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Using OPS ONE Online Bill Pay
Nothing is worse than being mid-binge in your favorite Netflix series, mere episodes away from the season finale, when boom – your internet service disconnects. It’s then that you realize, you skipped an item on your to-do list: getting by Opelika Power to pay your internet bill. But today is Saturday and Opelika Power isn’t open; you’ve been doomed to basic cable for the rest of your weekend – or have you? What if there was a way to pay your Internet bill from the comfort of your home with just the click of a button allowing you to keep watching your favorite show interruption free? Well now there is OPS ONE’s online bill pay system.
With its recent OPS ONE introduction, Opelika Power makes it easier to manage your TV, phone, and Internet services. Utilizing the newly installed fiber optic network throughout the city, OPS ONE provides you with crystal clear voice, high quality video, and lighting fast internet speeds. Called the “triple play,” OPS ONE makes it easy to keep your services bundled together and your life easy. With online bill pay, it’s even more so. A simple login and click of a button allows you the ability to access your video, voice, and Internet bill from home and gives you the option to pay that online. No more waiting in lines at the office or depending on the mailman to get your bill there in time. With online bill pay, skip the hassle.
Paying your bill online is easy. Simply go online to the Opelika Power website and locate the “Pay Your Bill” button in the top right corner. From there, select the Pay Now option underneath the OPS ONE logo. Enter your email and password to view and pay your bill. If you have not yet registered, select the sign up link located directly beneath the login screen. You will need to input your account number and last name or business to register. Login after you’ve registered to view and pay your bill.
Need more options on the go? OPS ONE utilizes the Smarthub App to make its online bill pay system even easier for you. Simply download the app and follow the steps provided, selecting “Opelika Power Services – OPS ONE” as your provider. And that’s it. You can manage account information, view your bill, and pay your statement all from the convenience of your phone. No more getting dressed up to leave the house and wait in line just to get your internet service reconnected. Just login and pay from home.
OPS ONE offers you all the tools to make paying your bill simpler. From online bill pay to apps on your phone, OPS ONE provides you with the conveniences you want for the services you need; OPS ONE makes managing your bill easier.

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RCA Studio A Saved From Demolition by New Deal
In a last-minute deal, the Nashville company that planned to demolish the building that houses RCA's historic Studio A sold the property to a non-profit organization devoted to preservation.
Bravo Development purchased the building, which has been the home to many landmark recordings from some of country's top artists, in July for $4.075 million dollars, and after an assessment of the building, announced it could not be saved. The tenants received an eviction notice in September, and Bravo announced plans to proceed with demolition if nobody with an eye toward preservation made an offer on the property by Sept. 30.
In a deal announced Friday (Oct. 3), Bravo has finalized a contract to sell the building to AMT Trust LLC for $5.6 million.
“From the beginning I invited offers from those who have alternate plans for the building,” said Bravo Development head Tim Reynolds. “We have worked diligently to find an appropriate buyer, and received multiple offers in the final hours before the deadline including some from developers who did not intend to save the building. In light of public concern, we ultimately decided to select the buyer that plans to preserve the building, and hopefully open it to the public.”
Aubrey Preston is the founder of AMT Trust. The New York Times reports the Tennesse-based preservationist and developer is part of the Americana Music Triangle project, which “seeks to promote music tourism and tie together the story of roots music as it emerged in Nashville, New Orleans, Memphis and the surrounding areas.”
A new independent report issued last week by the Save Studio A campaign found that, despite Bravo's claims about the state of the building, it would cost less than $375,000 to make the necessary updates.
“I felt like I had to get it under contract or else we weren’t going to be able to save it,” Preston tells the Times. “The most important thing about this was that we just needed to get it in a safe harbor, and then we can decide what to do with it.”
According to a press release, AMT Trust hopes to find "a preservation-minded owner" for the property.
Musician and producer Ben Folds has rented Studio A for the past 12 years, and has been very vocal about the need to preserve the building. He posted the following to Facebook in the wake of Friday's announcement:
I'm encouraged about the news of the impending sale of the historic RCA building to my friend who is a proven preservation leader I greatly respect. I look forward to discussing with him what the future holds for the studio space once the deal closes.
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Veteran mining analyst John Cornford reviews some of the more interesting plays in the junior mining sector…
Gold’s increasingly rosy prospects started to open up exploration funding only about three years ago, allowing the likes of Greatland Gold (LON:GGP) – last year’s market darling – to at last look around for the prospects it felt would supply the commodities demand that it was certain would recover.
But at first it was a hit and miss affair. It acquired its current flagship Havieron project in Western Australia’s well-endowed Paterson region in 2016, but at that stage it didn’t seem more exciting than some of its other Australian gold, copper, and other commodities’ prospects.
It was only in 2018 when limited drilling at Havieron first returned high copper and gold grades that enabled Greatland to raise £6m in two years to continue to drill, and in 2019 to discover much more extensive mineralisation. That was sufficient to attract Australian major Newcrest (with its nearby Telfer mine running out of ore) in May 2019 to offer to carry out $65m of drilling in exchange for an eventual 75% share.
Even so, Greatland’s shares didn’t take off until eight months later in January last year, after Newcrest reported ‘further outstanding drill results showing Havieron’s true possible scale’. Before then, Greatland’s market cap had remained well below £100m.
Nine months later, after Newcrest had spent enough to earn 40%, analysts estimated that it had found the equivalent (mostly in copper) of up to 4 million gold ounces, which was confirmed in December with a JORC inferred ‘resource’ of 4.2M oz.
That means Greatland’s potential 25% share is now valued in the market at a whopping £1.3bn – twice that of Solomon Gold which has six times the resource. It means that Havieron’s stockmarket value per gold equivalent ounce is an immense 24 times that of Solgold’s world leading Alpala deposit.
There are, of course, major justifications for a large disparity, including that work to exploit Havieron will start this year – some five years ahead of Solgold’s Aplala – and that observers suggest Havieron looks like growing its resource considerably further. Mining the ore, and processing it at Newcrest’s Telfer mine will also be much cheaper.
So, obviously, market sentiment is (or maybe has been) overwhelmingly for Greatland, with practically none for Solgold. But much of that sentiment must also be down to the seemingly bright prospect over the next few years for copper at least (and maybe to a lesser extent for gold).
Even so, one wonders when Greatland’s investors might look to redeploy their profits into ‘another’ Havieron. Trading volume at the shares’ take-off under 5p in January was much higher than any since, so that many holders must have multiplied their investment by at least 5-7 times.
Maybe some have started, explaining some recently rocketing minnows. Is their performance merely some investors leaping off one, and onto another, bandwagon – or are they truly on to another Greatland? Here I’ll mention two, and another two next week.
First up is Wishbone Gold (LON:WSBN), whose value now is more than twenty times that of only five months ago when it was an unremarked AIM tiddler.
The rise followed the company’s change of direction in August when – its gold trading activities in Africa having been affected by Covid – it raised £400,000 to start exploring a long-held tenement in Queensland Australia, which had already produced relatively small amounts of gold.
But it was not until October 5th that Wishbone announced the deal which has propelled the shares a further three-fold subsequently – namely the proposed acquisition of an exploration prospect (now named ‘Red Setter’) only 17 miles from Greatland’s Havieron discovery.
Since then, Wishbone has moved quickly, and less than a month later its consultants had remodelled some available aerial survey geophysics data to identify four large magnetic targets at Red Setter ‘with a similar signature to those at Haviron’, but at considerably shallower depths.
So, who could resist taking things a lot further? Much more detailed work has just commenced in the form of a high resolution aerial magnetic survey of the whole of WSBN’s Red Setter tenements, whose results Wishbone expects by the end of the current quarter.
These will be the first to really show whether Wishbone ‘might’ have a truly exciting prospect at Red Setter, so expect the shares to remain in demand at least until they are announced. Naturally however, at the early stage at which Wishbone currently finds itself, investors will start to worry about further cash raises, or profit-taking and share pull-backs. Mostly however, they worry about their bane – the existence of the cheap warrants with which favoured clients of the brokers have usually been lured in and which they often cash for a quick profit when available. In Wishbone’s case however, the earlier ones have been converted and there are now only 10m still outstanding (at 10p) from the last placing in December, compared with a total of 150m shares now in issue.
And in addition, although it might not compensate for a disappointment at Red Setter, Wishbone and its shareholders can fall back on its Queensland prospects, where preliminary surface sampling is promising enough for Wishbone to step up its spending there.
Earlier off the blocks in June (and in the news on January 12th) was Xtract Resources (LON:XTR), which paid a mere £1.25m seven months ago to acquire the Bushranger project in another significant Australian copper-gold province, New South Wales’ Lachlan copper belt.
But, like Greatland Gold before Havieron, Xtract also had a history of sticking pins into various prospects which haven’t exactly ‘struck gold’, and its rather longer history of the same had instilled more caution into investors. But maybe their caution is abating now.
Because, whereas up to June, Xtract had concentrated on small, medium sized, and near production copper prospects in Zambia and Mozambique, its shares perked up on announcing the acquisition of the rather more prospective Bushranger.
Located in the well-endowed Lachlan Fold Belt, Bushranger’s neighbours include the world-class copper-gold mines operated by Newcrest and Hong Kong listed China Molybdenum Co (CMOC) at their Cadia-Ridgeway and North Parkes mines, together with a potentially world-class deposit at Boda discovered last year by Australia’s Alkane Resources.
Bushranger contains the Racecourse deposit which, so far, has delivered an inferred JORC resource of some 690,000 tonnes copper equivalent, with subsequent drilling showing much wider mineralisation.
As a result, after raising some £650,000 at 1.2p in September and entering into a ‘standby’ further £1m borrowing facility with Sanderson Capital (of the sort which deters some investors) Xxtract announced in early December a drilling programme to test the promising extensions to Racecourse. The first of three diamond (i.e. accurate) drill holes in a first phase, planned to go to some 800m depth, has already (Jan 12th) reached 607 metres ‘with visual copper all the way down from 110 metres’ – a highly promising early result – explaining the shares’ jump.
Drilling is to continue beyond the planned 815m depth if mineralisation continues, while the other two drills in this first phase will be followed by a second six-drill phase if results warrant it. Based on results (which will take time to be assayed and which we probably can’t expect for a few months) Xtract plans to update the resource.
Also depending on the results, Anglo-American, which first explored Racecourse six years ago but only drilled to half the depth, has a right to require 80% if further exploration delivers a deposit of more than 2 million tonnes copper equivalent, or if there is a decision to mine. In those cases, it would pay Xtract ‘fair market value’, which would obviously depend on the nature of the deposit and the economics to mine it.
And also, like Wishbone, Xtract has something to fall back on if what is spurring its shares now fails to deliver. Its copper interests in Africa comprise an alluvial gold recovery operation at Manica in Mozambique along with development of a mine, and tailings and advanced exploration operations in Zambia’s copper belt.
In partnership with a local contractor, Manica is already recovering gold and delivering revenue to Xtract, while in Zambia the Eureka project (of which Xtract has an option to acquire 50%) is finding strong copper grades. Also in Zambia, Xtract has the formerly producing Kalengwa project with tailings and potential to extend the existing pit.
For both Wishbone and Xtract it is obviously the current early stage drilling programmes in what look like highly prospective locations, with the chance they are stumbling upon some seriously large finds, that is spurring market interest. And obviously, investors are being drawn into such shares by Greatland Gold’s success, so who knows how far the momentum might take them.
I’ll be discussing two more similarly performing shares next week.


Together with director Christiane Lutz and conductor Geoffrey Paterson the young artists of the opera studio will bring their own new production on stage: Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul. Premiere is on 28th March.
John Sorel fights the state underground to defend his ideal of freedom. To do this, he is prepared to give up his wife Magda, their child and his mother. Magda wants to follow John into exile and applies to the consulate for a visa for herself and her family. But the process is blocked by bureaucratic obstacles; Magda is never admitted by the consul.
While John's supposed fight for freedom condemns his family to ruin, Magda refuses to face up to reality and acknowledge the dark lies of her life. The result is an accident where Magda and John's son dies, finally leading to disaster for the entire family. An opera about the desperate wait for a visa - Gian Carlo Menotti's 1950 work Consul could not be more topical. The fate of Magda Sorel and her family shows how individuals fall apart as a result of destructive political activism and an inhuman bureaucracy. Menotti's urgent appeal for more compassion and humanity is the opera for our times.
For the first time Christiane Lutz is leading a new production at Bayerische Staatsoper. Her former productions include Alcina at Oper Graz, Ulisse at the Wiesbadener Bachwochen, Rinaldo and Hänsel und Gretel at Theater an der Wien/Kammeroper and Der Kaiser von Atlantis at Semperoper Dresden. British conductor Geoffrey Paterson will held the musical direction of The Consul.
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The Opera Studio program runs one to two seasons and consists of role studies, vocal lessons, acting and movement classes as well as language training. The young artists are cast for small roles in productions on the main stage and take part in several concert projects. They also work together with professional singers and conductors and have the opportunity to attend main stage rehearsals and performances. Workshops with staff members from different departments of the Staatsoper on subjects like career development complete the training program.
The past seasons, Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Rossini's La Cenerentola, Haydn's La fedeltà premiata, Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, Hans Werner Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, Mirandolina by Bohuslav Martinů, Gioachino Rossini's Le Comte Ory and Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring were premiered at the Cuvilliés Theatre.
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Get a Wakefield Oil Change, Support Local Cancer Care
Published Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Gary Linquist, owner of Wakefield Oil Change Plus, donates $1 from every oil change to the Northern Cancer Fund. “There’s no reason why we should fly outside our region to get treatment.”
by Graham Strong
What can you do with $1 these days? It doesn’t even buy a cup of coffee anymore. But Gary Linquist, owner of Wakefield Oil Change Plus on Cumberland Street, is putting those loonies together to help improve cancer care right here in Northwestern Ontario.
Wakefield donates $1 from every oil change to the Northern Cancer Fund at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation. That amounts to about $500 per month, Linquist said. Word may be getting out though because since he started the fundraising program, Wakefield is getting busier pushing that monthly donation closer to $600.
“People in the community can feel like they're contributing to the fight against cancer as well,” Linquist said. “We’ve all lost family and friends.”
It’s a truth that hit home several times in Linquist’s family. Most recently, Linquist lost both his father-in-law and his uncle – Wakefield’s founder – to cancer. Linquist sees firsthand how important it is to have cancer services in Thunder Bay.
“We need all the health care that we can here, cancer care included,” he said. “There’s no reason why we should fly outside our region to get treatment. We should be a hub like Toronto. This is just my little way of trying to help make that vision come true.”


HMRC can only collect tax due under the law
MP Chris White today led the debate on multinational companies and UK corporation tax in the House of Commons. MPs from all parties called for reform to ensure that companies who operate within the UK pay the tax due.
For once there was some sensible conclusions, rather than calling for companies to simply pay more tax, or haranguing HMRC for not collecting it, Treasury minister David Gauke backed HMRC saying “They can only collect the tax due under the law”.
That doesn’t mean that David Gauke intends to do nothing, he conceded that international tax guidelines don’t really meet today’s Internet business world and specifically in what constitutes a business taxable in the UK under “permanent establishment” rules.
Google and Amazon are high on the radar, although the third company called before the Commons Select Committee, Starbucks, appears to have slipped below the horizon with their charitable offer of £20 million in tax. Starbucks say that they decided to forgo certain deductions which would make them liable to pay £10m in corporation tax this year and a further £10m in 2014. Currently they’ve paid £5 million and will pay another £5 million later in the year.
Companies shouldn’t be allowed to pay voluntary tax though, and it’s reassuring to hear the Treasury Minister say so. Many will find it even more reassuring if the law is changed and it’s likely an action plan may be presented at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Moscow on the 19th-20th of July.


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Fabulous card! If this doesn’t make the recipient smile, nothing will! Love it!
House Mouse fan here! Love this beautiful but simple card… makes me smile!
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Stress Testing in a Risk Management Program
Today, many organizations are performing stress tests as a part of their Enterprise Risk Management program. What is a stress test? How will it benefit my organization?
Stress testing evaluates the potential impact on a company’s balance sheet for a specific event and/or movement in a set of financial variables. It can be an effective risk management tool. Many risk managers agree that stress testing should be an enterprise wide function that accounts for views from across the organization covering a range of perspectives and techniques.
Two effective methods to perform stress testing include sensitivity and scenario analyses. Sensitivity analysis can be useful for a range of purposes, such as testing the robustness of the results of a model or system in the presence of uncertainty. For example, what effect would a 10% decline in the stock market index have on the balance sheet? Future tax, interest, and inflation rates, operating expenses and other variables may not be known, so a sensitivity analysis can assist managers to answer the question, "what will be the effect on the business operations, and what variables are causing it?"
Scenario analysis differs from sensitivity testing in that it analyzes a situation and provides high, medium, and low scenarios based on the given inputs. It allows managers to explore different ‘what ifs’ and helps them to make better decisions. Scenario analysis can be thought of as performing multiple sensitivity analyses at the same time. Normally the scenario with the most likely outcome should be used in order to develop a risk mitigation strategy.
Managers throughout the organization should identify their areas of concern and design meaningful stress test analyses with a set of appropriate risk factors. The results should be realistic and appropriate. The next step is the adoption of a risk mitigation/contingency strategy for each risk identified, based on the outcome of the impact analysis, with a focus to lessen the impact of a particular threat.
After developing the risk mitigation strategies, managers are ready to present their reports to upper management. Many organizations find that these discussions are very useful. The findings can help identify high concentrations of risk that may not have been previously transparent.
Stress testing should be an integral part of a Company’s overall governance and risk management culture. A good set of stress tests enables managers to proactively reduce unacceptable risk levels by identifying structured decision-making for possible risk exposures.


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Nemanja Vidic is set to leave Inter in the summer
Former Manchester United captain Vidic has had a difficult spell in Serie A after leaving Old Trafford in the summer.
Vidic had a disastrous start to his career in Milan, giving away a penalty and getting sent off on his debut, and things have rarely been much better.
The mid-season appointment of Roberto Mancini - the former Man City manager - hasn't helped and Vidic's relationship with the Italian is thought to be at breaking point.
The two are reported to have fallen out again after Inter's 3-3 draw with Celtic in the Europa League, when Vidic was called to come on from the bench.
Inter have also been linked with a move for free agent Dias Felipe, a Brazilian defender recently released by Parma.
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Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.
Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis (Alain Delon)... See full summary »
Tom Ripley is sent to Europe by Mr. Greenleaf to fetch his spoiled, playboy son, Philippe, and bring him back home to the States. In return, Tom will receive $5,000. Philippe toys with Tom, pretending he will go back home, but has no intentions of leaving his bride to be, Marge, and honoring his father's wishes. After some time passes, Mr. Greenleaf considers the mission a failure and cuts Tom off. However, he will need all his conman abilities to keep afloat.Written by
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Extremely well done, tightly edited, well acted (by everyone, including the small roles, especially the actor who has to appear dead with long camera shots in a tense scene in the hotel). Delon is perfectly cast, with his calculating cool.
The cinematography is gorgeous, especially the scenes on the yacht---nothing gimmicky, but shot with an expertise that gives true drama to the action. You can feel the waves, the wind, and the sun. The colors are vibrant on the DVD. Though a scene like this in a typical movie today would include a heavy ominous score, the director simply lets the sound of the wind create the tension. The score (by Nina Rota), in fact, is understated, unlike anything today. Even the opening credits have style.
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- What age group is most health conscious?
- In which state are people more health conscious in India?
- What is the difference between Baby Boomers and Millennials?
- How do we maintain good health?
- What makes a healthy person?
- How can you prevent yourself from the diseases and maintain your health in good condition?
- How many Millennials are health conscious?
- What are the problems with Millennials?
- What generation is the best?
- Which generation eats the most fast food?
- What is millennials favorite food?
- What is the most unhealthy generation?
- Are Millennials happy?
- Why is it important to be health conscious?
- Who is the healthiest generation?
- Which is more developed state and why?
What age group is most health conscious?
This age group of people 25 to 34 years old appeared to be the most health conscious according to the study.
51 percent said they were always looking for healthy food while shopping, which is a step up from older cohorts as well as younger people of the Generation Z (18-24 years old)..
In which state are people more health conscious in India?
New Delhi: A recent study by HealthXP, one of India’s leading online supplement store for buying genuine health and nutrition supplements puts Delhi on top in terms of number of health and fitness conscious individuals.
What is the difference between Baby Boomers and Millennials?
Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 (ages 55 to 73 in 2019) Generation X was born between 1965 and 1980 (ages 39 to 54 in 2019) Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 23 to 38 in 2019) Generation Z was born between 1997 and 2012 (ages 7 to 22)
How do we maintain good health?
Tips for Maintaining Good HealthEat a variety of nutrient rich foods. Your body actually needs more than 40 different nutrients for good health, and there is not one single source for them. … Eat moderate portions. … DO NOT SKIP MEALS. … DO NOT eliminate certain foods. … Foods are not good or bad. … Drink water! … Avoid too much caffeine. … Be active.More items…
What makes a healthy person?
A person who has good physical health is likely to have bodily functions and processes working at their peak. This is not only due not only to an absence of disease. Regular exercise, balanced nutrition, and adequate rest all contribute to good health.
How can you prevent yourself from the diseases and maintain your health in good condition?
Get regular exercise. Exercise can help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and colon cancer. It can help treat depression, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure. People who exercise also get injured less often. Routine exercise can make you feel better and keep your weight under control.
How many Millennials are health conscious?
Another study showed that 9 out of 10 millennials consider healthy eating to be one of the pillars of wellness, so much so that 77 percent exclude from their diet whatever they believe could be harmful to their health. This is compared to a mere 12 percent of baby boomers.
What are the problems with Millennials?
Lower Wages Compared to earlier generations, the millennial generation makes less when adjusting for inflation, and they face other financial problems like massive student loans. Those who work minimum wage jobs see the biggest disparity.
What generation is the best?
Gen Z on track to be the best-educated generation yet Among 18- to 21-year-olds no longer in high school in 2018, 57% were enrolled in a two-year or four-year college. This compares with 52% among Millennials in 2003 and 43% among members of Gen X in 1987.
Which generation eats the most fast food?
These are the restaurant chains that Gen Z eats at most, according to a survey of more than 1,800 young Americans. Generation Z has a clear favorite when it comes to fast-food and casual-dining chains.
What is millennials favorite food?
1: Top food trends among millennials, in terms of how many respondents said they had tried them, include “sweet and spicy” foods (40 percent have tried), quinoa (36 percent), meals in bowls (35 percent), craft beer (26 percent), artisan ice cream (24 percent), cold-brew coffee (20 percent) and farm-to-table eating (18 …
What is the most unhealthy generation?
MillennialsMillennials (born 1980-2000) are the largest and most educated generation. But, they are also the most unhealthy.
Are Millennials happy?
A new Wells Fargo study suggests that millennials (ages 20-36) link satisfaction and happiness with stability and financial responsibility. About a third of participants are satisfied with their financial status and 62% felt happy overall, with 65% using the word “meaningful” to describe their lives.
Why is it important to be health conscious?
Being healthy should be part of your overall lifestyle. Living a healthy lifestyle can help prevent chronic diseases and long-term illnesses. Feeling good about yourself and taking care of your health are important for your self-esteem and self-image. Maintain a healthy lifestyle by doing what is right for your body.
Who is the healthiest generation?
New Aetna Study Shows That Millennials, GenXers and Baby Boomers All Think They Are the Healthiest Generation | CVS Health. We’re working to improve the health care experience for all, through innovative products and services and in communities nationwide.
Which is more developed state and why?
ListRankState/Union TerritoryHDI (2018)High human development1Kerala0.7792Chandigarh0.7753Goa0.76135 more rows

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ACCEPTANCE OF VODACOM OFFER BY NIGERIA’S EWI RINGS BELL ON ROUND ONE
In an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting attended by three state governors, Bola Tinubu of Lagos, James Ibori (Delta) and Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom) yesterday, the Board of Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited (EWN) accepted close to USD600 million offer by Vodacom Group (Pty) Limited of South Africa toacquire controlling shares in the Nigerian telecom company.
In a two paragraph statement entitled "ECONET Accepts Vodacom’s Offer", EWN disclosed. "The shareholders of Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited this (yesterday) afternoon at the company’s Extra Ordinary General Meeting in Lagos voted to accept Vodacom’s offer to acquire controlling shares in the GSM company.
"Shareholders and Shareholders’ representatives include Governors Bola Ahmed Tinubu, James Ibori, and Victor Attah of Lagos, Delta and Akwa Ibom States respectively attended the emergency general meeting. " The statement was signed by Mr. Emeka Oparah, Head, Corporate Affairs, EWN.
According to This Day, the offer is for 51% of the company. The South African company would also be putting down about USD260 million for shareholding and an additional USD300 million as loan in the equity and debt deal.
However Econet’s Strive Masiyiwa is not giving up without a fight. He said last week he was forced to launch a series of legal defences to stop other shareholders selling to Vodacom because his own firm had the right of first refusal.To avert further tussles, Masiyiwa said he had now bid for a 51% stake in the network so shareholders could not ignore their legal obligations in the future.
Masiyiwa said he could not understand Vodacom’s willingness to negotiate with existing shareholders when there was an irrevocable agreement for Econet Wireless International to buy the shares. It would be highly embarrassing if Vodacom struck a deal only to have the courts or the arbitrators declare it invalid, he said. "Nigeria isn’t a lawless place. It has a very good judicial system, and we will work our way through this. "
Vodacom is reluctant to comment, but its international MD, Andrew Mthembu, has said there was nothing to stop shareholders voting to overturn any previous agreements if they chose to.
He also challenged the legality of the EGM that accepted the Vodacom offer: "We filed papers in the court because there was no proper notice issued for this meeting. It is quite astounding that an EGM can be called without shareholders being properly notified according to the law. "Masiyiwa also stated that the meeting had been deliberately called to take decisions that were aimed at frustrating matters which are before the courts.
"There is a principle in international law that if a matter is before the courts, parties should not take decisions aimed at frustrating the outcome. Even if one party thinks it has an unassailable case, it must show respect for the courts. It is disturbing that this blatant disrespect for the rule of law in Nigeria is being supported by a major multinational which should know better," he said. Masiyiwa added that his company’s position was stronger than ever.

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Menoponidae is a monophyletic family of lice in the suborder/order of chewing lice, Amblycera, often referred to as the chicken body louse family. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of birds including chickens, which makes them important to understand for veterinary science and for human health. However, Menoponidae are not exclusive to poultry and are common parasites for migratory birds, with more and more species being discovered every year.
Genera and species within the Family Menoponidae are identified by their short antennae, concealed in grooves behind the eyes. To the untrained eye, it may appear as though they have no antennae. Most lice also further specialize to specific regions on their hosts such as the fluff at the base of the tail, the head, and the shaft. In fact, if a species that is better suited to tail feathers is presented with the opportunity to infest a different type of feather, they will make an attempt to eat those feathers but will fail to reproduce and soon die. As a group within the sub-order Amblycera, lice within the family Menoponidae are still partially dependent on blood as a source of food and are therefore better able to be generalists. The lice will scratch and nibble at the base of the feather in order to obtain this blood and modified mouth organs, such as the hypopharynx, is used to collect the blood. Due to their ability to utilize blood as a source of food, families in the Sub-Order Amblycera, such as Menoponidae, often do not specialize to specific locations on the host and will lay their eggs most anywhere on the host. This lack of specialization often makes it more difficult to distinguish one species from another in Menoponidae, without the use of microscopic techniques. As with all lice, outbreaks of the lice in the Menoponidae family have the capability of reproducing quickly and causing large-scale outbreaks. Due to the close contact of poultry in large-scale productions, this capability is often acutely realized.
Lice in the family Menoponidae, due to their ability to feed on blood, are often the first parasites found on birds, especially birds with nidifugous young. Nidifugous young are born with feathers and therefore are particularly susceptible to lice in the family Menoponidae. Menoponidae lice frequently have a wider range of distribution among species. In a study of 25 heavily infested birds in India, lice in the family Menoponidae were the most-common parasites.
Species of interest
Menacanthus stramineus – An ectoparasite of domesticated chickens and turkeys and the most common louse found on poultry worldwide. Eggs hatch in 4–5 days with a 14-day period required for maturatation from nymph to adult. Adult females can deposit approximately 1.5 eggs per day for 12.5 days.
Menopon gallinae – Louse commonly found on domesticated chickens and guinea fowl. Their common name, the shaft louse, is given due to their habit of resting on feather shafts when undisturbed. When disturbed, lice of these species will quickly run onto the body to avoid the threat.
- Marshall, I. K. (2003). "A morphological phylogeny for four families of amblyceran lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae, Boopiidae, Laemobothriidae, Ricinidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138(1): 39–82.
- Ash, J. S. (1960). "A study of the Mallophaga of birds with particular reference to their ecology". Ibis 102(1): 93–110.
- Trivedi, M. C., et al. (1991). "The distribution of lice (Phthiraptera) on poultry (Gallus domesticus)". International Journal for Parasitology 21(2): 247–249.
- Clay, T. (1969). "A key to the genera of the Menoponidae (Amblycera: Mallophaga: Insecta)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 24: 3–26.
- Bay, D. E., and R. L. Harris. Introduction to Veterinary Entomology. Bryan, TX: Stonefly Pub., 1988. Print.
- Balter, R. S. (1968). "Lice egg morphology as a guide to taxonomy". Medical and Biological Illustration 18: 94–95.

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Sometimes what you learn at a Luther Town Board meeting doesn’t even come from the board discussion or agenda. At Friday night’s meeting, someone in the audience said the empty former Walmart property is listed for sale. Anyone who drives by the empty brand-new building east of town on Hwy 66 might already know that, but it was news to most in the meeting. And certainly, we’ll learn more about all of that with some returned inquires. The property, as of Monday morning, was not listed on the broker’s website.
Just in case we need a refresher, Walmart came to Luther with much fanfare and left eight-months later. The Town sold Walmart the land (that had been used as a former sports field) for about $160,000, and the store built a store and retail gas facility valued at $1.3 million, according to the Oklahoma County Assessor. During Walmart’s short stint in Luther, the town banked on the sales taxes the grocery store, pharmacy and gas station would send, which was about $80,000 during the few months the store was open.
It took until the May 2016 meeting for town leaders to speak out loud about feeling the pain of the loss in sales tax revenue.The Town of Luther gets its revenue from sales taxes, fines from police citations and permits for buildings and construction. Mayor Lea Ann Jackson repeatedly noted at the May meeting that the town is consistently spending more money than it is taking in, and is using reserve money from the sale of the land to help pay the bills.
May 4, 2016, Luther Town Treasurer’s Report
- General Fund $113,797.27
(The General Fund was $146,418.70 as of July 1, 2015, according to the agenda documents).
- Rainy Day $170.61
- Police $180.13
- Fire $3,611.02 (note: includes grant money)
- Cemetery $1,679.44
Still the town spent some more money at the May meeting, including a 1.7% pay raise for the police chief and fire chief. After much discussion on the issue, in light of the town’s budget issues juxtaposed with Trustee Birlene Langley advocating for the raise saying that neither town employee have had a raise for several years, the trustees voted 3-2 for the increase. Ron Henry and Jackson voted NO, while Langley, Cecilia Taft and Carolyn Lawson voted for it.
Work is beginning on next year’s budget that begins July 1, 2016. Proposals are due from departments by May 23, 2016.


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The new images can be accessed easily by clicking on the ‘Featured Content’ checkbox in the Google Earth sidebar and further clicking on the ESA icon.
People can take a journey around the globe, exploring detailed images of amazing landmarks and finding out about important changes to the environment. Helpful information, bubbles of facts and figures, scientific explanations and theories will appear underneath the images.
Google Earth Director John Hanke said: "We are inspired to see the European Space Agency using Google Earth to show such fascinating information about our planet through these striking images. This is another important step in helping people around the world to understand more about their environment."
ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes Dr. Volker Liebig said: "Integrating ESA images into Google Earth provides an excellent opportunity to create public awareness and interest for space technologies, and in particular for those related to Earth observation and the protection of the environment."
"The imagery has been specifically chosen to afford Google Earth users the possibility to tour the planet from a bird’s eye view and to gain a different perspective and appreciation of their planet by witnessing its splendour as well as its vulnerable spots."
The images in the collection are acquired by ESA’s Envisat – the largest environmental satellite ever built – ERS and Proba satellites. ESA’s Envisat, launched in 2002, acquires data using three imaging sensors: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) and Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR).
The ASAR instrument uses radar to map the land, profile waves and ice, monitor land use and types of vegetation and measure some of the properties of the surface. MERIS acquires images of the planet’s surface and clouds in sunlight, capturing visible light and some of the infrared part of the spectrum. The AATSR sensor scans land and ocean surfaces to measure sea temperature, detect hot spots from forest fires and map the extent of vegetation in different regions.
Data from these sensors play a vital role in helping scientists, governments and others to understand the causes and consequences of global environmental changes – including detecting El Nino events, unravelling the mysteries of global warming, tracking global deforestation and pollution and gaining crucial insights into the rise in ocean levels.
‘Featured Content’ on Google Earth was launched in September and provides an opportunity for content providers like ESA to showcase content such as famous landmarks and scientific information.
Other providers on ‘Featured Content’ include:
United Nations Environmental Programme – The UNEP overlay for Google Earth includes successive time-stamped images illustrating 100 areas of extreme environmental degradation around the world. From the deforestation of the Amazon to the fallout of raging forest fires in Sub-Sahara Africa and the decline of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, this before-and-after imagery spanning the past 30 years offers users an online resource for learning about environmental crisis zones around the world.
Discovery Networks World Tour – The Discovery overlay enables travel enthusiasts and armchair tourists alike the opportunity to virtually visit major world attractions, cities, and natural wonders through Google Earth. Featuring streaming Discovery video segments, users can learn about the history and significance of various world landmarks, national parks, American and European cities, and African locations. These multimedia vignettes introduce users to the wonders of King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of Kings to the history of the gate of the Itsukushima Shrine in Japan.
Jane Goodall Institute – With the Jane Goodall Institute overlay users can visit Fifi and the other Gombe preserve chimpanzees and follow their daily exploits with the Institute’s 'geo-blog' in Google Earth. Updated daily, this geo-blog captures the work of the Jane Goodall Institute, illustrating the Institute’s research on chimpanzees and the effects of deforestation in Africa.
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A newly developed laser technology has enabled physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (jointly run by LMU Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics) to generate attosecond bursts of high-energy photons of unprecedented intensity. This has made it possible to observe the interaction of multiple photons in a single such pulse with electrons in the inner orbital shell of an atom.
In order to observe the ultrafast electron motion in the inner shells of atoms with short light pulses, the pulses must not only be ultrashort, but very...
A group of researchers led by Andrea Cavalleri at the Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg has demonstrated a new method enabling precise measurements of the interatomic forces that hold crystalline solids together. The paper Probing the Interatomic Potential of Solids by Strong-Field Nonlinear Phononics, published online in Nature, explains how a terahertz-frequency laser pulse can drive very large deformations of the crystal.
By measuring the highly unusual atomic trajectories under extreme electromagnetic transients, the MPSD group could reconstruct how rigid the atomic bonds are...
Quantum computers may one day solve algorithmic problems which even the biggest supercomputers today can’t manage. But how do you test a quantum computer to...
For the first time, a team of researchers at the Max-Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany, has succeeded in making an integrated circuit (IC) from just a monolayer of a semiconducting polymer via a bottom-up, self-assembly approach.
In the self-assembly process, the semiconducting polymer arranges itself into an ordered monolayer in a transistor. The transistors are binary switches used...
Breakthrough provides a new concept of the design of molecular motors, sensors and electricity generators at nanoscale
Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague), Institute of Physics of the CAS (IP CAS) and Palacký University...
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“Such is the Law of the Jungle: Death to the weaker, food to the stronger.”
In the Siamese jungle, Kru and his family struggle to survive while protecting their home from wild animals. When a baby elephant (a “chang”) is caught in a trap, an entirely new challenge arises.
Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:
- Native Peoples
- Silent Films
Several years before making their phenomenally successful classic King Kong (1933), directors Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack helmed this ethnographic docudrama set in the jungles of “Siam” (now Thailand). Basing their loose narrative on months of exposure to the natives’ daily lives, the story comes across as remarkably authentic, despite its clear staging. The close-up shots Cooper and Schoedsack were able to get of wild animals (including the infamous “tiger shot”, when a tiger’s snout literally swipes the camera’s lens) are remarkable today, and must have been doubly so back to audiences back in 1927. While this film is recommended as must-see viewing for its historical importance, it’s full of memorable images, and chances are you’ll enjoy it more than you expect. If you rent the DVD, be sure to listen to the insightful commentary track.
Note: While Peary doesn’t review this title in his GFTFF, in Alternate Oscars he refers to it rather disparagingly as a “silly, wild-animal-laden semidocumentary” while noting its designation as “the odd third nominee in [the Best Artistic Quality of Production] category]”.
Redeeming Qualities and Moments:
- A dramatized yet relatively authentic look at native Siamese life
- Schoedsack’s cinematography
- Remarkably natural performances from everyone involved (all non-actors)
- Bimbo running for his life from a leopard (an unexpectedly amusing sequence)
- Kru’s son playing with various baby animals
- The infamous “tiger shot”
- The magnificent elephant herd stampedes
Yes, for its historical importance.
One thought on “Chang (1927)”
First viewing. A must – for its historical importance.
Rather in agreement here, so not much to add.
At 69 minutes, one might expect things to have a little more impact early on – but it’s basically the second half of the film that makes this a must. I didn’t hear the DVD commentary, but I did read up some on the making of the film. Without a little background info, some viewers today may have a harder time appreciating the kind of harrowing experience it could be to make such a film in such a place at such a time.
But they will not have a hard time appreciating the fact that, chances are, they wake up in the morning not having to face rampaging tigers. Or a herd of elephants.
The translation for the print of this film is, unfortunately, too often needlessly quaint and, therefore, inappropriate (taking away, as it does, from the seriousness, etc., of certain situations).


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A group of independent researchers is warning of a rise in torture and enforced disappearances in Burundi in “a clear pattern” of abuses that it says undermines limited rights improvements under President Evariste Ndayishimiye
NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi is experiencing a rise in torture and enforced disappearances in “a clear pattern” of abuses that undermines limited rights improvements under President Evariste Ndayishimiye, according to a group of independent researchers.
Members of the national intelligence service as well as the police are accused of torture, killings and enforced disappearances, the Burundi Human Rights Initiative, an independent project that monitors rights abuses in the central African country, said in a new report Thursday.
Perpetrators are free “to track down any suspected opponents they view as a threat and do with them as they please,” the report said.
“Since mid-2021, Burundi’s approach to human rights has taken a concerning turn for the worse,” the report said. “Following a series of armed attacks and ambushes between April and September 2021, government officials accused political opponents of collaborating with armed groups and abducted or arrested dozens of them.”
Abuses are taking place despite the government’s “diplomatic language of peace and security,” including assurances by Ndayishimiye that the rights situation in his country was improving, the report said.
Ndayishimiye was elected president in May 2020 following the death of former leader Pierre Nkurunziza. Human rights groups have urged him to leave the repressive ways of his predecessor behind.
Government spokesman Prosper Ntahorwamiye didn’t answer calls seeking comment.
Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in September, Ndayishimiye asserted that his government “has focused on the protection of human rights, respect for democratic principles, freedoms of expression and opinion.”
But some disagree.
Aime Magera, a Burundian opposition politician exiled in Brussels, called the president’s speech an “aberration,” charging that ”opponents are killed, tortured to disappear, arbitrary arrested and imprisoned” by agents of the state.
The report by the Burundi Human Rights Initiative said abuses appear to have increased in recent months, with more than 20 publicly reported disappearances since July.
Detainees often ended up at the intelligence headquarters in Bujumbura, the largest city, “where some were tortured until the pain was so intense that they said anything to make it stop.”
While some detainees were eventually released, others “have not been heard from again,” the report said.
Others have raised similar alarms.
A recent report by SOS Medias Burundi, an independent collective of journalists working inside the country, said it had counted more than 60 bodies by the Rusizi River separating Burundi from Congo since January.
Most had been beheaded or had limbs amputated, it said.


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A FALCONRY centre, an upmarket backpackers hostel and a seafood restaurant have beaten off stiff competition from travel and tourism entrants from throughout Scotland to be shortlisted for the finals of the Moffat Awards.
The Moffat Awards recognise outstanding young business entrepreneurs who are demonstrating best practice, excellent customer service and positive economic and community impact in the Scottish travel and tourism industry.
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Rumors have been flying for a while, but the new MacBooks are now available, replacing Apple’s iBook line.
These are smaller, more consumer-oriented notebooks than the MacBooks Pro line, and they are also a lot cheaper — $1,099 to start for a model using a 1.83-gigahertz Intel Core Duo chip; $1,299 for the 2.0-GHz version.
1.83GHz or 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
13.3-inch (diagonal) TFT glossy widescreen display
Apple Remote with Front Row
Up to 2GB memory
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Slot-loading optical drive
Up to 120GB hard drive
Built-in 54-Mbps 802.11g AirPort Extreme wireless
Analog and digital audio in and out
FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports
iLife ’06, Mac OS X Tiger
Note that graphics adapter — that’s the same lame, shared-memory design used in a lot of low-end PCs. If you need powerful graphics capabilities in a Mac, the MacBook Pro is a better choice.


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Controlling your character is easy. But the longer you run, the faster the game gets, which is the best way to play Sonic Dash. Most of the time, before you enter a new world, you will have to face Dr. Robotnik. There will be a series of movements on the screen that you need to follow so you can defeat him. Also, you get to choose which side to go to before you change to another world. But, be careful though; some sides are much harder, while others are full of rings.
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All relax, as you were, nothing to see here.
It may be 1st April bit Tharg ain't foolin' with the thrillpower, we continue on simply excellent form.
Dredd builds in the direction I was expecting, very, very well. Its great stuff and the question we have is were does it go from here. Its predictable, up to now but excellent.
Brink is just plain excellent, a story built quite fantastically on a conversation of the week basis and this one's just a doozy. Soomehow, almost imperspectively the tension is building and I adore this series.
Scarlet Traces is pulling a similar trick, its apparatus are more obvious but the tension its slowly building is great and there a Doctor Whoesque cliffhanger this week.
Future Shock does feel a little too familar which isn't a good thing in this type of story but its done effectively enough and ya know Steve Yeowell so this one is just about a pass.
Deadworld still continues to defy my expectations by being superb. Well done that expectation defying creative team.
Advert at the back is for the return of Defoe a strip I've never really warmed to BUT with Colin MacNeill taking over art I'm rather looking forward to seeing now he affects the feel of the strip.
All good Tharg you carry on old boy, you carry on.


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At Israeli artist Ayala Serfaty’s just-opened Aqua Creations Showroom, you’ll find a selection of ottomans and chairs covered in velvet or Lycra and in organic shapes—bubbles; poufs.
Housed in a former train station, Made in TLV stocks a sleek range of design books, tabletop pieces, candles, and photographs.
In the emerging Noga district, Rose & Bloom sells funky housewares, including signature “lamp dresses”—lights covered in Mondrian-inspired frock-shaped mylar paper shells.
Vintage hunters will swoon over Retro TLV, a spacious boutique filled with restored furniture by Midcentury masters, including Eames, Nelson, and Aalto. Don’t miss the 1950’s-era Israeli items—from Hebrew-language globes to kibbutz-style chairs.
Talents Design showcases works by such up-and-coming Israeli designers as Dor Carmon. Best finds: orchid-shaped couches and earthy stone tables.
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Jul 7, 2010
this one's for Julie
(Yosemite Valley, Upper Yosemite Falls)
Julie, one of my favorite blog readers, is traveling to Yosemite this month and while reading her question about possible recommendations, it made me smile and then run to find my old photos of Yosemite!
(**Disclaimer Time**) I took these photographs when I was 14 years old in July, that was 14 years ago... try to not laugh*** ok, carry on)
Just the thought of Yosemite brings back memories of childhood summers spent playing in the Merced River with my 2 sisters, hiking with my best girlfriend, feeding the Mule Deer that frequent the campgrounds each morning (conveniently at breakfast time), and a picture perfect Valley with meadows of green grass, soaring mountain ranges and cascading waterfalls. Yosemite National Park is a true American treasure and if ever you get the chance to visit, the natural beauty of the park is sure to astound and inspire you.
(Vernal Falls and trail)
Here's my list of places and things I would do in Yosemite:
1. visit the Ahwahnee Hotel (if I wasn't already a guest staying there ;))
2. hike Vernal Falls and then continue to hike up to Nevada Falls
3. take a drive to Crane Flats to see the Giant Sequoias or to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
4. spend some time floating down the Merced River
5. take the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls
6. visit Mono Lake
7. participate in a 'Night Hike/Flash Light Tour'
8. take a workshop on Ansel Adams photography
9. hike Bridalveil Falls
10. take as many photos as my memory cards will allow :)
(Standing on the bridge at the top of Nevada Falls looking down)
(forest run off creek)
Ansel Adams, one of my very favorite photographers once said "Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a litter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space."
You can visit Ansel Adams website here to see his beautiful photos of Yosemite and of other National Parks throughout America.
and here's a short video about the park:
Of course, me being a native Californian for so long, I would be likely to say that Northern California could warrant it's own vacation. Places like Auburn, Nevada City and Grass Valley are incredible old mining towns, Napa and Yountville are artsy and upscale, Santa Rosa is just beautiful, San Francisco... has everything and then there's the little town of Vacaville where I'm from! :)) Nor Cal is definitely the place to be!

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Here is what she has to say about her popular blog Monsoon Spice
Monsoon Spice (previously known as Spice Corner) was born on the day when I couldn’t find the recipe scribbled in hurry on a piece of paper/back of the bills while making zillions of SOS calls at ungodly hours to my Amma (mother) and Atte (mom-in-law). When it was needed the most, I found myself running around the house like some headless chicken, checking all the drawers and every nook and corner, while our smoke alarm made enough noise to wake half the neighbourhood! That was when I decided to catalogue all the recipes online and the rest, as we say, is history!!! Monsoon Spice has been up and running since September 2006!!! More than five glorious years… ~Ouch ~ I just pinched myself!
Below is a wonderful recipe she cooked up in Nirlep’s popular cookware Ebony Handi!
Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle Recipe | Simple Andhra Style Tomato Pickle Recipe with Nirlep Cookware Product Review and A Giveaway!
Juicy tomatoes slow cooked for up to an hour and then blended with aromatic spices and tamarind to give it spicy and tangy note. And then the tempering of whole spices with curry leaves and garlic makes this Andhra style Instant Tomato Pickle a truly sensational experience for taste buds! It goes well with Dosa, Idli, steamed rice and even with chapattis and parathas. I have added a spoonful with wraps and even sandwiches and it was sensational! The vibrant red hued Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle is sure to win your heart if you like your pickles super spicy and full of flavour.
Ingredients used in Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle
Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle (Instant Andhra style tomato pickle flavoured with spices, tamarind and garlic tempering)
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 50-60 mins
Recipe Level: Easy/Beginner to Intermediate
Spice Level: High
Makes: About 2-2½ cups
Recipe Source: Sailu’s Food
Shelf Life: Up to 2 months in refrigerator
Serving Suggestion: With Dosa, Idli, steamed rice and even with chapattis and parathas (Read notes)
8-10 large Tomatoes, cored and thinly sliced
1 small lime sized Tamarind Pulp (Adjust as per taste. Read notes)
1½ -2 tbsp Salt (Adjust as per taste)
2-3 tbsp Oil (Preferably Sesame Oil)
2 tbsp Red Chilli Powder (adjust as per taste)
1 tsp Methi/Fenugreek Powder (Read notes)
½ tsp Haldi/Turmeric Powder
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
A generous pinch of Methi/Fenugreek Seeds
3-4 Dry Red Chillies, halved
8 large (cut them to slices) or 15 small cloves of Garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
2 springs of Curry Leaves
2 tbsp Oil (Preferably Sesame Oil)
Instant Andhra style Tomato Pickle
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan and add sliced tomatoes. Cook the tomatoes on high heat for about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium high and continue to cook till you see little oil separating in the edge and the tomatoes release their juice and turn mushy, about 20 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook the tomatoes as the oil separates from them and the paste starts to thicken. It can take anything around 45 minutes to 55 minutes for the tomatoes to cook.
Turn off the heat and add tamarind pulp and close the lid. The tamarind will soften with the heat of cooked tomatoes. Let the cooked tomatoes cool down completely to room temperature before mixing them well.
Once cooled, add salt and grind the cooked tomatoes along with red chilli powder, turmeric and fenugreek seed powder.
In a pan, heat oil for tempering. Add mustard seeds and methi seeds and cook then until the methi seeds turn red and mustard seeds pop and splutters. Add dry red chillies and curry leaves and saute for few seconds. Add crushed garlic and turn off the heat. Leave it aside for 4-5 minutes to cool it.
Once cool, add the tempering to the tomato paste and mix them well. Transfer the Tomato Pickle into clean, dry and sterilised airtight jar and refrigerate.
Serve this delicious Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle with steamed rice and dal and enjoy! You can also serve it with roties, dosa, and idlies.
The best kind of tomatoes for this Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle are the sour ones. Use tamarind only if the tomatoes are sweet without any tang.
The amount oil used in the pickle is slightly more than the usual amount of oil I use in other recipes and this is mainly due to the fact that the oil here acts as one of the preserving agent and hence improves the shelf life of the pickle.
To make methi powder, dry roast the methi seeds until they turn light red in colour. Cool them completely before crushing them to powder in pestle and mortar.
It goes well with Dosa, Idli, steamed rice and even with chapattis and parathas. I have added a spoonful with wraps and even sandwiches and it was sensational!
Make sure you use firm, red and juicy tomatoes for this Instant Andhra Tomato Pickle.

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UTA recognised for commitment to improving the status of researchers
The European Commission granted the University of Tampere permission to use the HR Excellence in Research label, which indicates that the university is committed to improving the status and careers of researchers.
The University of Tampere already previously committed to the aims of the European Charter for Researchers issued by the European Commission. In 2014, UTA conducted an internal analysis according to the European Commission guidelines and drafted the Good to do Research! action plan.
Good to do research! is a development project with the aim of developing the modes of operating that concern researchers’ employment contracts, careers and working environments. The project is also a part of the university’s quality management system, which means that its results are evaluated at regular intervals.
According to the Good to do Research! action plan, the university offers researchers courses on document legislation and data protection, communications and research ethics. The university also develops support for funding applications and strengthens its innovation services.
The university also develops training and counselling that concerns postdoctoral employment. In the future, the development discussions of doctoral students will include a self-evaluation with the aim of aiding the students to recognise their own strengths and aspirations.
The support services for international employees will also be developed. Postdoctoral researchers will be offered opportunities for working abroad.
In the autumn of 2014, the university was granted the status of an international EURAXESS Service Centre, which offers researchers information on immigration to Finland and on living and working in the country.
The HRS4R process at the University of Tampere
The European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
The source: University of Tampere http://blogs.uta.fi/news/2015/04/17/uta-recognised-for-commitment-to-improving-the-status-of-researchers/
Researchers at TAUCHI research centre. Photo by Opa Latvala.


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Minki Kim - quilting and sewing tutorials, patterns, and inspiration
Carole Lyles Shaw - patterns and books to help beginning and experienced quilters confidently dive into Modern Quilting.
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www.elsiemcampbell.com - Elsie May Campbell - Quiltmaker
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Fat Quarter Shop - Specializing in fat quarter bundles for the quilting enthusiast.
QuiltArt - Homepage for the QuiltArt mailing list, owned by Judy Smith.
Marilyn Belford - Marilyn Belford's Art Quilts
Cloth Doll Connection - Online classes, free patterns, cloth doll clubs, and more
Son Shine Seed Co. - Inspirational quilting and stitchery patterns.
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Allen Onyema, the chairman of Air Peace, says Nigeria does not need the assistance of any foreign airline to establish a new national carrier.
Onyema made this statement while speaking at the 23rd annual conference of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) on Wednesday in Ikeja.
He said the recent claim by Ethiopian Airlines that it was in talks with the federal government to establish an airline in Nigeria was an affront to the country.
The federal government had suspended plans to launch a national carrier in 2018.
“Nigerian airlines are very strong and it is insulting for another African airline to come to our country to help us to set up a national carrier,” NAN quoted him to have said.
“The government must trust our airlines because as I speak, other African countries are coming to Air Peace for assistance to set up their own national carriers which we have agreed to assist them in a win-win situation.
“We must begin to resist such moves to belittle Nigerian carriers in order to continuously exploit the country.
“How many Nigerians have 34 foreign airlines flying into the country employed in the last 10 years. Is it commensurate with what they have taken out of the country?”
According to Onyeama, other airlines have been forced to reduce their fares on the Sharjah-Dubai since Air Peace began operations on the route.
He said such moves by foreign governments are responsible for the failure of Nigeria airlines on the lucrative international routes.
On the Single African Air Transportation Market (SAATM), Onyema said the policy was a fraud against Nigeria because there was no level playing field for airlines in the country.
Onyema said there were investors willing to come into the sector but were being discouraged because of the policies currently in place which were impeding business growth.


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Manama : His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received economic and political figures, media persons, the intelligentsia and citizens at Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.
Paying tribute to the Bahraini people for their achievements and patriotic stances, which, HRH Premier said, will remain carved in the national memory with luminous letters.
HRH the Premier urged to put the reputation of the nation and its interests above everything else, thwart conspiracies and foil plots to drive wedges and sow sedition.
He stressed that Bahrain will remain immune against plots to incite division, thanks to the wisdom of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as well as awareness and cohesion of its people.
He underlined the government’s support to all efforts aimed at documenting the important periods in the Kingdom’s history, highlighting the efforts of the patriotic people to foster the Kingdom’s growth and leading status.
HRH the Prime Minister paid tribute to the Bahraini people for their dedication and hard work to boost the Kingdom’s status, affirming Bahrain’s rich heritage and contribution of successive generations.
“We have to document this heritage and preserve it for future generations to learn the meaning of dedication for the sake of national progress and growth,” he said. He described Majlises as an inherent characteristic feature of the Kingdom’s heritage which was inherited from the fathers and forefathers, urging to preserve it as it embodies harmony and understanding of the Bahraini community that will always remain a model of national unity and cohesion.
HRH the Premier called on to turn the revolution in the information and communication field to best account to serve the development march and foster social unity and cohesion.
HRH Premier lauded the political and legislative role of the Representatives and Shura Councils in the national march, stressing the government’s keenness on further consolidating cooperation between the executive and legislative branches in order to maximize the democratic gains.
He also hailed active contribution of the local press to serving national issues, commending the journalists’ patriotism and sense of responsibility.


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Monday, January 18, 2010
365 challenges #4
another side view, stand by cause there's one more. at least they are not upside down.....these valentines were made with valentine paper I got at Michaels for .20 good deal, with pink cardstock. I picked up the little heart set (acrylic stamps) I stamped and cut out the hearts. I used nestabilities for the circles.


Ford EcoSport PowerShift Automatic review, test drive
Reams have been written about the pitiable state of traffic in India, but the sad truth is that it's a problem you just can't run away from. So, it's only logical that we learn to adapt and carry on. And say you need a reasonably comfortable budget SUV to transport your family in, what's better than having a compact SUV equipped with an automatic gearbox for traffic-infested city runs? This is where the EcoSport Titanium A/T steps in. Ford is the only carmaker to offer an automatic transmission in the niche compact SUV segment here, and the big news is that it is quite affordable too. But is the automatic gearbox-equipped EcoSport worth it?
First, the driving impressions. The EcoSport uses the same six-speed dual-clutch gearbox as the one found on the Ford Fiesta. While driving in the city in 'D' mode, the automatic gearbox upshifts early, maintaining a relatively low engine speed in a bid to improve fuel economy. A dab on the throttle gets it moving quite nicely, and when driven like this, it is quite adept at mixing it with other traffic. Ask for a bit more acceleration however and the engine's lack of oomph in the mid-range comes through. The response is there when you press your foot down on the accelerator but it is not in line with what you expect to get back from the car. What makes matters worse is that the gearbox is sometimes reluctant to downshift and that further accentuates the problem.
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You eventually learn to go flat on the throttle in order to get the box to downshift. Now there's much more power and enthusiasm on hand as the EcoSport sheds its lethargic nature and the Ford gathers momentum smartly. The engine does get a bit noisy when the car is driven in this manner but at least you are not lacking in performance. The correct thing to do if you are in a bit of a hurry is stick the car in Sport mode. Here, it holds on to gears for longer and the EcoSport feels peppier and more responsive to drive. The 'S' mode also lets you manually select gears but the medium is a bit unusual. There is a small button that's all but hidden from view on the side of the gear lever. This allows gears to be clicked up and down. It may take a little getting used to but the system works well. We tested the EcoSport A/T and found it covered the 0-100kph speed range in 13.5 seconds; not lightening quick by any standards.
Otherwise the EcoSport is a great all rounder. It has that pseudo SUV look that we Indians love and on the inside, it offers a decently spacious cabin it rides and handles well and now equipped with the automatic gearbox makes a stronger argument for itself.
The Ford EcoSport A/T is only available with the 1.5-litre petrol engine in the Titanium trim, and costs ₹8.45 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). This, of course, also makes it great value for money. Sure, the combination of this engine and automatic gearbox may not be the best pairing ever. More performance would be welcome, but it gets the job done combined with the rest of the car makes for a great package. Now, if we only have that 123bhp EcoBoost engine with an automatic gearbox.


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A Critical Look at Parent and Child Representation
Can Improved Representation Impact Reentry and Other Outcomes for Families in Minnesota’s Child Protection System?
Please join the Mitchell Hamline Child Protection Program for our annual symposium on Feb. 26, 2016 from 9 am to 4 pm at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
This all day CLE event is open to the public. We hope that judges, attorneys, elected officials, and policy makers will come to learn from local and national experts in the field about how improvements to parent and child representation in the system are linked to positive outcomes for children and families. This event will also focus on what we can do in Minnesota to improve the way we represent parents and children in our child protection system.
Co-Sponsored by The Children’s Law Center of Minnesota
Mitchell Hamline is a community resource for interdisciplinary collaboration, sharing the work, research, and findings of its faculty and students with legal and child-welfare professionals through publications and conferences. Past conferences have included:
- Quality Parent Representation in CHIPS Cases: A Training for New and Experienced Attorneys
- Failure to Protect: Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, featured Jeffrey Anderson, Retired Justice Helen Meyer, and Victor Vieth.
- A Critical Look at Child Protection, featured Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea.
Research and policy reform
Mitchell Hamline is an incubator for new ideas, providing the perfect academic setting to study new trauma-based practices in the child protection system on a small scale to assess their effectiveness.
- Collaborating with the University of Minnesota School of Social Work on a research study exploring the effectiveness of a parent mentoring program
- Conducting a pilot study of a prevention model for child abuse and trauma, using legal services and programs in targeted communities
- Conducting a research study on the effectiveness of aftercare programs in preventing families from returning to the judicial system

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