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“Order a plain latte instead of flavored, plain iced tea, plain coffee,” says Beth Saltz, RD. Opting for the plain latte over the flavored will save you 40 calories per 16-ounce serving and forgoing the half and half in your coffee will save you up to 20 calories and 2 grams of fat per one-tablespoon serving of the creamy stuff.
The goal is to force the body into a state of ketosis— the process of the body burning stored fat. On this plan, you achieve ketosis through fasting, the reduction of carbohydrates and the increase of dietary fat.
A calorie isn’t always a calorie. Eating 100 calories of high fructose corn syrup, for example, can have a different effect on your body than eating 100 calories of broccoli. The trick for sustained weight loss is to ditch the foods that are packed with calories but don’t make you feel full (like candy) and replace them with foods that fill you up without being loaded with calories (like vegetables).
The liquid sugar in soda appears to bypass the body’s normal fullness cues. One study compared an extra 450 calories per day from jelly beans vs. soda. The candy eaters unconsciously ate fewer calories overall, but not so for the soda drinkers. They gained 2.5 pounds in four weeks.
Breakfast Casserole – Zucchini and chorizo make a great meat and veggie pair and this will have you feeling ready to take on the day without slogging you down. If you’re not currently a big breakfast eater, and sometimes miss breakfast, you’ll find that a Paleo breakfast might get you out of bed. They’re tasty, easy to make, and make you feel awesome.
Even more reasons to add a bunch to your shopping cart: Bananas can help regulate blood pressure, ease digestive problems, replenish nutrients after a workout, and may even help prevent strokes in older women.
Gosh, there are many wonderful insights here. But perhaps a little bit of biochemistry MAY clarify. Chris talks about using Paleo for weight loss. Most ‘diets’ are for weight/fat loss and the use of the word ‘diet’ means so much more than fat-loss for eg. getting-healthier thru better food choices;. Excess fat (obesity) is only one (of several) indicators that something is wrong here and we say its our food. In Paleo-times people were without any way to preserve food for extended periods of time and their method of transport meant that food variety wild-foraged) was limited. So the present-use of the word ‘Paleo’ is-a-tongue-in-cheek-bow-to-what-our-ancestors-actually did eat.
Blueberry Lemon Cake – Let them eat cake, even on Paleo! This blueberry lemon concoction gives you a different flavor than a chocolate dessert, and lets your taste buds take on the tart taste of lemon mixed with the sweetness of the blueberries. A tasty way to finish another delicious day on the Paleo diet.
Stephanie Gaudreau is the founder of Stupid Easy Paleo and the author of the recently released cookbook, The Performance Paleo Cookbook, which focuses on how to fuel your workouts and how the yes/no list to paleo can impact your health and wellness.
So first off – a bit about me, I am a 24 year old male, I have an office job where I sit down all day, I smoke (Don’t know if that makes any difference) and up until I started Paleo, I had a real bad diet, lots of greasy fast food, pasta, bread, alcohol, coke etc…


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National Treasury has lashed out at U.S based trader/research firm Viceroy for its report on Capitec Bank, accusing it of having ulterior motives in its publication of the report.
In its report, Viceroy, claimed that the financial institution had been selling loans to defaulting customers to inflate its loan book. In its response, Capitec said the report was a misrepresentation of facts.
Capitec CEO, Gerrie Fourie said that the U.S based research group may have bet against the stock and then published the report.
The bank has requested its lawyers to request the Financial Services Board (FSB) to look into the trading of stocks in the period just before the report was made public.
In the statement released on Thursday, Treasury said Viceroy had been operating anonymously all along, saying that “the wreckless manner in which it released the report is proof that Viceroy was not acting in the best interests of the public and nor in the interests of financial stability in the country”
Treasury further added that the report did not provide any basis for any bank to be placed under curatorship.
“Since the release of the report we have been in constant contact with the Regulator of Banks and remain satisfied with the assurance received from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), that Capitec is well capitalised, liquid and solvent and meets all prudential requirements.” the statement said.
Treasury has also requested for the Financial Services Board, working with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), to urgently consider whether it should initiate a market abuse probe into the conduct of Viceroy, as the firm is not regulated in South Africa.
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PRX302 is a highly potent, mutant bacterial pore-forming biologic protoxin engineered for selective activation by PSA, a serine protease expressed by benign and malignant prostate epithelial cells. Although being developed as a local therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia and localized prostate cancer, PRX302 cannot be administered systemically as a treatment for metastatic disease due to binding to ubiquitously expressed glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins, which leads to poor accumulation within the tumor microenvironment. To overcome this limitation, poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) microparticles encapsulating the protoxin were developed, which are known to accumulate in the liver, a major site of metastasis for prostate cancer and other solid tumors. A highly sensitive and reproducible sandwich ELISA to quantify PRX302 released from microparticles was developed. Utilizing this assay, PRX302 release from different microparticle formulations was assessed over multiple days. Hemolysis assays documented PSA-dependent pore formation and lytic potential (i.e., function) of the released protoxin. MTT assays demonstrated that conditioned supernatant from PRX302-loaded, but not blank (i.e., unloaded), PLGA microparticles was highly cytotoxic to PC3 and DU145 human prostate cancer cells in the presence of exogenous PSA. Microparticle encapsulation prevented PRX302 from immediately interacting with GPI-anchored proteins as demonstrated in a competition assay, which resulted in an increased therapeutic index and significant antitumor efficacy following a single dose of PRX302-loaded microparticles in a preclinical model of prostate cancer liver metastasis with no obvious toxicity. These results document that PRX302 released from PLGA microparticles demonstrate in vivo antitumor efficacy in a clinically relevant preclinical model of metastatic prostate cancer.
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Smart and stylish too – Solutions for smart knitted e-textiles using engineered yarns
"Smart" or "intelligent" textiles incorporate conductive fibres and embedded electronics, which is pretty clever. However fashion and electronics are markedly different fields – most smart textiles are designed with an emphasis on technical performance rather than aesthetics. They’re smart, but not very smart.
Michele Peddie’s research knits together (ahem) technical skills and design aesthetics, resulting in the construction of conductive yarns that are indistinguishable in appearance and handling characteristics from standard wool yarn. The research makes it possible to knit conductive circuits into garments that combine operational performance with good looks. Join Michele to hear about her curious journey bridging the worlds of design and abstract engineering.


It has been some twenty years since the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 passed the Commonwealth Parliament and removed the rights of Territory citizens, and their parliaments, from being able to debate or pass laws relating to euthanasia.
The ‘Andrews Law’, as it became known, was a legislative sledgehammer which overrode the Northern Territory Parliament's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, which had provided the legislative authority for voluntary euthanasia in certain circumstances.
Fast forward to today and it's clear that the ACT and Northern Territory Parliaments both function as mature parliaments who have been governing effectively for 30 and 40 years old respectively. There are some 630,000 people who live in the ACT and the Northern Territory and their governments are responsible for running hospitals, schools, child protection, jails and multi-million dollar economies and yet despite all of these responsibilities both jurisdictions are specifically barred from debating or legislating for the rights of the terminally ill.
That is wrong in my view and it is time that the ‘Andrews’ legislation is repealed and two Private Senators' Bills introduced and partially debated in the Senate this week seek to do just that.
The Restoring Territory Rights (Dying with Dignity) Bill and the Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide) Bill are straightforward and simple repeal bills. These bills do not seek to introduce euthanasia nor do they require the Territories to consider euthanasia legislation.
If either bill is passed, the result would simply, but importantly, be the repeal of an undemocratic and outdated law and the restoration of the rights of the ACT and NT Parliaments to legislate, on behalf of their citizens, if they choose to.
Back in 1996 at the time of debate of the Andrews Bill the federal parliament's scrutiny committee, whose role it is to provide a report to advise members and Senators prior to debate, highlighted significant issues with the approach of the bill.
The report pointed out that the Commonwealth Parliament, having given the Legislative Assembly of each Territory the power ‘to make laws for the peace, order and good government’ of each Territory would, through the Andrews Bill, then remove in an ad hoc way the valid exercise of that legislative power.
The report also drew attention to the fact that the bill created a situation where some Australians right to self-determination through their own democratically elected parliaments are treated in a way different from others solely on the grounds of where they choose to live.
Unfortunately for the Territories, the issues highlighted by the Scrutiny Committee did not persuade federal politicians back in 1997, passing the lower house very quickly with the backing of both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition before passing the Senate with a closer vote of 38 in favour and 33 against. The closeness of the vote in the upper house some twenty years ago provides hope that any new debate on this issue stands a good chance of passing the Senate. With Labor and Coalition members and senators exercising a free-vote on these bills predicting an outcome is difficult but it also opens up the opportunity to enlists supporters across the political divide in pursuit of territory rights.
And whilst these bills are technically about territory rights I do accept that the issue of euthanasia and territory rights are, for the time being, inextricably linked. I am a supporter of euthanasia in certain circumstances. My own views have been informed from personal experience after watching both of my parents die way too young from cancer and from listening to patients as they generously shared their experience of a terminal illness with me whilst I was minister for health. I do hope, however, that the more divided debate of how we provide people with the right to die with dignity does not overtake the more straightforward matter of whether or not the Territories should be allowed to govern for themselves.
The argument in support of the Restoring Territory Rights Bill's is about ensuring that the democratic rights of territory citizens are equal to those who choose to live in a state and it’s about treating the elected Members of the ACT and Northern Territory Legislative Assemblies with the respect that they deserve free from federal interference.
This piece first appeared in the Canberra Times on Wednesday 9 March, 2016.


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Even before Russell Westbrook went down, I thought there would be one game this series where the young and improving Houston Rockets would put it all together well enough to beat the Thunder. The kind of game where James Harden and crew would make plays the Thunder could not stop.
Such as Carlos Defino on the break dunking on Kevin Durant and getting the and-1. When Delfino is dunking on people, you know it’s the Rockets’ night.
And the Rockets did make enough plays to win and force a Game 5. They needed a little help from Serge Ibaka, but they got the win.
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- Tony Parker signs (another) contract extension with Spurs 9
- Bulls owner issues statement refuting rift between Bulls front office, Derrick Rose 23
- If traded before World Cup starts could Kevin Love still play for USA? Colangelo said it’s possible. 2
- Anthony Davis steps into spotlight, is Team USA’s lynchpin 18
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- Report: Cavaliers last team standing in Kevin Love trade talks 89
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Alfred Stieglitz : biography
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
Early years (1864–1890)
Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the first son of German-Jewish immigrants Edward Stieglitz (1833–1909) and Hedwig Ann Werner (1845–1922). At that time his father was a lieutenant in the Union Army, but after three years of fighting and earning an officer's salary he was able to buy an exemption from future fighting. This allowed him to stay near home during his first son's childhood, and he played an active role in seeing that he was well-educated. Over the next fifteen years the Stieglitzes had five more children: Flora (1865–1890), twins Julius (1867–1937) and Leopold (1867–1956), Agnes (1869–1952) and Selma (1871–1957). Alfred Stieglitz was said to have been very jealous of the closeness of the twins, and as a result he spent much of his youth wishing for a soul mate of his own.
In 1871 Stieglitz was sent to the Charlier Institute, at that time the best private school in New York. He enjoyed his studies but rarely felt challenged by them. During the summers his family would leave the city and travel to Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains. As an adult, Stieglitz would return frequently to this same area to rest and spend time with his family.
A year before he graduated, his parents sent him to public high school so he would qualify for admission to the City College where his uncle taught. He found the classes at the high school were far too easy to challenge him, and his father decided that the only way he would get a proper education was to enroll him in the rigorous schools of his German homeland.
In 1881 Edward Stieglitz sold his company for US$400,000 and moved his family to Europe for the next several years. Alfred Stieglitz enrolled in the Realgymnasium (middle school) in Karlsruhe, while the other children studied in Weimar. Their parents, along with Hedwig Werner's sister Rosa Werner, traveled around Europe going to museums, spas and theaters. Alfred Stieglitz was reportedly entranced by the thought of his father being cared for and pampered by two different women.
The next year, Stieglitz began studying mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin. He received the then enormous allowance of US$1,200 a month and spent much of his time going around the city in search of the same type of intellectual discussions he enjoyed back home. By chance he enrolled in a chemistry class taught by Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, who was an important scientist and researcher in the then developing field of photography. In Vogel, Stieglitz found both the academic challenge he needed and an outlet for his growing artistic and cultural interests. At the same time he met German artists Adolf von Menzel and Wilhelm Hasemann, both of whom introduced him to the idea of making art directly from nature. He bought his first camera and traveled through the European countryside, taking many photographs of landscapes and peasants in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
In 1884 his parents returned to America, but Stieglitz remained in Germany for the rest of the decade. During this time Stieglitz began to collect the first books of what would become a very large library on photography and photographers in Europe and the U.S. He read extensively as he collected, and through his library he formulated his initial thinking about photography and aesthetics. In 1887 he wrote his very first article, "A Word or Two about Amateur Photography in Germany", for the new magazine The Amateur Photographer. Soon he was regularly writing articles on the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography for magazines in England and Germany.
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Birthdays & Bridal Showers
Esther Jungemann of Storm Lake will celebrate 100 years of God's blessings on Oct. 3rd. Birthday greetings will reach her at 520 Otsego St., Apt. 201. in Storm Lake.
A come and go bridal shower and Pampered Chef party for Shelby Johnston and Corey McLaughlin will be held Oct. 4 from 9-11 a.m. It will take place in the OLGC Memorial Room in Fonda. Corey and Shelby are registered at Sugar Bowl, BV Stationery and Target.
You’re invited to a come and go community bridal shower for Katie Kies and Mike Hinkel on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the OLGC Memorial Room on Main St. in Fonda. The couple is registered at Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond and Crate and Barrel.
Baby shower honoring the mom-to-be for Destiny (Sievers) Estes on Saturday, Oct. 11 at Grimes Community Complex, 410 SE Main St. in Grimes from 10 a.m. to noon. Destiny is registered at Target, Buy Buy Baby and Sugar Bowl. Destiny is the daughter of Rick and Pam Sievers of Newell.


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By Hedy Weinberg and Marian Ott
Voting is the cornerstone of democracy, and it is not a “use it or lose it” right.
The ACLU and our partner Demos are at the United States Supreme Court challenging a voter purge process in Ohio, under which registered voters who do not vote during a two-year period are targeted for removal from the rolls.
This practice not only violates federal law, it generally has a disproportionate impact on voters of color and low-income voters, who tend to have lower than average turnout rates.
Until recently, Tennessee had a similar law requiring that voters who failed to vote in prior elections had their names removed — or “purged” — from the voter rolls.
One investigation found that in Davidson County alone, more than 19,000 people had been purged for inactivity over a three-year period, excluding people who were deceased or had felony convictions.
Many eligible voters who were purged reported that they were not notified and only learned that they had been unceremoniously disenfranchised when they appeared at their precinct on Election Day.
Because Tennessee does not currently offer same-day voter registration, it would be too late for these voters to re-register and they would find themselves unable to exercise their constitutionally-protected right to vote.
Then, last fall, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the practice of purging voters based on their failure to vote in prior elections, arguing that this violated the National Voter Registration Act.
The ACLU of Tennessee, the League of Women Voters of Tennessee and our partner Demos immediately took action, urging the Tennessee secretary of state and the State Election Commission to end voter purges in Tennessee once and for all.
To the great benefit of Tennessee voters, they listened. After hearing our concerns, Secretary of State Tre Hargett and Tennessee Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins worked with legislators to file legislation that eliminated the practice of purging voters based on a lapse in voting and replaced it with a process based on address changes with the post office or the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The ACLU of Tennessee, LWV of Tennessee, our thousands of members across the state commend Secretary Hargett and Mr. Goins for taking steps to protect voters from having their rights needlessly stripped away.
Our right to vote is sacred, and we are grateful that they recognized that our government’s responsibility is to allow every qualified voter to cast a ballot, not to force citizen participation.
Voting is the cornerstone of democracy, and because of our state government’s actions, democracy in our state is a little more secure today.
Voters in Ohio aren’t so lucky — their state government chose to appeal the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, risking thousands of Ohio voters’ eligibility. That case, Husted v. APRI, was heard Wednesday by the United States Supreme Court.
Our partners at the ACLU of Ohio were there, arguing that the Constitution promises that all eligible voters must be given the opportunity to cast a ballot that will be counted.
We are optimistic that the Supreme Court will wisely choose to uphold the Court of Appeals’ decision and protect the rights of Ohio voters.
At the same time, we are relieved that our own elected state officials have already taken steps to ensure that Tennessee voters are able to cast their ballots without the unnecessary hurdles this voter purging practice creates.
ACLU-TN and LWV-TN look forward to working with Secretary Hargett, Mr. Goins and the State Election Commission as we continue our legislative advocacy to ensure that all eligible voters have access to the ballot box.
Hedy Weinberg is executive director of the ACLU of Tennessee and Marian Ott is president of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee.
This op-ed appeared in The Tennessean on August 11, 2017 and in The Knoxville News Sentinel on August 17, 2017.

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Since I have moved into a full service model, I have pleasure every week in opening packages from my labs and viewing my work in its printed form.
It's truly astounding and the first few wood prints I received back, I actually cried upon opening them. As an artist, seeing my work made real and tangible is so gratifying and satisfying, I can't even imagine going back to just handing people a disc.
For my clients, however, there's some confusion over why I no longer offer digitals or "just a disc".
I get that. I really, actually do. I'm not going back though and here's why.
For nearly ALL of my clients, when I ask them what they did with the disc, there's an awkward pause and then they shamefacedly say....uhm, it's in my desk. Or something in that vein. We have awesome intentions. We are totally going to take that disc to Target and get lots of prints and then go to Ikea and buy lots of frames and then take a Saturday and lay out an awesome wall grouping and then HANG THEM UP. But then, life happens and we have kids and play dates and other stuff to do at target and we aren't sure which pictures look best together and measuring for that wall grouping?!??! no way.
I realized that part of my JOB is to make sure my clients have their images in their hands or on their walls when we are done, not just halfway there. I am a professional and part of that professional duty is to help clients pair their images together and build their wall groupings and give them access to professional labs whose images are color true and will last lifetimes.
Seeing the work on my clients walls, in their hands as heirloom albums....it's beyond words.

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Fans of Taapsee Pannu look forward to two things – her movies and her travel diaries. The actor makes sure to unwind by going on vacations with her sister Shagun Pannu. This time, Taapsee and Shagun are vacationing in Russia. After visiting Moscow, the sisters are now in Saint Petersburg.
On Monday evening, Taapsee treated her fans to a picture of herself slaying in a saree. In the picture, Taapsee is seen crossing the road. She is seen wearing a saree, which has been paired with sneakers.
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“These lanes can be pretty enchanting. Got late for dinner! Runnnnnnnnn!” she captioned the picture. As soon as she dropped the photo, her colleagues posted comments on the photo. While Dia Mirza wrote, “Love it,” Jacqueline Fernandez found the look “so cool”. Lakshmi Manchu, meanwhile, wrote that she is loving the “saree vibes”. Shagun Pannu tagged the picture as “Rani Kashyap on the streets of St. Petersburg.” Rani Kashyap is Taapsee Pannu’s character in her upcoming film Haseen Dilruba, which will release on Netflix.
Taapsee Pannu also shared that she met Shriya Saran. In a picture shared by Taapsee, the actor is seen posing with Shriya, Shagun and Shriya’s husband Andrei Koscheev. Sharing the picture, she wrote, “This was such a special sweet catch up! See you both in Mumbai soon.”
Check out the latest photos from Taapsee Pannu’s vacation in Russia:
Apart from Haseen Dilruba, Taapsee Pannu has Looop Lapeta, Rashmi Rocket, Dobaaraa, Shabaash Mithu and Jana Gana Mana in her kitty.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s strategy to prioritize spending on the middle class at the beginning of his four-year term will not keep growth humming ahead of a general election in October, some economists said.
The Canadian Forces, like other militaries, is using social media for its strategic communications. If properly done, that can work well; for instance, highlighting the roles of military personnel at home, such as during the response to the flooding in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.
The Government of Canada is advancing women’s economic empowerment with the first ever Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, a $2-billion investment that seeks to double the number of women-owned businesses by 2025.
This week, French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will co-chair a meeting of technology executives and global leaders with the ultimate aim of curbing violent extremism online.
Lift & Co. Corp. (“Lift & Co.” or the “Company”) (TSXV: LIFT) (OTCQB: LFCOF)—the company behind Canada’s largest cannabis consumer and industry trade shows—is today announcing the launch of the first annual Canadian Cannabis Week (“CCW”). CCW is a week-long series of public and industry events leading up to the Lift & Co. Cannabis Business Conference and Expo Toronto 2019, taking place on the final weekend from June 6-9.


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Movie review - Mahira, nail biting suspense thriller
Updated: Jul 30, 2019
As expected Mahira got an astounding response from audience on its opening day. Movie got released worldwide on 26th July and is running houseful everywhere. As seen in the trailer the movie is technically very sound and cleanly shot plot.
Movie always makes us sit at the edge of the seat with its unexpected twists and turns. Mahira, in now way lesser than a hollywood quality movie. Director Mahesh gowda has excelled in his debut as he has succeeded in keeping audience stuck to their seats till the last minute.
The story revolves around a mother and her daughter who fight for their survival. The fighting shots are very well directed and the debutant Virgina Rodrigues has portrayed the lead role spectacularly. Movie takes and unexpected turn after interval and it makes you re-think the story which saw in first half.
Raj B Shetty's role is another surprise as we never imagined him in a serious role (after a trendsetting role play in ondu motteya kathe). He has proven his metal in this movie and he is in sandalwood to stay for long.
So... What are you waiting for.... book your tickets and make sure you enjoy Mahira before somebody spoil the plot for you...


Nick Finzer Sextet
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Come join us for (as always) an amazing evening of live jazz. Featuring Nick Finzer on Trombone.
Tito Charneco - Sax, Ariel Glassman - Guitar, Tomas Jonsson - Piano, Luciano Quezada - Bass, Jordan Proffer - Drums
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The proposal was made to minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Tuan Anh when he visited the plant on February 21.
At the meeting with the minister, the company’s general director, Vu Van Nhan, said that the loan will help boost the plant’s production activities after it resumed operation in January 2018.
“We have mobilised VND63 billion (USD2.78 million) from customers for the plant’s operation since January this year,” Nhan told the meeting. “But to have that source of money we are having to sell our products at cheap prices. So need more capitals so that we can better control the market prices.”
The director shared that the plant is now producing 1,300 tonnes a day and have made approximately 27,000 tonnes of fertiliser this year of which 22,000 tonnes have been sold before the Tet holiday.
Despite positive signs, Nhan said that the plant is still facing numerous challenges especially in sources of capital to maintain stable operations.
“We need more support from banks,” Nhan added. “It will cost us some VND40 billion a week to buy coal only for maintaining production, which is a big challenge which may make us being unable to meet the target of producing 120,000 tonnes in the first term of this year”.
The director called for minister Tran Tuan Anh’s support so that they can have an emergency bank loan of VND350 billion to maintain operations. Nhan has also proposed and additional bank loan of over VND200 billion over three years to restore the plant’s facilities in 2018.
Addressing the meeting, minister Tran Tuan Anh pointed out the causes of the great losses at the plant, including weak management, slow actions by the Vietnam National Chemical Group and Ninh Binh Nitrogenous Fertiliser Company, as well as labour skills.
“But we have to save the plant by all means,” the minister stressed. “We will cooperate with the Vinachem to find out the best solutions to the plant’s problems. But the Ninh Binh Nitrogenous Fertiliser Company will have to save them first by improving their product’s quality and quantity.”
The USD667 million-invested plant, one of the ministry’s top 12 loss-making projects, started operations in 2012 with designed annual capacity of 560,000 tonnes of fertiliser.
Since its inception, the plant has continuously incurred losses with a total sum of over VND3 billion (USD132.22 million) by mid 2017.


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DENA (the German Energy Agency) has conferred an Energy Efficiency Award 2014 to Alunorf, one of three energy-efficiency projects in the private sector to receive the award.
Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf) took the first prize for optimizing energy consumption in the aluminium annealing process. (Alunorf recently won the Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy.)
"I am very pleased that our joint-venture Alunorf is recognized for leading the way in energy efficiency in industry," says Oliver Bell, head of Rolled Products in Hydro, which has responsibility for the company's share in Alunorf. "This is a good signal for our company, our customers, and of course, the climate."
DENA Chief Executive Stephan Kohler noted: "The prizewinners in the Energy Efficiency Awards 2014 demonstrate the dynamism of our industry and the high degree of innovation in the introduction of energy-efficient production conditions. They highlight the fact that energy-efficient measures pay off and have become a genuine factor in a company's profitability."
The awards were handed out at the DENA Energy Efficiency Congress in Berlin this week.
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Peter Pan is growing up. Nearing adulthood, he faces a choice: join the pirates of Neverland or face their wrath--or leave Neverland for good. Reluctant to abandon the Lost Boys, Peter searches for someone who can care for them and withstand the dangers of Neverland. The tough and witty Jane seems like the perfect replacement until he realizes that leaving her is almost as unbearable as becoming a pirate.
About the Author
Melissa has been writing stories since she could hold a pencil in her hand and she has a deformed, calloused finger to prove it. She began twisting fairy tales in the fifth grade when she wrote a story about George of the Jungle making his way to Neverland. Melissa enjoys writing, making music, reading, baking and running. She lives with her husband, three daughters and cat named Matilda.
Escaping Neverland by Melissa Lemon is an entertaining and exciting story that fans of Peter Pan will absolutely adore. Lemon’s story comes to life with the turn of every page. Her characters are relatable, fun, and engaging. This Peter Pan is similar to the original, but has a few twists of its own. The lost boys, as well as Peter Pan and Jane are wonderful characters that keep the story thrilling and engaging. A light, quick, exciting read, fairytale lovers will want to pick up this charming and delightful new story.
Genre: fantasy, fairytale, young adult
Publisher: Sweetwater Books a division of Cedar Fort Publishing
Publication date: June 11, 2019
Number of pages: 192
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Visions of dollar signs are dancing in the heads of online retailers and e-commerce analysts, salivating at their expectations that this will be the first true Internet Christmas.
But they're banking that consumers are no longer too scared to use their credit cards on the Net, and that's no sure thing. Consider two estimates from Internet market research firms:
"It is absolutely a perception problem," said Forrester online retail analyst Kate Delhagen, who can't name a single case where a consumer's credit card has been lost while traversing the Internet.
Call it the biggest Internet commerce myth ever, this widely held but nonetheless false belief that credit card numbers are swiped as they cross the Internet, then used fraudulently.
Or call my bluff. I'm issuing a challenge to readers, the same one often put to me by e-commerce companies: Name one person that has happened to.
Send me verifiable details of any single case in which a credit card number was stolen in transit over the Internet. I'll check it out and eat crow if I must.
Obviously, that won't prove that thefts never happen, but until someone can cite a case, it's hard to take the threat seriously.
Then enterprising folks like William Cherryhomes, owner of a computer store in Jacksboro, Texas, (population 3,500), won't have to come up with security workarounds. Last week he emailed his approach for safer purchasing on the Internet: Get a credit card with a $300 limit, meaning the maximum loss is $300.
"Who cares if that one gets ripped off?" said Cherryhomes, who also ranches on the side.
The idea is not only novel but absolutely unnecessary.
Visa and MasterCard cardholders are responsible for only $50 of a fraudulent charge no matter what the circumstances and no matter how large your credit limit. Visa cardholders who report a questionable online purchase within 48 hours of learning about it pay nothing.
And it's not just the card companies offering the $0 liability on disputed charges. Online merchants like Amazon.com, Disney, Music Boulevard, Travelocity, iMall, and Shopping.com also will cover the $50 charge, because they think they'll never have to.


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The student will study integration of structure, function, and diversity among the levels of biological organization, as well as discuss and apply principles of evolution, genetics, physiology, and ecology. Included also is the nature of living systems and the process of science. This course is intended for students not majoring in Biology, and will satisfy part of the science requirement for an AA or AS General Degree.
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COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
I have COPD and I wear oxygen tubes up my nose. I coil and uncoil 100 feet of breathing tubes walking around the house. In Dec of 2011 I ended up in the ER with severe breathing problems and went home a week later with Oxygen.
I went to the ER Dec 2013 and that was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. They put a mask over my nose and mouth and this machine forced air and oxygen into and out of my lungs for hours. Breathing for me, until the antibiotics and steroids took affect. They kept me a week and I had breathing treatments off and on all day long.
The weeks cost was over $52,000. The hospital wrote off $44,000 and got a tax break. Medicare only pays 80% of anything. The state has a department that helps out and still my bill was too high so I applied for help to a charity group and got it. Thank God.
When I go out of the house I take a 12" metal cylinder with oxygen in it and at home there is a machine that runs night and day sending oxygen to me. It ain't fun. I never smoked, but my dad did. That cigar smoke found me no matter where I was, then being the only non-smoker in a 4 story building. Different times and different understandings.
After I was diagnosed, I realized that I did not breathe while walking and I did not inhale deep enough or long enough. You have to teach yourself how to breathe again.
What you can do:
FasterEFT is one of the BEST modalities I have ever found, this is only 3 taps on the face, one on the chest and 2 more things do while saying "Let it Go". I use it all day long, every day and I have been restructuring my life. If I am having trouble breathing, F-EFT can change it for me. (I might even be able to get off the oxygen doing it.) http://fastereft.com/
Spring Forest Qigong is another one to take a look at. I got in on one of the campaigns and I do think this one works too. But you have to do it, and at the time I took (before FasterEFT) I could not make myself do it. I realized, I did not want to get well. [well, I just tapped on this again, right now writing this] But I do want to get well and have a life again.
To get well doing Spring Forest Qigong, you have to do it 5-hours a day. Get started here: http://www.springforestqigong.com/index.php/getting-started.
I found that Conscious Breathing helped me, I really do it when I walk and do have the breathing tubes with me. I also walk without the oxygen, too. Doing Conscious Breathing while walking, keeps the oxygen saturation level up in the 90s mostly at about 93% and sometimes at 96%. If I forget to do CB when walking across the room, then the oxygen level will fall down to 85% and sometimes 75%. That is not good.
I have one of those finger monitors. I got mine at the local drugstore for $40 compared to the $100 that the medical supply place wanted. I don't think they work any better at $100. So I check my levels when I do not have the breathing tubes on.
When I am sick, I can't maintain the high levels, so I keep the oxygen on.
I coil and uncoil the oxygen breathing tubes as I walk around the house. I have coat hooks on the walls and I lay the tubes on this to keep them off the floor so no one trips and falls.
Also see Long Deep Breathing.
Breath of Fire is another one.
You can inhale and grasp your ankles and pull yourself down exhaling everything even past wheezing to get the stale prana and air out of your lungs, all of it. Then inhale and do again.
This one I just learned about in a class I am taking on the voice.
Inhale hold the breath in and do as many spinal flexes as you can. Maybe 3 minutes worth or more.
Himalayan Salt Inhaler is very good to use. It keeps the lungs clear. I use it.
Also see PowerLung.
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If I think I may have caught something or have a cold starting, I take this and it really works fast. It's the homeopathic Oscillococcinum, and you should be able to get it at any health food store or at Amazon.
Oregano Tincture is one of the strongest antibacterial essential oils. The oil may be best used when a strong response to bacterial infection is needed; it has a broad spectrum of bactericidal and anti-microbial action. It can be taken internally.
I get capsules from Amazon with 6 drops of oil in olive oil. NOTE: Oregano must be taken with olive oil. Otherwise it can be very dangerous. The first sign of a cold dropping into my lungs, I start taking it and I have stayed off the Z-paks. I take it when the cold is either in my head or just dropped into the lungs and before it turns into pneumonia. I take it and many times it works. When it does not and I have gotten so I can tell because there is a spot in my lungs that hurts before there is any coughing or mucus and that is when i take the Z-pak and I have it at home. One always gets sick when the doctor's office is closed.
Oil of Oregano with soap to wash hands or skin after exposure to public washrooms or close contact with other people such as shaking hands, kissing or crowded environments such classrooms, airplanes, buses etc.
Oil of Oregano can be added to water in a mister and sprayed around the house to kill bacteria, mold and viruses in the air.
Use a drop or two on a sponge or wet cloth for cleaning kitchen counters, sinks, stoves; and refrigerators in order to kill microbes.
The Cure is in the Cupboard by Dr. Cass Ingram is an excellent book.
Even my new Dentist has heard of Oregano and how good it is.
Olive Leaf extract is another one.
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I am running for the United States Senate because I believe that public service is for the purpose of helping our fellow citizens realize improvement in their lives. I believe that a government that treats its citizens with fairness, equality and respect, brings peace and justice to its citizens. In this framework, killing in retribution for killing has no place. It is in the community of sharing each other's burdens that we bridge the human chasm we cannot comprehend.
In 1984, my daughter, Laura, was born. I am proud of her and treasure the joy she gave me as a child, as a teenager, and now as one of my adult daughters.
In 1984, Romell Broom raped and murdered a 14-year-old East Cleveland girl, Tryna Middleton. My Laura was just months old. I never knew Tryna or her family. I have since been to her neighborhood. I cannot imagine the trauma of that situation--to her, her family, her friends or her community.
Broom, who had previously served time for raping a 12-year-old girl, was convicted of the abduction, rape and murder largely based on the testimony of two other girls who had been with Tryna when she was dragged away.
Last week, 25 years after the date of Tryna's death, 25 years after I wondered who my Laura would grow up to be, the State of Ohio attempted to execute Romell Broom. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on what transpired in the failed attempted execution and recorded reactions to it:
For more than two hours, the team attempted to insert two shunts into a vein of the compliant Broom, who tried several times to assist his executioners by shifting positions, rubbing his arm and pointing out possible usable veins.
At one point, Broom, 53, lay back on his bed, covered his face with his hands, and cried. Another time, while sitting up, he was seen grimacing as the execution team appeared to seek a vein around his ankles.
A reprieve at this stage of an execution has never happened since the death penalty was reinstated in 1999, said Terry Collins, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He said he called the governor and asked for the reprieve after it became clear the execution team was having trouble. "I could tell my team was becoming somewhat frustrated," Collins said. The reprieve extended only until Sept. 22 [until a federal judge granted a stay of execution to stop the expiration of the reprieve and prevent the execution from happening during the pendency of the court proceeding].
The drama played out before the family of Tryna Middleton . . . Tryna's mother and father, Bessye and David Middleton, were there to witness the execution, as was an aunt. They sat in front of a glass window through which they were expecting to see Broom die.
Instead, he never made it out of his nearby cell, where two shunts were to be installed in veins. The shunts allow three drugs to enter the veins and sedate, paralyze and kill the inmate. The family and others watched the preparation on closed-circuit monitors mounted in the witness area. A camera filmed Broom and captured much of the difficulty the execution team had, as well as Broom's frustration. Broom requested no witnesses initially, but about an hour into the process asked for his attorney, Adele Shank, to be present.
A visibly upset Shank appeared in the witness room not knowing of Broom's request but out of concern for the length of time for the execution. "The chief justice and the governor have been notified of what's going on," Shank said after the execution team spent 90 minutes trying to insert the shunts.
Collins said the execution team was able to access several veins but they collapsed once saline solution was administered. He defended the execution team and said: "They continued to do a job that most wouldn't do or couldn't do." . . .
Shank, Broom's lawyer, said she is considering additional appeals. "We don't want to see a repeat of this ever," she said.
After Broom's execution was called off, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio asked state officials to immediately halt executions. "Ohio's execution system is fundamentally flawed. If the state is going to take a person's life, they must ensure that it is done as humanely as possible," ACLU Ohio counsel Carrie Davis said. "With three botched executions in as many years, it's clear that the state must stop and review the system entirely before another person is put to death."
Like any mother, father, sister, brother, child, aunt, uncle, grandparent or citizen, I consider the crimes of which Broom was convicted heinous. I think of the years I have enjoyed with my daughter. I think of the years denied Bessye and David Middleton the companionship and love of their daughter Tryna, and it pains me.
When I served as a felony trial court judge in Columbus, Ohio, I learned firsthand that in rape and murder cases, no one is healed by the trial and punishment. No judge, no executioner--no one--can make the situation right, restore the loss, heal the wounds, bring the person back to the life or eradicate the fear and loss of stability. When "justice" is done it works to protect the community, satiate the hate, teach the lesson, prevent further loss, and only sometimes help heal the pain. When "justice" is execution, what does it accomplish? I'm not really sure; my psyche (and I believe America's psyche) never really felt healed on the execution of Timothy McVeigh.
So I simply ask, "Why do we do it?"
I answer, it is the law, and it is what we must follow until enough minds prevail to change it. I have always given the law its due because I honor the law, and I live in a society governed by the rule of law. But I cannot concede that our law requiring the execution of the convicted is a valuable tool of a just society under any particular or nebulous circumstance. The human condition is subject to the judgment of the creator, and only this can give me peace.
Thus, I cannot condone a system that perpetuates the pain from which sprang the punishment. A civilized society does not abide barbarism to ease its pain. It is not justice for me. Even when those who represent me and make the laws say that it is, I say that the people have said, "Then if this is justice, it must not perpetuate the cruelty from which it has sprung." It must neither torment its recipients nor its administrators.
In Ohio, after a 30-month review of the state's death penalty system, a team of Ohio legal experts, working under the auspices of the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project, issued a report on September 24, 2007 calling for a temporary halt to executions in Ohio in light of numerous problems the team uncovered.
The Ohio team rated the state's operation of the death penalty against 93 standards established by the ABA. The state gained a passing grade on four. In its report, the team said that Ohio's death penalty system is "flawed."
Specifically, capital punishment is not administered fairly or accurately due to inadequate procedures to protect defendants, including failure to require the preservation of biological evidence for as long as a defendant is on death row, failure to provide adequate legal services to all capital defendants and death row inmates, racial and geographic disparities in capital sentencing (i.e., those who kill whites are 3.8 times more likely to receive a death sentence than those who kill blacks, and there is a much greater chance of a death sentence in Hamilton County than in Franklin and Cuyahoga counties), and insufficient safeguards to protect the rights of capital defendants and death row inmates with mental disabilities.
As just one example of the team's many recommendations, in light of the fact that eyewitness misidentification and false confessions are the leading causes of false convictions, the report recommends the state require all law enforcement agencies to videotape interrogations in homicide cases and establish consistent lineup procedures, tapping into best practices across the country. The team urged the official with the power to stop executions, the Governor, to temporarily suspend them and to permit a "thorough review" of every aspect of capital punishment administration in the state. Ohio's Governor has so far not responded to the report or its recommendations.
The failed attempted execution of Romell Broom is the latest reason to end the death penalty in Ohio. Since 1976 Ohio has executed 32 people. That puts Ohio in the top 10 of states and it's a top 10 we must exit.
Ohio's protocol on applying the death penalty has changed several times since the punishment was reinstated. As recently reported in the New York Times, today a prison warden must shake and call the name of the condemned after anesthesia is injected, to establish that he or she is unconscious before the lethal drug cocktail kills him or her. Imagine having to do this for a job. Imagine this in a state that wants, that needs to progress. Not my Ohio.
Last week Broom never made it to the point where he was being shaken and shouted at. Nurses could not find a vein and in pain he actually tried to help one of his executioners with the needle. It doesn't matter whose fault that was (his for taking drugs or a failure of procedure). The point is, it didn't work.
And then there is the threshold question--was the convicted actually guilty? Are we sure that everyone killed by the state of Ohio was guilty? There is no reversal of the ultimate sentence.
DNA tests today are increasingly proving that not all convicted are guilty. And one mistake, the prospect of one innocent man or woman killed, is enough for me to stop the executions, until at least we can be sure that the person slated for death on display is actually guilty and can be terminated without cruel and unusual punishment.
No one can know the anguish of the Tryna Middleton and her family and friends and the damage to the hearts and minds of the community when an innocent young girl was killed so cruelly. No one can know the thousand deaths an offender who is finally clean, sober and of sound mind must experience each time he or she deals with the reason they are behind bars day in and day out, year after year, with no hope of undoing what they have caused. What is the ultimate retribution?
Without drawing moral judgments there are concrete reasons to end the death penalty.
Research has proven that the death penalty is not a deterrent and is more expensive to taxpayers than life in prison without parole. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley recently said that capital homicide cases cost three times as much to try as homicide cases where execution is not sought.
In Ohio, I tried and sentenced a repeat killer to life in prison without parole under a new statute that allowed this sentence without the case being indicted by the prosecutor as a capital case. No special voir dire on death penalty was needed for the jury. No required two-attorney team had to be paid for by the State of Ohio. No lengthy trial involving a second phase of mitigation (to avoid imposition of the death penalty) was required. And no more potential, retriable error was at risk if the jury was not shielded from the fact that its recommendation of death, would be just that, a recommendation, that can, and often is, altered by a judge, an appellate court or by a last minute reprieve by a governor because the state's procedures are not effective enough to accomplish it quickly and with little or no pain.
Today about half of Americans oppose executions as a form of punishment for crime when life imprisonment without parole is available as an alternative. Canada's homicide rate has decreased 27 percent since the death penalty was abolished. There is no way to draw a correlation between the two but the fact stands.
While many countries continue to execute as a form of punishment, a movement is growing globally against the death penalty. As of June 2009 some 139 countries did not execute prisoners.
Of democracies as we recognize them, the U.S., South Korea and Japan are the only ones that legally kill their citizens. Many countries such as Italy refuse to extradite to the U.S. if the accused could face a sentence of death. In this case, the cause of justice is thwarted.
In the last two years the number of death sentences in the U.S. has been lower than any time since the punishment's reinstatement in 1976. It's a trend we should support.
The execution of Broom is to be rescheduled. Now is the time to rethink, first, how we kill, and then move on to the larger question of whether we even should kill in the first place.
We must begin to be the change we seek to improve individual lives one-by-one with temperance, patience and understanding. We must focus on the improvements that shape and build and strengthen individual lives in our communities. We must recognize and internalize that all are entitled to the basic rights as we the people have determined in our constitutions and entrusted to our courts to protect. And when one of us violates those rights, we must continue to abide by these principles in addressing it.
There is much discussion ahead as we dare to embrace the change that lay before us. With your help I can begin that discussion in the Senate along with many other thoughtful and diverse minds.
In the interim I call for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty to allow the dialog to begin once again--not just about how people are put to death, but whether they should be. Like 15 other states that have outlawed prisoner executions, I believe that answer is no. I ask that you join me.

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So when you enter the gate of the coffee magic, a witch may tell you that the espresso is the most powerful magic in the coffee field. Well, I will say yes. By knowing the 3 phases of coffee brewing, you shall learn that pressure is the best way to get the solubles from the ground coffee bean. Unlike other brewing methods, espresso machine could produce up to 15 bars of pressure to the coffee bean, making the crema easy to appear.
For Moka Pots, they can only generate up to 3 bars of pressure, which is far less than the espresso machines. Even though the best pressure is around 9 bars for an espresso, 15 bars also showcase how powerful a modern machine can be.
However, when comparing the expense you will spend on different coffee makers, espresso machines are the most expensive ones. People will step back when they look at the price. But, most of the machines could be last for more than 5 years, and if you take it to the second-handed market, it will still worth half of its original price. Well, what I mean is that if you consider its values that decay in the next 5 years with what you have enjoyed in the next 5 years, it is just a good bargain, right?
Now let’s dive into the topic.
|Mr. Coffee Espresso and Cappuccino Maker | Café Barista||Check Price||4.60/5||1 Year|
|STARESSO Portable Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||2 years|
|De'Longhi EC155 15 BAR Pump Espresso and Cappuccino Maker||Check Price||4.30/5||1 year|
|Breville BNV220CRO1BUC1 Vertuo Coffee and Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.40/5||1 year|
|Mr. Coffee Automatic Dual Shot Espresso/Cappuccino System||Check Price||4.30/5||1 year|
|ROK EspressoGC||Check Price||4.50/5||10 years for metal part|
|Breville BES840XL/A the Infuser Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.80/5||1 Year|
|Delonghi EC680M DEDICA 15-Bar Pump Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||1 years|
|Gaggia Brera Super Automatic Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||1 year|
|KitchenAid KES0504OB Nespresso Bundle||Check Price||4.40/5||1 year|
|BREVILLE BES810BSSUSC BES810BSS Duo Temp Pro Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||1 year|
|Nespresso EN550B Lattissima Touch Original Espresso Machine with Milk Frother by De'Longhi||Check Price||4.60/5||1 year|
|Saeco HD8645/47 Vapore Automatic Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.30/5||1 year|
|Breville BES880BSS Barista Touch Espresso Maker||Check Price||4.90/5||1 Year|
|Breville the Barista Express Espresso Machine, BES870XL||Check Price||4.80/5||1 years|
|Nuova Simonelli Oscar II Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||1 year|
|Mr. Coffee Café Steam Automatic Espresso and Cappuccino Machine||Check Price||4.20/5||1 year|
|AICOOK 219 Coffee Maker||Check Price||4.30/5||1 year|
|Gaggia RI8525/01 Carezza De LUXE Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||1 year|
|De'Longhi EC155 15 BAR Pump Espresso and Cappuccino Maker||Check Price||4.30/5||1 year|
|Breville BES990BSSUSC Fully Automatic Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.90/5||2 years|
|Saeco Xelsis SM7684/04 Super Automatic Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.50/5||2 years|
|DELONGHI ESAM3300 Super Automatic Espresso/Coffee Machine||Check Price||4.60/5||1 year|
|Saeco Incanto Carafe Super Automatic Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.40/5||1 year|
|Delonghi ECAM45760B Digital Super Automatic Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.40/5||1 year|
|KRUPS EA89 Deluxe One-Touch Super Automatic Espresso and Cappuccino Machine||Check Price||4.20/5||1 year|
|Gaggia RI8263/47 Velasca Prestige Espresso Machine||Check Price||4.40/5||2 years|
Four Classes of Espresso Machine
There are four types of espresso machine in the market by its level of automation. You may guess that the price will drive up with the automation a machine has. That’s right. But unfortunately, that’s not with the taste of the coffee.
All these machines are made up of pump(s), boiler(s) and other essentials parts like basket or grinder. The four types are:
- Manual Machines: You take control of everything from the pump to the boiler’s temperature.
- Semi-Automatic Machines: All pumps and boilers are automated. But you can engage or disengage the pump.
- Automatic Machines: All automated. Nowhere you can change anything if the preset is set.
- Super Automatic Machines: This kind of machine with everything you need including grinder, tamp and etc.
If you are skilled with the manual of the semi-automatic machines, you may not choose an automatic machine. The reason is simple, you will not try a preset taste. This is not an art and it becomes science only.
Three Subclasses Under Semi-Automatic and Automatic Machines
For the semi-automatic and automatic machines, there exist 3 subclasses under them. The reason to divide them into different subclasses is simple. The first reason is the number of boilers and their heat exchange system. The second reason is their price range. When you are going to choose one machine, you can’t just blindly look at the price and know how many boilers they have and how the heat exchange system is.
- Single Boiler, No Heat Exchanger Machine: This type of machine will have 2 thermostats. Why they have 2 thermostats? One is for controlling the temperature for brewing and the other one is for steam. Due to the reason that it has no heat exchanger, you can’t do brewing and steam for the same time. You will need to stop brewing and wait for steam to be done. The price is normally under $1,000.
- Single Boiler with Heat Exchanger: This type of machine, unlike the previous one, have only one thermostat. But with the heat exchanger, you can steam and brew at the same time. The price of this machine is more expensive than the previous one.
- Dual Boilers: Well, this kind of machine is expensive since they have two boilers. Two boilers are independent, so you can steam and brew at the same time. And the advantage is that it can maintain a consistent temperature. Price above $2000.
For the ones with heat exchangers and dual boilers, it will be great to have a reservoir with them. You don’t need to unplug the power and it will maintain the temperature. Save your time and make your coffee better.
Well, grinder matters all the time. If you fail to generate the right fineness, you will not get the taste or flavour you want. If you have spent much of your money on the espresso machine, don’t get a cheap grinder. At least, you shall get a burr grinder with the fineness selection on the panel.
Unlike Moka Pot, the fineness of the espresso machine could be as fine as you can. You don’t need to worry about the explosion. These machines have solid quality.
If you grind too coarse, your espresso will taste like bitter water rather than a real espresso. The water vapour is generated from the boiler and push by the pump, it the ground coffee bean is too coarse, it will just like going through big rocks rather than sands. Flows quick and the pressure is not pushed on the coffee beans.
Therefore, you need fine ground coffee beans. Only in this way can bring you a cup of good coffee. However, how fine is the best fineness? That needs your practice to bring insight. Different machines and different beans combinations will give you a different answer.
Manual machines as their name imply you have full control over everything from pumping, pre-infusion to how much water you want to go through the ground coffee beans.
There are two types of manual machine, one is Spring Piston Machines and the other is Direct Lever Machines.
- Spring Piston Machines: this kind of machine will have a lever in the upright position when it is resting. You can push down the lever to cocks the spring. Releasing the lever handle will reduce the pressure of the spring, then forces the water to go through portafilter and the ground coffee beans.
- Direct Lever Machines: these machines will have the lever in a lower position when it is resting. You can directly push the lever to force the pressure on the water to extract your espresso.
A manual machine is hard to use at first glance, but as you practice and become skilled at it, you will find your comfort zone. Even if you are a skilled barista, your first shot on manual machines may disappoint you. So the learning curve for everyone is the same, you don’t need to worry too much. But if you get a shot with rich taste, at that time, you may feel different. The feeling of art.
Semi-Automatic machines will leave the room for you to control your extraction time. You can manage the time the water goes through the ground coffee bean.
If you feel it is complex to use a manual machine but still want to craft your own espresso, then this one is best for you. You can start from grinding beans, tamping them in the basket and then brew them via the semi-automatic machines. Feel the aroma in the air with your nose and then control the right time. At last, try it with your mouth.
However, just as the manual machines, you need time to practice.
Automatic and Super-Automatic Machines
The automatic and super-automatic machines will do almost everything for you. The difference between automatic and super-automatic ones is the grinder and tamping process.
For the automatic ones, you need to grind yourself and tamp it. That means the machine will do 75% of the work for you. You don’t need to control the pressure and the volume of water. Even if you have the option on the machine to choose the water volume, they are fixed. You can’t do it with any volume you want.
For the super-automatic ones, it will just do everything for you. Set the profile and then press the start button to enable the machine. That’s it! You will get a cup of coffee in just a minute. But that’s not fun for most of the coffee lovers. However, it is still easy for you to enjoy a cup of espresso while you are busy. Most of these machines are for commercial usage.
You will need some accessories to fulfill your task of making a shot. We have listed some for you.
- The Tamper: It is a must for you. You need to tamp the ground coffee bean in the basket to make it firmly stay in the basket. Why? Even you have high pressure in the machine, you still need that pressure to go through the coffee, rather than the holes between coffee beans.
- Knock Boxes: This will help you clean your tamper easily.
- Streaming Pitcher: Want a cup of Cappuccino? This is a must.


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Scientific research on the health risks of tattoos has identified a possible long-term health risk: carcinogens in tattoo inks.
Cancer-producing particles are being injected directly into the skin, the Australian paper Financial Review reports, though they don’t seem to produce skin cancers. Experts say this is likely because the ink particles are stable when injected, which they must be for the tattoo to be permanent. But when people want to have tattoos removed, laser removal shatters the pigments, making them unstable and more likely to enter the bloodstream. If particles settle in an area, the harm could build slowly and reveal itself decades later, perhaps in the form of cancer.
When the destabilizing effect was demonstrated, skin clinics and regulatory authorities in some countries questioned the safety of laser removal and there was a downturn in use. “Laser removal of tattoos almost stopped in Germany because of this risk,” says Jørgen Serup, professor of dermatology at Bispebjerg University Hospital in Copenhagen. Professor Serup is a leading researcher into the chemistry of tattoo inks and the body’s reaction to them, according to Financial Review.
Last year, Serup contributed to a report for the Danish government entitled Chemical Substances in Tattoo Ink, which analyzed 65 inks. This year, he co-published a study on black ink, the most commonly used color. The study showed 10 out of 11 black inks—the most common color—contained concentrations of the known carcinogen, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, at levels that exceed European safety recommendations. This carcinogen is also found in soot, tar, and cigarette smoke.
Serup worries about the accumulation of particles in the lymph nodes. Over time, he explains, ink nanoparticles could have an effect similar to the effect of the metals shed by metal-on-metal hip replacement joints. As the hip components move against each other, they can release ions, such as cobalt and chromium, into the bloodstream. The accumulated ions have been associated with effects on the heart, skin, endocrine and nervous system, Financial Review reports. “It took years to convince the medical community that there may be a problem with these joints, so I would not exclude tattoos having a hidden impact on a cancer in any organ system,” says Serup.
Next month, the European Congress on Tattoo and Pigment Research will host the fires-ever medical congress on tattooing to explore the latest science and social science research on tattooing.


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The Safety and Effectiveness of Different Dose Levels of 1263W94 in the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) of the Eyes in HIV-Infected Patients
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last Verified: November 1998
History of Changes
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple escalating doses of 1263W94 administered orally for 28 days in HIV infected patients with asymptomatic CMV shedding. To obtain preliminary evidence of the in vivo anti CMV activity of different doses of 1263W94 in humans based on quantitative reduction of CMV load in semen and if possible in other biological fluids and to explore the dose response relationship in the anti-CMV activity of 1263W94.
Drug : Maribavir
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:||A Phase I/II Trial to Evaluate the Tolerability, Anti-CMV Activity and Pharmacokinetics of 1263W94 Following Multiple Oral Administration of Escalating Doses in HIV-Infected Patients With Asymptomatic CMV Shedding|
Further study details as provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
HIV seropositive men stratified based on CMV titer in semen at the Pre-Screen visit (30 days prior to entry). Patients with a CMV titer >= 5000 PFU/ml and a positive result upon qualitative urine CMV culture may be eligible for entry into the main group and patients with a CMV titer < 5000 PFU/ml may be eligible for entry into the satellite group. Patients will on 1263W94 for 4 weeks. Patients will be present for clinic visits on study days 1, 7, 14, 21, and 28. They will return to the clinic for post treatment evaluations on study days 42 and 56.Eligibility
|Ages Eligible for Study:||18 Years and older|
|Sexes Eligible for Study:||Male|
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:||No|
Stable, chronically administered concomitant therapy for HIV infection and opportunistic diseases if patient has been on the regimen for at least one month prior to study entry.
Patients must have:
Required of Main group:
- Minimum CMV titer of 5000 PFU/ml in semen by quantitative CMV culture on one occasion within 30 days of entry.
- Demonstrating positive result of qualitative CMV culture in urine on one occasion within 30 days of entry.
- Must have CD4+ < 150 c/mm3 (or 10% of total lymphocytes) at screen.
- HIV infection.
- Life expectancy > 6 months.
- Able to comply with protocol requirements/instructions and likely to complete all study visits and evaluations as planned.
- Active CMV disease (retinitis, colitis, encephalitis, pneumonitis, etc.).
- Visual symptoms or signs suggestive of CMV disease (e.g., floaters, visual field defects, decreased visual acuity); Unless CMV disease is excluded via ophthalmoscopy examination.
- Active hepatitis, obstructive hepatobiliary diseases or cirrhosis.
- Gastrointestinal disorders which, in the judgement of the investigator, might interfere with oral dosing and drug absorption or may be indicative of CMV disease e.g., chronic nausea or vomiting, active bowel disease or persistent diarrhea.
- Diagnosis of chronic diseases such as diabetes or hypoglycemia, epilepsy, ongoing Grade II peripheral neuropathy, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, other organ dysfunctions, etc., which in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the safety or compliance of the patient.
- Participation in other investigational trials.
- Patients who are so debilitated as a result of their HIV disease or associated illness or therapies such that, in the investigator's opinion, the condition may interfere with the study assessments or the patient's ability to complete the entire study per protocol requirements.
- History of CMV disease (such as retinitis, colitis, encephalitis, pneumonitis, etc.)
- Known history of lactose intolerance.
- Systemic therapy for visceral malignancy within 2 months prior to entry.
- Prior treatment with ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidofovir, or other investigational anti-CMV drugs (e.g., intravenous acyclovir, lobucavir, valacyclovir) within 2 months prior to entry.
- Treated with interferons, immunomodulators or CMV hyperimmune globulin within 1 month prior to entry.
- Any investigational therapies within 1 month prior of study entry.
- Treatment with radiation therapy for visceral malignancy within 2 months prior to entry.
- Treatment with any investigational treatments within 1 month of study entry.
Required of Satellite group:
Required of both groups:
Stable, chronically administered concomitant therapy for HIV infection and opportunistic diseases for at least one month prior.
Patients with any of the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
Systemic therapy for visceral malignancy.
Treatment with radiation therapy for visceral malignancy.
Patients with any of the following prior symptoms or conditions are excluded:
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002373
Locations Show More
|United States, California|
|Univ of California/ San Francisco / Dept of Medicine|
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110|
|Dr Jacob Lalezari|
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115|
Sponsors and CollaboratorsGlaxo Wellcome
|Responsible Party:||Glaxo Wellcome|
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:||NCT00002373 History of Changes|
|Other Study ID Numbers:||263A|
|Study First Received:||November 2, 1999|
|Last Updated:||June 23, 2005|
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:Cytomegalovirus
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on July 20, 2018
This information is provided by ClinicalTrials.gov.


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The flood of the Neuquén river after the storm during the weekend affected various parts of the province and the north was the hardest hit. Floods, evacuated families and loss of animals These are some of the consequences of the storm that the region is still facing. The Undersecretary of Civil Defense and Citizen Protection, Martín Giusti, and the Minister of Government, Osvaldo Llancafilo, spoke about how do they face the day after the storm and the tasks to perform.
The weekend was crossed by the great storm that hit the northern region of the province and? caused an extraordinary swelling of the Neuquén river. Many families had to be evacuatedas in Sauzal Bonito, and some localities were isolated due to the loss of the headwaters of the access bridges.
The undersecretary of Civil Defense and Citizen Protection, Martín Giusti, spoke about the situation in the area in a post-temporary context, with many tasks ahead, but with a different outlook. “He The flow of the river has already dropped in the northern zone, so work is being done on the restitution of roads and bridges,” he said.
Giusti commented that the families that had to evacuate their homes, where the water reached almost two meters in height, they would already be returning to their homes. Many of them left behind their belongings and lost their animals.
In addition to the people who had to leave their homes, there are others who they were completely isolated in their locality, due to the fact that the flood broke the access bridges, as in Los Guañacos and Los Miches. “They are still isolated, but the header padding tasks and soon it will be possible to enter, “he said. Meanwhile, Giusti mentioned that the families are being assisted with merchandise.
“The merchandise is taken to Chos Malal and is distributed to localities that need it», commented the undersecretary of Civil Defense and Citizen Protection. As for the drinking water that some places requested, since the intakes were found in a flooded area, he mentioned: “there are localities that are requiring it, but all this is we are referring it to the people of the EPAS».
The restitution of the access bridges to the localities and roads are of the main tasks to be carried out, although Giusti mentioned that there are no routes disabled, He warned that streets are being reviewed and “containing Route 43.” He also commented that the Nahueve River undermined some sectors, “The filling is being done and all the rockfilling that is attached to the route,” he explained.
What the government said about the storm in the north of Neuquén
The Minister of Government, Osvaldo Llancafilo, reported that he was in Chos Malal with part of the provincial cabinet. The government pointed out that work in two stageson the one hand “contain the emergency, in the sense of assistance to affected families” and on the other the post temporal, that seeks to generate planning based on the surveys.
Speaking on “Vos al aire” on RÍO NEGRO RADIO, he explained that the work is focused on the posting of the electrical system and in the recovery of the road network. He indicated that the removal of footing from the bridge over the Trocoman and Lileo rivers generated the isolation of Guañacos. In addition, actions are carried out for the recovery of the drinking water supply system.
The minister told that there were 30 families evacuated in Chos Malal and another 35 in the rest of the north of Neuquén, and that it fell between 350 and 400 millimeters, which was accumulated during the rain of three consecutive days in some points in the north of Neuquén. He added that Drinking water was provided by means of drums.
“Hoy the networks do not have drinking water in the towns of the provincial interior product of the large floods of the rivers where water is taken. We estimate that the sediments will settle in one more week, with which a more in-depth work will be able to be done there,” Llancafilo explained.
He also mentioned that work is being done on Routes 43, 39 and 54, and also on the recovery of the bridges who were barefoot.
Regarding the classes, he reported that they were suspended in the north zone since the passability is complex and “it was convenient to suspend classes”, so this Tuesday, like Monday, they were suspended.
The minister, however, confirmed “the schools are in good condition beyond the fact that some have had leaks, the decision to suspend was the road network and drinking water.
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