, on Nov 15, 2018. All the while, they ensure the micro irrigation sprinklers are not damaged.

Salvador Prieto grew up watching and helping his father grow corn and beans on a small farm in Mexico. The journey from bean fields to 20-acre orchard owner with his wife Martha Romero was not a straight and narrow path to Somis, Calif. In fact, it was music that brought him to the United States. Today the passion is agriculture.

Similarly, Romero didn’t follow a career in agriculture to her beautiful and healthy avocado and lemon orchard. Romero grew up a city girl in the heart of Los Angeles. Now sharing this farm with her husband and two children, she quickly credits her success to the support and assistance from her family to navigate the learning curve.

Constantly seeking improvement on the family’s orchard, Romero discovered the local Farm Bureau and the Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Land Group (VCAILG) coalition. VCAILG put Romero in touch with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Ventura Resource Conservation District, for technical and financial assistance to implement conservation and management practices.

NRCS California District Conservationist Dawn Afman, Soil Conservationist Elizabeth Keith, and Resource Conservationist Brooks Engelhardt, have all provided technical assistance and invested their time and expertise in helping Prieto and Romero incorporate conservation practices in their orchard. Prieto and Romero were immediately intrigued by NRCS’s efforts to improve soil health.

“At first it was overwhelming, but many other farmers I know are members, so it is comforting to know that I am not alone,” said Romero. “We need to make a profit, obviously, but, for me, I want to do it while protecting mother nature and precious resources like water. I am able to do this with NRCS’s help.”

Prieto and Romero learned a lot from trial and error. Romero admits that she even bought her trees before the land was ready. But learning opportunities, like an early community garden project, gave them critical knowledge and experience.

A big first conservation practice they learned was mulching to save water and reduce weeds. NRCS helped Prieto and Romero with this, through an Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contract, to apply mulch to their orchard floor to conserve soil moisture and improve soil health in the Fall of 2018.

“Every time we have a question or need assistance, NRCS has been nothing but helpful,” added Romero. “They let us know about other programs out in the community and invited us to their annual Latino Farmer Conference, where my husband and I learned about other helpful resources.”

Recently, Prieto and Romero entered into a new NRCS contract to implement Irrigation Water Management (IWM) to their orchard. The IWM plan includes installing moisture sensors into the ground, which transmit continuous data to cloud-based storage, and accessed through a smart device app on their phones. The information lets them know when, where and how long to irrigate. This knowledge will help them toward their goal of producing 6,000 pounds of produce per acre.

Looking toward the future, Romero expressed that knowledge is key. “Before we plant further, we need to get educated on how to do it best,” concluded Romero. “From the planting of a seed or planting of a tree, we need the entire process to be profitable. It's not just about planting it. It's about preparing the land and using the resources wisely.”

In the meantime, Romero enjoys the weekends because she does not need to be worried about picking up the kids from school or rushing around. She just wants to be out in the orchard, making it better From mulching to pruning or irrigating and weeding. The family’s goal is to make the farm “better tomorrow than it was today.”

Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs, and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.

The agencies and services supporting FPAC are Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA).

NRCS has a proud history of supporting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners for more than 80 years. USDA helps people make investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working, boost rural economies, increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air, water, soil, and habitat.

From weather to pests, and from a lack of time to markets, each American farmer faces a unique set of challenges. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) helps agricultural producers confront those challenges – all while conserving natural resources like soil, water, and air.

This voluntary conservation program helps producers make conservation work for them. Together, NRCS and producers invest in solutions that conserve natural resources for the future while also improving agricultural operations.

Through EQIP, NRCS provides agricultural producers with financial resources and one-on-one help to plan and implement improvements, or what NRCS calls conservation practices. Using these practices can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, you can voluntarily implement conservation practices and NRCS co-invests in these practices with you.

USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

For more information, please see:

USDA

www.usda.gov

FPAC

www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas

NRCS

www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/

EQIP

www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/program...

Why Is A Franchise Business Profitable? by Window Medics

If you are an entrepreneur with less experience and looking to grow big with effort, a franchise business is just right for you. Here’s why a franchise business has a high chance of being profitable franchise business. windowmedics.com/dealership/

Wholesale Club #212, Mississauga by Jacob

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A former Loeb! In the GTA?!

That's right, back in the 1980s the owners of Loeb, Provigo, expanded the Ottawa based chain outside of its Eastern Ontario roots into the GTA. This, now Wholesale Club, was one of the first expansion Loeb locations in the Toronto area.

Loeb would go on to open stores in Brampton, and Provigo would expand their discount chain, Maxi into Ontario in the years prior. By the late 1990s there were Loeb and Maxi locations all over Ontario.

However, the chain wasn't very profitable. The chain was easily dwarfed by major players in the Ontario market, like Loblaws and A&P. Loeb struggled to compete on price and lacked the logistics network and brand recognition in the GTA that both Loblaws and A&P (through their Dominion division) had a lot of.

By 1998, after years of poor profitability Provigo was acquired by Loblaws. Loeb was spun off and sold to Metro, but before that could happen Provigo would go on to close Loeb in the GTA and completely discontinue the Maxi brand in Ontario.

Most former Loebs in the GTA now sit under one of Loblaw's other banners. In this example, this location was converted to a Wholesale Club, which is Loblaw's wholesale division targeted towards restaurant and small business owners.

Rig Mobilization by Oilandgas Pages

Rig Mobilization keep up penetrating apparatus motors, transmissions, warming frameworks, diesel electric generators and engines, water powered frameworks, and other mechanical hardware, keep up gear logs and deterrent upkeep records as required, screen inventories of fills, oil channels, lube oils, oils and other administration things, manage preparing and exercises of floor hands and workers, guaranteeing they work securely and productively, take an interest in apparatus assembly and de-activation (fix up and remove).

Rig Mobilization work and keep up boring liquid frameworks and pumps amid boring, blend liquid chemicals and added substances as required by the program, handle areas of bore string get together from a stage on the apparatus derrick amid stumbling operations, screen and record mud streams and volumes and liquid properties (i.e. mud weight)work under the bearing of the Rig Technician and help with group supervision, guaranteeing the team works securely and effectively, take part in apparatus activation and de-preparation (fix up and remove)

Rig Mobilization plans to perform boring and culmination operations in three wells consecutive on the Contract range. The wells will be bored to an inexact profundity of 2,550 feet with boring and finishing assessed to take 10 days for every well and each to be trailed by a 10 day generation test.

Rig Mobilization exhaustive penetrating and work over administrations incorporate stage boring, arrive boring, directional boring, boring apparatus, measured apparatuses, liquids, building and hardware rentals, and in addition a select scope of well conveyance bolster administrations and items.

Rig Mobilization well authorities use involvement and the correct apparatuses to enhance well conveyance, honesty and execution for each well, broadening the profitable existence of these fundamental resources.

Rig Mobilization work the draw-works, rotating hardware and pumps and direct the get together of penetrate string, guarantee that security and bolster gear is working appropriately, screen the advance of the boring operation and speak with well-site managers, keep a present record of boring advancement, prepare group individuals, present techniques which may help the team to work all the more securely and successfully, administer fix activation and de-preparation (fix up and detach)

Rig Mobilization is the alliance of a few well-expert organizations with a many year legacy in oil benefits, each with a profound legacy in giving administrations to the oil and gas industry crosswise over four mainlands.

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Cheap Rentals with High ROI or Expensive Rentals with Low ROI by Stan Fallon

Renting a property is a very profitable #business. Unlike the other form of investment in real estate it is a little stress free and provides with passive income, which means the income comes in every month, indeterminately without having to do labor for it.

But the problem is what type of rental property one should buy? The cheap one or the expensive.in other words, which one has better ROI (return on investment). For example, if return on investment for a low-priced house is 10% and for expensive house is 5%, then which investment is better? But only by looking at figures, one cannot decide the type of rental investment. There are many other things that one needs to consider before starting such dicey ventures.

Here are few guidelines that might help in deciding which path to choose. (Cheap rentals with high ROI or Expensive rentals with low #ROI).

Neighborhood

What is the type of neighborhood in which rental house of interest is present. It is the most important factor in the long-term success of the investment. Before going further, do extensive search about shops, schools, local economy, employment, transport etc. of that area. Areas that are already hotspot are also good, no doubt, but under developed areas provide with a lot of growth benefit as well as increase in property appreciation.

With low-quality properties, it’s more likely to have to repair things more often and it is most likely to attract low quality tenets. That would lead to more problems of eviction, repair etc.

Risk

If the cheap house business doesn’t go well, it would not be drastic loss compared to flop expensive house investment. Furthermore, if there are two cheap houses instead of one then the risk would be divided. Even if the one house is vacant, the other is still producing something. So, keep this question in mind that is the difference in projected return enough to justify the risk of the investment?

Funds

Starting a real estate investment such as buying and renting requires money. Funds required for cheap houses would be less compared to expensive ones. It’s because not only the expensive houses are costly but their rehab would also require expensive materials to match the standards.

Contrary to this banks do not prefer giving loans for cheap properties. So, before starting this type of investment, give this problem attention because money is everything.

Cash flow or Equity

Usually cheap rental houses have healthier cash flow as compared to expensive #rental #houses. Investing in cheaper rental properties could be the better option, if the aim is to achieve higher cash flows.

On the other hand if the focus of investment is to build equity, expensive rental property investment is attractive. Because equity on expensive properties tends to be more.

Exact figures

Before starting the investment it is important to see what is included in the predicted ROI. This is called feasibility of investment. If an ROI of 10% includes appreciation over the 20 years, it is total speculation. Whereas twenty percent cash flow ROI is fantastic. Don’t rely of guesses and get actual scores.

Appreciation Opportunity

Generally expensive rental properties appreciate better compared to cheap rentals. Sometimes if the outside conditions change smoothly, one can make more in appreciation of an expensive property than for total incomes of two cheaper rental properties. So to be on safer side, before buying a rental property include appreciation predictions.

Cheap houses are usually old and small. That means less expenses on rehab and maintenance. Whereas expensive houses are not old and the cost of rehab is higher than cheap rental. It is because the items used in rehab should be of some quality to meet the standard.

In the long run the cost of maintenance of cheap houses is more because renting the lowest priced homes in a market means to get less than ideal tenants. There are problems of evictions, damage. Whereas expensive rentals have less maintenance and less turnover which makes them attractive.

There is no right answer to this question for everyone. Both type of rentals have its risks and benefits. It is up to the person, is he willing take greater risks for greater returns or stay low and safe with lower return.

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Montenegro by Andrey Filippov 安德烈

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The Monarch Group of Hotels (MGOH) - Where Hospitality Matters - India by Monarch Group Of Hotels (MGOH)

About Monarch Group of Hotels

Over 500 rooms are managed, branded, marketed, and made profitable by the Monarch Group of Hotels, a hospitality brand, throughout India. About 14+ hotels in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Thane, and Pune. These luxurious hotels have all the amenities. They are also equipped with the latest technology to provide the best service to the customers. These hotels have banquets, conference halls, swimming pools, restaurants, and bars.

Employees at Monarch Group of Hotels

Over the last four years, Monarch Group of Hotels has entertained over 1 million happy visitors, with a robust recurring client base. They take great satisfaction in the caliber of the visitors who make up their community of devoted followers and fans. They have business clientele who like their culinary experiences with Monarch group of hotels, and their brand represents the ideal blend of 100% certainty of enjoyment.

Story of Monarch Group of Hotels

They engage on a talent development journey, taking their "We grow talent, talent grows us" cultural concept to heart by focusing on growing moment makers. Through specialized training programs, an ever-expanding Monarch Group of Hotels offer seeks to provide you with critical skills and maximize your potential from day one. They are committed to helping each individual improve and have a solid performance culture supporting career advancement at all levels.

The mission of Monarch Group of Hotels

Their USPs are consistent in quality, service, price, and amenities. They aim to surpass their customer's expectations by delivering genuine hospitality, a valued experience, and a dedication to constant improvement.

The vision of Monarch Group of Hotels

By combining the skills of all of their employees and collaborating with like-minded businesses, they hope to become the most renowned international travel facilitator for delivering the "best accommodation" to consumers.

Moments of Continuous Learning

They think that the secret to development is learning. They have faith in people and the development of ability. From induction through leadership, everybody can grow, regardless of level or position. The Monarch Group of Hotels wants to provide the tools you need to succeed. You'll learn, grow, and realize your full potential through engaging programs, resources, and advice.

Opportunities for Employment

The chances for advancement at Monarch Group are limitless. Their personalized career development programs assist you in developing solid competencies. They believe it's crucial to inspire your talent and invest in their personal development and success; therefore, functional and internal mobility across departments or hotels and locations is a fundamental aspect of their culture.

who want to break away from their ordinary daily routine and experience something exciting and new frequently book Monarch hotels. Monarch hotels are one of the best low-cost hotels for business and leisure travelers. It has convenient on-site parking, a reliable power supply, and a long list of services. The locations of all Monarch hotels in India are ideal because they are close to the landmarks and attractions that are the most popular with tourists in that particular city.

The Monarch hotels are considered India's finest family-friendly accommodations and are a fantastic location for various fun things to do. The unique floor plan of the hotel has been thoughtfully designed to make it easy for guests to access each amenity the hotel offers.

Those who prefer fewer adventures on their trips or don't want to spend much preparation time should consider staying at a Monarch hotel. People who vacation with their families, partners, or friends prefer to keep at alternatives that offer various activities geared toward guests of all ages and can easily find activities that appeal to everyone when staying at a Monarch property.

The brand's primary goal is to carve out a niche in the business for the corporate or traveler segments. Due to the separation of luxury brands from the lodges in the market, a gap between them needs to be filled.

Profitable Home of M. Filatov by Igor Palmin

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Moscow. Profitable Home of M. Filatov, Ostozhenka 3. Architect V.Dubjvsky (1907 - 1909)

SDM College Of Dental Sciences | Admission in SDM College Of Dental Sciences by Rohit Gupta

SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL, DHARWAD was founded in 1986. It is a self-financing, non-profitable organization which has a vision of excellence in knowledge, skills and service. The college is situated at Sattur that falls between Hubli and Dharwad.

For direct admission in SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL please call at 8095723044, 7760635804

SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL is located in a beautiful surrounding on a massive 40-acre campus that provides the perfect academic ambience. As the place is away from the hustle and bustle of the city, it is pollution-free and serves as an ideal campus accommodation for students. The college building is about 1,40,000 square feet and houses nine full-fledged departments along with a unique attached medical wing.

The college has become a renowned centre of excellence, not just because of its excellent architectural style, but also due to its glorious academic achievements that includes ranks & gold medals secured by its students.

Courses:

Under Graduate Programs:

BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery)

Postgraduate Courses:

MDS (Master of Dental Surgery)

Specialties

Conservative Dentistry, Endodontics & Aesthetic Dentistry

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Implantology

Oral Medicine & Radiology

Oral Pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Odontology

Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics

Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry

Periodontics and Oral Implantology

Prosthodontics, Crown & Bridge, Aesthetic Dentistry and Oral Implantology

Public Health Dentistry

Certificate Course

Dental Mechanics

Admission in SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL

SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL is recognized by the Dental Council of India. It is affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. The college has been accredited with 5 stars by the NAAC, a unit of University Grants Commission.

Eligibility criteria

BDS

A candidate who has passed the two-year Pre-University Examination (Karnataka’s Pre-University Board) or any equivalent qualifying examination of other recognized boards with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects and English as one of the languages are eligible for admission to the first year of BDS.

The candidate should have obtained a minimum of 50% of the aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology and a pass in the English language in the qualifying examination or any other examination that is recognised as equivalent by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka.

SC/ST students get a relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks needed for eligibility.

The candidate must have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission.

MDS

A candidate for admission to MDS course should have a BDS degree from a college/university recognized by the DCI New Delhi or an equivalent qualification recognized by RGUHS and DCI.

Candidates who do not possess a recognized dental qualification must secure the prior approval of his/her qualifications by the DCI before admittance to the MDS course. Management quota admission in SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL is also solicited.

Students are requested to submit the fees for the form and apply through proper channel. Fee structure of quota admission in SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL also listed in the official website.

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Best Moths of 2024 pt4 by Ben Sale

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2025 was a really good year for moths in my garden and further afield, the consistently mild and calm evenings through late Spring in to Summer was a huge contributing factor to the diversity and numbers.

Species wise, it was my best year in the garden with 672 species recorded in my tiny village garden. Field trips were also very profitable with always something of interest turning up for the effort.

This was my first year of dipping into larger battery territory, running 1 or 2 traps from a 1500wh battery pack, this will easily run a couple of actinics or a 160w blended bulb for 6 hours, more than enough time during the summer months.

It allowed me to drive to other areas of fenland or woodland and drop it off with a trap, further away from the main base of operations (where the heavy generator would be sited).

Happy mothing all and I will see you in the new year.

1. Caloptilia falconipennella 25/03/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) Netting at dusk seems to always throw up a good moth or two, and on a warm late March evening this was no exception, with several Caloptilia species including a garden first falconipennella which was dissected by Colin Plant. It is one of the less recorded species of Caloptilia in the county, particularly in adult form.

2. Mompha jurassicella 08/04/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for Cambs) Whilst out in the garden, I spotted a small moth fluttering around our shed during late afternoon, and luckily it landed! I shouted 'You are quicker than me, grab a pot'. He ran back and returned with practically a jam jar! which was way too big and wouldn't sit flush on the shiplap wood, so I told him to go and get a glass tube, quickly potted up I could already see what it might be, a regular moth in my old Herts haunt, a potential Mompha jurassicella, a few weeks later and dissection proved it to be correct.

3. Leucoptera laburnella 17/04/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) Conditions were fairly good for late April, and with highs of 17 degrees and little wind, it was time to put the net to good use once more out on the patio. I spent close to an hour searching the sky and sweeping at tiny specks in the sky, hoping that they were moths. Now you see, when I first started this dusk netting game, I found it very difficult to differentiate between a fly and a moth, now I think i've finally cracked it. In basic analogy, flies dance and moths flutter, it's as simple as that, and once you get your eyes adjusted it becomes a breeze. The best moth netted was an extreme tiny, a Leucoptera laburnella and a garden first.

4. Choreutis nemorana 27/04/25 - Stetchworth, East Cambs (New species for me) New moths for my records are few and far between now, having chased moths for nigh on two decades. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw a presumed Nettle-tap, land on a leaf whilst at work, which then turned out to be my first Choreutis nemorana. I ran back to the van for a pot (my prune tub), came back and it was still there! Note to self (again), when you've used a pot up in your pocket the previous day, replace it ready for the next day.

5. Cydia servillana 28/04/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species for me) The best moth on a busy April night was a new moth for me, netted at dusk (the deadly method strikes again) a spankingly fresh Cydia servillana was very pleasing. I did have the lure for this particular species hanging in my garden at the time, so maybe just maybe it was mildly attracted to the scent? who knows, but it was the first time i've used the lure in the garden.

6. Coleophora otidipennella 30/04/25 - Chippenham Fen, East Cambs (New species for me & 2nd for Cambs) 69 species were recorded over the 4 hours at my local fen despite it rapidly cooling down after midnight. Best moth for me was a confirmed Coleophora otidipennella, a fairly distinct looking Coleophora with streaky white stripes on a grey background.

7. Grey Carpet 11/05/25 - Cavenham Heath, West Suffolk (New species for me) I did my (what it turned out to be) annual trip to Cavenham Heath during May, I really must do more than 1 trip a year here in 2026. It is a superb site and i've had great success in the daytime netting, although the Horse-flies can be quite problematic. A single Grey Carpet was a new moth for me. It is a nationally threatened species with it's UK stronghold around the Thetford area, so it was nice after 3 years of trying to see one, to finally nab the moth.

8. Teleiopsis diffinis 11/05/25 - Cavenham Heath, West Suffolk (New form for me) Amongst 10 Teleiopsis diffinis recorded on the night of the Cavenham Heath trip, one stood out as being 'odd' an unusual brown form that seems rarely recorded was worthy of a mention on this list.

9. Phtheochroa schreibersiana 17/05/25 - Fordham Hedgerows, East Cambs (New species) A few minutes in, netting at my local mature hedgerows, I didn't expect to get a new moth for me! A slightly shabby but equally impressive Phtheochroa schreibersiana. This fantastic little micro that came from a mixed deciduous hedge. With only a handful of Cambs records, I considered it an extremely lucky capture during an hour walk with the net.

10. Tinagma ocnerostomella 28/05/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) The best moth of the night was the rare and tiny Tinagma ocnerostomella, with it's fairly plain grey speckled wings and it's distinct 'Terminator' eye. The eye proved very hard to get a photograph of as the light wouldn't play ball. The moth was a nightmare itself to calm down as it raced around the pot even after fridging it. Then I lost it! with just a pot photo oops. Then luckily I caught another and then another. I think I ended up recording 5 during the course of the year.

11. Alder Kitten 30/05/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species for me) A gloriously marked Alder Kitten was the highlight of a busy trap of 80 species, a May record for here. This completes the Kitten checklist for my garden.

12. Elegia similella 09/06/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (2nd for Cambs) Elegia similella Represented the 878th moth species for the garden at the time of going to press, and a second record for Cambs to boot. A moth that was more regular in broad-leaved ancient woodland in my old stomping ground in Hertfordshire. Even better was that I recorded another on the 26th.

13. Monochroa tenebrella 13/06/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (3rd for Cambs) After recording the first and the second of this species for Cambs in years past (In the garden and at Chippenham Fen) It was great but less surprising to record another at home. Sheep's Sorrel is its foodplant, and there are areas where it grows in dense sporadic patches locally.

14. Monopis fenestratella 19/06/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (Not seen in Cambs since 1877) Probably my best moth of the year, a drab little Tinea species. Luckily it didn't need the chop to get to species level. Monopis fenestratella is a jittery Tinea species that just wouldn't sit still. Finally it cooled down in the fridge for a few hours I was able to get it under a hand lens and notice that it wasn't all the same colour, with pale patches dorsally and ventrally, and a distinctive opaque window marking (fenestra meaning window in Latin). A new moth for me, and even more exciting was that it hadn't been seen in the county since 1877, which was the 1st British record! Since there have been less than 12 records nationwide.

15. Scarlet Tiger(s) 25/06/25 - Chippenham Fen, East Cambs (Sheer Abundance) The most shocking thing that happened on my late June trip to Chippenham Fen was a huge influx of Scarlet Tigers, counting over 500 in and around one trap, and a further 200 odd in the grass and on the walls, I then went to the next trap, and it was the same! All 4 traps were like this, so a conservative estimate would be around the 2500 mark, utter madness and sadly it was hard to see past them all and pick out the micros.

16. Small Mottled Willow 29/06/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) A migrant moth that has particularly good years and on others it is almost absent. This year was a good one, and I was lucky to bag two, one at home and one at my local nature reserve.

17. Hornet Moth 04/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) When I got home from work, I did the lure bucket trap rounds and saw a large yellow moth buzzing around inside one of them. It was to be a garden first Hornet Moth (In the initial excitement I mis-identified it as a Lunar). An excellent garden record and the 9th Clearwing species to be recorded in my garden, even better was that overnight I had two Hornets arrive at my trap, so it was nice to pop them side by side, showing the differences and also the similarities side by side.

18. Ypsolopha vittella 06/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) At the start of July there was a real drop in species and numbers of moths, with cooler conditions throughout the day and night, a north breeze was blowing into the garden (being north facing made this worse). But it was well worth the effort of getting up at 4am, as there was a tiny non-descript moth on one of the outer egg trays that I didn't initially recognise.

A quick fumble with a glass tube and it was safely retained for a better look.

The moth turned out to be Ypsolopha vittella, a first for the garden and the 8th species of Ypsolopha to be recorded here.

19. Mompha sturnipennella 10/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) A species I am familiar with from trapping on chalk grassland in Hertfordshire a couple of times. The biggest of the group, and when fresh like this one, sports black longitudinal streaks.

20. Depressaria sordidatella 10/07/25 - Hadstock, NW Essex (3rd for Essex) A second visit to this small nature reserve yielded some lovely moths. Of note was at least 20 Magpie Moths. One micro really stood out as something different, and indeed it was. I sent the moth off to Chris Lewis in Essex, and the genitalia dissection came back as Depressaria sordidatella a moth I recorded once on my parents old farm in Hertfordshire, a similar chalky habitat and both sites being roughly 400m above sea level. This record being the 3rd for Essex.

21. Isophrictis striatella 13/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) An unexpected species here. The caterpillars feed on the stems of Tansy & Sneezewort, neither of which I have seen locally. There are currently 7 county records, all at one site on the south Cambs/north Herts at RSPB Fowlmere, so a very good record indeed, and only my 2nd record of this species having taken my first one in Bedfordshire in 2021.

22. Acrobasis tumidana 14/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (2nd for garden) Another migrant that has done well this year, much like the Small Mottled Willow. I recorded 4 in the garden in 2025. It can be distinguished from the similar Acrobasis repandana by the ridge of reddish raised scale tufts next to a white crossbar.

23. Ground Lackey 17/07/25 - Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk (2nd for Norfolk) My first time at this site, which is technically a car park near the sea, I won't over-glamourise it! It did well though, with a spectacular female Ground Lackey, only the 2nd record for Norfolk, a female was found out of habitat in Norwich in 2013. My previous records have come from Dungeness.

24. Scrobipalpa nitentella 17/07/25 - Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk (New species for me) A new moth for me, and there were several present to the trap nearest the sea. It is listed as one of the more regular Scrobipalpa along the coastlines of Norfolk.

25. Dark Crimson Underwing 18/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species for me) Some real quality moths as we headed just past the peak of moth trapping. A brand new moth for my records, a stunning Dark Crimson Underwing took top spot, the third Catocala species to grace my garden trap (Red & Blue being the other two). I have seen this moth before at Bramfield Woods in Hertfordshire, where two came to Trevor Brownsell's trap, but it felt like cheating ticking them off!

26. Scythris limbella 18/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) The best micro on the same night as 'big red', were not one but two Scythris limbella. My first encounter of this species was in 2017 in Hertfordshire.

27. Jersey Mocha 19/07/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden & 2nd for Cambs) A cooler night and it seemed the early rise wouldn't be worth it, with lots of repeats of brown moths. However, it only takes one moth to be worth it. Jersey Mocha was rather unexpected to say the least. It was to be the 2nd county record for Cambridgeshire, with the 1st one recorded in 2019 in Stretham. My first one was also extremely unexpected when Ian Bennell and I took one in Hertfordshire in 2016, nearly a decade ago! And then a second one turned up on the 8th of September, unbelievable.

28. Hellinsia carphodactyla 16/08/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) I was extremely pleased to pot up a Hellinsia plume species on the fence early evening in mid August. This is my second of this genus after taking Mugwort Plume (Hellinsia lienigianus) 3 years on a trot. This newest addition being the Citron Plume (Hellinsia carphodactyla) and was the 909th species for the garden.

29. Dark Spinach 19/08/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) Another new macro moth was a really fresh Dark Spinach on the 19th of August. It is one i've taken a few times before in Essex, and more recently in nearby Norfolk, a stunning looking moth.

30. Coleophora lineolea 20/08/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species for me) Coleophora lineolea is a species I have never seen before, so I was very pleased to get two to my trap late on in the year. I must get out more to look for the larval cases next year.

31. Chevron 02/09/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) An expected species eventually I guess, a regular species at Wicken & Chippenham Fen and I've also taken it over the border in Norfolk a few times. Lively and hard to photograph!

32. Apomyelois bistriatella 08/09/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New species for me) Back on the 8th of September I potted up a rather dark pyralid that was flittering around the trap. initially it looked like a dark Ephestia species, but when brought inside and under a hand lens in good light, revealed that it was infact the scarce moth, Apomyelois bistriatella.

A new moth for me and my garden. There are a few records from one site in Cambridge but that is it (although there are no photographs available I assume these records are correct).

33. Four-spotted Footman 09/09/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) Best moth of the night went to the migrant Four-spotted Footman. A seemingly good year for this species in the south and east. I recorded another a week later and whilst on holiday in Hampshire back in August.

34. Agonopterix propinquella 17/09/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) A very welcome Agonopterix propinquella was potted up on a breezy night, I get subpropinquella regularly here, the slightly larger cousin to this species.

35. Epinotia caprana/maculana 16/10/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) The most interesting moth of the night was a medium sized micro moth, a tortrix spotted on the vanes of my actinic trap. Identifying it as one of the Epinotia species, things would get trickier now once it was potted!

A unincolorous form, so not easy to identify. I've ruled out sordidana on the darker hindwing, and leaning more towards caprana with the dark streak present, but then it could be maculana! A difficult one that will no doubt lead to dissection eventually, unless someone can enlighten me. Specimen retained for the time being.

36. Crocidosema plebejana 07/11/25 - Fordham, East Cambs (New for garden) Crocidosema plebejana, a small migrant moth much like Plutella xylostella and Udea ferrugalis. I get these sporadically at various sites, but never in the garden, until this night.

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Moscow. Profitable Home of Isakov, street Prechistenka, 28, Moscow, architect Kekushev,(1904-1906)

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