Proloy Bhatta is the owner of usaelectionpolls.com, a website that aggregates poll information for political races, from local to national. Bhatta speculates on the accuracy of polls and explains why it's important to gather a wide range of information before believing what's in the news.
KATHMANDU AFP — One person was killed and at least 59 were injured Sunday in violent ethnic protests in southern Nepal, police said. A senior officer said police opened fire on crowds in the town of Nepalgunj, where protests continued despite a curfew imposed Sunday afternoon. ...
Byline: Brian Schaumburg Daily Herald Correspondent Boys soccer Hampshire (5-5-4) and Belvidere both played strong defense and finished the game without scoring a goal. Joe Ruffolo was in the net for Hampshire and collected 5 saves. Prairie Ridge 6,...
(Note: This article is a continuation from another file.) Prairie Ridge Coach: Dave O'Leary 2005 finish: 11-10-2 Conference: Fox Valley Fox Top returning athletes: Seniors Mack Baker forward, Dave Sievers midfield, Johnny Yesulis defender,...
SPANISH FORK -- Hurricane Katrina may have taken food from the mouths of its Gulf Coast victims, but members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are among hundreds of volunteers helping to put it back. The Spanish Fork Hare Krishna temple raised about $1,300 in the...
Trachoma is disappearing in many parts of the world, even in the absence of specific control programs. Following mass antimicrobial drug treatments for trachoma in western Nepal, the prevalence of trachoma declined far more rapidly than could be attributed to the control program alone. Pharmacy surveys in the same region...
The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where blindness would be minimal. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating that complete elimination of infection may be an attainable goal in an area with...
Byline: Rusty Silber Daily Herald Correspondent Sometimes luck is needed during a comeback. Carmel did not want to rely on a lot of luck while scoring 4 goals in the second half. The Corsairs' offensive ability took over, as the...
Bhattaramakanthaviracita Kiranavrttih: Bhatta Ramakantha's Commentary on the Kiranatantra, Volume 1. Chapters 1-6. By DOMINIC GOODALL. Publications du Departement d'Indologie, vol. 86.1. Pondicherry: INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'INDOLOGIE; ECOLE FRANCAISE D'EXTREME-ORIENT, 1998. Pp. cxxv + 478. The first three of the six chapters of the Kashmirian Bhattaramakantha's Kiranavrtti, edited (for...
With the recent introduction of the Grameen Bank methodology in microcredit programs, it is hoped that rural development will finally impact poverty alleviation in Nepal. However, extreme poverty and hostile topography, and hence lack of markets, make it very difficult for any microcredit program to have...
KATHMANDU, May 25 Kyodo Nepal's anticorruption body gave a clean bill to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday after probing a jet lease deal involving Royal Nepal Airlines. The Commission for the Investigation of Authority CIAA, however, formally charged with corruption a...
Byline: Daily Herald Staff Report Jessica Courtade figured in four scoring plays and Jessica Madary recorded her 8th shutout of the season as Bartlett blanked Addison Trail 6-0 in nonconference action on Saturday. Courtade had 2 goals and 2 assists for the...
Gambhir Bhatta and Joaquin L. Gonzalez, III Much has been written about the phenomenal growth experienced by selected East Asian nations in the last three decades (see, for instance: Amsden, 1989; Balassa, 1988; Haggard, 1990; Johnson, 1987; Krueger, 1985; Vogel, 1991; Wade, 1990; Woronoff, 1992)....
Spot blotch of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem, is a serious constraint in South Asia, and leading cultivars have low levels of resistance. The response to selection for low and high area under disease progress curve AUDPC of spot blotch in four wheat populations, involving...
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