Unlike some universities, the motto is not seen frequently at RGU, although it has appeared in graduation materials and is engraved on the shaft of the university's ceremonial mace.

Downpatrick is home to RGU Dún Phádraig GAC.

The Robert Gordon University ( RGU ) is a Scottish university located in the city of Aberdeen.

In The Guardian University Guide 2013, RGU ranks 35th in the UK ( above the University of Aberdeen at 38th ) and is the best modern university in Scotland and 2nd-best modern university in the UK ( behind University of the Arts London ).

The citation read: " With just 3. 8 % of graduates unemployed six months after leaving, a degree from Robert Gordon University ( RGU ) is as near to a guarantee of a job after graduation as you can get ..... RGU's graduates don't just get jobs, they get good ones, with 84. 9 % securing jobs commensurate with their qualifications ... with starting salaries at an impressive £ 20, 897 ".

Like most Scottish universities, RGU has its own tartan ; it mirrors the university's official colours of Royal Blue, Red and Gold which appear on the coat of arms ( although purple is now used more frequently day-to-day ).

Academic dress at RGU is worn only at very formal occasions, primarily at graduation.

A large new library tower to replace both current RGU libraries is currently under construction at Garthdee as part of the new academic buildings there.

RGU shares this motto with Robert Gordon's College, who use it more frequently.

Parkland at Garthdee campus in late Spring, with Student Services building visibleThe RGU: SPORT building, designed by Thomson Craig & Donald, opened in 2005 and provides facilities for sport, exercise and physical training ( open to the public ) as well as the RGU Careers Centre.

RGU has two campuses in Aberdeen.

Currently, more large new buildings are under construction at Garthdee which will enable RGU to become a single-campus university from 2013.

Daffodils in bloom on Garthdee Road in Spring, close to entrance to Garthdee campusThe Sunday Times awarded RGU the title of Best Modern University in the UK for 2012 in its University Guide 2012.

RGU received the 2012 award partly due to ratings of the quality of teaching and research, but also due to its employment record which was judged the best of any UK university.

Six months after graduation, 97. 1 % of RGU graduates from full-time undergraduate degree programmes were in employment or further study.

RGU currently operates two campuses in Aberdeen: in the city centre at Schoolhill, and in the south-western suburbs at Garthdee.

This advice is relayed to Ninurta by way of Sharur, his enchanted talking mace, which had been sent by Ninurta to the realm of the gods to seek counsel from Enlil directly.

Grenada, known as the Spice Isle because of its production of nutmeg and mace, is the largest at 310 square kilometers, or about the size of Detroit.

The country's principal export crops are the spices nutmeg and mace ( Grenada is the world ’ s second largest producer of nutmeg after Indonesia ).

The municipal mace is kept in an ante-room leading to the Lord Provost's office.

Part of the ritual of the Council's proceedings is that the mace is carried by the Council Officer when leading the Lord Provost into the Council Chamber to chair full council meetings.

The mace is made from gold-plated silver, and was presented to the council in 1912.

It is featured prominently on the university's official ring and the university's mace, and is also the subject of the university's alma mater, The Bells of Iowa State.

In all the depictions Vishnu is holding four objects: a conch, a wheel, a lotus and a mace.

The nutmeg tree is important for two spices derived from the fruit: nutmeg and mace.

Nutmeg is the seed of the tree, roughly egg-shaped and about long and wide, and weighing between dried, while mace is the dried " lacy " reddish covering or aril of the seed.

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge — that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows.

Solid metal maces and war hammers proved able to inflict damage on well armoured knights, as the force of a blow from a mace is large enough to cause damage without penetrating the armour.

One example of a mace capable of penetrating armour is the flanged mace.

Although there are some references to flanged maces ( bardoukion ) as early as the Byzantine empire c. 900 it is commonly accepted that the flanged mace did not become popular in Europe until the 12th century, when it was simultaneously developed in Russia and the Middle East.

The evidence for this is sparse and appears to derive almost entirely from the depiction of Bishop Odo of Bayeux wielding a club-like mace at the Battle of Hastings in the Bayeux Tapestry, the idea being that he did so to avoid either shedding blood or bearing the arms of war.

The mace is also removed from the table when a new speaker is being elected to show that parliament is not ready to conduct business.

The ceremonial mace is a short, richly ornamented staff often made of silver, the upper part of which is furnished with a knob or other head-piece and decorated with a coat of arms.

A shield is a type of personal armor, meant to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrows or redirecting a hit from a sword, mace or battle axe to the side of the shield-bearer.

* the city of Cognac ( in the Charente département ): Argent on a horse sable harnessed or a man proper vested azure with a cloak gules holding a mace, on a chief France modern

Jain texts tell how Ajatashatru used two new weapons: a catapult, and a covered chariot with swinging mace that has been compared to a modern tank.

The modern guan dao as adopted by martial artists today usually weighs between 2 kg and 10 kg ( 5 and 20 pounds ), and is typically composed of a wood shaft of about three to five feet in length, a short blade of about 12 to 18 inches on one end, and a mace head on the other ( which serves mostly as a counterweight to the blade but can also be used for striking ), the whole assembly rarely exceeding five to six feet in total length.

Jain texts tell that he used two new weapons, a catapult and a covered chariot with swinging mace that has been compared to modern tanks.

Other training methods include three levels of conducting, three levels of showmanship, fundamentals of drill design, verbal commands, daily individual evaluations using video tapes, leadership training, score study, teaching and cleaning drill, multi-drum major help, salutes, and mace.

Besides the previously mentioned spices, other commonly found spices in different curry powders in India are allspice, white pepper, ground mustard, ground ginger, cinnamon, roasted cumin, cloves, nutmeg, mace, green cardamom seeds or black cardamom pods, bay leaves and coriander seeds.

Brown cardamom, green cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, and black pepper are the most commonly used spices in the making of a wide variety of dishes throughout Pakistan.

The idol is made of a stone called " Patala Anjanam " or black bismuth and is in the standing pose with 4 arms carrying the shanku ( conch ), the chakra ( discus ), the gada ( mace ) and padma ( lotus ).

As it is traditionally made of stock left over from the making of sausages like liverwurst, boiled with flour ( and sometimes blood, which turns the color from white to black ) and bacon and mainly other various cuts of the animal like liver, kidney and lungs, all of which are cooked, ground, then cooked again with flour or oatmeal and a special spice mix (" rommelkruid ") consisting of liquorice, sugar, anis, cinnamon, clove, white pepper, mace, ginger powder and sandalwood, and finally poured into a bowl and cooled off to achieve the form of a loaf. Products for the broad consumer market are specially made of a planned portion of the slaughtered swine ( blood, fat, minor muscle meat and sometimes intestines like liver or stomach.