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I started my reporting in September to try to better understand the complicated relationship the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has with its hometown and why the center was winning increased respect nationally.
As the Enquirer’s minority affairs and social issues reporter, I had written about the institution for the past three years – its retooling efforts on its fifth anniversary, hopes to be nationalized as part of the federal government and the opening of major exhibits such as “Invisible: Slavery Today,” its groundbreaking permanent exhibit on contemporary slavery, and “Without Sanctuary,” a traveling exhibit of lynching photography.
Over the course of several long meetings, I listened to Freedom Center president and chief executive Kim Robinson, presiding board co-chair the Rev. Damon Lynch Jr. and board co-chair John Pepper.
The Enquirer received unprecedented access to the center’s financial records. I conducted dozens of interviews with anti-tax activists who oppose more public investment in the center, local politicians and scholars, human rights activists and advocates nationally who support its mission.
DOWNTOWN - The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, hailed as a beacon of freedom worldwide, could close by the end of 2012 if it can’t find $1.5 million a year to cover its future budgets.
Contrast that grim prediction to the pomp and pride of Aug. 23, 2004, when the museum’s opening drew thousands to the middle of the city’s riverfront. Dignitaries in evening gowns and tuxedos attended a daylong festival that featured choirs and bands, a procession across the Roebling Suspension Bridge and the lighting of an eternal flame dedicated to the slaves who crossed the Ohio River to freedom and were escorted to safe places farther north.
Freedom Center leaders have aggressively cut costs and are seeking new sources of revenue.
“We’re operating the museum and programming at bare bones,” said Kim Robinson, Freedom Center president and chief executive. “We’re scratching and clawing.”
Freedom Center board co-chairs the Rev. Damon Lynch Jr and John Pepper, the former Procter & Gamble CEO and chairman, are calling on potential donors here and abroad, private and corporate.
The Freedom Center, which has paid off its mortgage and owns its building, is considering raising money from tenants, naming rights, investment in other nonprofits’ social programs and bringing in a full-scale restaurant -- with a liquor license -- to replace its existing cafe.
Pepper wants the center “lit up morning, noon and night.” Facility rental peaked at $464,000 in 2006 and has dwindled to a projected $156,000 in 2011.
“We must develop a sustainable business model to continue operating long-term,” Robinson said.
Freedom Center leaders opened their books to the Enquirer. They acknowledge a flawed initial business plan and vow they are now getting it right.
“We humbly yet earnestly call on the good citizens of the community to help us,” Robinson said. “Now is not the time to give up. It’s the time to come together and help us fulfill the great promise of this institution.”
They’re also appealing to people who have never visited.
“Give us a try,” said Lynch, citing Freedom Center research that shows just one-third of the museum’s 1.135 million visitors through its first seven years have come from Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
They’re not giving up on the founders’ original plan of giving the museum to the federal government and having it assume the roughly $3 million in annual operating costs. Prospects of ceding it to any of three federal departments in the near future is unlikely, given the sluggishness of the national economy and push to shrink government.
Total operating expenses have been cut by two-thirds, from $12.5 million in 2004 to $4.6 million a year. More reductions will bring the budget to $4 million moving forward, Pepper said. The center sliced the full-time work force from 120 to 34.
Annual revenues are projected at $2.5 million, with about $250,000 coming from the federal government, but nothing is expected after this year from the state, county or city. After publication Dec. 18, Freedom Center leaders amended two financial figures. Expenses are $4.5 million and revenues $3 million for its 2012 budget. The $1.5 million gap is the same.
In 2011, the city provided a $300,000 grant after giving no money to the center in 2009 and 2010. The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission authorized an $850,000 grant in February after Pepper signed a personal guarantee.
The Facilities Commission, which must give formal approval to institutions’ financial and programming soundness before state money is released, has reviewed the Freedom Center’s budget through Nov. 30.
“We’re very encouraged by its progress toward financial goals this year,” said Kathleen Fox, commission executive director. “We’re very impressed by their energy and determination.”
The commission only can release money appropriated by the Ohio General Assembly.
The center opened to commemorate and teach the abolitionist movement that helped to free African slaves from the American South in the 19th century, and to celebrate Cincinnati’s role at that time. Today its goal is to connect modern struggles for freedom and modern forms of slavery to the lessons of that past.
The center has won national and international acclaim for creating the first permanent, museum-quality exhibit examining contemporary slavery, “Invisible: Slavery Today.” Contemporary slavery ensnares 12 million to 17 million people worldwide, with practices ranging from forced child labor to sex trafficking of girls and women.
“The mission is right, the course is right,” Pepper said. “We need to become more engaging to bring more families and young people through our door.”
Critics blast center as inflated, disconnected
Robinson, Pepper and Lynch admit the January 1997 study forecasting annual attendance of 310,000 was inflated, “three times too high.” It was conducted by AMS Planning & Research, a national arts and entertainment research firm with offices in California and Connecticut. Actual attendance leveled off at 113,000 in each of the previous two years. It’s on pace for a slight increase in 2011.
Some critics locally say the large number of students who visit the Freedom Center on field trips pads its attendance and fails to generate revenue. Not true, Robinson said. The center receives $6 per student from the school districts, and the $6 difference from the regular $12 admission is made up by private donors who support the center’s educational outreach, he said. Nearly 44,000 students visited the center in 2010, bringing to 316,000 the number who have visited since the start of 2005.
The Freedom Center’s attendance is higher than the median annual attendance of 80,000 for museums across the country analyzed by the American Association of Museums.
Local critics don’t want another dollar of public money spent on the center. They say it grossly overstated its attendance and resulting economic value to the city and region in years leading up to its opening and still presents an exaggerated picture of financial benefit.
“My position and COAST’s position is we want it to survive and thrive and be a nice addition to the city -- without tax dollars,” said local attorney Christopher Finney, who leads the anti-tax group Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) and is former chairman of the county’s Tax Levy Review Committee.
Finney said he also doubts the economic impact studies conducted for the Freedom Center by the Research and Consulting Division of the Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati, including one in September that credits the center with a $26 million benefit to the region.
“It’s fantasy,” Finney said.
COAST argues that at least one-fourth of the center’s visitors are part of school groups that do not stay in hotels, eat in restaurants or shop.
Study authors hold to their findings, which say the Freedom Center is responsible for 259 jobs and $8 million in household earnings and is part of a cultural amenities lineup in Greater Cincinnati that attracts and retains “new economy knowledge workers.”
Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau leaders say the Freedom Center has helped to attract convention business to the city. Since 2006, organizers of a dozen major conventions and events have cited the Freedom Center as one of the primary draws. Major League Baseball’s first two Civil Rights Games and the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) national convention and youth meeting are on that list.
Still, detractors remain in Cincinnati’s black community and among anti-poverty activists.
They have said the Freedom Center is aloof and disconnected from the people now enduring harsh economic disparity – Cincinnati’s African-Americans, especially. In its early years, they say the Freedom Center played to a national audience, not the local community, and the community hasn’t forgotten.
In 2009, Cincinnati NAACP chapter President Christopher Smitherman told the Enquirer that the Freedom Center had failed to do “substantive outreach to local African-Americans.”
Since then, the center entered partnerships with existing social programs for at-risk mothers, single fathers and high school and college students who need mentors.
Elected to City Council in November, Smitherman now says he sees “incremental steps” and a “sea change” in the Freedom Center’s attitude and outreach to African-Americans.
“Our goals and aspirations in this building connect to their goals; there is a tremendous list of `unfreedoms,’” Lynch said in reference to a primary center acronym R-I-G-H-T-S (racism, illiteracy, genocide, hunger, tyranny and slavery). “We want to work together to close the gap. This (building) can be Mecca.”
The building and land, valued at $72.5 million by the Hamilton County auditor, is paid for. Its remaining $27 million in debt was retired in 2010 by cashing out investments, additional institution reserves, a major gift from Pepper and his family and debt forgiveness by a group of lenders.
The center stands in an architecturally significant building in the middle of The Banks. After years of delay, that development is now ahead of schedule with the first 300 apartment units 98 percent occupied and with construction of another 300 units and more retail space expected to begin in the summer.
“We were on an island for a long time,” Robinson said. The center invited its new residential neighbors to a reception in August and even sold a few memberships.
Potential partnerships with other like-minded institutions, such as the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University and Atlanta’s Frederick Douglass Family Foundation, could help drive the center to become a national repository of study. Such affiliations could bring to fruition the original Freedom Center goal of being a place of research and scholarship.
Two of the Freedom Center partners in “Invisible,” Polaris Project and International Justice Mission, were announced Wednesday among recipients of an $11.5 million donation from tech giant Google to fight contemporary slavery.
Beyond the Freedom Center’s anti-slavery stance, other local civic observers would like to make the building a safe place for discussions and programs that address racial and cultural intolerance that makes the region and city one of the nation’s most racially segregated. A fledgling center program called “Faith to Freedom” teaches clergy and lay congregational leadership the spiritual underpinnings of the Underground Railroad and challenges them to apply those to contemporary social issues.
A major Freedom Center supporter is James Stewart, a history professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and founder of the organization Historians Against Slavery. His group is attempting to establish an air of abolitionism on college campuses and in communities and resurrect the model of historians who redirected national conversation toward issues of social justice.
The Freedom Center and city of Cincinnati could play a significant role toward achieving that goal, he said.
“These exhibits are precious materials,” Stewart said of the Freedom Center, which he visited this month. “In partnership with the larger community, the center must use them to build programs that powerfully advance social and economic justice in Cincinnati. If it begins doing exactly this, its long-term future is bright and well worth supporting.”


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Nintendo has announced it's sold a further 2.93 million Switch consoles over the latest quarter, reaching just shy of 8 million units total. After another strong quarter, the company is now aiming to sell 14 million units by the time the Switch turns one year old -- up from 10 million it aimed for previously. It's also increased its forecast for the full year, from $6.59 billion to $8.44 billion. If Nintendo hits its targets, that would mean the Switch could best its predecessor, the Wii U, in a single year. The older console only reached 13.56 million sales over the entirety of its five-year lifetime -- it wasn't a hit for the games maker.
Nintendo racked up $209 million in profit for the quarter, with revenues reaching $1.93 billion. The company managed to sell 22 million game titles in the last half year -- a figure that doesn't account for the recently launched Super Mario Odyssey, which is likely to sell consoles all by itself.
According to a Reuters report, the company is now endeavoring to meet customer demand -- it's still not easy to buy a Switch in stores. "We've boosted Switch production in order to meet strong demand from our customers as it was difficult for customers to buy the consoles at retail stores," said Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima .
While Nintendo doesn't spin out mobile sales, it reported a revenue increases over 420 percent since last year, lead by Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. It looks like the company has found a whale or two. The holy grail for in-app payment centric games, these players invest a lot of time and money into smartphone games. Animal Crossing will be the company's next smartphone game property, and will also include in-app purchases to help deck out your digital campsite.

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Though hinting that the sequel project might still be developed despite her personal issue with Rupert Sanders, Kristen states that 'no one's positive or anything.'
Kristen Stewart teases some good news for fans who are expecting her to return to the "Snow White and the Huntsman" sequel. While her fate in the franchise remains unclear following her headline-grabbing cheating scandal with the film's director Rupert Sanders, Kristen hints that there's still a chance the sequel will be greenlit with her taking the leading role.
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter to spill some updates on the potential Snow White and the Huntsman sequel project, Kristen answers, "No one's positive or anything." Still, she stresses, "But I think there's a strong possibility."
Back in August, THR reported that Kristen was dropped out of the fairytale franchise following her much-publicized scandal with Rupert. Universal Pictures, however, brushed off the report as stating that the 22-year-old actress was still attached to the franchise.
"We are extremely proud of Snow White and the Huntsman and we're currently exploring all options to continue the franchise," so Universal Co-Chairman Donna Langley said in an official statement. "Any reports that Kristen Stewart has been dropped are false."
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“DON’T let them get away with it” – The heartfelt plea of a rape victim, who has spoken about her horrific ordeal in a bid to get other women to come forward.
That is the heartfelt plea of a rape victim, who has spoken about her horrific ordeal in a bid to get other women to come forward.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, last week saw her attacker, Richard Cromarty, jailed for 10 years after he admitted raping her four times on Wearside.
She said: “Justice has been done. If you let them get away with it, they will never stop. I hope that by speaking, others will stop going through as much trauma as me.”
Describing the 46-year-old’s behaviour as “worse than an animal’s”, the woman, who recorded Cromarty’s attacks on her phone before handing it to police, added: “If I can do it, then anybody else can.
“Now he’s off the streets, no harm can be done to anybody else.
“I want to say to all women that they should phone the police.”
The woman’s plea comes after MP George Galloway’s controversial comments on the rape claims made against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
The Respect member rubbished the rape accusation, saying having sex with a woman while she is asleep – one of the claims made against him – is not rape.
Cromarty’s victim said: “To me, that is rape. It must be something both want, so both must be awake.”
Assange is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after being granted political asylum by the country.
The UK Government has said he will not be given safe passage to the Latin American country and wants to extradite him to Sweden.
Clare Phillipson, director of Wearside Women in Need, which supported the victim through her ordeal, said: “He’s an absolutely vile man. He’s a disgrace to Parliament and he’s a disgrace to our democracy.”
Clare also urged women who are subjected to abuse to seek help.
“In Sunderland, there will have been women raped this weekend and they can talk to us or talk to the police,” she said.
“We are here for them for the long-term. They can come back or ring at any time and we understand it takes a long time to recover.
“If they don’t want to take it to court or report it, then they can still come to us and we will help.”
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The effectiveness of corrective policies largely depends on how they are formulated. Therefore, although some concepts seem apparent at first glance, careful assessment is necessary to avoid erroneous interpretations. This is the main problem of applying correctional policies in case of recidivism. Experience has shown that different approaches to assessing recidivism end up with prevalence rates ranging from 0 to 80 percent (Mosher et al., 2010). This is because the criteria for assessing recidivism have an extensive range. So, in different regions, a repeat offender can be called a person who was revoked from probation or only a person who was again imprisoned for crimes. In addition, there are criteria for the severity and type of crime, according to which sometimes even a murderer who is prosecuted for non-payment of a fine can be called a repeat offender. Such ample space for interpreting the concept of recidivism makes it challenging to compare and assess situations. This significantly reduces the effectiveness of the correction system since there is no single process and clear concept.
Padfield and Maruna (2006) focus on the return of convicted persons to prison while on probation. According to the text of the article, at the moment, people trying to reintegrate into society are faced with a massive number of injustices, rigid conventions and restrictions that make their life harder. Moreover, according to the authors, the conditions are so dire that it comes as no surprise that ex-prisoners return to crime (Padfield & Maruna, 2006). However, when analyzing the entire article, one can notice that the researchers are not impartial. Moreover, they clearly take the convicts’ side, demonstrating a certain kind of prejudice against the current judicial and executive systems.
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Mosher, C., Miethe, T.D., Hart, T.C. (2010). The mismeasure of crime (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
Padfield, N., & Maruna, S. (2006). The revolving door at the prison gate: Exploring the dramatic increase in recalls to prison. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 6(3), 329-352.

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“Benjamin Went Fishing” is the new single from Frogbelly and Symphony, culled from the upcoming album Canis Major, produced by the band’s Thomas Lebioda. The group maintains strong ties to the traditional (and non-traditional) folk community: Vocalist Liz Hanley also performs with the Green Fields of America, Mick Moloney’s long-running exploration of Irish music, storytelling and folklore in America. Guitarist Benjamin Trott spent time in a latter-day version of the Albion Band, a group central to the British folk revival but with a wholly new take on folk forms.
The group‘s appreciation for tradition and need to break from it is on display via “Benjamin Went Fishing”. The song intersects with classic pop, progressive rock, and, of course, folk music but all in a way that each is rendered different, foreign to the listener as they embrace this new hybrid before them.
The band says, “This song is full of forgiveness and renewal, drawn from a brief period when our guitarist Ben left the band and came back again. The multi-part singing and acoustic character of the arrangement exemplifies our band’s desire to make unique and uplifting music. The melody Liz sings has lyrics based around the phonetics of English, Scots-Gaelic, French, and some made-up words, a technique derived from the mouth-music/lilting tradition in Celtic folk music.
“The video is the work of Hamburg videographer /musician Juha Hansen, our band’s creative partner in all things visual. It was filmed aside Redmires Reservoir outside Sheffield, and inside the Victoria Baths bathhouse in Manchester England. The video also features our friend and occasional band member, Sheffield woodworker and drummer Ally Fraser. No lobsters were harmed in the making of this video.”


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Nearly anyone can inadvertently write one bad check for insufficient funds, but doing it intentionally on a repeat basis constitutes check fraud. Also known as paperhanging, this type of crime is joined by a handful of other check fraud classifications.
According to a report by the American Bankers Association (ABA), total check fraud attempts have reached a new all-time high in value: $15.8 billion in 2018 compared to just $8.5 billion in 2016. The ABA continued by saying that the financial loss from successful check fraud attempts rose from $789 million in 2016 to $1.3 billion in 2018.
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Erratum to: Test-retest analysis of a non-invasive method of quantifying [(11)C]-PBR28 binding in Alzheimer's disease
EJNMMI Research volume 7, Article number: 14 (2017)
Following publication of the original article  the authors contacted the team with the request that some additional information be added to the article. Please see below for details:
Additional Table: absolute variability
Variability (VAR) presented in the main article represents mean variability between test and retest, not absolute variability as stated. The authors would like to apologise for this error. The absolute variability is presented in the table below has been calculated in the following manner:
These analyses allow for easier comparison with other studies however do no alter the findings or discussion of the paper – SUV normalised to whole brain (SUVWB) shows the lowest variability in our cohort, with increased variability found in the unadjusted SUV and the SUV normalised to cerebellum. As compared to other test-retest studies discussed in the paper, the variability for SUV based methods remains favourable in this pilot cohort. These results should be validated in larger studies.
Nair A, et al. Test-retest analysis of a non-invasive method of quantifying [(11)C]-PBR28 binding in Alzheimer's disease. EJNMMI Res. 2016;6:72.
The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13550-016-0226-3.
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Dental erosion is a progressive condition that involves the loss of the outermost hard layer of your teeth. Contrary to what you may believe, this erosion is mostly caused by a chemical reaction and not by bacteria involvement. So what substances can lead to this chemical breakdown, and how can we prevent erosion? We answer those questions and more in today’s blog.
Causes of Tooth Erosion
Your teeth are composed of a number of different layers, with the outermost layer made up of enamel, or carbonated calcium hydroxyapatite. Your saliva helps to neutralize acids and keep your mouth and teeth at the correct pH balance, but if too much acid is introduced, saliva can’t work effectively and that acid can damage your enamel.
Here’s a look at some of the foods, liquids and lifestyle choices that can introduce an overabundance of acid into your mouth.
- Juices – Fruit juices and other sweetened beverages can introduce acid into your mouth, and you should avoid over-consuming these beverages. Given an option, water is almost always a better option for your teeth.
- Coffee – Coffee is highly acidic, and you’ll want to get in the habit of drinking some water to help clear acid off of the surfaces of your teeth once you’ve had your morning cup of coffee.
- Fruits – Although they are often packed with Vitamin C, fruits like apples and oranges are naturally acidic food options, so you’ll want to eat them with a meal or with water.
- Swimming – Swimmers who are regularly exposed to chlorinated water, which has a lowered pH level, can also experience gradual erosion of their teeth. If you’re a swimmer, be sure that you regularly brush your teeth.
- GERD – GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is a condition that causes stomach acid to make its way back up into your esophageal canal, and if this happens regularly it can affect the pH level in your mouth. Medications or other interventions can help neutralize stomach acid or prevent regurgitation. Bulimia – If you vomit regularly, stomach acid will be moving along the surfaces of your teeth as it exits your system, exposing your teeth to potentially harmful acids. Excessive alcohol intake that leads to vomiting can also lead to this issue.
Some of these issues are easier to prevent than others, but now that you know how certain foods or actions can impact your teeth, you know how to limit the damage. Avoid overconsumption of acidic foods and drinks, and try to drink more water, as it will help wash acid off your teeth. Practice good dental habits, including regularly brushing your teeth and getting semi-annual cleanings from your dentist, and proactively manage any other conditions on this list that could be jeopardizing the health of your teeth.
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If you’ve got weight to lose and you want it gone fast, try swapping out your usual proteins in favor of fish. Not only is fish lower in calories than an equivalent amount of beef or chicken, a study published in Obesity reveals study subjects who added omega-3 fatty acids, like those found in fish, to their diets shed more weight and had an easier time keeping it off than those who skipped them.
Belly fat is, in fact, the colloquial term for abdominal fat. According to medical experts, belly fat can be potentially dangerous. Excess of it can lead to a number of health problems including heart diseases, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, a decrease in the level of HDL or good cholesterol, and can even lead to strokes or sleep apnea. You need to combat this problem before it gets too late.
A trim midsection is good for many things, like fitting into your favorite jeans or walking the beach in a swimsuit with confidence. But there are even better reasons to work off extra baggage around your stomach. That baggage, known as visceral fat, isn’t just the most annoying kind — it’s also the most dangerous. As it forms between your organs, deep within your abdominal cavity, it secretes proteins that can trigger chronic inflammation, putting you at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer.
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While the Duke study found no added benefit to resistance training (aka weight or strength training) when it comes to belly fat, a 2014 study from a Harvard University team found otherwise. Twenty minutes of weights a day was linked to less of an increase in belly fat (particularly for older men). “Engaging in resistance training or, ideally, combining it with aerobic exercise could help older adults lessen abdominal fat while increasing or preserving muscle mass," said the paper’s lead author Rania Mekary.
Something smelly here. I am no regional expert but it is clear that Mariupol and its port can be and is accessed far more easily by Ukraine by land, rail and air, and is part of Ukraine i.e. no border to cross. Besides they have other Black Sea ports other than this one which just happens to be on the Sea of Azov, given away to Ukraine by Ukrainian Soviet premier Kruschev when it was in the SU so it didn't matter then. The SU is no more, so this Russian-populated pocket ended out in a hostile state.So the question is begged : why did Berlin puppet Poroschenko provoke this incident?Putin is stating the obvious, and we are complete mugs to get drawn into something that would not be taking place without the Berlin-Brussels land grab back in 2014 that is behind the whole mess, and taken for mugs by an organisation that has treated us like dirt. Madness to get involved with this...
Forget apples (okay, not really) — avocados reign supreme when it comes to weight loss. They're rich in monounsaturated heart-healthy fat, and studies show eating just half of one with lunch can curb your appetite. "Slice one in half, sprinkle a little sea salt, and eat the inside with a spoon," says Alexandra Samit, a Be Well Health Coach at Dr. Frank Lipman's Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in NYC. Or top off your salad with a few pieces, as research found that doing so allows you to absorb three to five times more carotenoids, a disease-fighting compound associated with improved weight and fat loss.
Or skip your favorite early-morning show—whatever it takes to grab a few more minutes of sleep each day. When researchers at the University of Chicago studied men who were sleep-deprived, they found that after just a few days, their bodies had a much harder time processing glucose in the blood—a problem common in overweight diabetics. When the individuals returned to a more normal seven to eight hours of sleep a night, however, their metabolisms returned to normal.
The author has correctly pointed out the facts about the Viscous fibers. These are the fibers which make you feel like your stomach is full, which means no more binging on the unhealthy snacks which are not good if you are thinking about fat loss.Viscous fiber helps in the losing the belly fat ,so like author said add some fair amount of these fibers in the diet. I did the same thing and lost like 17 pounds in like 21 days .for whats worth this. plan helped me a lot not just losing fat but gaining the confidence. it is worth trying.
"Crash diets (dramatically cutting down how much you eat) might help you to lose a few pounds at first, but they’re hard to sustain and won’t help you keep the weight off. It might seem like a quick and easy option, but eating too few calories can actually do more harm than good. If your calorie intake dips too low, your body could go into starvation mode. This will slow down your metabolism, making it harder for your body to lose weight. Make sensible, healthy changes to your lifestyle that you can stick to and avoid the fad diets."
Listen to your mum - dieting is faddish. Instead, improve the "quite" to "all" healthy and eat only nutritionally balanced, healthy foods. Cut out all sweets and junk foods, apart from an occasional treat, as humans would have always done till recent times. The exercise is important, and include plenty of stealth exercise, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator and cycling to the shops instead of driving, etc.
Science backs these ideas up when it comes shedding belly fat: In one study published in The Journal of Nutrition, researchers had overweight men and women follow a high-protein diet (30 percent protein, 40 percent carbs, and 30 percent fat) or a high-carb diet (15 percent protein, 55 percent carbs, and 30 percent fat). After one year of weight loss and maintenance, they found that the high-protein group experienced a 21 percent greater weight loss and 27 percent greater body fat loss on average than the high-carb group.
"When we’re lacking in sleep, our body’s hormones get thrown off balance which can impact our hunger levels the next day. We all have two hormones that affect our appetite: ghrelin and leptin. When we don’t get enough sleep, our ghrelin levels (the hormone that makes us feel hungry) rise, and our leptin levels (the hormone that makes us feel full) drop. This means that when we’re awake, we tend to eat more but feel less satisfied. Try going to bed a little earlier than usual to avoid this imbalance and remember to remove any distractions that might prevent you from nodding off."
Putting aside time on Sundays to prep for the week ahead will not only save you countless dollars in last-minute takeout meals, but it will also save you a tremendous amount of excess calories in the long run. When we make decisions based on emotions and convenience we often find ourselves tied to less-healthy fare. White suggests getting in the kitchen, throwing on some good music, and preparing your meals for the days ahead. This way you can control ingredients, portions, and also free up time during the week to tend to your usual obligations. If you stick with it in the long-term, this will translate to less overall body fat as a result.
It's never been a better time to jump on the kimchi and kombucha bandwagon. Gut bacteria has been a hot topic lately, and in a recent study, researchers found it plays a major role in your body mass index (BMI). Luckily, it's easy adding the good bacteria — AKA probiotics — into your diet to help get rid of belly fat: Fermented foods (think: tempeh, miso, and kefir) are more popular than ever, and you can pick them up at any grocery store.
This Mexican root vegetable contains inulin, a type of fiber that slows down the absorption of blood sugar to help you feel fuller longer, Kellman says. It's also high in magnesium and manganese, two vitamins needed for digestive enzymes to function at their peak. Add chopped jicama to give salads a nice crunch or shred it in your favorite summer slaw.
It seems counterintuitive to feed the microbiome foods with antimicrobial properties, but studies show that garlic only goes after bad, inflammation-causing bacteria while leaving good bacteria intact. It's also rich in inulin, the fiber that helps the body digest food more efficiently and steadies blood sugar. Add fresh chopped garlic to tomato-mozzarella salads and stir-fries, or sprinkle garlic powder onto meats and fish before grilling.
You know you're supposed to eat more protein to lose weight, but you might not know exactly why. Well, it actually has to do with how your body handles insulin. "Your body starts to produce more insulin as you age, since your muscle and fat cells aren't responding to it properly," explains Louis Aronne, M.D., director of the obesity clinic at Cornell University.


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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game Of Thrones season 8.
When you've made Sansa Stark, Queen Of The North, upset, then you know it's time to rethink some things. The now-notorious Change.org petition "Remake Game of Thrones Season 8 with competent writers" has elicited backlash from television stars like Lili Reinhart, and in the wake of the series finale, Sophie Turner is weighing in.
In an interview with The New York Times, the actress admitted that she's "not surprised" that some people aren't satisfied with how the show wrapped up, but that none of the controversial plot points — like Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) going full Mad-Queen — are hard to believe given the history of the show.
"The thing about Game of Thrones that’s always been amazing is the fact that there’s always been crazy twists and turns, right from Season 1 with Ned’s beheading," she told the outlet. "So Daenerys becoming something of the Mad Queen — it shouldn’t be such a negative thing for fans. It’s a shock for sure, but I think it’s just because it hasn’t gone their way."
As for the petition, which called showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss "woefully incompetent writers," Turner believes it's "disrespectful to the crew, and the writers, and the filmmakers who have worked tirelessly over 10 years, and for 11 months shooting the last season. Like 50-something night shoots. So many people worked so, so hard on it, and for people to just rubbish it because it’s not what they want to see is just disrespectful."
Last week Reinhart also pointed out that the idea that fans have a say in what happens in TV and movies totally misunderstands the point.
"This is not how television works," she commented on Instagram. "TV shows are not fan service. It's ridiculous of people to think they can demand creative change from artists."
I'd say at least Game Of Thrones is finally over, but we still have two more books on the way — how they end, however, is anyone's guess.


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- 40 iconic songs from the UK’s biggest artists.
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- Solo, Party and Karaoke modes
- Singing lessons – learn to sing like a professional
- Single and multi-player in-game Awards – adding depth and replay value to the game
- Party Mode includes We Sing, Versus, Group Battle, Pass The Mic, First to X, Marathon, Blind and Expert!
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- Karaoke mode – vocals removed for the purists
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DAVID BECKHAM has been handed a European glamour clash against Barcelona.
And he looks set to play in the Champions League next year, too.
Becks is the only Englishman left in the competition and his Paris
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But even if PSG are knocked out, Beckham will be invited back next term.
PSG sporting director Leonardo said: “If David wants to continue, he will.The
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Galatasaray’s Didier Drogba meets his ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho after
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I am trying out DVRMSToolbox (v184.108.40.206) for the first time and I am having trouble with getting my recordings to be analyzed for commercials and an XML being created for them automatically. I've tried looking at the wiki (which parts seem out of date) as well as a few different tutorials on engadget, lifehacker, and hack7mc. The only way I have figured out to auto-analyze is to use ShowAnalyzer to scan the directory (I am currently using the 30 day trial of v220.127.116.113). Since I'm not sure if I want to pay for the full version of ShowAnalyzer yet, is there a way to have DVRMSToolbox start the commercial analysis, be it using ShowAnalyzer or ComSkip?
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Soudabushi ,Japanese high quality dried bonito flake,made in Kochi ,Japan.
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It’s been a quiet winter for us as Mustapha got married in February but here’s a wrap of 2019.
Along with some house parties, YEGMusic events, charity & community events, we played several times at the new Bountiful Market in SE Edmonton and at The Station.
We had a blast playing for the folks at Astral Harvest in early July
We were thrilled and chilled (it was soo cold) to open up the Millwoods Canada Day celebration main stage
We made a couple of live to 1 mic videos in Brad’s backyard. These were a lot of fun and they turned out pretty great considering.
Our final big show of the summer was at Shakespeare in the Park.
We have video from some of these performances up on our YouTube channel so be sure to check them out
Here’s to a busy 2020!


London Evening Standard: BG set to bid in £1.7bn First Calgary: “News of its interest comes amid renewed speculation that BG Group may itself be a takeover target for the big guns in the industry, most notably Shell…” (ShellNews.net) 5 April 05
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BG GROUP and German rival E.ON Ruhrgas are considering bids for First Calgary, the Aim-listed Canadian oil and gas explorer which has put itself on the auction block at £1.7bn.
The two gas giants are set to go head-to-head with oil companies looking to get their hands on the huge energy reserves First Calgary holds in the Algerian desert.
A source told the Evening Standard that BG Group has already appointed bankers to evaluate the company. E.ON Ruhrgas is understood to have only recently joined the bidding process. Both refused to comment.
BG is flush with cash after finally selling its $1.8bn (£960m) interest in the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan following a two-year delay. It expects to get the money tomorrow.
The former British Gas group is building up its oil and gas portfolio worldwide and has a leading position in liquefied natural gas (LNG). It bought into the oil boom in Mauritania, West Africa, a year ago by acquiring a $137m stake in several offshore fields.
News of its interest comes amid renewed speculation that BG Group may itself be a takeover target for the big guns in the industry, most notably Shell, following yesterday's $16.8bn acquisition of US independent Unocal by ChevronTexaco. BG Group chief executive Frank Chapman, who spent 18 years at Shell before joining British Gas, has continually shrugged off such talk.
Other contenders for First Calgary are Spanish oil firm Repsol and Italian rival ENI with outside interest from Indian state-owned energy firm ONGC, the Japanese and the Chinese, including CNPC.
The auction for the Canadian firm is one of the most eagerly-awaited sales of the year. It has discovered 13.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in Algeria alongside 1bn barrels of liquids - oil and condensate.
An insider said: 'There are companies who are already exposed to Algeria that want to farm-in and take a percentage in the company, to get more throughput on their pipelines. Then there are other companies, such as BG, who are looking more strategically.'
First Calgary's shares have fallen nearly 30% since February - from 1062½p to 756p - amid growing doubts over the quality of the reservoir in Algeria, worries over the level of support for project development from state-firm Sonotrach and the lack of available export capacity.
But several big hitters in the industry are interested, given Algeria's proximity to the lucrative Western Europe market. Britain is expected to become a net importer of gas later this year.
Supporters claim the knocking has come from firms hoping to get First Calgary's asking price down before the deadline for the first indicative offers, the weekend of 16-17 April.
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The first thought that springs to mind when listening to the derriere-kicking New Vintage Big Band is, "Where have these guys been hiding?" The answer is the greater Kansas City area, where the ensemble has been honing its ample skills since Jack Taylor pieced it together more than nine years ago "to provide an outlet for the performance of modern big-band Jazz." There may be other big bands as good as this one, but the opinion here is that one would be hard-pressed to find any that are better. There are fourteen selections on Always and Forever, which together stretch the playing time of a compact disc to its outer limits (78 minutes-plus), and each one sparkles like an unblemished 24-carat diamond. In short, there's not a weak link in the chain. The band's superior use of dynamics and shadings is especially persuasive, as are the power and precision of its various sections and the unflagging resourcefulness of its soloists. Truly, this is a band that upholds Kansas City's time-honored tradition of producing world-class Jazz, and our hat's off to Taylor and his colleagues for persevering in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds to help keep this indispensable music alive and swinging into the 21st century. While there are muted echoes of Basie, Herman, Kenton, Rich and others along the way, Taylor believes that big-band Jazz is "an exciting and dynamic musical art not limited to musical styles of the past," and the New Vintage Band has used the durable substructure of its predecessors as a platform on which to fashion a musical temperament that is inclusively modern yet always melodic, rhythmic and wholly accessible. The Herman influence is perhaps strongest on Gary Anderson's memorable arrangement of Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane," while memories of Buddy Rich's late-60s juggernaut are enkindled by John LaBarbera's "Best Coast." Pat Metheny, one of KC's best-known sons, is represented by his compositions "Always and Forever" and "(It's Just) Talk," both tastefully arranged by Bob Curnow. Matt Harris wrote and arranged "Mira, Mira" and "M.O.T," while Chris Braymen and Chip McNeill did likewise for the loping "Irrelevant, Incompetent and Immaterial" and the impulsive Latin-flavored closer, "Break the Ice," respectively. The other charts are by Rick Stitzel ("Without a Song"), Johnny Keating ("Autumn Leaves"), Sammy Nestico ("Old Devil Moon"), Tom Kubis ("The 'Bluest' Blues"), Frank Mantooth (the moving and too-seldom-heard "Young and Foolish") and Brad Morey (Gershwin's "Summertime"). The lead trumpets (a four-way split among Brian Bass, Danny O'Brien, Jay Sollenberger and Taylor himself on "Old Devil Moon") are awesome throughout, as is the band's hard-working rhythm section pianist Dave Baker, bassist Craig Akin and drummer Kelly White. The various soloists are, as we noted earlier in this review, uniformly admirable. As Taylor writes, New Vintage "includes eighteen of the finest musicians Kansas City has to offer" (not all of whom play on every track), and there's no gainsaying that opinion. Should Always and Forever be considered a sure bet for inclusion on anyone's list of the top ten big-band Jazz releases of the year? That's a no-brainer.
Mira, Mira; Without a Song; Always and Forever; Best Coast; Autumn Leaves; (It?s Just) Talk; Old Devil Moon; M.O.T.; The ?Bluest? Blues; Pavane; Summertime; Irrelevant, Incompetent and Immaterial; Young and Foolish; Break the Ice (78:31).
Jack Taylor, leader, trumpet, flugelhorn; Phil Brenner, Bill Crain, Jamie Greene, Paul Nolen, Rich Wheeler, Carl Bender, Nick Crane, Don Hatfield, Josh Sclar, Bryan Wood, Marlin Cooper, Marshall De Muynck, Jim Neiburger, Doug Talley, Randy Woy, reeds; Jeff Hamer, Wes Strowig, Brad Burchstead, Rob Claggett, trombone; Glenn Carpenter, bass trombone; Brian Bass, Chris Leopold, Danny O?Brien, Jeff Smith, Phil Burger, Brian Macdonald, Al Pearson, Bob Harvey, Wes Margeson, Jay Sollenberger, trumpet, flugelhorn; Dave Baker, piano, electric piano, synthesizer; Craig Akin, electric and acoustic bass; Kelly White, drums, percussion.
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Sharing your life and home with a cat is a really gratifying experience. From a fantastic feeling of humor to an entire great deal of love and love, felines give us so back so much in return for looking after them. Utilize the following expert advice to provide your cat everything it needs and also more.
Cats wonder naturally, which can finish up obtaining them right into problem. If you maintain a collar on your animal, getting stuck in one of these spaces can be really harmful. A breakaway collar has the capacity to release its hold if the cat pulls securely on it. It can actually be a life saver for your feline.
Maintain your older pet cat comfy by positioning a warmed tile beneath its bed. Simply heat a one-foot square terra-cotta floor tile in your stove at around 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Wrap the floor tile in a towel and also then placed it under the bed. If required, repeat this every few hrs.
Prevent eye call to make friends with a feline. Ever question why cats appear attracted to the individual that suches as pet cats the least? The answer depends on feline body language. To cats, staring is "discourteous" and also can be thought about an obstacle. Averting shows that you value their space and also are not going to be a hazard. So next time you are aiming to fulfill a new feline good friend, look away and allow them approach you.
Make certain you have a great pet dog carrier or basket for delivering your pet cats from one location to the following. An appropriate carrier or basket ought to have enough space for them to transform around in pleasantly. It should also be very easy to tidy. Make
interactive cat toys that it is lined with a covering, cushion, or towel to help it remain comfortable as well as comfy for them when taking a trip.
Take your pet cat to the vet periodically. A great deal of pet cat proprietors have a tendency to stay clear of the vet due to the fact that it can be harder to obtain a cat ready to go anywhere she does not intend to go! It is likewise simple to avoid the veterinarian because pet cats seem so self-reliant. It’s clever to obtain your pet cat to the vet to stay clear of any type of problems.
Some male cats obtain urinary crystals, however this is preventable with correct diet plan. If they need to pass the crystals it can trigger the cat a whole lot of pain and paying a veterinarian to aid with this can cost you a great deal of money. Food with a low magnesium material will certainly help. This indicates you must pay focus to labels on food. Fish items can have a lot more magnesium when contrasted to poultry.
Do not flush clumpable trash in your bathroom. This can result in issues with your pipes. Rather just raise the globs and also get rid of them in a garbage bag. Don’t neglect, wetness is what makes the trash clump in the initial location! Avoid doing that to your pipes as well as simply deal with it effectively.
That states just pet dogs can do techniques? Felines are really smart and also have the ability to find out also, especially as young kittens. Some individuals educate their cats to play fetch similar to pets do. There are also individuals that have efficiently educated their cat to use a regular commode, rather than a can.
Pet cats have a natural impulse to quest little victim. ochoapetersen0.webgarden.at/kategorien/ochoapetersen0-s-blog/exactly-how-to-get-your-pet-cat can occasionally be an issue if you have various other small animals in your home. Make certain that bird cages are hanging from the ceiling. If you have a gerbil or hamster, make sure their cages are safe and secure and up high out of your pet cats reach.
Simply as crucial as it is to take treatment of your very own teeth, you need to take treatment of your pet cats. Pet cats can establish tarter and plaque accumulation gradually. Investing in a toothbrush and toothpaste made specially for felines is a great method to maintain your pet cats teeth clean and healthy and balanced.
When you bring house a new pet cat for the very first time, the experience can be overwhelming for both of you. Rather than giving access to your whole residence, introduce your family pet to its brand-new setting one space at a time. For instance, you might put your pet cat’s carrier in your research study or den. As long as the service provider door is open, you should be in the area with the animal.
The majority of people that say they don’t delight in the business of pet cats have never ever in fact had any kind of! The what’s what is that they are a few of the most amazing buddies in the world. With any luck this article addressed your needs as a pet cat owner or prospective feline proprietor and you and also your feline close friend will be gladly ever before after.


i have built and used the 30 inch wheel press. Are there plans out there for a 21 in press?
If you are talking about a wheel press for installing wooden spokes, I used John Regan's plans to make a wheel press for installing new spokes in my 21" wheels for my '26 coupe back in 2011 and it worked perfectly. Jim Patrick
Jim..... Did you use the same press that is designed for the 30 inch wheel? I built one of those, but it seems like it would be too wide for the 21 inch, no? i haven't tried it though. Just starting to think through this new project.
Yes, the same press works for both wheels.
Michael. I was only given one wheel press plan by John Regan, so I assume he designed it to accommodate all sizes of Model T wheels. If you look at the thread of my experience I posted below, the photo shows plenty of room on the wheel press frame, outside the diameter of my 21" wheel, for a larger wheel, such as yours, to fit.
Since I did my wheel in 2011, a good idea has arisen to use a styrofoam cup to support the teepee as the spokes are being stacked into position, then the cup will gradually collapse as you tighten it down.
The most important thing I learned was to make micro adjustments of the spokes at each 1/4 turn of the nut, as the spokes will not all want to go down perfectly. Some will want to go down faster than others while some will want to twist. You must adjust each errant spoke to its correct position before tightening any further. It is easier to yank UP on the spokes than to push down and I recall that on some spokes i had to yank up with all my might to get it to come up, but it must be done or some spokes will be deeper than others. You must also twist each spoke that is not straight until it is straight which also requires a tight grip and alot of strength.
All adjustments must be done prior to reaching the point where adjustments are no longer possible. If you reach this point and there are still spokes that are out of place, it will not hurt to back off on the nut until adjustments are once again possible. I even started over once when my teepee started going down crooked (see 2011 thread on my experience) www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/183733.html. Jim Patrick
Thanks guys. The Regan press worked great for me when I built the wheels for my 16. Guess it's time to haul it about of moth balls!


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Merle Haggard fans are in mourning. The iconic singer and songwriter died on Wednesday at age 79. It was his birthday.
It is not exaggeration to describe Haggard's legacy like this:
"Merle Haggard was one of the greatest influences on modern country singers and songwriters. Haggard’s quintessential country sound was the basis for songs that would eventually become country classics and American Songbook standards." -- Tasteofcountry.com
Rank your top five Haggard favorites!
If you need help, take a listen to some of Haggard's best on this Spotify playlist.


Watch! Kronos Quartet & Bryce Dessner – Aheym
Some cool and interesting stuff here. Bryce Dessner (of The National fame) has teamed with the Kronos Quartet – the team responsible for that super popular piece of modern classical music (Lux Aeterna) that first appeared in the film Requiem for a Dream but has been used countless times. Anyway, Bryce is putting on his composer hat and will put out an album called Aheym on November 5.
From the Anti- Records website, “Aheym features four original compositions by Dessner performed by Kronos as well as an appearance by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Dessner and the quartet first crossed paths when Kronos founder David Harrington approached Dessner about writing a piece for the quartet’s performance at the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in 2009. The ensuing piece, “Aheym” (meaning “homeward” in Yiddish), was informed by the stories of Dessner’s Jewish immigrant grandparents who settled near the park and, as the pair’s collaboration grew, became the album’s title track.”
The track Aheym is a fascinating and aggressive piece of music that changes tone and direction many times over the 10 minutes. Check out the video below.


The UK office of the Wine Institute of California will close at the end of September.
A statement issued today gave 'severe cuts in funding under the Market Access Programme [MAP] from the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC' as the reason for the closure. MAP helps to promote the export of US agricultural products, and is run by the country's Foreign Agricultural Service.
The London office has been led by John McLaren as UK director, with Venla Freeman as UK trade promotions manager. It has been jointly responsible for the annual Go West! tasting, together with wines from Oregon and Washington State, since 2014.
California is doing well in the UK - McLaren reported the following in a California Wine Institute release in February this year: 'Value increases are now out-stripping volume growth, with US wine export value to the UK rising by 28% last year.'
The Wine Institute in California has since revealed some of its plans for the UK, including a date change for its annual tasting next year. It indicated that it would issue a request for proposal this week 'for new representation that will allow it to devote more funding to programs'.
While California's annual UK tasting was previously held early in the year, part of a California vintners European tour, it will now be held on 25 September. In a statement, the Institute explained that it was a strategic decision to take this out of the larger tour, and rather make it a standalone event.
'Wine Institute remains committed to continuing to build the California wine category in the UK,' Wine Institute's international marketing VP Linsey Gallagher told Imbibe. 'Toward that end, we are excited to have begun the search for a new agency to represent California wines in the UK that will be focused on both media and trade relations. We will be coming to the UK from California in early October to interview potential candidates.'
As part of the statement, Linsey added: 'California wines have made great progress in the UK in the past decade and we appreciate the contributions of John McLaren and Venla Freeman to this success. We look forward to building on our success with a new, more dynamic approach to presenting California wines in the UK.'


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Zweven is LevenMp3s & jpegs
- 1 Holle Woorden (Emotional Piano Mix)
- 2 Floris Bovee (Kom Terug Dub)
- 3 Zweven is Leven
- 4 Travel Safe See You In The Next Life
030303 co-founder Freek Fabricius made this record in honour of his friend Floris Bovee who passed away early in 2020. For the EP, Freek took some of Floris' musical ideas and reworked them - together with samples of Floris' voice - into four excellent mid-tempo tracks for the emotional dance floor. Expect dense and organic harmonies on this record, which really feels like a mini album and is among some of the most heartfelt and poetic electronic music we have come across as of late.


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Good resources to get you started.
You notice that you have poor credit and you want to do something about it. Yes, that is the first step. You have the desire and will to want to improve your credit. But what should you do?
What are the first few actions that you should take to have an impact on your credit? The truth is that it is difficult to genuinely dig yourself out of a credit problem.
The reason why is because you have to understand the nature of credit and act accordingly. But that means that you have to increase your knowledge and improve your financial habits.
But what is your motivation to improve your credit? The reason why many people want to move past poor credit is because they want better benefits. For instance, with better credit, you can get tremendous loan rates, attractive credit cards, and exceptional insurance value, let alone just being able to get approved.
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1. “Do It Yourself Credit Repair 101” by Courtney Allen
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Key points you will focus on will include improper claims and wrong issues on your credit profile. What is even more helpful is that this book provides you with sample letters to reach out to collection agencies and other firms. The book is easily accessible at your local bookstore or at online e-commerce sites.
2. “Credit for Complete Beginners: Build and Fix Your Credit” by Marquess Hitchcock
“Credit for Complete Beginners: Build and Fix Your Credit” takes the reader from the very basics and helps them become more advanced. This tremendous book will help you clear up credit fallacies. At the same time, you can learn credit practices to become a better borrower.
But remember that you will have to look far and wide for this book. It is not in print at the present moment.
3. “Angel Credit Secrets: Everything You Need to Know About Credit Repair”
This is a book by April Nelson. This terrific book is quite short but it can make an impact on your life. The informative book is less than 35 pages but will let you know all about credit score inputs and outputs. You can also learn about credit regulations, steps, actions, and activities.
Thankfully, this book is present in several places from your local bookstore to large e-commerce sites like Amazon.
4. “Credit Repair Kit for Dummies” by Steve Bucci
This is a great book that helps readers to dive into the process of credit repair. You can learn how to use the necessary tools to go from one level to the next. This text helps you to strengthen your credit and improve it over time. It is valuable because it gives you a great program to use as you go on your credit repair journey.
It is available at places like Barnes and Noble and on Amazon.


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Kaley Cuoco’s estranged husband, professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting, wants the “Big Bang Theory” actress to support him with her $45 million in earnings.
Cuoco married Sweeting on New Year’s Eve in 2013 after a whirlwind romance of only three months. The actress filed for divorce from the athlete last month, reportedly over his painkiller addiction.
The 29-year-old actress did have a prenuptial agreement in place. Kaley is worth an estimated $45 million, while Ryan is worth around $2 million.
Despite the prenup agreement, Sweeting is still asking for spousal support.
There have been reports that the actress made the decision to end her marriage due to the tennis star’s addiction to painkillers prescribed to him after back surgery.
An insider told Us Weekly, “She supported him, but she said he couldn’t make the commitment to get sober. He’d tell her he was working on it, and instead go get wasted.”
Ryan, 29, once was a very respected professional tennis player, ranking at 64 in the world. Sweeting was previously arrested for DUI and drug possession in 2006, charged with the intent to sell.
Just a few months after Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting tied the knot, he suffered a back injury and became hooked on the painkillers his doctor prescribed.
The prescription pain killer addiction reports have been swirling, but there were also rumors Kaley’s split was caused by her relationship with her “Big Bang Theory” co-star Johnny Galecki.
Cuoco has slammed the romance reports with her co-star, taking to Instagram to address the reports.
Kaley posted on social media, “So sorry to disappoint, but no home wreckers or secret flings going on here. Me and @sanctionedjohnnygalecki are just the best of buds — Leonard and Penny will just have to suffice!”
Galecki, 40, also hit back at the rumors with an Instagram post of his own.
Did Kaley and Ryan get married too quickly? Three months certainly doesn’t seem long enough to really get to know someone.
Kaley previously stated she just knew he was “the one”, explaining that the relationship happened fast but that’s just how she rolls.


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3/Set, Red & White Plaid Snowflakes
- Foam material with burlap covering
- Silver glitter coating
- Burlap string hanger
3/Set, Red & White Plaid Snowflakes is composed of lightweight and durable foam with a red and white plaid burlap covering. It is lightly dusted with glitter for a wintry finish and boasts a jute string hanger for immediate display. This ornament would look darling on any holiday tree or hung from a nail or knob. It is a set of 3 varying sizes. The smallest measures 3.5" wide by 4" high. The second smallest measures 5.5" wide by 6" high. The largest measures 7.5" wide by 8" high.
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