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A woman is suing the TSA after she was groped and threatened by one of its officers, according to a lawsuit recently filed against the TSA. The assault occurred at Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina, according to the suit and as reported by CNN.
After the woman went through the scanner, an officer told her she had to submit to a groin search. The woman told the officer she wouldn't consent to having her genitals touched, and the officer assured her that the search would not require that. But things took a turn for the worse, according to CNN:
But the search deviated from normal search protocol in several ways, according to the lawsuit.
First, the officer "insisted" the woman spread her legs wider than the footprints on the mat below her indicated, the lawsuit said, providing surveillance images showing the traveler's feet wider than the mat's footprints.
The officer then slid her hands up the woman's legs but moved her hands inside her shorts to make direct contact with her genitals, according to the lawsuit. As she began to slide her hands up her legs, the officer commented that the shorts the woman was wearing were particularly short, the lawsuit said.
The woman flinched as the officer's hand made contact with her genitals, according to the lawsuit, to which the officer replied, "if you resist, I will do this again." The lawsuit says TSA policy does not permit such threats.
A former TSA officer, Johnathon Lomeli (22), has been charged with ordering a woman at LAX to show him her breasts by telling her it was for security reasons, reports the Associated Press. Lomeli is alleged to have asked the woman to pull back the top of her shirt so could he look at her […]
This is so heartbreaking. Ballaké Sissoko, the highly-acclaimed African musician from Mali, claims that US Customs officials destroyed his custom-made, irreplaceable kora instrument. He arrived back in Paris after a US tour to find his beloved instrument in pieces, with one of those all-too-familiar TSA notices in the case. Here is a 2011 performance of […]
Tara Houska, an attorney and Indigenous rights activist, was going through TSA security at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told Houska she would need to have her braids patted down as a security precaution, reports Fox News. “She pulled them behind my shoulders, laughed [and] said ‘giddy up!’ as she […]
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TAIYUAN: Eleven people have been injured and three are missing following a coal mine gas blast in north China's Shanxi Province Monday morning, local authorities said.
The blast occurred at about 11:10 am at Xingguang Coal Mine Co. Ltd in Heshun County as 16 miners were working underground, a county work safety supervision department official said.
Two workers had been rescued, he said.
The mine, with a reserve of 203 million tonnes, is part of the Shanxi International Electricity Group Limited Company.
Rescuers are still searching for the missing miners.

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|Birth name||Monsueto Campos de Menezes|
|Also known as||Monsueto|
November 4, 1924|
Morro do Pinto favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|Origin||Rio de Janeiro|
|Died||March 17, 1973
Rio de Janeiro
|Occupation(s)||Musician, singer, composer, painter, actor|
Monsueto Campos de Menezes (November 4, 1924 – March 17, 1973), better known as Monsueto, was a Brazilian sambista, singer, composer, drummer, painter, and actor. He was a part of the samba de morro (Portuguese for "hill samba") school, and helped popularize it along with other artists such as Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho, Clementina de Jesus, Silas de Oliveira, Mano Décio da Viola, and Zé Keti. His musical output, though small, is considered very valuable to the history of Brazilian music.
Born in Gávea but raised in the favela Morro do Pinto, Monsueto was an orphan by the age of three and was brought up by his grandmother and aunt. He began playing drums around the age of 15, and during the 1940s he played in various bands, including the Orquestra de Copinha, which performed at the Copacabana Palace Hotel. During the early 1950s many of his compositions were recorded by other artists, and by the late 1950s he was appearing in films and on television, and making his own recordings. In later years, he found success as a painter.
After waning in popularity, Monsueto was "rediscovered" in the late 1960s, beginning with Maria Bethânia's cover of his song "Mora na filosofia". Two legendary albums recorded in the 1970s (Milton Nascimento et al.'s Clube da Esquina and Caetano Veloso's Transa, voted to number 7 and number 10, respectively, on Rolling Stone Brazil's list of greatest Brazilian albums of all time) featured Monsueto's compositions. Caetano performed a rock and roll-inspired version of the song his sister had previously covered, "Mora no filosofia", on Transa, while Milton performed "Me deixa em paz" with Alaíde Costa on Clube da Esquina. Caetano also performed Monsueto's song "Eu quero essa mulher" on Araçá azul, the followup to Transa.
- O Forte (1974)
- A Hora e a Vez do Samba (1971)
- Salário Mínimo (1970)
- Of Gods and the Undead (1970)
- Quatro Homens Juntos (1965)
- La leona (1964)
- The Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (uncredited) (1964)
- Briga, Mulher e Samba (1960)
- Favela (1960)
- Na Corda Bamba (1958)
- Treze Cadeiras (1957)
- O sucesso está na cara/Larga o meu pé (Monsueto, 1964)
- Chica da Silva/Mané João (Odeon, 1963)
- Sambamba/Retrato de Cabral (Orion, 1963)
- Ajudai o próximo/Eu quero essa mulher assim mesmo (Odeon, 1961)
- Prova real/Bola branca (Copacabana, 1957)
- Nega Pompéia/Q. G. do samba (Mocambo, 1955)
- Mora na Filosofia dos Sambas de Monsueto (Odeon, 1962)
- McGowan, Chris; Pessanha, Ricardo (1998). "Chapter Two". The Brazilian sound: samba, bossa nova, and the popular music of Brazil (illustrated ed.). Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 33. ISBN 9781566395458. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- Cravo Albin, Ricardo (1997). "A magia do rádio, seus mitos e a guerra dos auditórios". MPB: a história de um século (in Portuguese, Spanish, and English) (illustrated ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Nacional de Arte. p. 296. ISBN 8585781386. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- "Monsueto" (in Portuguese). Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- Veloso, Caetano; translated by Isabel de Sena (2002). Tropical Truth. New York: Knopf. p. 350. ISBN 0-375-40788-X.

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- What is the old name of Philippines?
- What country is similar to Philippines?
- What is a good salary in the Philippines?
- What is Philippines known for?
- Are there pure Filipino?
- What makes the Philippines as a nation?
- What is a person from the Philippines called?
- Is Philippines a rich or poor country?
- What country owns the Philippines?
- Is the Philippines a state or a nation?
- What country loves Philippines the most?
- Why is it spelled Filipino?
- Is the Philippines considered a country?
- Is Nigeria poorer than Philippines?
- Are Filipinos Latino?
What is the old name of Philippines?
The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, who named the islands after King Philip II of Spain.
They were then called Las Felipinas..
What country is similar to Philippines?
VietnamVietnam is another Asian country bordering the South China Sea that is similar to the Philippines. While Philippines was colonized by Spain, Vietnam was colonized by France, although it was for a much shorter time period. Both have a similar tropical climate and long coastlines.
What is a good salary in the Philippines?
The average salary in the PhilippinesRolesMonthly Salary (in PHP)Monthly Salary (in USD)Construction workerPHP 18,824$370TeachersPHP 18,998$373BPO employeesPHP 25,519$500Licensed Professionals*PHP 45,423+$893+4 more rows•Jul 3, 2020
What is Philippines known for?
The Philippines is known for having an abundance of beautiful beaches and delicious fruit. The collection of islands is located in Southeast Asia and was named after King Philip II of Spain.
Are there pure Filipino?
In terms of genome and anthropological studies and research the “pure Filipino” does not exist. In other words there is no “pure Filipino.”
What makes the Philippines as a nation?
The Philippines are the highest portions of a partly submerged mountain chain and is made up of more than 7,000 islands; the three main island groups are Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is one of the most westernized nations in Southeast Asia, a unique blend of eastern and western cultures.
What is a person from the Philippines called?
Filipino is the Hispanized (or Anglicized) way of referring to both the people and the language in the Philippines. Note that it is also correct to say Filipino for a male and Filipina for a female. … On the other hand, Pilipino, is how the locals from the Philippines refer to themselves, or to their national language.
Is Philippines a rich or poor country?
The Philippines is a country rich both in natural resources (e.g., nickel, copper, gold, silver, and chromium), and human resources (close to 104 million people). But it remains poor. The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Philippines was last recorded at 2639.90 US dollars in 2015, according to Tradingeconomics.com.
What country owns the Philippines?
After this, the colony was directly governed by Spain. Spanish rule ended in 1898 with Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War. The Philippines then became a territory of the United States.
Is the Philippines a state or a nation?
The United States recognized the Republic of the Philippines as an independent state on July 4, 1946, when President Harry S.
What country loves Philippines the most?
True, the populations of richer countries are, on average, slightly more likely to feel loved than those of poorer countries….The Undoing of China’s Economic Miracle.RankCountryPercent Feeling Love1Philippines93%2Rwanda92%3Puerto Rico90%4Hungary89%132 more rows•Feb 14, 2014
Why is it spelled Filipino?
A: The word “Filipino” is spelled with an “f” because it’s derived from the Spanish name for the Philippine Islands: las Islas Filipinas. … The country is now known as the Republic of the Philippines, but the Spanish spelling was retained for “Filipino.” The word is an adjective as well as a noun.
Is the Philippines considered a country?
Philippines, island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of some 7,100 islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Quezon City is the country’s most-populous city.
Is Nigeria poorer than Philippines?
make 29.8% less money. Philippines has a GDP per capita of $8,400 as of 2017, while in Nigeria, the GDP per capita is $5,900 as of 2017.
Are Filipinos Latino?
What about Brazilians, Portuguese and Filipinos? Are they Hispanic? They are in the eyes of the Census Bureau if they say they are, even though these countries do not fit the federal government’s official definition of “Hispanic” because they are not Spanish-speaking.

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JOHNSTOWN — As chairman of South Nation Conservation, Lawrence Levere sometimes has area residents asking him when “that derelict mess” is going to be cleaned up.
They’re referring to the Port of Prescott grain elevator which, although it’s looking industrial shabby rather than chic, is far from derelict.
“I tell them it may not look like much on the outside but it’s a money machine,” Levere said during a recent tour of the port on the St. Lawrence Seaway here.
Slapping a coat of paint on the elevator is the last thing Levere or anyone else connected to the port has in mind as they continue with an extended program to refurbish and expand the facility owned by Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Twp.
Announced three years ago, when the $30 million project is completed in 2015, Edwardsbugh/Cardinal Mayor Bill Sloan is hoping it’ll become even more of a cash generator.
For one thing, the port will be able to handle double the number of cargo ships simultaneously, one of the main sources of that cash. Sloan said he’s already receiving inquiries about potential new business.
Eleven years after the port was acquired by the municipality thanks to federal government downloading, the move is looking like a stroke of genius. Council of the day paid $60 in the transaction that included $1.4 million in startup improvements.
Last year alone, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal turned a profit of $2.8 million on the port and its services including Great Lakes freighter loading and unloading, and grain and road salt storage and handling.
But the port was showing signs of wear and tear. Sloan credited his municipal colleagues across Eastern Ontario for recognizing the regional importance of the port and joining in the lobby for senior government action.
In 2009, Build Canada stimulus funding was approved. However, the project was delayed for nearly two years by what has been described as an “extensive, cross-jurisdiction approvals process.”
The investment was split three ways between the municipality and the federal and provincial levels. Along on the tour, area MP Gord Brown and MPP Steve Clark both determined that their money was being well spent.
The construction jobs alone provided by the project have sparked the local economy, Clark observed, while Brown noted the widespread impact across the region. Both expressed pride in being able to boast such a facility in their riding.
Another partner is the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne south of Cornwall which has facilitated the project with a “pragmatic approach to environmental protection.”
The project is divided into phases, including installing a dock long enough to accommodate two 730-ft. lakers backed by 12 cells filled with up to 400 tonnes of stone.
Project manager Bob Hennessy, a former manager of the Port of Prescott who’s been involved in several similar enhancements and expansions, is happy with the progress of the latest phase expected to be completed by next month.
Since it actually got underway, the project has moved along almost glitch-free. The only holdup has been for environmental considerations that no one involved begrudges and which have mostly been resolved.
The one major complaint has been delays due to overlapping federal and provincial jurisdictions.
From the outset, South Nation Conservation has been involved as a project consultant with the aim of weaving through the environmental red tape.
All along, the conservation authority and other environmental agencies have been literally up to their waists in site inspections, monitoring of species at risk, fish habitat protection and relocation, migratory birds, water turbidity, vegetation clearing, and stabilization of disturbed areas.
SNC has established a fish habitat compensation plan that requires project sponsors to replace habitat lost during construction with new sites downstream and rock berms at the port.
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OILERS (15-13-7) at FLAMES (13-17-4)
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Last 10: Edmonton 6-2-2; Calgary 4-6-0
Season series: This is the third of four meetings, with the home team winning each of the first two encounters. On Monday, Edmonton used three first-period goals to take the first half of the current home-and-home series, 4-1.
Big story: Edmonton is chasing its first postseason appearance since 2005-06, and will look to secure another valuable two points Wednesday against the rebuilding Flames. The Oilers – winners of four straight – are even on points with the Columbus Blue Jackets and just a point behind the eighth-place St. Louis Blues.
Oilers: As recently as March 8, when the Oilers lost their fifth game in a row, Edmonton looked as if it would be hamstrung by the same inconsistency and youth that has plagued it in recent seasons. But as March progressed, so did the Oilers. Since that loss to the Predators, the Oilers have gone 7-2-2 to propel them into the thick of the crowded Western Conference postseason race. Most recently, four straight wins in which Edmonton has outscored opponents 17-5, including two shutouts, has shown that the Oilers can be prolific offensively without sacrificing the defensive principles necessary to reach the postseason.
All that progression was on display Monday, when Edmonton scored three times on their first six shots and Devan Dubnyk made 33 saves for the 4-1 win. Still, many Oilers weren’t happy that they took their foot off the gas after a fast start.
"I thought it was good that we didn't feel good about the way we played all the way through the game today," coach Ralph Krueger said. "It's a sign of the maturity of the group. The wins and losses are critical right now, but how we play and maintain this run is important. We feel confident right now and just want to keep nudging as a group."
Flames: Just as their provincial rivals are looking toward the playoffs, Calgary appears to be taking a broader view of things. The Flames’ playoff aspirations are fading fast – despite sitting just eight points below the final playoff position, five teams are jostling between them and a berth – and Calgary has gone 2-6-0 over its past eight games. In addition, the Flames have dealt two key players, captain Jarome Iginla and defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, over the past week, as general manager Jay Feaster appears prepared to shake up the status quo.
Against Edmonton, Miikka Kiprusoff was pulled after conceding three goals on six shots and Brian McGratten scored his team’s only goal with a minute and a half to play.
"We gave them some odd-man rushes, and if you get caught standing around, you are going to pay," Matt Stajan said. "They caught us napping for those first two goals and we were chasing them for the rest of the night."
Who’s hot: Taylor Hall netted a natural hat trick against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, then bagged another goal and an assist against Calgary. Hall has six goals and four assists over his past five games. … The Flames have won 11 of 12 against the Oilers at Scotiabank Saddledome, and carry a season mark of 10-6-2 in Calgary.
Injury report: Eric Belanger (groin) is day-to-day for the Oilers, while Andy Sutton (knee) is out indefinitely. … Calgary’s Paul Byron is out indefinitely with a hand injury.


The world may have slowed down in 2020, but not Akshay Kumar and his legendary work ethic that paved the way for the commencement of outdoor shoot schedules once the lockdown rules were relaxed. And knowing this AK, we’re sure the sets of his upcoming films -- he has seven in the works for 2021 -- followed Covid protocols to the tee, unlike a certain celebrity’s crew, who was caught on audio threatening to fire his entire staff (if you know, you know!).
Akshay Kumar greeted 2020 with only one release, Laxmii on Disney+ Hotstar, but is going to catch up soon on the missed opportunities of the year with the below seven projects -- scheduled to release in 2021.
From Bell Bottom to Atrangi Re and Sooryavanshi, 6 Akshay Kumar movies to look forward to in 2021
Set in the yesteryear, Bell Bottom, directed by Ranjit M Tewari is a retro-themed espionage thriller, starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role of a RAW agent. A major chunk of the film was shot in 2020 in the highlands of Scotland, and is expected to take the audience back to the ‘80s with its flannel clothing and actual bell bottom pants. The film is written by Aseem Arrora and Parveez Shaikh, and also features Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and Lara Dutta Bhupathi in pivotal roles. Bell Bottom is scheduled to release on April 2, 2021.
Scheduled to take the box office by storm in 2020, Sooryavanshi, jointly produced by Rohit Shetty and Karan Johar, is a cop action-drama flick that’s also been pushed to the new year. The trailer of the film dropped in March 2020, and narrates the saga of DCP Veer (played by Akshay Kumar). DCP Veer is the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad. Akshay Kumar is joined by Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh in this film. According to media reports, the film may see a theatrical release before March 2021.


After having led the South African Senior Men's football team to the top of Group G of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos have reportedly left the country on Thursday, he is heading back to his home country Belgium and will be out of the country for a couple of days.
Broos took charge of the team for the very first time on Friday when they travelled to Zimbabwe where they played to a goalless draw before coming back to South Africa to host Ghana whom they beat by a goal to nothing on Monday at the FNB stadium, curtesy of a Bongokuhle Hlungwane's 83rd minute goal.
Reports emerging suggests that the 69 year old jetted out to sort out his paper working that will allow him to work in South Africa for the next five years as it is according to his contract with the South African Football Association.
"Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has left South Africa just days after his side’s 1-0 victory over Ghana at the FNB Stadium. The 69-year-old had to return to his native Belgium with immediate effect due to complications around the necessary documentation needed to coach Bafana Bafana for the next five years," The South African reports.
Broos was heavily criticised for dropping some of the so called experienced players when he announced his first squad, he left out players who were regularly selected by the previous coaches in the Bafana Bafana set up, the likes of Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Themba Zwane, Orlando Pirates defender Thulani Hlatshwayo and others.
He opted to go for young untested players who are yet to be exposed in the international scene that much, most of them have not yet reached 10 caps for the national team, but it seems his gamble is working for him perfectly since he has up to so far in the two games he played managed to collect four points out of the possible six, which is not a bad return.
Bafana's next assignment is a tough away game to Ethiopia who always give them a run for their money, they hardly find it easy when they play with the Ethiopia side, especially in their own back yard, they will be hoping to at least come back with a point should things not go their way, but an away win will surely boost their chances of finishing on top of the group.
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What is Grenache
Grenache is a red wine grape variety that is widely grown in Spain, France, and other Mediterranean countries. It is known for producing wines with ripe red fruit flavors, such as raspberries and strawberries, and moderate to high alcohol content. It is often blended with other varieties, such as Syrah and Mourvèdre, to create complex and full-bodied wines. Some examples of wines made from Grenache include Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône from France and Garnacha from Spain.
How to pronounce Grenache
Grenache is pronounced “gren-ash.”
What is Grenache also known as
Grenache is also known by several other names, depending on the region where it is grown. Some of the most common synonyms for Grenache include:
- Garnacha (Spain)
- Cannonau (Sardinia, Italy)
- Garnatxa (Catalonia, Spain)
- Tinto Aragonés (Aragon, Spain)
- Grenache Noir (France)
- Alicante Bouschet (France)
- Garnacha Tintorera (Spain)
- Grenache Blanc (France)
- Garnacha Blanca (Spain)
It’s important to keep in mind that some of these words may refer to specific subvarieties or clones of the Grenache grape, which may have slightly different flavor and aroma characteristics.
What does Grenache taste like
High Alcohol, Medium plus body, Medium Tannins, Medium Acidity
Stewed Strawberry, Grilled Plum, Leather, Dried herds, Blood Orange
Storage & Halndling
To properly store and handle Grenache wine, it is recommended to store it in a cool and dark place such as a cellar or wine fridge at a temperature between 60-68 degrees Fahrenheit, keeping the wine bottles on their side to keep the cork moist and prevent air from entering the bottle. Before serving, decant the wine for at least 30 minutes to allow it to breathe and release its full aroma and flavor. Serve the wine in a red wine glass at the appropriate temperature of 60-68 degrees Fahrenheit. Cellar the wine for 5-10 years as it can age well and develop complex flavors and aromas over time. However, it’s important to note that these are general recommendations and the optimal storage conditions may vary depending on the specific wine.
What do you pair with Grenache
In general, Grenache wine has a fruity and spicy character, with a moderate to high alcohol content, which makes it a versatile pairing for many different types of food. Some examples of dishes that could be paired with Grenache wine include:
Roasted meats such as lamb, pork, and beef, which can complement the wine’s fruity and spicy character.
Grilled meats and fish, particularly those with bold flavors such as bacon, sausage, or smoked fish.
Spicy or flavorful dishes such as curries, stews, and ratatouille, which can balance the wine’s alcohol content and highlight its fruitiness.
Mediterranean cuisine such as tapas, paella, and ratatouille, which can complement the wine’s Spanish and French origins.
Cheese plates, particularly those that include soft or hard sheep’s milk cheeses, which can complement the wine’s spicy and fruity character.
It’s important to note that these are just some examples and the best pairing will depend on the specific wine, the dish and the personal taste of others.
Where is Grenache grown?
Grenache, or Garnacha as it’s known in Spain, is a grape variety that is grown all over the Mediterranean basin. Spain is the largest producer of Grenache, with regions like La Mancha, Aragon, Navarra, and Catalonia producing some of the finest expressions of the grape. But don’t let the Spanish dominance fool you, France also has a long history with Grenache, particularly in the Southern Rhône where wines like Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône are made. Italy, Sardinia in particular, also produces some excellent Cannonau wines. Down Under, Australia particularly in Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, produces some fantastic Grenache based wines, and it’s also grown in California and other regions of US. And let’s not forget South Africa, where it’s producing some serious wines. The key to understanding Grenache is that the wines can vary greatly depending on where it’s grown, and how it’s vinified.


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- London-based P2P platform selected for leading accelerator scheme
- The Business Growth Programme is run by international trade and investment agency London & Partners
Lendwise, the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lender specialised in Education Finance, has been selected to join The London & Partners’ Business Growth Programme.
The accelerator programme, which is supported by the Mayor of London, is designed to help businesses in the capital boost innovation, productivity and profitability.
It was launched in 2017 and has so far supported more than 500 companies at various stages in their growth journey.
The programme provides access to a dedicated business growth adviser, engagement with larger corporates and specialist workshops and events, among other benefits.
Lendwise will join the summer 2020 cohort and will receive support over the next three months.
In addition to its Business Growth Programme, London & Partners also specialises in promoting London as a world-leading study destination.
It partners with many London universities and sector organisations to position the capital as a hub of academic excellence, which links closely to Lendwise’s unique lending proposition.
Lendwise provides loans for students and professionals seeking to borrow money to fund their postgraduate education and professional qualifications by matching them with investors via its platform.
Investors are currently achieving average estimated returns of around 8% a year from a diversified pool of loans, with investments in individual loans going up to 10% a year1.
By lending to a range of individuals specialising in different areas of study and students graduating over a number of years, investors can diversify their lending portfolios and reduce risk.
Rishi Zaveri, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Lendwise says:
“We are delighted to join the summer cohort of the Business Growth programme run by London & Partners. This is an exciting opportunity for the business to work with an external growth agency as we look to build on our success since launch.
“The programme provides access to a wealth of expertise and knowledge that will be invaluable in supporting the talent we already have within the business. We also look forward to working with and learning from many other forward-thinking, dynamic London-based companies that will be part of the summer cohort.”
- As with all peer-to-peer loans, our products place capital at risk. Investors may not get back the full amount they lend and/or the interest they expect; and the loans can be illiquid. Any reference made to past performance or forecasted performance of interest rates are not a reliable indicator of future performance.
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Lendwise is a FCA-regulated online peer-to-peer finance lender specialising in education finance. Based in London, it has pooled together expertise in banking, finance, IT and social media marketing to bring together lenders and borrowers in the education finance sector and provide them with a superior product and service offering.

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Government of Indonesia Research Institute Releases Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations on Maternal and Newborn Health
Strengthening government institutions’ capacity to produce data-driven policy recommendations on priority issues is a key component of Indonesia’s journey to self-reliance. In November 2019, the Government of Indonesia’s National Institute of Health Research and Development (Balitbangkes) released a series of policy briefs containing recommendations for addressing Indonesia’s high maternal and neonatal mortality rates. The briefs are the culmination of a capacity strengthening partnership between the USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) project and Balitbangkes researchers.
Balitbangkes is located within Indonesia’s Ministry of Health and is responsible for generating data and research on the country’s health burdens and framing evidence-based policy recommendations to address those burdens. Since May 2018, HP+ has partnered with Balitbangkes researchers to strengthen the institute’s capacity to draw policy insights from its wealth of survey data. This effort focused on using the institute’s data to inform maternal and neonatal health policies.
HP+ supported five groups of Balitbangkes researchers through the full life cycle of developing policy recommendations, from formulating research questions to disseminating policy briefs (see below). In addition to policy briefs, all five groups have submitted accompanying articles to international academic journals.
- “Refinement of Pregnancy Class Strategy to Improve Utilization of Maternal Health Care” (English, Indonesian). Journal article submitted to BMC Public Health.
- “Improving Male Participation in Maternal Health Care Seeking Behavior” (English, Indonesian). Journal article submitted to Elsevier.
- “Health Insurance as a solution for access and cost barriers to maternal health care utilization in Indonesia” (English, Indonesian). Journal article submitted to BMC Public Health.
- “The Role of Culture in Maternal Health Care Utilization” (English, Indonesian). Journal article submitted to BMC Public Health.
- “The Role of National Health Insurance (JKN) in Reducing the Financial Burden of Childbirth” (English, Indonesian). Journal article submitted to PLoS One.
HP+ support for the development of policy briefs and academic articles was part of a multifaceted capacity development approach. The HP+ approach was designed in direct response to specific capacity development needs highlighted by Balitbangkes researchers in a baseline self-assessment survey. Technical staff embedded at Balitbangkes provided daily, hands-on, “learning by doing” sessions; held small peer-review workshops; and organized larger methodological workshops with national and international experts. These workshops trained researchers to validate data, develop research questions, conduct quantitative analysis, visualize results, write journal articles, and formulate policy recommendations. HP+ sustained the relevance of the approach by monitoring participant learning in post-workshop assessments and making course corrections as needed.
An endline self-assessment revealed marked improvements in key capacity development areas, including researchers’ maternal and neonatal health knowledge, quantitative analysis skills, and ability to communicate research findings. The completion of the five policy briefs and accompanying journal articles is a tangible demonstration of these self-reported capacity improvements and a notable achievement for Indonesia. This capacity development process has positioned Balitbangkes as an increasingly valuable resource for evidence-based policymaking on maternal and neonatal health and beyond.


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The lacquering of the desk leaves no room for doubt: we are at the Ritz Carlton, one of the most luxurious hotels in Doha, currently the buen retiro of Ducati, which has been in Qatar since yesterday for the first tests of the season.
Enjoy the life? Not at all: after landing, in fact, all team members must undergo a new swab and wait 24 hours before being declared 'fit and able'. Segregated in their respective rooms, with amazing buffets in the lobby and an outdoor swimming pool set in a beautiful park, they receive breakfast and lunch in bags, without being able to go down to the main floors. It's really true: the days of thunder are behind us.

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Moving and Portable Storage in Springfield, NJ
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A beautiful residential community in northern New Jersey, Springfield blends a rich American history while simultaneously being one of New Jersey’s voted best places to live. Dating back to the townships formation in 1794, Springfield played an integral role in America’s breakaway from the British, and some monuments and landmarks are memorialized in Springfield to this day. Aside from its strong historical presence, Springfield is a short commute from New York City, making it a highly sought after place to live!
Visit the Baltusrol Golf Club
The host of the 2005 and 2016 PGA Championship, the Baltusrol Golf Club holds many other prestigious accolades in the golf community. Sitting at the base of the Baltusrol Mountain, the golf club is home to two courses, and upper and lower, both ranking in the Top 100 Courses in America, Whether you’re a casual golf player or a true golf fan, The Baltusrol Golf Club is a must visit in the gold world.
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Lake George Music Festival
Lake George Region
For two weeks each August, residents and visitors of the breathtaking Lake George region can attend our series of live chamber music and orchestra concerts, open rehearsals, pre-performance workshops, and exciting special events. Repertoire is chosen by the musicians in residence. As a result of our dynamic scheduling process, the majority of our specific concert repertoire and personnel is not announced until July each year. Yet, the performances provide bold musical discoveries and represent the joyous spirit and dedication to excellence of the entire Lake George community.
Concerts can sell out quickly, so we urge you to reserve your single tickets or season passes as early as possible.
Reservations can be purchased online or by calling 518-791-5089.


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Adults are black with a white band across their backs and a white area over the end of the abdomen. The nymphs are elongate in shape and yellowish or yellow-orange in color. They are often mistaken for thrips.
Thrips, spider mites and eggs and small caterpillars as well as insect eggs.
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Last week at the Legislature, on B.C. Beef Day, MLAs, the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association, B.C. Breeder and Feeder Association, B.C. Association of Cattle Feeders, B.C. Abattoir Association and Thompson River’s University celebrated B.C. beef.
I was pleased to join other MLAs and Ministers and meet with the BC Cattlemen’s Association and discuss ideas and strategies to ensure that our beef industry here in B.C. stays strong and prosperous. The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association has represented beef cattle ranchers’ interests in our province since 1929. B.C. ranchers have raised high quality beef for the past 150 years. The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association follows the highest standards of care and treatment for their cattle. One practical solution to sustain this important industry is to make sure that young ranchers, young business people and young leaders enter this sector to ensure its continued success. Our government’s strong partnership with industry will ensure we reach our goal.
To help young people get ranching jobs, it’s important that they have access to the skills training they will need to get those jobs. Here in Williams Lake, Thompson Rivers University’s new applied sustainable ranching certificate program offers students a fantastic practical-based ranching education. Students get to participating in real-life ranching operations in B.C. Students learn how to design ranching enterprises that fit the environment while providing a return on investment. Students gain an understanding of how ranch and rangeland eco-systems react to management decisions. Students also learn the needs of livestock and how best to manage the natural environment to produce nutritious proteins to feed the world. Having been raised on a farm, I’m proud that ranching is part of my heritage. It’s one of the mainstays of our economy here in the Cariboo.
We need to celebrate those who have contributed to our ranching industry, those who continue to contribute to our ranching industry and those who will contribute to our ranching industry in the future. You can learn more about the BCCA at www.cattlemen.bc.ca/. If you or someone you know is interested in working in the ranching industry, you can learn more about Thompson Rivers University’s Applied Sustainable Ranching program at www.tru.ca/williamslake/programs/sre.html.
Coralee Oakes is the MLA for Cariboo North and Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction.


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Press Release: VBSP support water supply and rural sanitation for community health
Over the past eight years, the credit program on water supply and rural sanitation (WSRSS) has supported millions of households in the whole country to access loans for investing, upgrading and renewing WSRSS constructions in accordance with the national standard on WSRSS.
Household of Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet in Binh Ba hamlet, Cam Binh commune when borrowing loans from clean water and rural sanitation
The WSRSS credit program brought about essential effectiveness on the environment and living standard for residents in locality, responding with the campaign on building new rural areas for community health.
In previous years, the household of Nguyen Huy Thinh in hamlet 1, Nghi Hop commune, Nghi Loc district (Nghe An province) regularly used unsafe well water due to environmental pollution such as dirty water resource from rivers, lakes, animal waste and sewage etc.
In the past year, Thinh borrowed 12 million dongs from the WSRSS credit program in VBSP. Adding with his own funds, he built a synchronous and closed construction of WSRSS which includes bathroom, toilet, water purification tank, water tank to ensure enough living water for the whole family. Moreover, he developed an economic VAC model, biogas system to take advantage of animal sewage for produce gorillas.
Not only in Nghe an, right in Quang Binh, the local authority also concerned on the community health, especially in rural and remote areas. For instance, over 63% households accessed WSRSS loans in the mountainous district of Minh Hoa. Since developing the WSRSS construction, residents have used safe water instead of using unsafe water from rivers or ravines in the past.
Currently, the rate of rural households using safe water reaches more than 84%. The number of rural households having standard WSRSS constructions reaches more than 63%. After 8 years of WSRSS implementation, VBSP expanded the model to 63/63 provinces with total loan portfolio of over 20 thousand dongs for over 4 million turns of customers to build 7 million WSRSS constructions.
- Pilot program for potential customers before working in the Republic of Korea
- Local resources need to be strengthened to support the poor and other vulnerable groups affected by Covid-19
- Hanoi supports disadvantaged groups to overcome impacts of COVID-19
- The poor receives VBSP’s support after damage caused by COVID-19
- VBSP supports disadvantaged people and workers affected by Covid-19 pandemic
- VBSP altogether prevent against Corona virus disease (COVID-19)
- Newsletter Vol 16
- Over 4.3 million women access inclusive financial services from VBSP – Advancing women’s empowerment and gender equality
- A modern and humane Danang city
- A new strategic plan of inclusive finance in 2020
- Press Release: More supports needed for higher effectiveness of lending to migrant workers
- Press Release: Social security policies - Role of National Assembly
- Press Release: VBSP contributes for poverty reduction and social security in Vietnam
- Press Release: Increase the loan size – Create more job opportunities for the youth
- Press Release: VBSP's credit - 13 years accompanying with the poor
- Press Release: Expectations from the lending program for social housing under Decree 100 of the Government
- Press Release: In 2016, VBSP continues providing loans for poor ethnic minority households
- Loan limit for disadvantaged students increased
- Press Release: Responsible finance to ethnic minority households - Difficulties and challenges
- Press Release: Inclusive finance in disadvantaged regions- recommendations from the community
- Deposits through savings and credit group reach 170%
- VBSP Dak Po, Gia Lai prioritizes capital for cooperative members
- Small and medium enterprise scheme
- Social policy credit helps lift 2.1 million households out of poverty
- Vietnam Bank for Social Policies is currently the leading microfinance provider in Vietnam and one of the largest microfinance providers in Asia
- Rural clean water supply and sanitation scheme
- Millions of households escape from poverty thanks to VBSP inclusive finance
- The success of inclusive finance in the past 5 years
- Big step forward in awareness and action
- Promoting the strength of the entire socio-political system to join hands in hunger elimination and poverty
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1 of the most noteworthy breakthroughs in technology in this twenty first century has been the use of the web, with it getting to be a single of the most basic equipment of interaction. As this kind of, international game companies have created softwares through which customers can interact in gaming on-line. These are accessed by consumers with higher-velocity web connection. The consumers are also required to have a gaming console or pc linked to the internet. These online games have become a well-liked principle, specially with the most recent introduction of 3D technological innovation. This intervention has produced the online games a lot more interesting and exciting for the person.
Factors for the rising popularity of online games
The recognition of enjoying on-line games boosts with every single passing day, which can be attributed to a quantity of motives. One particular, with the wider scope of the throughout the world net, customers can now locate opponents of similar expertise and expertise in a game at the click on of a button. nudes de novinhas This allows like minded people with the comparable fascination to link close to the entire world. Most online games also give the choice of multiplayer video games, which could include tens of players competing in a single recreation on a digital system. This has made on the web gaming even a lot more interesting for the users.
In other cases, users are also ready to exchange tips with other end users for the duration of unique chat sessions by the use of a unique headset. The nature and sort of online games may differ, so users have a range to select from in accordance to their passions.
The introduction of the free online games has expanded its consumer base. Several consumers who were before deterred from actively playing on the web because of to the substantial expenses are now ready to access the gaming software and engage in free of charge on the web video games. This introduction has enabled a lot of youths to commit their free of charge time gaming, as a result deterring them from vices this sort of as medications.
The draw back of on-line games
The engaging mother nature of these game titles is addictive to most youths, specifically teenagers. Most of the time, several gamers dedicate themselves to these game titles at the cost of their schoolwork. This has been detrimental to their good results in education and other activities such as sports activities.
There have also been grievances that as men and women devote most of their time actively playing, they neglect their social existence and loose attachment to their family members. This can also result in fights in people because the avid gamers are inclined to get selfish with the family appliances to engage in the video games.


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FTR14 has several biochemical functions, for example, metal ion binding, zinc ion binding. Some of the functions are cooperated with other proteins, some of the functions could acted by FTR14 itself. We selected most functions FTR14 had, and list some proteins which have the same functions with FTR14. You can find most of the proteins on our site.
Function metal ion binding
Related Protein PDE1A; ZFY2; ZFYVE27; CPS1; B3GNT1; ITK; PDE6C; ZNF584; PRDM12; RASSF5
Function zinc ion binding
Related Protein ANPEPB; MUL1A; NR2E3; ZFAND6; DNMT1; MBD1B; CNBP; BIRC7; TRIM35-39; ZKSCAN5

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In 2016, there was a steep rise in country court judgements (CCJs) against consumers, new figures from the Registry Trust have revealed. The Registry Trust operates the Register of Judgements, Orders and Fines for England and Wales on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
A CCJ is a court order that any creditor can apply to the court for and the court order will be filed against an individual or company that fails to repay money owed to them. Figures hit record highs last year with the number reaching 912,389 judgements registered against consumers in 2016. This is a 24% increase on the 730,000+ judgements registered in 2015.
This rise is the fourth consecutive one and is now at the highest figure on record. There are fears that this increase will have implications for people wanting to obtain mortgages, credit cards or even bank accounts in future.
A CCJ is removed from the register if paid off in full within 30 days of its issue, if it is not dealt with in this time it will remain on the individual/company’s credit file for six years. After a judgement is received, it means the court has decided the company or individual owe the money to the person who brought the charge against them.
Registry Trust chairman Malcolm Hurlston doesn’t agree with those that think the growing numbers suggest people are struggling to cope financially. He said; “Taking together the increasing number of judgments and their declining value, we see that people whose commitments may be out of control are being identified earlier in the lending cycle.”
Whatever this rise in CCJs against consumers means it is worrying many experts and interested parties, especially debt charities, who feel that this does point towards a potential rise in debt levels for many individuals should inflation reach higher levels later this year as predicted.
But this news comes in contrast to figures that show the number of CCJs against businesses in England and Wales fell by 21% in 2016 to 78,739. This is the lowest level on record and has been put down to new fees surrounding CCJs which has seen businesses trying to obtain funds out of court to avoid this cost.
Whether the situation for businesses and individuals changes over the next couple of years as a result of Brexit remains to be seen but for now businesses and individuals are at the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of CCJs.


Youth leadership programs
The Queensland Youth Strategy commits to creating opportunities for young people to have a say and participate in the decision making process on matters that affect their lives.
Central to this commitment is supporting Queensland’s young people to build their capacity to take these opportunities in both hands.
As part of this, we deliver 2 cornerstone programs specifically developed to build and enhance the leadership skills and confidence of young people, so they can focus their passions to make positive contributions to our society.
The Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
Each year, 40 young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people aged 18 to 25 years, from right across the state of Queensland, come together to make change happen, whether it be for themselves, their families or their community as a whole.
The Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program provides a safe and supportive environment and is specifically tailored to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders to share their stories and develop their leadership and self-development skills, providing participants with the essential tools to develop and lead their own community projects to help resolve their community issues.
Participants network with, and are championed by, Elders and other prominent members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Members of Parliament, Directors-General and their departments, and champions from both the public and private sector.
In past years, the program has been proudly sponsored by Glencore Coal Assets Australia.
It culminates in the 1-day Eric Deeral Indigenous Youth Parliament facilitated by Queensland Parliamentary Services.
YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament
The Queensland Government is a proud supporter of the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament educational program developed and run by YMCA Brisbane.
The program allows 93 young people aged 15 to 25 from across the state, each representing one of Queensland’s state electorates to learn about leadership and parliamentary process. The Youth Parliament culminates in a mock debate on Youth Bills written over the 5 month course of the program within the chambers of the Parliament of Queensland.
Funding provided by the Queensland Government ensures that a past participant of the Queensland Youth Parliament is employed to coordinate the program and that the voices of young Indigenous Queenslanders are included.


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A hybrid digital and print special collection, the Middle East Water Collection includes data, books, journal and newspaper articles, and documents published in the Middle East, Europe, and North America originating from a variety of publishers and national and multinational agencies and organizations.
Oregon State University has created and contributed to valuable collections addressing water resources. Specifically, the Pacific Northwest and the Middle East are covered by these unique resources.
This website covers the literature of water conflict prevention and resolution. The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database is a project of the Oregon State University Department of Geosciences (CEOAS), in collaboration with the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Provides access to digital collections of significant primary and secondary resources on water in the western United States. These collections have been made available by research libraries belonging to the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) and other academic library partners. The collection is a valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary and historic water issues.
Index to U.S. Geological Survey publications, U.S. and Canadian Masters'theses and Ph.D. dissertations, journal articles, books, maps and government reports.Index with some abstracts.
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Academic Search Complete provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
Search for scholarly materials from around the world such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar searches a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. Some articles are available in full-text through links to OSU's journal subscriptions. Coverage Dates: coverage range - unknown
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DOE Green Energy is a gateway to green energy results from thousands of DOE-sponsored research and development projects. DOE Green Energy is a portal to information about various forms of green energy, including solar, wind, bioenergy, and others. This free search of green energy DOE technical report literature, green energy patent information, and much more is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Coverage Dates: 1959 -
An electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public. Coverage Dates: - present
For the free version visit http://www.greeninfoonline.com which will take you directly to the GreenFILE database.
Greenfile focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. Coverage Dates: mid-1960's - present
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Trying saying that 5 times fast! Whether you can master our tongue twister or not, these 6 simple, effective, and often bargain ideas will provide you with some much needed comfort food to get you through the cold winter nights (and looming deadlines).
Even if you’re a complete novice in and around the kitchen – why not break the ice and give one of these a try!
Gourmet Hot Chocolate
The classic hot chocolate must surely be one of the go to treats when you just want to snuggle up on the sofa and watch some TV. However, you don’t need to visit your favourite well-known-coffee-shop-chain-that-we-can-not-mention-for-legal-reasons to enjoy a luxurious cup of cocoa. No no! Rather than the sugary, watery version you may usually end up with, a gourmet hot chocolate is just a couple of steps away.
Firstly, make your hot choc with warm milk and a drop of boiling water, rather than hot water and a drop of milk. You can then be as adventurous as you like with your toppings. Squirty cream and marshmallows is obviously a highly popular choice – but why not add a chocolate flake in there as your stirrer, maybe crumble some gingerbread over the top, or even break up chunks of brownie for ultimate chocolate meltdown!
Don’t forget that a vast array of delicious flavoured syrups are not exclusive to the high street coffee shops, you can also buy them yourself, completing your transformation from novice-ta to barista! (Shameful effort at rhyming I know)
We might not think of soup as a particularly exciting food form but there is such an abundance of soup recipes out there, and they are SO simple to create, that you’ll soon be kicking the can and pledging your allegiance to homemade!
Just one option we have chosen to share is a delicious sweet potato and butternut squash recipe. Simply fry some coriander and a finely diced onion in a large saucepan. After 4/5 minutes, add in 2 peeled and chunky chopped sweet potatoes and 1 peeled, chunky chopped butternut squash. A couple of minutes later, pour 1.7 litres of vegetable stock (stock cubes and boiled water), bring to the boil, and then simmer for around 20 minutes. Ensure it is well seasoned (add some chilli if you wish), and then blend it all together. Simples 🙂
Quite possibly one of the easiest dinner ideas out there to warm you up this winter! The cheat option is the best option here, as all major supermarkets stock a sausage casserole sauce – and then the choice is yours to style it out however you wish. Cook or fry your chosen bangers first off all, slice them up (or leave whole), and add to a pot along with the sauce; cover, and cook for about 20 minutes at 190ºC.
If you want to go for a little extra and show off, you could add chopped chorizo, white beans, and fried, sliced red onion into the casserole before cooking. For all out comfort, serve with creamy mash and carrots.
Now we’re talking! The humble toastie is a winner at any time of day or year, but is especially satisfying when you’re craving a quick, hot snack. Upgrade to panini status if you fancy some Italian flavour, and let your imagination run wild with fillings of your desire. Cheese is of course an ever present ingredient (along with bread, or the whole thing would be rather pointless), with ham and cheese a popular filling option. But why be boring? Here are just a few alernative toastie/panini options for you to create:
* Cheese and Sundried Tomatoes.
* Chicken Club (Chicken, Bacon, Cheese, Sliced Tomato, Side Salad).
* Tuna, Salsa and Mature Cheddar.
* Salami, Mozzarella and Mixed Peppers.
* Roasted Veg, Spinach and Goats Cheese.
* Feta, Peppered Ham, Tomatoes and Olives.
* Nutella and Banana (it really works, honest!)
Chicken Pasta Bake.
This is a great way to bling up the bog standard pasta dishes that probably play a large part of your University eating life. First, cook fresh chicken breasts and chop into cubes – or buy already cooked pieces if you’re feeling lazy! Rather than boil the pasta in water, this is done in chicken stock. When the pasta is ‘al dente’, pour just under half of the stock away, and keep the rest still in the saucepan. Add in your chicken, along with roughly chopped vegetables (I recommend cherry tomatoes, peppers, and courgettes), season well, including mixed herbs, and then transfer the contents into a baking dish. You can then be generous with your topping of grated cheese, and (my little trick) smashed up ready salted crisps – it’s a revelation! Cook in the oven at 200°C for 20-25mins, and enjoy.
Cherry Bakewell Sponge Pudding.
A classic cake given a fresh twist as a piping hot pudding! If you’re not a fan of cherries, you can always substitute for strawberries or blackberries – and the almonds on top are optional too. However, for the set recipe you will need to…
* Pour 6 tablespoons of cherry jam into a saucepan, along with the syrup from a tin of pitted black cherries. (A splash of booze can be added to this if the mood requires it)
* Boil and simmer this mixture for up to 15 minutes, until the liquid is thick and smooth. Add in the cherries, and pour into a baking dish, leaving to cool.
* For the sponge: In a large mixing bowl, mix 200g of softened butter, 200g golden caster sugar, 50g of self raising flour, 3 large eggs, 130g of ground almonds, and a pinch of salt, then whisk until combined, yet not too thick.
* Spoon this mixture over the cherries, trying not to nudge them too much, and gently smooth over.
* Scatter flaked almonds over the top (if required) and bake at 180°C for around 45 minutes.
* Help yourself to as much as you want, and make a proper pud of it with some custard, melted chocolate, or ice cream to accompany – or all of them… Diet starts Monday right?
We would love to hear about your very own comfort food inventions, so why not leave us a comment here or via our social media channels with your scrummy suggestions for staying warm this winter!

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VIDEO: Cat from Morecambe has life saved after public donated cash for operation
A crowdfunding page set up to raise money for a life-saving operation for a cat that had been shot and run over in Morecambe raised Â£1,000 in just a few days.
Generous members of the public were touched by Diesel’s plight after his owner Amy Owens’ sister appealed for help to pay for an operation to save his life.
Amy, of Globe Drive, Morecambe, said: “Diesel who is seven is my little daughter Sofia’s first pet. I found him curled up on the back doorstep soaking wet as it had been raining.
“He hobbled in and collapsed to the floor.He just had his little head down in his front paws.
“Instantly knew something was wrong so I put him in a box and took him to Bay Vets.
“They checked his little claws and confirmed he had been in a road traffic accident. They then x-rayed him and found a pellet near his heart and that his stomach had been torn away from his abdomen. The vets rang me and delivered the awful news that he had been shot and had massive adominal injuries.I couldn’t afford the massive bill so I decided to have him put to sleep later on that day. I was devastated.”
Unbeknownst to Amy, her sister Leanne and best friend had set up a gofund me page to raise funds for Diesel’s treatment. Within afew hours the page had raised £740.
An anonymous donor gave £320.20 which covered the final vets bill.Their cat had been run over a few weeks ago and they wanted to help.
Amy said: “Diesel was operated on but they left the pellet in his body because it was just millimetres away from his heart.They were unsure whether the pellet was a new or old injury, but he had been shot.
“They also found he had a punctured lung which needed draining.
“He’s recovering really well at home and has been for his vet check up and they are happy with his progress.
“I am so grateful for everyone that has donated to help save Diesel’s life. He’s part of the family and it wouldn’t of been the same without him, he’s irreplaceable.
“I know cats can be a nuisance in people’s gardens but shooting them isn’t the option.
“The vets said he is so lucky to be alive.
“I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone that helped with Diesel’s surgery. “

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By W.A Wijewardena –
Two issues raised by readers
One is how monopolies and oligopolies, grouping themselves into two warring factions bent on safeguarding their own interests, could be controlled in a democracy without compromising the democratic rights of the people.
The other is, though it is obvious that those who receive publicly funded education are debtors of the community, how those who finance education out of their own funds could be treated as community’s creditors.
Monopolies and natural monopolies at war
The article under reference had categorised the group against private medical schools as either monopolies or oligopolies. The list had three specific groups, namely the Inter-University Students’ Federation or IUSF and the Government Medical Officers’
Association or GMOA which are monopolies, while the eight medical faculties functioning under the country’s state-funded universities as a collusive oligopoly.
On the other side of the war, the Medical College of the Kotelawala Defence University, known as KDUMC, is a natural monopoly; the controversial South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine or SAITM is also a natural monopoly in the making. Both sides have presented themselves to the community as a group fighting for the wellbeing of the community.
But the real reason is private interest
However, the real reason behind the declared war by each party is personal interest. The IUSF has cited that its objective has been to protect the free education system that would ensure equity in education delivery. But, the free education system in Sri Lanka is funded by taxpayers collectively.
They can raise funds for this purpose by paying taxes today. If today’s tax revenue is not sufficient, they can borrow money and spend on education, but it is tantamount to promising to pay taxes tomorrow. The latter is the usual situation in Sri Lanka.
Hence, recipients of free education today carry a future tax payment liability as well. Hence, it is the students themselves, their parents and those who are to be born in the future who are the people who provide funds for running the system. As such, to call it a free education system is a misnomer.
GMOA’s campaign for quality
The GMOA has cited that it is opposed to SAITM because it lacks, according to GMOA’s assessment, the quality and standards which are expected of a medical college. The quality and standards are necessary, says the GMOA, to protect the interests of patients and it is the duty and the obligation of the GMOA to ensure its delivery. Hence, it sees nothing unethical when it chooses to resort to indefinite strike action for protecting the rights of patients. Obviously, the GMOA appears to be of the belief that if the ends are noble, they need not worry about the means.
Competition will generate excellence
The leading medical faculties of state universities have done a good job in the past in producing medical professionals within the limited facilities available to them. Those who have passed out of these medical faculties have made their mark in both Sri Lanka and abroad.
Their superior intellectual capacity has been demonstrated amply in the postgraduate research work they have done at reputed foreign medical schools and clinical work done at hospitals abroad. That performance by any standard is impressive.
However, the ability to move to greater heights in medical education through these state-owned medical faculties will depend on the healthy competition which they have with each other, having adopted global best practices and benchmarks. However, at present, they function as a collusive oligopoly barring their ability to move forward in a competitive environment.
Obstacles for private medical schools
On the supply side, KDUMC is already a natural monopoly, while SAITM, if approved for granting medical degrees, will emerge as a monopoly. Given the high capital investment requirements needed for setting up a privately-owned teaching hospital, it is unlikely that these two institutions will have effective competition from a newcomer to medical education. This is a dangerous development and has to be avoided.
Ensure quality if the country wants to become an education hub
Sri Lanka has all the ground requirements to become a hub for medical education. Its talent pool in academia in the medical field could be used productively to establish such a hub in the country. However, to gain recognition from foreign students and foreign health authorities, it is absolutely necessary to upgrade the quality of education and maintain the required quality standards.
Benchmarking Sri Lanka’s medical education with good universities abroad, as was done by Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s, is a must if Sri Lanka is to become a recognised medical education hub. For that, it is necessary to break the current monopoly power being enjoyed by state-owned medical faculties and KDUMC, which already holds a licence to operate a medical school and SAITM which, if approved, will emerge as the second private medical school in the country.
Allow private medical colleges to use state hospitals upon payment of a fee
State-owned medical faculties have a distinctive advantage because they have readymade teaching hospitals, upgraded to that position from the existing hospital network of the Government. Hence, the Government could set up additional State-owned medical faculties depending on the availability of funds. The obstacle to set up medical colleges is therefore experienced only by the private entrants to the field.
That could be sorted by allowing them to use Government hospitals as teaching hospitals after upgrading them to the status of teaching hospitals and by paying an annual user fee. The cost of the upgrading could be done either by private entrants or by the Government. If the Government does so, the additional expenditure it has incurred could be recovered from private medical schools by increasing the user fee appropriately.
This is a true public-private partnership to be undertaken by the Government for the benefit of the country. The upgrading of the hospitals will improve the quality of healthcare delivery system of the Government, on the one hand, and facilitate patients to receive high quality medical services, on the other.
Competition is a must
Thus, competition should be promoted among both the state sector medical faculties and private medical colleges to facilitate them to do the best for the country, medical education and students aspiring to become medical professionals.
It is only through competition that the country can attain excellence in education and knowledge building. Such excellence should help the country to develop itself as a medical education hub in the region. It improves the quality, value and earning power of all the medical sector professionals in the country. It in turn will give incentives for them to add more value to what they do right now in the education field.
Quality assurance bodies should be independent
What is necessary in this respect is the quality assurance among both the state sector and private medical colleges. It should be done through an independent quality assurance body, similar to those functioning in the UK or Australia, and not through politically inspired organisations. Such quality assurance should be equally applied to both the state medical faculties and the private medical schools.
In the case of the private higher learning institutions which are affiliated to foreign universities, there are audit teams that visit them at least twice a year to assess the quality standards and certify that they conform to the quality standards prescribed by the foreign universities concerned and the quality assurance authorities in their home countries.
Such a system should be developed and established in Sri Lanka too if it plans to gain recognition from foreign healthcare authorities and thereby attract foreign students to the country.
Both public and private medical colleges should be subject to quality controls
In summary, in order to break the monopoly in medical education, competition should be promoted, private medical schools should be encouraged, upgraded state sector hospitals should be made available to any private medical school upon payment of an appropriate fee and all medical schools should be subject to the same quality assurance as prescribed by an independent quality assurance body.
If any state sector or private medical college does not conform to prescribed quality standards, adequate time should be given for them to comply with the requirements. If they still fail to do so they should be closed down without favour or discrimination.
The second issue raised by readers relates to how those students who pay for their education would become creditors of the community.
Government can provide education free of charge or charging a fee
For any civilisation to progress its members should acquire skills, talents and competencies on a regular basis. The role of education should be to help community members to equip themselves with such skills, talents and competencies. It could be done in two ways.
One is that the community funds the educational expenditure of the members collectively through taxes raised or by borrowing money. Then, the educational expenditure could be recovered by charging a fee from students as is being done in countries like Singapore or Thailand or provided freely as is being done in Sri Lanka. If the first method is adopted, then, the members, having paid for their education, will become creditors of the community.
If the second method is adopted, then, it is tantamount to members borrowing funds from the community and undertaking education to acquire the required skills. Then they become the debtors of the community. In both cases, education is produced and provided by the state but it adopts two different methods of making it available to members of the community. In the first case, the community is indebted, while in the second case, the students are indebted. Thus, in the first case, the community has to pay back to the students. In the second case, the students have to pay back to the community.
Private sector too could provide education free of charge or charging a fee
Now suppose that education is produced by the private sector and provided to students either by charging a fee or free of charge as is being done in the state sector education system in Sri Lanka. In the first case, members of the community undertake education by spending their private funds.
In the second case, for students to receive education without paying a fee, the community has to pool resources through taxes raised and offer scholarship to students. The only difference in this model is that instead of the state producing and supplying education, the private sector produces and supplies education. Hence, the same debtor-creditor relationship prevails in the use of education by members of the community.
Accordingly, if the students pay for their education out of their funds, they become creditors of the community. If on the other hand, if the community pays for education, the students will become debtors of the community.
A fee charging private education to supplement free education of the Government
Now suppose that education is provided by the private sector by charging a fee from the students. By doing so, they help community members acquire the required skills. This is the model which is being objected to by IUSF and GMOA.
However, there is no difference in this model and the model in which the state sector supplies education by charging a fee. Hence, in this model, as in the case of the model where the Government supplies education by charging a fee, students become creditors of the community.
What is prevalent in countries where the state provides education on a community basis is the existence of fee-charging private education side by side with free education provided by the state.
A payment mechanism
Hence, in order to encourage members to acquire education by paying a fee, on one side, and dissuading others from misusing free education, on the other, there should be a payment mechanism for education. It is in this respect that, further developing a method suggested by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, the article in the previous week proposed that a hypothetical student account should be maintained by the State for each student.
In the case of students receiving free education, it was proposed to debit the account since they are debtors of the community. In the reverse, the account of the students who pay for their education out of their own funds, the account should be credited since they are creditors of the community.
Then, the payment should be done by the students in the first case and by the community in the second case. Students can pay back, again hypothetically, in the first case by providing their services to the community for a prescribed period.
In the case of the medical profession, the system could be used to encourage them to serve in difficult areas by allowing them an accelerated payment system. In the case of students who have met the education expenditure out of their funds, the community could pay back by engaging them in productive employment.
KDUMC has already introduced a fee collection system
One might think that this is a pipedream of an intellectual. But as Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena, the first Dean of KDUMC and presently a professor at Ruhuna University, had clarified to this writer, a similar method has been in use in the case of service personnel following medical education at KDUMC.
“In KDU students are enrolled to tri-forces as second lieutenants or cadets. When they graduate they become Captains in Army and get relevant ranks from Navy and AF. They get paid by these forces a salary. The cost of education is free but they have to pay for meals, uniforms (allowance is given), books, computers. These are bought by the KDU but money is deducted from the monthly salary. They are bonded to the respective force for 17 years, 5 years in the medical school and 12 years after graduation,” says Prof. Amarasena.
This is an instance of actually implementing the account system proposed in this article. Amarasena has suggested that this model should be extended to State-owned medical faculties as well.
If this method is employed, there is no incentive for students to boycott classes and engage in activities which are not directly relevant to their acquisition of skills.
*W.A. Wijewardena, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, could be reached at email@example.com


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Kayla Braxton became one of the best things about WWE’s interview sections in no time. Her peculiar relationship with Paul Heyman has certainly added to her popularity, but there is much more to her than that.
Miss Braxton also loves herself, and that is why she makes sure she maintains herself in every way possible. She loves life and wants to make the most of it as much as she can.
Braxton is also single and makes sure her fans know that as well. She took to her Twitter and revealed her dislike of healthy lifestyles in an amusing post. Apparently, that desire to live her own life could also keep her from finding love.
I could never date someone who suggested we eat healthy or watched our alcohol intake on vacation. Gym? Sure. But if I wake u up at 5:30 am mixing up some frozen margaritas and ordering breakfast burritos, you better be game.
Kayla Braxton also recently got trolled for claiming she is 5’8”. Obviously, she will keep living her best life, no matter what anyone thinks. Braxton continues to be sharing in any way she wants to, and that is what matters in the end.
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Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu is suing the deputy secretary of the party’s youth wing for US$10 million, claiming defamation.
In summons filed at the Harare High Court on Tuesday, Mpofu references comments made by Lewis Matutu (pictured) during a news conference at the Zanu PF HQ in June, naming Mpofu on a list of allegedly corrupt party officials, government officers and private individuals.
“The statement, in its defamatory, false and misleading allegations states that the plaintiff has violated the very foundation of the fight for democracy in Zimbabwe because of his corrupt proclivities,” Mpofu’s lawyers say.
Matutu allegedly said Mpofu’s corrupt inclinations continue to undermine socio economic transformation in Zimbabwe and, as a corollary, the youths are suffering immensely.
“He said that despite the country’s ample human and natural resources, corrupt individuals like the plaintiff continue to perpetuate alarming socio- economic imbalances in Zimbabwe,” said the lawyers.
Mpofu wants Matutu to make a public statement withdrawing his allegations.
Matutu is already being sued by businessman Frank Buyanga for allegedly linking him to land corruption and faces other threats of lawsuits from some of the individuals he publicly named.


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Food Cravings Part 1 - Glutamates
You’ve just finished a yummy protein bar or a bag of flavoured potato chips and 20 minutes later you want more...and more but you’re not actually hungry! It’s possible that these food choices are triggering further food cravings and derailing your hard fought weight loss efforts.
Glutamic Acid was discovered as a flavour enhancer for food in 1866 when a German chemist tasted the brown crystal residue left behind in a bowl of Kombu soup (a type of kelp). This chemical was then patented and manufactured as a salt of glutamic acid and so MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) was born.
Glutamates make food taste good, this is one reason why we tend to eat more, because we simply like the flavour, but the real reason why it triggers food cravings is a little more undercover. Enter...the nervous system. Glutamate is an amino acid found naturally bound in foods such as cheese, milk, mushrooms, meat and fish. It is also an excitatory neurotransmitter in our nervous systems and at normal levels ingested through our natural foods it is perfectly harmless.
Being excitatory, it plays a part in our ‘reward’ system pathways (the feeling of feeling good). Glutamates found as additives are free bound which causes an overload in the excitatory process and makes us crave more of the thing that ‘rewarded’ us – in this case it may have been a soup mix with MSG or something from our local Chinese takeaway.
It acts in the same way that addictive drugs ‘reward’ the addict through use and make them crave further use. Glutamate as an additive can come under different names, check the labels of some of your most craved foods, do they contain any of the following names?
- Glutamate, Glutamic acid, Gelatin
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG), Calcium caseinate, Textured protein (TP or TVP)
- Monopotassium glutamate, Sodium caseinate
- Yeast nutrient, Yeast extract, Yeast food, Autolyzed yeast,
- Hydrolyzed protein (HP or HVP).
These are some other terms you may find lurking in your most craved foods: Carrageenan, Maltodextrin, Malt extract Natural pork flavouring, Citric acid, Malt flavouring, Bouillon and Broth Natural chicken flavouring, Soy protein isolate, Natural beef flavouring, Ultra-pasteurized Soy sauce, Stock Barley malt Soy sauce extract, Whey protein concentrate, Pectin Soy protein, Whey protein Protease, Soy protein concentrate, Whey protein isolate, Protease enzymes Anything protein fortified, Flavours(s) & Flavouring(s), Anything enzyme modified, Anything fermented, Natural flavour(s) & flavouring(s) Enzymes anything, Seasonings, Flavour enhancer.
Anything that is called ‘something’ protein eg pea protein implies that it also contains free bound glutamates. Go and grab that craved food now...have a look at the label.
If you’ve ever found yourself wanting to eat endless amounts of it and then wanting to eat lots later on you may find some of these names? Even our friends the protein bar contains free bound glutamates. I discovered this after I ate 7 in a row and couldn’t understand why.
Fresh and natural is best to ward off food cravings and to help keep you on track of your food plans. There are other common food triggers such as sugar, coffee, refind carbohydrates and aspartate.

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