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Premier League 2012 Soccer Prediction For 4th February

Kurt Avish — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:03:14 +0000

Premier League 2011-2012 match scheduled for 4th February 2012 are listed below. As usual please leave your tips for the Premier League challenge preferably via Fb Comments. Good luck for this round. How To Participate You need to share your tips using the FACEBOOK commenting box below. You can use the default comment system to further discuss your tips and interact with other tipster here though. For other participation rules please read the first thread for this year here. Scores Computation Each correct prediction earns 1 point. Those who give a 100% correct prediction for any given set of match earn a bonus of 10 points. Match For This Week Arsenal - Blackburn Rovers Chelsea - Manchester United Liverpool - Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City - Fulham Newcastle United - Aston Villa Norwich City - Bolton Wanderers Queens Park Rangers - Wolverhampton Wanderers Stoke City - Sunderland West Bromwich Albion - Swansea City Wigan Athletic - Everton Official Premier League 2011 Fixtures and Scores Update Tipster Challenge 2011 Score Panel The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Premier League 2012 Soccer Prediction For 4th February

The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Premier League 2012 Soccer Prediction For 4th February

6 Ways To Cope With Bad Exam Results

Kurt Avish — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:16:47 +0000

There are many of you right now who wish to know how to cope with your bad exam results. Yesterday we posted about the SC Results here in Mauritius and many have had good results but many others are on the dark side of the moon. ‘Failure’ Is Actually ‘Success’ Spelled Wrong…. And in this article I’ll tell you why and how you must cope with the bad results, whether in an exam or in life in general. This happens to everyone. Failure is just a test of our strengths and the instrument to measure how ‘great’ or ‘cool’ we are. What truly tests one’s ability is to stand up and succeed when one has been shattered by failure. As you will realize next, failure actually is success, only spelled wrong! STOP DWELLING ON PAST! A famous saying goes, “Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.” Stop dwelling on your previous poor grades and that those poor grades means end of the word. There is no such thing as end of the line. Hope is what this world lives for. Don’t let your past haunt you. Your previous poor grades may hurt a little but they are going to become the reason for your success later on! STOP COMPARING! How many times it happened to you that you explained/taught something to your peers and they did better than you on the same test? Well, another advice, stop comparing. There are so many factors which make up a ...

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La Politesse! Un mythe de nos jours?

suraj — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:48:12 +0000

Beaucoup se plaignent d’un manque de politesse ou de courtoisie dans les rapports humains contemporains. On ne dit plus bonjour en entrant dans un magasin, on renvoie la porte dans la figure de l’autre au lieu de la tenir, on ne s’excuse pas quand on a involontairement bousculé quelqu’un, on joue des coudes pour passer devant les autres pour pénétrer dans l’autobus…on en a tous sans doute vécu ou témoigner des actes de ce genre, ce qui nous pousse à réfléchir sur le sort des bonnes manières. Faire preuve de politesse, c’est respecter les autres mais avant tout soi-même. La politesse verbale, ainsi que dans d’autres formes de conduite en dit long sur un individu. Selon Dominique Picard, psycho-sociologue et auteur de « Politesse, savoir-vivre et relations sociales », « Les règles de savoir-vivre et de politesse apportent cette norme qui rassure. Elles nous guident pour présenter une image affinée de nous-mêmes ; elles nous enseignent les mots qu’il faut employer pour bien traiter les autres ; elles nous indiquent comment nous comporter en toute circonstance ».La politesse en effet est une vertu d’étiquette qui nous guide dans notre interaction avec les autres. Elle a donc son utilité et c’est d’ailleurs l’une des premières choses qu’on apprend aux enfants. Les parents ainsi que les institutions scolaires jouent un rôle prépondérant dans l’enseignement de ce savoir vivre. La politesse coûte peu et achète tout dit Montaigne. Elle est faite de mots simples tels que “bonjour”, “s’il te plait”, “pardon”, “merci”, qui sont désuets pour ...

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Premier League 2012 Soccer Prediction For 31st January

Kurt Avish — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:38:57 +0000

Premier League 2011-2012 match scheduled for 31st January 2012 are listed below. As usual please leave your tips for the Premier League challenge preferably via Fb Comments. Good luck for this round. How To Participate You need to share your tips using the FACEBOOK commenting box below. You can use the default comment system to further discuss your tips and interact with other tipster here though. For other participation rules please read the first thread for this year here. Scores Computation Each correct prediction earns 1 point. Those who give a 100% correct prediction for any given set of match earn a bonus of 10 points. Match For This Week Sunderland - Norwich City Swansea City - Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur - Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers - Liverpool Bolton Wanderers - Arsenal Manchester United - Stoke City Aston Villa - Queens Park Rangers Blackburn Rovers - Newcastle United Everton - Manchester City Fulham - West Bromwich Albion Official Premier League 2011 Fixtures and Scores Update Tipster Challenge 2011 Score Panel The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Premier League 2012 Soccer Prediction For 31st January

The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Premier League 2012 Soccer Prediction For 31st January

Valentine’s Day A Stupid and Selfish Holiday

Kurt Avish — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:45:32 +0000

Valentine’s Day is a selfish and stupid day! As you wander the isles of your local useless-stuff store, searching row after row of poetic, folded paper, the hair on the back your neck begins to rise as if someone is watching you from the other side of the store. You turn and look. No one is there. Turning back to the display stand, you wonder just what has caused the atmosphere in the room to turn oppressive. Most people acknowledge that Valentine’s Day is a fake holiday, created by the corporate titans of the greeting cards and chocolate world, however, because it is a day all about love, the average person ignores the commercial aspect and gives in to buying that special someone a gift. A holiday that’s all about love? Now that’s something exceptional. We should celebrate! Let us buy our loved ones candy and prose so that they may know their importance in our lives! See? That’s how the corporations want you to think, and that’s how most people manage to ignore the ugly side of what is to come. Remember that oppressive feeling you felt back at the card rack? It’s the part of Valentine’s Day that most people deliberately ignore: the I-better-feel-special expectation. This is the selfish side of our holiday for love. If you don’t get your significant other a gift or acknowledge them in a special way, clearly you have never loved them and never will. People expect to be fawned over and spoiled—and ...

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Mauritius SC Results 2011-2012

Kurt Avish — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:44:02 +0000

SC Results 2012 (Exams period November and December 2011) are expected for 30th January. The date was confirmed some days ago by Professor Lucien Finette, director of the Mauritius Examination Syndicate. Last year, about 20655 students participated in the School Certificate exams in Mauritius and about 664 students were from Rodrigues Island. In a few hours the long waiting time will finally be over. A time of thrill for some and of much anxiety for others. As usual we will update this page with the latest statistics for this year’s result in the coming hours. In the meantime feel free to express yourself about the much awaited results. Update: SC Results are available since noon today. The percentage pass for 2011′s SC Exams is at 76.74% compared to 2010′s which was at 77.82%. That’s a slight decrease in overall performance for this year. Percentage Pass Rate for Girls: 81.23% Percentage Pass Rate for Boys: 71.55% Exceptional Pass Rates Sodnac SSS : 100% pass rate Hindu Girls College: 100% Pass rate Loretto College P.Louis: 99.24% Pass Rate Rodrigues SC 2011 Stats Overall Pass Rate: 78.7% Girls Pass Rate: 79.18% Boys Pass Rate: 72.70% Ps: Since every year we receive hundreds of mails from students and parents asking us to provide a link to view the results online, please note that this is not possible yet. The Mauritius Examination Syndicate does not provide this option and as such results are available only at the respective colleges and at the MES. The article ...

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Rélancement du Football à Maurice

suraj — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:38:18 +0000

Depuis déjà plus d’une décennie nous attendons le rélancement du football Mauricien. Mais malgré les efforts louables du MFA (Mauritius Football Association) et du ministère de la jeunesse et des sports, les résultats sont très médiocres. Seulement une vingtaine spectateurs dans les stades pour chaque match et une centaine quand le transport vers le lieu du match est gratuit: Allons-nous vers la mort du foot mauricien? Devons-nous attendre les jeux des iles et que notre équipe nationale se qualifie pour la finale pour qu’on montre un intérêt au foot mauricien. Pourquoi l’importance au foot mauricien a pris une courbe descendante si subitement? Abhishek, un amateur du ballon rond depuis son enfance et joueur de foot pour un club régionale nous donne son opinion: “La MFA est passé plusieurs fois dans le mauvais temps: changements de président et manque de fonds due aux déclins de revenues parvenant des matchs. Les joueurs ont perdu leur motivation de jouer et le niveau a baissé. La suspension du foot en 1999 pour 18 mois a tué l’enthousiasme et le support. La création des clubs régionaux a quasiment éliminé le fanatisme. De plus, moi je préfère regarder un match de première ligue à un match de foot entre deux équipes mauriciennes. Je ne suis plus la ligue mauricienne depuis plus de cinq ans. Dans mon club les matchs se font rares car plusieurs joueurs sont dans des domaines ou les horaires de travail ne leur permettent pas de jouer au foot.” Les autres solutions qu’on propose sont ...

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Mauritius Lotto Result For 28 January 2012

Kurt Avish — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:44:43 +0000

Below is the loto Mauritius result for 28th January 2012 and the 117th draw of the Mauritian Lotto. The results are listed below. There is one jackpot winner for this week’s jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at Football Pools Collector, Beau Bassin. Winning Numbers: 6 – 13 – 16 – 17 – 27 – 37 5 right numbers: Win Rs 7271 4 right numbers: Win Rs 413 3 right numbers: Win Rs 100 The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Mauritius Lotto Result For 28 January 2012

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Megaupload Crackdown Makes Parents Rethink Sharing

Kurt Avish — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:26:17 +0000

It’s been one week since Megaupload is gone! Silenced reigned in kindergarten rooms around the USA and other “yessy” countries as parents sided with the government (of the world?) and universally declared sharing as inappropriate. This decision came in the aftermath of the shutdown of Megaupload, a behemoth file-sharing site serving millions of users. Now everyone in cyberspace is afraid the federal government is peering over their shoulders, looking into personal files and barging in where they aren’t wanted. Well, of course that’s what’s going on, it’s the government. Megaupload is not the first fatality in the war against media piracy. In a recent past, music websites were targeted. Remember Napster? Not only were sites like Napster shut down for a time, users were charged with illegal downloading and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. At that stage in the game, the government really didn’t care about the illegal part of downloading. If the multimillionaire singers and songwriters hadn’t cried foul, it’s doubtful that the feds would have even thought twice about kids downloading songs in their basements. Well, scratch that, since there was ample money to be made by way of fines, the American government would have stepped in eventually. We all know they are working diligently to pay off their national deficit!! The years between Napster and Megaupload were quiet. Now, with the ruins of the downloading giant still kicking up dust, other sharing sites are putting up shields and hiring body guards. Sites like FileSonic and Upload.to ...

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Les Impôts A Maurice: Est-ce Une Légalité Immorale?

suraj — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:01:39 +0000

Auparavant on se disait ‘SAYE – Save As You Earn’, puis ‘PAYE – Pay As You Earn’. Maintenant on dit ‘CAYE – Cry As You Earn’. Finit les fêtes du nouvel an, c’est bientôt l’heure de remplir nos fiches d’impôts et déclarer nos revenus pour l’année écoulée et maintenant en ligne s’il vous plait. Chaque fin de mois, en recevant notre fiche de paie on se voit imposer un impôt à la source, INCOME TAX, prélevé directement par notre employeur. Nous travaillons tous les jours, certains d’entre nous font même des heures supplémentaires, incluant les congés publiques et les weekends. Faire tous ces efforts et on se voit priver d’une partie du fruit de notre sueur, notre argent. On sent l’injustice, un crime envers nous qu’on contrôle nos finances ou même une légalité immorale de nous faire payer des impôts. Doit-on donc l’abolir ? L’imposition des taxes sur les revenues se fait depuis plus d’un millénaire à travers le monde. Le principe fondamental de la taxation fiscale est la redistribution des richesses dans la société. Tout le monde n’a pas eu la même chance dans la vie. Les impôts servent à financer les activités paternalistes du gouvernement : donner éducation gratuite ou la rendre plus abordable, le transport gratuit aux étudiants et aux pensionnaires, provision des soins de santé, une force policière pour maintenir la loi et la paix, la construction des routes, l’éclairage des rues, etc.…Est-ce donc immoral de donner une partie de son salaire et contribuer au bien-être ...

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