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Leeds United have made contact with West Ham United with an interest in midfielder Domingos Quina reports the Mirror’s live blog (14:00).
Quina has one year left on his current deal at the Hammers, but Leeds will face competition for his signature with Newcastle United also showing an interest.
The 18-year-old has been very limited with the amount of game time he has received at the London Stadium, mainly being used in cup matches.
Since Marcelo Bielsa took over the reigns at Elland Road fans have been excited at the prospect of challenging for promotion.
But over the last two weeks they have become frustrated with how their transfer dealings are going.
Deals that once looked dead certs are now seemingly dead, with deals for David Stockdale, Matej Vydra and Kyle Bartley crumbling.
He would be an ok signing for Leeds, but will not be one to excite the fans especially if he is another loan.
Bielsa and the rest of Leeds United really need to pick up the intensity in this window if they are to launch a serious promotion campaign.
A seeming lack of back up options to their first choices looks like costing them right now. Quina would add decent depth to their midfield after the signing of Lewis Baker, but there is so much more to do at Leeds.
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VanEck Bullish on Institutional Bitcoin Investments While Awaiting Spot ETF Approval
VanEck says institutional investors' appetite for Bitcoin is high at $50 billion ahead of a spot ETF approval....
- Institutional investors currently own approximately $50 billion worth of Bitcoin.
- Hedge funds and asset managers are viewing Bitcoin as a portfolio diversifier and a hedge against inflation.
- VanEck suggests that Bitcoin can improve returns in portfolios with minimal risk.
- The company expects Bitcoin's price to rise before and after the spring 2024 halving.
- The new Bitcoin RGB Layer 2 upgrade will enhance the utility of the network by allowing tokenization of assets.
- VanEck operates a Bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded fund and has applied to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF.
The article presents a positive sentiment towards Bitcoin, highlighting its potential as a portfolio diversifier and a hedge against inflation. It also emphasizes the expected price increase before and after the halving. The mention of the Bitcoin RGB Layer 2 upgrade and the potential launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF further adds to the positive sentiment.


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Don't forget your shopping bag! A selection of the best traders in the centre of York. 10am til 5pm daily.
Created by their experienced pastry chef, Middletons Afternoon Tea is a firm favourite for any celebration, occasion or treat.
Served daily in their restaurant, this is a treasured tradition of delicious and imaginative offerings full of great quality ingredients and tempting flavours.
Champagne Afternoon tea £26.00 per person (normally £34.00 per person – a saving of £8 per person)
Grab a plate of meats, cheeses, or cured fish to eat at St Sampson’s square. All sourced from the neighbouring Shambles area.
Treat yourself to a platter of delicious fish, meat or cheese (with vegan option available) to enjoy in at the counter, in the York Gin and Fizz Bar enclosure or while taking in one of our chef demonstrations. Sourced from Shambles Market (or alongside) all this produce has great provenance and we’ve been sure to choose the best.
Work your way around some York enjoying samples at a range of deli’s, restaurants and suppliers. Collect or purchase your trail leaflet from the Information Point on Parliament St any day between 1000-1600
This year we have two Taste Trails for you to enjoy. We’ve named these after two of our favourite York landmarks, The Minster and York Castle. Each trail features around 20 stops to sample the best of York’s food scene as well as a tasting hub with more samples to enjoy. The Castle Trail Tasting hub can be found in Coppergate and the Minster Tasting Hub is in the Museum Gardens.
Businesses participating in the Minster trail:
The Larder Club
York’s Chocolate Story
Forest @ Galtres Lodge
Taylor Made Kitchen
Shambles Sausage & Pie company
Barley Hall Cafe
Explore Hungate reading cafe
Businesses participating in the Castle trail
Dark Horse Espresso Bar
York Cocoa Works
Little Blondie Bakehouse
The Chopping Block at Walmgate Ale House
Good Food Shop
The Angel on the Green
NB: Participants are subject to change.
Join Malmaison for a Taste of Chez Mal experience at a special festival discounted rate
Enjoy a variety of sharing starters from the menu and a mouth-watering sharing steak for two.
Our branded Malbec is the perfect accompaniment to savour the evening in style and luxury with impeccable service at the core.
Each night from 6pm for our Taste of Chez Mal Experience
• £50.00 per person
• Sharing starters
• Chateaubriand sharing steak for two
• Bottle of Malmaison Malbec
This will run all week from 23rd September to 2nd October 2022.
Please contact the brasserie team once you have booked your ticket to secure your time slot. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.org or call +44 (0) 1904 946 060.
York is home to the world’s most famous chocolate bars and brands, and there is a lot of love here in the chocolate city for all things cocoa. Join us in our academy and learn how to create your very own chocolate bar. You will discover our cocoa origins, we will show you how to work with tempered chocolate, and you will experiment with different flavours to perfect your masterpiece! Once the bars have set, you will be able to enjoy your beautifully wrapped creations at home.
During this workshop you will:
Discover where cocoa comes from and its origins
Learn we manufacture our chocolate here on site
Try a selection of our own white, milk and dark chocolate
Then work with your chosen chocolate to mould and design a chocolate bar
Flavour & Decorate your chocolate bar
This workshop is £22.50* per participant making a 200g chocolate bar.
Children under 5 are welcome to assist full paying participants in the creation of a chocolate bar.
Tours in a Dish are passionate about food, people and stories. Their Food Tours and Experiences take you off the beaten path and into the culinary heart of York.
– Between 2.5-3 hour guided tour of York
– All food + drink served at venues we visit
– Visit to 5 unique, hidden food + drink venues in York
Taste your way around the centre of York. Yorkshire Appetite will take you on a culinary and cultural adventure stopping at five of the city’s independents.
Get hands on with food at our free-to-enjoy Food Factory Activities.
Have you ever wondered how basic ingredients become the foods we love? Get to grips with the processes involved in the Food Factory!
The Food Factory takes you on a hands-on tour exploring the production of several well known food items and York itself. It’s a great opportunity to get your hands dirty (if you want to) making some of these foods yourselves and at each station you’ll get something to try or takeaway!
Locations: Coppergate Centre & the Museum Gardens.
Price: FREE. If you can, we kindly ask for donations to cover food costs.
Due to the technical nature of some of the workshops this activity is most suitable to Adults and Family groups with children over 5, but if you want to bring your little one along there’s still plenty for them to do!
Activities are available each day including smoking your own food, making pasta, bread, butter, chocolate lollipops, biscuits & ice-cream. The activity is available on a first come first serve basis.
For groups of 10 and more, please email email@example.com
A mead tasting and talk on the history of mead with Nidhoggr Mead Company
Christian from Taylor Made Kitchen will be demonstrating his signature Macaroni Cheese
The Taylor Made Kitchen on Shambles Market dishes out hearty portions of great food all prepared from scratch
Live For St Leonard’s’ is returning as part of York Food & Drink Festival 2022!
This local music charity event, taking place across eight days, is in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice, featuring live performances from musicians based in York and the surrounding area. Details of individual acts and performance times can be found on the ‘Live for St Leonards’ Facebook event page.
All the live music events are free to attend, and St Leonard’s staff and volunteers will be collecting donations during the performances. Last year’s event raised over £4,500 for the charity which has become the target to beat in 2022.
5pm – Simon Snaize
6pm – Sun King
7pm – Bryony Drake
8pm – Harrison Rimmer
for more information and updates please visit our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Live4StLeonards
What better way to celebrate the start of the York Food & Drink Festival than an evening trying 6x delightful whiskies with 6x delicious paired chocolates.

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Dwight Schultz (November 24, 1947-) is an American actor best known for his roles on television as Captain H.M. Murdock from The A-Team
and Lieutenant Reg Barclay from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Prior to appearing in The A-Team he was primarily a theatre actor and acted in plays opposite Maggie Smith, Glenn Close and Charlton Heston. In 1989 he starred in "Fatman and little boy" opposite Paul Newman. He is currently known for a variety of voice work in animation such as Ben 10
and video games such as Dragon Age
, Mass Effect
and The Darkness
. He also regularly fills in for various radio shows including Rusty Humphries
, Michael Savage
and Jerry DoyleHis official fansite
and The other Wiki
have more detailed information on his career.
Tropes commonly associated with Dwight Schultz, or even applicable to him in Real Life:
- Happily Married
- Heterosexual Life-Partners / Vitriolic Best Buds: With A-Team co-star Dirk Benedict.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Is an extremely talented voice actor and very well known for his voice work in video games and cartoons, often playing several characters which are completely indistinguishable as being played by the same person; good luck should be wished to anyone who might try to make it a game to try to figure out what characters he plays without cheating and looking at credits or looking it up online. His jumping from voice to voice and accent to accent at cons mesmerizes audiences who cannot believes their senses that it is the same man doing all of them.
- One of Us: Was a massive fan of Star Trek as a child before becoming Barclay in the show. Also is a self confessed audiophile and loves music especially symphonies. Big film fan as well. And loves playing video games (his preferred platform is Play Station).
- Real-Life Relative: His wife appeared on an episode of the A-Team as a love interest for Murdock.
- Promoted Fanboy: Of Star Trek
- The Unpronounceable: Apparently. It is unbelievable the amount of times people pronounce his last name wrong, or get his whole name wrong altogether.
- Wild Hair: At times on The A-Team.

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Marlins 3, Braves 2
ATLANTA -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit two doubles and drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the ninth inning against Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel to give Miami a come-from-behind win.
Saltalamacchia, a former Atlanta Braves farmhand, completed a ninth-inning rally by a lining a single to center field that scored Marcell Ozuna, who slid in ahead of an accurate throw from B.J. Upton.
Ozuna struck out, but he raced to first base when the ball bounced away from catcher Evan Gattis. Ozuna advanced to second base on Kimbrel's second wild pitch of the inning and scored on Saltalamacchia's two-out hit.


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Okay...really, I've tried and I've tried, but I just can't bring myself to like fish.
I've been wanting to try Tilapia for a while now, just couldn't bring myself to do it. Well, last week, the grocery store had a really good sale on it, so I bought some.
Tonight, I cooked it. I didn't like, Hubby didn't like it, the kids didn't like it.
I'm doing pretty good, hubby can't complain....2 bad meals in 7 years. I just wanted to try something different, you know.
For some reason, I just cannot acquire a taste for fish. I've tried it all, and I like none.

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Keisuke Hiwatashi was reelected as the mayor of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, in a special election held as a result of debate over privatizing the municipal hospital, which has aggregate debts of 630 million yen. The local doctors’ association and some city council members opposed Mayor Hiwatashi’s plan to sell the hospital to private interests in Kitakyushu and started a recall campaign. Mr. Hiwatashi thereupon resigned and ran again in a special election. He won with about 54% of the vote.
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Woman, 79, accused of threatening wife and kids of N.D.'s next lieutenant governor
BISMARCK -- A 79-year-old Watford City woman faces a felony terrorizing charge on claims she threatened the wife and children of the city's mayor, Brent Sanford, now North Dakota's lieutenant governor-elect.
BISMARCK - A 79-year-old Watford City woman faces a felony terrorizing charge on claims she threatened the wife and children of the city's mayor, Brent Sanford, now North Dakota's lieutenant governor-elect.
Alice E. Olson faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of the charge filed last month in McKenzie County District Court.
A warrant for Olson's arrest was issued Oct. 28. She said by phone Thursday, Nov. 10, that she is innocent of the charge and just found out about it on Wednesday. She said was in Texas, where she and her husband spend part of the winter, and was getting ready to return to Watford City.
A police affidavit filed in the case says Olson went to Sanford's house after an Oct. 3 City Council meeting during which she was arguing and shouting. The affidavit says Olson was reprimanded for her actions by Brent Sanford, who on Tuesday was elected lieutenant governor as running mate to Fargo businessman and Gov.-elect Doug Burgum.
The mayor's wife, Sandra Sanford, told police that one of her children opened the door when Olson arrived. She said Olson told her that "her children were in danger due to a stranger walking to the house and taking or hurting the children," based on Sandra Sanford's roles in the community.
"Olson stated anyone who approached the residence being greeted as she was, could take the children and S. Sanford would never see them again," the affidavit says.
Olson brought up those situations while patting Sanford's 5-year-old daughter on the head, the affidavit says. Olson informed Sandra Sanford that there was a dangerous hill east of her property and "her children could go near this hill and die, never to return," the affidavit says.
Olson also was patting or grabbing the left side of her body as someone concealing a firearm might do, the affidavit says.
Olson said Thursday that she doesn't carry a firearm and didn't have one that day. She also denied making the comments listed in the affidavit, saying she had gone to Sanford's house to ask Sandra Sanford for the phone number of a woman who owed rent in Olson's RV and trailer park, the White Buffalo Campground.
Contrary to the affidavit, Olson said it was Sandra Sanford who brought up the subject of sex offenders. Olson recalled saying "We have to be careful with our children," but said, "I never said anything about her kids going to that hill and dying."
Olson said she left for Texas on Oct. 10. She was packing Thursday to return to North Dakota and was trying to reach her lawyer, she said.
Court records show Olson pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in September 2015 and was ordered to pay $500 in fines and fees. An affidavit says Olson was arguing with neighbors and, before walking into her residence, told them that she would go get a gun. Olson said Thursday that she only told them "I'm not done with you yet," and that she pleaded guilty to avoid the legal fees.
Olson also was found guilty in 2011 of misdemeanor criminal trespass and reckless driving, court records show.
Brent and Sandra Sanford could not immediately be reached for comment.
Under state law, the North Dakota Highway Patrol provides security for the governor and the governor's immediately family, as well as those in offices in succession to the governor, including the lieutenant governor, said Lt. Tom Iverson, a patrol spokesman. For security reasons, he wouldn't disclose details of the security provided.
Iverson said the patrol does not provide security for the governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect. Burgum and Sanford will take office on Dec. 15.

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Hi All, I have been contemplating threading the barrel on my 7.62 for a Muzzle Brake. However, in an AR forum I frequent, several members have tested accuracy with an array of barrel accessories. To a man, they report that the addition of any front-end accessory hinders accuracy. Many of them have removed the stock A2 brake in favor of a simple thread protector. What say you?


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A real garden
I’ve previously shown some pictures of our yard and growing efforts. In this post, I’d like to show some pictures of the garden that my Dad and Mom put in at their campsite, on Marlin’s land near a private lake. If memory serves me correct, this particular patch of ground used to be a feedlot of sorts at one point, so there is lots of nutrients in the ground. That being said, it takes skill and hard work to make it into a garden – Mom and Dad Huber are master gardeners (and can correct my captions as I’m not sure they are entirely correct).


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If your rental home is condemned by the city or county, they have the authority to deem it unfit for habitation, leading to potential eviction. However, even in such cases, landlords are not allowed to resort to "self-help" eviction methods to remove tenants from the property.
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A city or county has the legal right to condemn a property. If the rental home that you are living in is condemned, the city or county can tell you that you can no longer live there. However, even if your rental home is condemned, your landlord does not have the right to use “self-help” eviction to remove you from the home.

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Temotu province will be considering its stand of independence because the Solomon Islands national government has not been able to assist it with major development projects.
The Provincial Premier, Johnson Levela, says since independence, the province has not had any economic infrastructure and other related development projects.
He says that since taking office in 2003 a good number of projects have been submitted for government funding but 95 percent of the projects were rejected.
He says that only six projects were promised funding but up until now, they have been delayed unnecessarily although assurances by high ranking government officers have been given to the provincial government.
Mr Levela says that without adequate economic infrastructure, the Temotu provincial government cannot deliver and sustain social services to its people and stop migration.
He says although the province had been trying to help its people over the past 26 years, it has been handicapped by the country's law and acts.
Mr Levela says independence could be the way out from the situation facing his province.


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Mexican troops arrest two over killing of U.S. border agent in Arizona
Nicholas Ivie, 30
(Reuters) - Mexican troops have arrested two suspects in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot dead in Arizona near the Mexico border while responding to a tripped ground sensor and the wounding of a second officer, Mexican security officials said on Wednesday.
The two suspects were detained in a Mexican military operation in the city of Agua Prieta, in Mexico's northern Sonora state, a few miles (km) from the spot where Nicholas Ivie, 30, was shot dead early on Tuesday, a Mexican Army officer, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
A Mexican police official in Naco, across the border from the Arizona town of the same name, confirmed the arrests, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Seriously, that's all I thought the entire way through it. Pandemonium did not disappoint in any way, and I am so glad about that. The whole time, I found myself still wishing that Alex was alive by some miracle. Even when you can start to see Lena beginning to fall in love again, it still feels wrong because you know that she is still crazy in love with Alex. And every time she mentions that she thinks she catches a glimpse of him, I want her to be able to turn her head and see him there next to her. Their romance was one of the best I've ever read in a YA novel, or in any novel for that matter, and I was so distraught at the end of Delirium when he's just left for dead. And when everything seems to confirm his death in so many ways.
I apologize for any spoilers, and I'll try my best not to give too much away because Paul hasn't read this and I could give away THE WHOLE THING with just one sentence.
And then, she becomes Alex in a way. Just like Alex rescued her from the dystopian society she believed in, Lena rescues Julien from the same society. She is the Invalid that makes her way into his life, destroying all of his previous ideals and beliefs. She's the one who causes him to see that love is actually not as bad as it sounds. That love can do all kinds of good that the DFA wants everyone to ignore. And in the midst of all the heartbreak, hatred and apathy, Lena still manages to find love in places she didn't even know she could. She begins to love Raven, and Julien (of course), and all of the others at the homestead.
And then, finally, as soon as you think she might be getting over the heartbreak of losing her mother and Alex and Hana, and everyone else she's lost, Lauren Oliver comes up and slaps her (and you) in the face. And then, because once isn't enough, she does it again! And then a third time. And it's fantastic. I honestly don't know how Oliver created such a strong character in Lena, because if I were Lena I would just quit life.
I also really love that the book goes between "then" and "now." It gives a great picture of how much Lena grew during her time in the Wilds, and how she now uses her past experiences to get through difficult circumstances. Because living and surviving in the Wilds wasn't enough. She has to be kidnapped by a group of crazy people who shouldn't be organized enough to even pull off a kidnapping. And then made to rescue some kid she can't even stand at first, who represents everything she fights against.
I could honestly go on about this book for forever, but you should really just go pick it up and read it yourself. Read Delirium first though, because otherwise this book won't break your heart and impact you in the way it should. If these books were ever made into movies, I would probably be crying the entire time.
Definitely a strong 5/5, and I would totally give it more if I could. One of my favorite books, and so far series, that I've ever read. I can't wait for Requiem to come out, and I'm so sad that it won't be out until at least February 2013. If I can get my hands on an ARC, I will for sure be doing so.

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Lawyers have mixed opinions about the utility and wisdom of using graphic visual aids in mediation. Some don’t want to put that much work into preparation for mediation, assuming it is a waste of time. Indeed, sometimes a party representative on the other side pointedly refuses to look at a visual presentation. Such boorishness should not deter advocates from doing their best work. Other lawyers prefer to “keep their powder dry,” reserving their best tricks for trial or defer spending more time and money on a case that may settle in mediation.
However, only a tiny fraction of litigated cases go to trial. For most, mediation is the closest a client has to a cathartic day in court. Mediation is increasingly the best opportunity for obtaining an optimal outcome. Saving the best stuff for trial may be an expensive mistake. However, it is understandable for creative trial lawyers to hold back a uniquely devastating closing argument until the end of a rare jury trial.
It is conventional wisdom that people retain 10% of what they hear, 20% of what they read, and 80% of what they see. That applies as much to lawyers, claims professionals, and mediators as to school children and jurors. A strong visual presentation at mediation may help you obtain optimal results at mediation. The lawyer may equip the neutral mediator to help you in the other room and convince decision-makers on the other side that you will be even more persuasive at trial. Your client may feel you have done a dynamic job providing a “day in court” at mediation.
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New Rules Force Payday Lenders to Advertise on Price Comparison Websites
May 26, 2017
New rules have come into force that require payday lenders to advertise their offers to customers via at least one price comparison website.
The regulatory rule changes are designed to protect consumers by improving standards of competition within the payday lending industry.
As of May 26th, payday lenders must display a link to a price comparison website in a prominent position on their website so that potential customers can make sure that they’re getting a competitive deal.
The new rules have been brought in as a response to the findings of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which established that there is often a big difference between the most and least expensive forms of payday loan deal available.
Payday loans have become a major source of problem debt for thousands of people across the UK in recent years and regulators have been working to find new ways to reduce the damage that these forms of short-term lending can potentially do to an individual consumer’s personal finances.
In early 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which regulates the UK’s financial industry, introduced rules which limited the scale of interest charges and fees that payday lenders can levy against their customers.
The FCA has also issued fines against a number of different payday loan companies in recent years for what it concluded were unfair or unethical practices.
Payday loan companies have also been banned from placing advertisements in various contexts as part of an effort to better protect customers from the potential problems their high interest loans can bring about.
Hopes are that obliging these companies to link to price comparison websites will give consumers a clearer picture of what fees and charges are involved in a given payday loan offer and a better idea of which offers represent the best value in a particular set of circumstances.
Rules introduced in 2015 mean that payday lenders can now charge their customers no more than 0.8 per cent of an amount borrowed per day and no more than 100 per cent of a loan amount borrowed in total as charges or fees.
Nonetheless, payday loans remain a common source of serious financial problems for consumers across the UK.
If you live anywhere in Scotland and are struggling to cope with you debt problems then Scotland Debt Solutions can help. Contact any of our offices to arrange a free and confidential consultation.


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to over-the-counter laxatives, which actually mess with the colon’s natural
ability to contract and increase the risk for kidney disease. Fortunately, there
are many natural ways to eliminate constipation that work extremely well.
Constipation is a condition in
which bowel movements become infrequent or hard to pass. Like most health
issues, constipation has many root causes. For instance, too low fiber intake,
taking certain medications and supplements, and even stress. These things are
relatively harmless while other reasons for constipation can be serious like irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS), a bowel obstruction, or polyps.
Anyway, long-term constipation is
a sign that something is wrong. So it’s wise to visit an internist or
gastroenterologist, especially if you notice blood in your stool. However, if
you feel that everything is okay and your constipation is just caused by a
harmless thing, keep reading this article and find out about nine natural ways
to make yourself poop.
Table of Contents
1. Try Herbs
Herbs can help improve
constipation in a natural way making them a safe and healthy option. According to one 2018 study of 53 people with
type 2 diabetes, ground flaxseed has been shown to be effective in relieving
constipation. Herbs like psyllium and fenugreek are also helpful for people
with this problem. Psyllium is contained in products like Metamucil, the fiber
supplement. Specialists often recommend adding these herbs to a diet for
improving digestion and gut function.
2. Stop Eating Dairy For A Little
One of the most common causes of
constipation is inflammation, which might be caused by certain products like
dairy. Although the probiotics contained in yogurt and kefir are beneficial for
your gut microbiome and are able to help digestion, eating too much dairy can
provoke constipation, especially in people with lactose intolerance.
3. Consume More Fiber
Fiber is the most important part
of a healthy digestive system. It is found in vegetables like broccoli, kale,
spinach, and Brussels sprouts as well as in the fruits. These superfoods will
help your digestive system to do its work properly.
4. Try Not To Change Your Coffee
Coffee is another natural option
for relieving constipation. It stimulates gut muscles and thus improves
digestion. If you regularly consume coffee, drinking a little bit more might
help move things along.
However, if you’re trying to cut
back on caffeine, this might have an adverse effect on your digestion and often
results in constipation. In fact, caffeinated coffee is more stimulating to the
gut than decaf, albeit decaf coffee still might help you improve your
5. Drink Plenty Of Green And Mint
Staying hydrated is always a good
way to provide regular stool. Drinking plenty of green and mint will help your
body maintain proper fluid levels.
Plus, the catechins contained in
these teas have been shown to have beneficial effects on the digestive system,
while peppermint oil
possesses anti-inflammatory effects and helps people who suffer from IBS. This
explains why drinking mint tea after a heavy meal helps people feel better.
6. Drink Plenty Of Water
As mentioned above, drinking
enough water is a great option for people with constipation. Scientists claim
that dehydration can provoke constipation.
Try to make it a habit to consume
a full eight-ounce glass first in the morning, and fill your water bottle up
throughout the day, and you should be making regular trips to the toilet bowl
in no time.
7. Add Some Oils To Your Diet
The Omega-3 fatty acids which are
found in fish oil have been shown to manage symptoms of Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS). Opt for a natural supplement or eat cold-water fish, walnuts,
Olive oil stimulates the muscles
of your digestive system as well. Another good option is castor oil. Scientists
don’t fully understand why it works so well as a laxative, but the FDA
recognizes it as generally safe. However, before starting to consume any oil,
it’s better to consult your gastroenterologist
8. Move More
When you regularly move, each
part and organ of your body works more actively including your bowels.
Exercising regularly and getting your heart rate up will cause your colon
muscles to relax making it much easier for your body to get rid of its waste.
Maybe, it’s time to go to the gym?

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Don’t listen to what the New Yorkers say: you can find a good bagel in the Bay Area. Here are ten bagel options in the East Bay.
Archive for August 29th, 2007
I’m fascinated with food and wine pairings. But I have to admit, I never really considered food and coffee pairings. I love the flavor of coffee, but I’m not a coffee drinker. Somehow the idea of pairing food with coffee sounds like something your grandmother would do when she eats at a diner. But maybe […]


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Ubisoft's support for PS3 and Xbox 360 to taper off after 2015
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft has spoken about when they plan to scale down their support for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
This year they have continued to fully support the last-gen consoles with Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, the upcoming last-gen only Assassin's Creed: Rogue and even an Xbox 360 version of Ivory Tower's next-gen racing MMO The Crew.
He stated, “What we see is that this year is still fine for the PS3 and 360, but next year because they are selling very quickly, we’ll move to the new hardware. After 2015, it will be hard for us to create games for those systems.”
Thanks Game Informer.
- Hatred returns to Steam Greenlight
- Work on a Lords Of The Fallen sequel is under way
- The latest patch for Assassin's Creed: Unity is a whopper, especially for some on Xbox One
- Microsoft is planning a streaming service reportedly called Arcadia
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 in development, aiming for a 2016 release
- Jagex to pull the plug on Transformers Universe
- One of Johnny Gat's new toys from Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell takes a tour of London
- Free trial of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn arrives on the PS4
- Batman Of The Future character pack arrives for LEGO Batman 3


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“You can’t roll with Yugi if you shop at Zumiez.”
I have to say, I am quite pleased with Yugi Yamaguchi. It seems every single “rapper” I find on SoundCloud considers anime as their chief personality trait and couldn’t get one-hundred plays if it weren’t for an ejaculation of autotune on their nasally voices, but Yugi is a pleasant change.
As opposed to modifying his voice with autotune, Yugi embraces it with his aggressive and confrontational tone, with equally bellicose and punchy ad-libs, which elevate the already intense track to a completely different level. Producer Lloyd Flannel deserves a great deal of credit also, as this beat knocks perfectly with a nice bubbly undertone. I really, really enjoyed this Yugi track and dig the rest of his offerings, so I am very much looking forward to what the St. Louis rapper has for us next.


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Jenni Hermoso said the decision to call up players who are boycotting Spain’s women’s team was proof that “nothing has changed” at the country’s football federation (RFEF) following the resignation of its president over the Women’s World Cup kiss scandal.
After most of Spain’s World Cup-winning squad were selected on Monday for upcoming games, the players said they would continue their boycott, which came after Luis Rubiales kissed Hermoso on the lips during the trophy presentation ceremony in Australia.
Should the players refuse the call-up they could face fines of up €30,000 (£26,000) and the suspension of their federation licence for two to 15 years under Spain’s Sports Act. Victor Francos, the head of Spain’s government national sports agency, told SER radio station if the players did not show up “the government must apply the law”.
On Tuesday, six players – four of whom had said on social media that they would continue the boycott – turned up at the Madrid hotel to join the women’s national team camp. Among those who arrived was goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez, who was asked by a Spanish reporter if she was happy to have been called up. “No,” she answered.
Other players were reportedly told to show up in Valencia on Tuesday, where they would be driven to a training ground that is not equipped with floodlights, according to Spanish media.
As sports news site Relevo described the call-up as “absolute chaos,” the country’s minister of sport, Miquel Iceta, weighed in, calling on the federation to “correct all deficiencies of this anomalous call-up”.
When asked about whether players would be sanctioned if they did not heed the call-up, Iceta said he could not imagine that happening. “We are going to find solutions before that,” he told reporters. “What we can’t do is continue to commit injustices and harm players who have given the best of themselves and earned a world title for the first time in history.”
He added that the country’s national sports agency – whose head was planning to meet with players later on Tuesday – would be tasked with brokering a solution.
The Spanish footballers’ union, AFE, said it was “astonished” by Monday’s call-up. “It’s incomprehensible how an institution, that has stated in recent weeks its intention to begin a new era of open dialogue and consensus, demonstrates once again a huge lack of consideration towards women’s football and the recently proclaimed world champions,” it said in a statement.
Hermoso, who was not called up, said the players had been “caught by surprise” by the call-ups and were forced to react to “another unfortunate situation caused by the people who continue to make decisions within the RFEF”.
“The players are certain that this is yet another strategy of division and manipulation to intimidate and threaten us with legal repercussion and economic sanctions,” the 33-year-old striker said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. “It is yet more irrefutable proof that shows that even today, nothing has changed.”
The RFEF did not respond immediately to a request for comment outside normal business hours. The federation said in an earlier statement it was convinced of the need for “structural changes” and had to clarify who was responsible for the behaviour the players had brought to light.
Montse Tomé, who has replaced Jorge Vilda as coach of the national team, suggested Hermoso was left out because of the intense media attention the player had received in the past month.
“We stand with Jenni … we believe that the best way to protect her is like this, but we are counting on Jenni,” Tomé said.
Hermoso asked who she needed protection from. “A claim was made today stating that the environment within the federation would be safe for my colleagues to rejoin yet at the press conference it was announced that they were not calling me as a means to protect me,” she said. “Protect me from what? And from whom?”
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Armed Military men have been deployed to Lagos Airport area to prevent protesters from invading the Airport.
Naijaray.com.ng had yesterday reported how,Soldiers Block Scene Of Planned #EndSARS Protest In Abuja. Yesterday, Monday also some protesters invaded the the entrance of the Lagos airport making it difficult for travelers to access the road leading to the airport.
A video spotted by online by Naijaray with the military men preventing the protesters who were not far from them for getting to the airport gates.
Watch video below;
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Herald Sun article Copy and paste the link to a new tab to go to the article: Kate Grenville on THE LIEUTENANT. Kate Grenville on The Lieutenant. Kate Grenville - Interview. After years of looking for a place to belong, Daniel Rooke’s keen intellect and interest in astronomy won him a place on the 1788 First Fleet voyage to the British colony of New South Wales, now known as Australia.
While his fellow seamen struggled to control their cargo of convicts and seek out the natives, Rooke was permitted to build an observatory that he hoped would lead to fame and fortune back in England. Kate Grenville’s stunning new novel The Lieutenant follows Rooke to his isolated post on a distant shore where his careful notations of the stars and changing weather are overshadowed by a burgeoning interest in Aboriginal languages.
After Rooke meets a young woman whose linguistic gifts parallel his own, their singular friendship inspires him intellectually and empowers him emotionally. The Lieutenant. The Lieutenant is the second book in a trilogy of novels by Kate Grenville about early Australia (the others are The Secret River and Sarah Thornhill - for details of these novels click on the links at left).
The Lieutenant was inspired by a real story that took place in the colony of New South Wales in the last years of the eighteenth century. The story has been hidden for two hundred years between the lines of two shabby blue notebooks stored in a London manuscript library. They record the extraordinary friendship between Lieutenant William Dawes, a soldier with the First Fleet to New South Wales, and a young Aboriginal girl, Patyegarang. Dawes - a scholar more than a soldier - set out to learn the language of the people of Sydney Cove, the Gadigal. The notebooks begin with lists of nouns and verbs and grammatical forms, but gradually abandon that approach for a more human one: Dawes recorded entire conversations that took place between him and Patyagarang.
Choices, views and values: The Lieutenant. “Difference held no fear for him.
He knew that strangeness was commonplace when you inhabited it.” (152) The language of difference in Kate Grenville’s The Lieutenant (Jennifer Minter) In The Lieutenant, Kate Grenville depicts the colonial narrative of forced conquest and its consequences for the aboriginal right to prior ownership and self-determination. The Lieutenant: Readers' Notes. These days we can hop on a plane and be on the other side of the world in the time it takes to watch a few bad movies and eat a few bad meals.
But for the first settlers to Australia in 1788 - a thousand-odd prisoners and their guards - it must have been unimaginably weird and scary. One of them was a nerdy young lieutenant from Portsmouth, keen on astronomy and Latin: William Dawes. Because he was an astronomer, he was allowed to set up an observatory away from the main camp, and because he was interested in languages, he decided do learn to speak with the Aborighinal people when they started to visit him there. What happened next is recorded in two little blue notebooks which are now in a London manuscript library. When I first read them, I knew I'd come across an amazing story. Being a man of science, Dawes started by collecting nouns and verbs in alphabetical order and getting excited about the ablative case. Reading guide for The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville. Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers!
Reading Group Guide for by Kate Grenville The novel begins with Daniel Rooke's childhood during which he is keenly aware of the "misery of being out of step with the world" (p. 5). Talk about your impressions of Rooke as a young boy, finding instances of his experiences as an outsider, and consider how his childhood prepares him for the life ahead of him. Author Kate Grenville writes with a poet's sensibility, especially apparent in her evocative descriptions of setting throughout the novel. How does the ocean town of Portsmouth, England, with its shingle shore and soft rain shape the young Rooke?
Is it a place that symbolizes for him a certain time and mind-set? Further Reading: Guide by Lindsey Tate Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Grove Press. Kate Grenville: The Lieutenant - The Book Show. Ramona Koval: In Kate Grenville's new novel The Lieutenant, soldier and astronomer Daniel Rooke arrives on the First Fleet to NSW and begins his observations.
He's a loner of sorts taken up with his own interests, often going off to his makeshift observatory where he can be alone with his thoughts. His interest in languages takes over when he makes contact with a young girl named Tagaran and between them they try to make sense of the place they find themselves in, between cultures. This book follows her most successful novel The Secret River which won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, also set in the early years of the settlement of NSW, that one on the life and times of William Thornhill who was sentenced in 1806 to be transported to NSW for the term of his natural life.
It was a look at the encounters between black and white people, a very different one to the one that's described in The Lieutenant. Kate Grenville: Thank you very much Ramona.

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Egypt’s Mufti، Dr. Shawki Allam strongly condemned the failed assassination attempt of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Tuesday morning though a terrorist attack in which nearly six people were injured، congratulating him on his survival.
In an official statement issued March 14، Allam stressed that such crimes and those behind this evil attempt seek to spread chaos among the Palestinians and instigate strife and division between them.
Moreover، Allam called on all Palestinian factions to continue Palestinian reconciliation process in order to achieve greater strength and unity among the Palestinian people in defending their rights and their lands.
Noteworthy، On Tuesday morning، Hamdallah’s convoy was targeted by an explosion after he entered the Gaza Strip. About six to seven guards were reported to be injured during the blast.
Tensions between Fatah and Hamas rose quickly after the attack، especially since most of the Fatah officials accused Hamas of standing behind the attack.
In a separate statement issued later، Hamas condemned the attack، saying that it aimed to foil the reconciliation efforts. Additionally، the group expressed its upset at the “fixed accusations” that were pointed towards it shortly after the attack.


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Madison Font and Taylor Kerr, better known as Maddie & Tae, have given the world an album title perfectly fitting for our strange modern times. The only bad part about "Through The Madness," though, is that it's appended with "Vol. 1." Please, heavens above, no more madness! That humorous reservation aside, though, these country girls have created lovely music that just might distract you temporarily from all the world's current craziness.
These are, for the most part, mature love songs. The best of which is "Don't Make Her Look Dumb," which also features Morgane Stapleton on vocals. It's a lyric that observes a woman who has fallen for the wrong guy. Everybody around her sees this – except her. "We all mind our own business," they note, "until hearts start to break." Later, these observers are described as "too polite to say it" before the truly brave one announces, "I'm not." This guy is a real loser, without an ounce of empathy. "But it seems like you're enjoying this, like you're doing it for fun." The song is asking this people-user to have a heart, but the listener is left with the feeling that this request is falling on deaf ears. It's a lyrical angle rarely explored by country music quite so well.
Lori McKenna helped write and helps sing "The Other Side," which gives wise advice to the recently brokenhearted. This other side is post-breakup hope. "Even broke down hearts know how to shine." Sung over a quiet instrumental bed, this one applies the same empathy found in "Don't Make Her Look Dumb."
It should go without saying, that if we're going to make it through all the contemporary madness surrounding us, we're going to need a boatload of empathy. Thankfully, Maddie & Tae realize this and have filled their new collection with much needed emotional balm.


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Main dietary compounds and pancreatic cancer risk. the quantitative analysis of case-control and cohort studies
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OBJECTIVE: Estimation of the role of main dietary compounds in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Literature published till 2010 was reviewed and selected for further analysis. The used terms were: red meat, minced meat, ham, bacon, sausages, white meat, poultry, vegetables, fish, eggs, fruits, lifestyle, diet, pancreatic cancer and pancreatic neoplasm. The collected data were meta-analysed with calculation of combined relative risk and 95% confidence interval as well as studies heterogeneity.
RESULTS: A meta-analysis of 11 case-control studies indicates that red meat ingestion elevates pancreatic cancer risk by 48% (95% CI=1.25-1.76). The vegetables and fruit reduce the risk by 38% (95% CI=0.54-0.73) and 29% (95% CI=0.59-0.84), respectively. The pooled analyses of 10 cohort studies do not show significant relations between main dietary compound ingestion and pancreatic cancer risk.
CONCLUSION: The red meat intake is associated with elevated risk of pancreatic cancer in contrast to vegetables and fruit ingestion. The ingestion of red meat, vegetables and fruit in cohort studies was not influenced on pancreatic cancer risk. The role of fish, poultry and eggs was not significant in both case-control and cohort studies, thus further studies were needed.


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Today during the AutoRai 2011 we have a closer look at the Caterham SP/300R released in January. The brand new Caterham model is a true racing car weighing only 450kg. The Caterham uses a supercharged 300bhp Ford Duratec engine connected to a semi-automatic gearbox with an overboost button providing up to 350bhp.
Lola have taken responsibility for the chassis design. The SP/300R features an aluminium tub with a longitudinally mid-mounted engine coupled to a stress-bearing rear transaxle. Downforce is applied through the use of a flat underbody, front splitter and large rear wing.
Only 25 examples of the £ 60,000 (€ 71,800) machine scheduled to be built per year. For 2011 already 70 percent has been sold.
I don’t suppose it can be driven on the road can it?
@Dave, it is road legal if you want to :)
finally something mildly cool from Caterham.

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a) Which intelligence comes most naturally to you?
b) Based on the Multiple Intelligences theory, which strategies could help you learn English?
• Listening to music can help me…
• Talking to people online can be interesting because…
• Making concept maps could help me…


Pigeons are a harmless animal, but their presence can cause quite a nuisance. They are commonly referred to as a “rat with wings”.
A Pigeons diet mainly consists of seeds & fruit therefore they can be found where there is an abundance of this resource. However they will also consume any littered food left by humans.
Pigeons are loud with their ‘cooing’ sounds, they leave their droppings all over building structures, side walks, equipment and statues. Once they’re inside a structure you can hear them scratching & building sloppy nests for their young. Pigeons will reuse their nest & they don’t carry away their feces like other birds do which means that over time the nest will turn into a pot-like mound (sometimes sealing in unhatched eggs & mummies of their deceased young).
Once you are sure that all of the birds have left the nest, you’ll want to clean out what they left behind & then seal off the nook they squeezed into.
If you continue having a problem with these pests you can contact us for bird control. We will use a bird exclusion as a physical deterrent where we put up a spike system in order to deter them from roosting, nesting, or landing on the premises.


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French design practice Studio NAB has proposed a large-scale vertical farm as a sustainable solution to urban population growth in the face of dwindling arable land. Envisioned for urban centers, the conceptual vertical agriculture facility — dubbed the SUPERFARM — aims to produce high-yielding food with high nutrition values, including but not limited to various seaweeds, edible insects and fish raised in aquaponic systems. To minimize the SUPERFARM’s impact on the environment, the designers have also proposed that the futuristic indoor farming concept be powered entirely with renewable energy from wind turbines and solar panels.
Studio NAB created its SUPERFARM utopian architecture in response to the startling statistics put forth by Dickson Despommier, an emeritus professor of microbiology and public health at Columbia University. Considered a pioneer in vertical farming, Dr. Despommier authored the book The Problem, in which he proposed indoor urban agriculture as a sustainable alternative to traditional farming methods and a potential solution to feeding the world’s growing urban populations.
“Vector for ecological transition, the ‘Superfarm’ project is part of a resilient and human-sensitive approach, paying attention to its health and its relations with food,” Studio NAB shares in its project statement. “Far from the traditional urban farm producing salads or other fruits and vegetables, the ‘Superfarm’ project, as its name suggests, focuses its production on the culture of foods with a high nutritional value that can be consumed in addition to a healthy diet, but also on foods likes fishes or honey.”
SUPERFARM is envisioned as a six-story building erected over water rather than land so as not to take away real estate that could otherwise be used for parkland. To fulfill the designers’ goal of reconnecting people to their food, the urban farm would also need to be located close to the consumers so that they can come directly to the farm. Studio NAB believes that because of the highly controlled indoor environment, no pesticides would be used in any of the farming operations. Moreover, water would be saved and recycled for energy efficiency.
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The Miracle of Tree Planting
The Brahmaputra River is one of three major rivers in India, along with the Ganges and the Indus Rivers. The big island, Majuli, formed on the river, is often flooded by monsoon1 rains. Once it was a beautiful island, home to thick forests, but it had been transformed into a barren landscape as trees were cut down by loggers.
A sixteen-year-old boy named Jadav Payeng was shocked to see multiple reptiles dead because there were no shade trees on a sandy beach where rivers had subsided. He called government agencies to ask for help planting trees, but no help was available or offered.
He decided he would make a difference. He started planting trees on his own. He began planting trees every chance he had when time and resources permitted. Forty years have passed since he first began planting trees. Today there is a thriving forest in what had been a barren land of desolation. The desert was transformed into an oasis for birds and animals to call home.
“When I first started planting trees in the wilderness, at first, I thought it would be a waste of time. However, as time went by, trees spread their seeds by themselves and took root.”
A dense forest begins with one tree. If you did something yesterday, and today, and tomorrow, then even small things can make a big difference.

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NEW YORK — Some would-be travelers to Haiti got a rude awakening when flights via American Airlines hit the $3,000 mark for a regular seat. The price change comes as American Airlines cuts flights worldwide.
Roundtrip flights for week-long and 10-day trips leaving next week from Miami to Port-au-Prince totaled $3,200. The price climbs to an even steeper $3,300 for a month-long stay in Haiti.
This is not American’s cheapest airfare to Haiti. For flights from JFK to the capital, prices start at a minimum of $3,336 for week-long and 10-day trips, while a round-trip ticket for a month-long stay is just $6 cheaper at $3,330.
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J-11B is the new version of the J-11, J-11B is a 4.5-generation
multirole version which uses more Chinese components, including radar,
engine, and missiles. The chief program engineer for J-11B is Mr. Guo
Dianman. China is interested in reducing its reliance on foreign
technology for both cost reasons and a desire to improve its domestic
research and design. It is reported that one regiment of J-11B are
currently in service.
In May, 2007, the existence of J-11B was finally acknowledged by the
Chinese government for the first time when the state-run Chinese TV
stations first aired the report on J-11B in PLAAF service. According to
the Chinese report, which is agreed by some western sources such as
Jane’s Information Group, the J-11B is superior to Su-27SK in the
1) The wide adoption of composite material (mainly carbon fiber) for the
surfaces, reducing the weight of the aircraft for more than 700 kg,
while the life of the composite part is increased over 10,000 hours in
comparison to the original part built from steel.
2) Redesigned air inlets of engine intakes to reduce the radar cross
section, this coupled with the adoption of composite material, and
application of radar absorbent material has reduced the radar cross
section (RCS) of 15 square meters of Su-27SK to just >3 square meters
3) Full air-to-surface / sea capability is added and J-11B is able to
launch various precision guided air-to-surface and air-to-sea munitions.
4) Certified to be equipped with WS-10 (will be upgraded to WS-10A in
the future) turbofan engine, which is claimed to be cheaper to operate
5) Incorporation of on-board oxygen generating system (OBOGS): With the
exception of Su-35 and Su-37, J-11B is the first of the Su-27 family to
incorporate such technology. Due to the adoption of western style design
features such as fully digitized computerized controls and solid state
micro-electronics, Chinese claimed that the domestic OBOGS is superior
than the analog system Russia offered to China.
6) Improved radar. The new radar is able to track 8 targets at the same
time, and engage 4 of the 8 tracked simultaneously. When used against
large surface target such as a destroyer, the maximum range of the radar
was in excess of 350 km. The range against aerial targets was not
disclosed, but it would be definitely much shorter, as in all radars.
The Chinese official report claims that the radar is better than the
147x/KLJ-X radar family, but stop short of identifying the exact type.
Contrary to many erroneous comments by many domestic Chinese sources,
which mistakenly claimed that the radar had adopted a passive phased
array antenna, the official claims of many Chinese governmental sources
such as technical journals and publications have revealed that the radar
still adopted a slotted planar array antenna.
7) Fully digitized solid-state avionics has replaced the analogue one in
Su-27SK. In the mid-2007, the Chinese governmental television station
CCTV-7 released news clips of Chinese pilots in the cockpits of J-11B,
with the LCD of glass cockpit of J-11B clearly visible, despite that the
official report itself only claimed replacing the original avionics
with domestic Chinese fully digitized solid-state avionics, and nothing
of EFIS or glass cockpit was mentioned. In comparison to the earlier
EFIS on J-11A, the most obvious difference is that LCD MFDs on J-11B are
aligned in a straight line, instead of the middle one being slightly
lower. The arrangement, appearance and layout of MFDs and EFIS of J-11B
are similar to the general design concept of the west.
8) Missile Approach Warning System.
Professor Wang also revealed in the same interview that the J-11B will
be equipped with domestic engines and J-11B is aerial refueling capable.
J-11BS is the tandem twin seater version of J-11B, J-11BS under
development, reportedly as the Chinese version of Su-30MK2/3. It is
rumored that the letter S stands for Shuangzuo, meaning twin seater in
The existence of J-11BS is officially acknowledged by the Chinese
government in 2007, and a large model of J-11BS was revealed public on
June 9, 2007 during the opening ceremony of the new aerospace museum of
the Harbin Institute of Technology at the 20-year anniversary of the
establishment of its school of astronautics, where it is displayed. Some
sources outside China have claimed that the successful development of
J-11BS is one of reasons that China lacks the enthusiasm on purchasing
Su-30MK3, but the Chinese government appears to be rather cautious with
official reports only claiming that the project is very promising,
instead of declaring it is successful already.
J-11C is the aircraft carrier version of J-11B, J-11C under development,
reportedly as the Chinese version of Su-33. The first mock-up of J-11C
was displayed in public at air shows and defense exhibitions in China in
late 2002, and the mock-up is shown to be able to be armed with all
currently available Chinese anti-ship missiles, as well as air-to-air
missile including PL-12.


This photo taken from the official instagram account of Pariama Hutasoit shows a coral reef garden in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Using a snorkel and protective gloves, Pariama Hutasoit dives down into the clear waters off the Indonesian island of Bali to pull away plastic from a "reef star" installed by her conservation group to encourage new coral growth.
The Nusa Dua Foundation has installed almost 6,000 of the stars, hexagonal-shaped steel structures around a metre in diameter, in coral reefs across Bali. The stars bridge gaps in the reefs where coral has died, supporting regrowth.
"We're aiming to install about 5,000 reef stars over the next five years," Hutasoit, 52, a former World Wildlife Fund employee, told Reuters. "And in the future, we also if possible want to expand outside Bali for the restoration of coral reefs."
The Nusa Dua Foundation has installed almost 6,000 of the stars, hexagonal-shaped steel structures around a metre in diameter, in coral reefs across Bali. The stars bridge gaps in the reefs where coral has died, supporting regrowth
The Indonesian archipelago harbours more than 75 percent of the world's coral species, many of which are facing erosion and bleaching every year, according to the Coral Triangle Initiative, a transnational coral restoration project.
Only just over half of Bali's coral reefs are considered to be in "good" condition with 30 percent in "poor" condition and the remaining 15% in "very poor" condition, according to a 2018 report by Bali's Marine and Fisheries Department.
The damage has been attributed to human activity, including destructive fishing, global warming, and heavy waves.
Part of the Nusa Dua Foundation's remit is holding community outreach programs, attempting to educate local residents about the importance of protecting Bali's coral reefs.
I Nyoman Sadnya, a local fisherman, said his parents had mined coral from the island's reefs for decades, unaware of the destructive long-term impact.
"My parents did not have a job and the area here used to be an arid area, and sometimes it was difficult to find food," he said. "So my parents resorted to coral mining for building materials, because they didn't know (it was bad)."
Coral, popularly used for house foundations and decorative pieces, was a source of income for his parents.
"By looking at the condition of coral reefs today, we realise that what we did in the past to them was totally wrong," he said.
Hutasoit is using World Oceans Day on June 8 to plea for more support for coral reef regeneration.


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This FP&A Gross Margin Manager role will support Connected Home. The key focus for this role will be to deliver standard reporting, financial modelling and insight into the Connected Home business globally making use of Power BI, Financial systems and Excel as required. Connected Home is a growing technology business with global aspirations and currently include the Hive brand. Connected Homes business delivered £46m revenue in 2017 with over 0.5million sales through the sale of a series of connected products including one-off product sales, subscription offerings and payment plans. Connected Home sells to customers in the UK, Ireland and North America, and has now expanded into mainland Europe. Sales have been generated through a variety of channels both direct to consumers via the hive website and BG engineers and through other retailers; partnerships with key retailers are also being developed.
The Connected Home FP&A Manager’s role will be to understand the Connected Home business, leveraging this to drive insight. The role will also involve automating reporting and insight into the financial performance of Connected Home through Power BI with the support of a developer working within the wider team. In additional to working with the finance partners, BPM teams and Connected Home finance leadership, the FP&A manager will play a key role in coordinating forecasting inputs and actuals for automated weekly reports.
The individual will be a Finance professional with confidence to present in monthly management review meetings with the business. Resilience and a flexible working style are also key in this business due to evolving processes and demanding stakeholders. The successful candidate will be required to learn and run new processes quickly and accurately and build relationships across the finance and business teams, while supporting the change agenda across FP&A.
This role will be Windsor based but require regular travel to London (Aldwych).
The Job role:
Build strong relationships across the Finance community and within the Connected Home business
Own the integrity of the data and reporting produced within Power BI and other finance systems, driving improvements where needed and advocating the use of the reports
Production of FP&A standard deliverables to the agreed format, timelines and quality through Power BI and Excel as required
Provide a quality response to ad hoc queries demonstrating business understanding and analytical excellence
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Apply Centrica standards of Financial Control to FP&A processes to ensure key financial processes are structured to deliver accuracy and financial integrity.
Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Excel and SAP skills
Data manipulation and analysis skills - with an ability to summarise complex matters
Ability to manipulate large quantities of data to provide insight and model this information for forecasting
Continuous improvement – evidence of change delivery
Retail experience would be beneficial to this role
Able to work quickly and accurately under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Gravitas and confidence to present results in management reviews and to appropriately challenge the business
Able to build and maintain strong business relationships; to be seen as a trusted business advisor
Ability to identify a problem and think through an approach to develop a solution
Experience and impetus of working within a large organisation and using other teams and individuals to support you to achieve your deliverables
Develops an understanding of the business to translate operational drivers into insightful reporting
Ability to pro-actively develop positive and highly effective working relationships in a matrix structure.

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10 Sonatas for Solo Violin or Viola
10 Sonatas for 6 String Violin
Five of the sonatas (violin edition, #4, 6, 7, 9 and 10) were premiered at Duke University on March 31, 2006 in a program with Eric Pritchard, three of his students, and a friend of mine (Lin-Ti Wang). Eric played Sonatas 1, 9, and 10 on his faculty recital on January 14, 2007. You may see the program here. (Note that in the current edition, what had been Sonata 10 is now Sonata 9, and what was Sonata 11 is now Sonata 10.) Eric recorded #1, 9, and 10 again in October 2009 with better surroundings, more takes, and some engineering, so those recordings are included here. I gave an introductory talk in '06 (click here for the recording) that may be a touch hard to understand due to the heavy reverb in the hall. A better recording (and shorter talk!) is from the '07 recital here. On August 10, 2014, Eric premiered Sonata #3 at the Unity Center of Peace in Chapel Hill NC, and the videos are posted on my YouTube channel with links below. Many thanks to the musicians.
Mary Kay Robinson performed the Sonata #4 in Brevard NC on February 15, 2009.
Below are links to all ten scores in PDF format, much more convenient than downloading each movement in Finale. (There had been 11 sonatas until late November 2015; I have eliminated the old Sonata #8, using its middle movement for the first movement of the old Sonata #9 to make the new Sonata #8. The old #10 and #11 are now #9 and #10.)
In 2002 I made a version of the first three sonatas for 6 string electric violin. In March 2017 I started a new attempt at playing violin again, which I did every ten years to no avail. In hopes of playing 6 string violin, I arranged all ten sonatas for 6 strings. However my arthritis once again made all this futile. Note that this arrangement has considerable differences from the original, in order to take full advantage of the instrument. In addition, in 2002 I arranged the Bach Sonata #1 and Partita #2 for 6 string violin, and I completed the difficult copywork into Finale on March 25, 2017. Those two arrangements have their own web page.
The arrangement of the ten sonatas for 6 string
violin led to major changes in several of the 4 string sonatas and
improvement in many details of the copy work, layout, and typo
correction. This led to the second edition of the ten sonatas in both
violin and viola versions. Earlier versions should be discarded. The
extant recordings are all of the first edition; it will take some time
to have recordings of the second edition.
Those violin sonatas that have not yet been performed are marked with an asterisk (*). None of the viola edition or 6 string versions have been performed or recorded to date (July 2022).
The cover photograph (included here to the upper right) is of me playing violin at age about 11.
The 10 Sonatas for violin and viola are available in legal-size (8.5"x14") and letter-size (8.5"x11")
formats. The legal-size has no page turns in each movement. The
letter-size has a few such page turns, but is suitable for electronic
music readers, and is more convenient for paper printing and binding.
The violin and viola editions are corrected to July 10, 2022.
all recordings are of the edition that was current at the time of
performance. Only Sonata No. 2 is of the current edition. The latest edition, from July 2017, has some new passages,
especially in the later sonatas. Only the 4 string violin sonatas have
been performed to date.)
These solo violin sonatas were written between 1975 and 2003 in a rather complex pattern of starts and stops, composition and disposal, editing and recopying. I wrote a solo violin sonata in the spring of 1975, and based my now-eliminated First Symphony based on its ideas; dissatisfied, I completely re-wrote it in January 1979, saving little from the original. I revised the first movement again in the spring of 1991 and the last movement in 2002. The second sonata came along in 1976, composed for Deborah Moreland’s 18th birthday as a two-movement work. I rewrote both movements in 1991, and in 2002 reversed their order and added a third movement written in 1991. (In addition, in 1975 I wrote a sonata for solo ‘cello or viola, but discarded it later.)
In 1979 I decided to write a total of 64 movements in 21 sonatas for solo violin, correlating each movement to a hexagram of the “I Ching”—not by using chance to determine things, as John Cage did, but just as a kind of unifying device and as an illustration of the nature of each hexagram. As I finished the 21 sonatas, my arthritis became severe enough that I could no longer play violin, and the sonatas remained unperformed.
In 1991 I made an electric violin which I used for six months. It appeared that I was going to be able to play again, so I went back to work on the 21 sonatas, throwing out the weaker movements, rewriting those that had promise, and keeping the ones that were fine as they stood. This made the new total of 16 sonatas with about a third completely new material. However after this six month period I was no longer able to play, both physically and due to other complications. At this time, when I was forced to vacate my dwelling, my landlord threw away all my compositions that had been copied in ink.
There followed ten years where making music was not possible. In late 2001 and early 2002, I had a stable life studying physics at NCSU, an old piano, housing, and access to a woodshop. I made two electric violins, a 4-string and a 6-string, that I held like a cello, with an assistive device to hold up my bow-arm. I could only play for a limited time before it became too painful, but the new attempt at performance inspired me to rework once again my old solo violin sonatas, including arrangements for viola and 6-string violin. (I located two copies of the old 21 sonatas that I had given to violinists, returned unperformed, and also recovered pencil drafts from the 1991 revisions—thus recovering from the landlord’s editorial judgment.) This led to once again throwing away weaker movements and a radical re-ordering of the remaining ones in sets of three or four to make eleven sonatas that were reasonably consistent. The grouping is arbitrary, though, and in performance it is perfectly respectable for the violinist to pick whatever movements seem appropriate and play them in the order of his or her choice.
By spring of 2003, it became clear that the arthritis was too advanced and my attempt at a return to performance had to end. Now I rely on others to perform.
In November 2015 I was making a revision of the copywork and making an experimental arrangement for cello, when I realized that the eighth of the eleven sonatas had two weak movements. I kept only the middle movement, and made what had been #9, 10, and 11 the new #8, 9, 10, with the old middle movement now the first movement of the new #8.
In February 2017, I started to gather new instruments and adaptive gear for a new attempt at playing violin, starting with a 6 string fretted violin from China that I converted to 4 or 5 strings. Part of that effort is to recopy the old arrangements of the first three sontatas made in 2002 in ink, and converting them to Finale, along with some improvements. In July 2017, I completed all ten sonatas for 6 string, and finished the proofreading by August 16. These are considerably different from the originals in order to take full advantage of the new instrument. Many of the movements are intended to be performed with the "freeze" sustain electronic effect, typically controlled by pedal. For further details, please see the title page of the 6 string edition. Unfortunately, I was unable to continue playing and had to quit in the fall of 2017.
Any violinist or violist interested in this music may download the scores or may contact me for a printed, bound copy.


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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Cowen was forced to call an early March election on Thursday after an attempt to reshuffle his cabinet backfired, with a third of his cabinet resigning in just over 24 hours.
Cowen’s unexpected bid to promote new faces to a government in its final days was the last straw for his junior coalition partners the Greens who said it was “the final insult” and threatened to withdraw support unless he ditched the plan and named a date for a parliamentary poll.
“The government will continue to do its job ... and then we will have an election on the 11th of March,” Cowen told the lower chamber.
Opposition politicians said his administration was in chaos.
“It’s a damning, damning indictment of this government. A lame duck Taoiseach (prime minister) with a lame duck government,” Sinn Fein’s Caoimhghin O Caolain told parliament.”
Before Thursday, Cowen had been signaling the election would come in late March or early April and had been in ebullient form after winning a vote of confidence in his leadership of the ruling Fianna Fail party on Tuesday.
The most unpopular premier in recent history over his handling of the economic crisis, Cowen misjudged the reaction of the Green Party and Irish people to a cabinet reshuffle widely viewed as “jobs for the boys.”
Green Party leader John Gormley said the party heard about the cabinet resignations in the media and that Cowen’s move for a reshuffle was presented as a “fait accompli.”
“We said very clearly that we were not in a position if it went to a vote in (parliament) to support this because it was our very strong view that this was a poor decision and would send out all the wrong signals,” he told a news conference.
Some members of the Fianna Fail party were livid at Cowen’s apparent pre-election strategy to try and shore up some of his fellow lawmakers’ chances ahead of the election.
“This has totally backfired, I’ve been in the Dail (parliament) for 23 years and I have never seen anything like this,” Fianna Fail backbench MP Tom Kitt told national broadcaster RTE.
“I’m really infuriated by what’s happened. It has been totally mismanaged and the main thing that’s come across is that there is a total disconnect with the leadership of my party and the public out there. People are rightly very upset.”
Cowen said that existing ministers would take on the duties of six colleagues, all but one of whom resigned as part of the reshuffle plan. Most intend to retire after the election.
Cowen has taken on the duties of foreign minister after Micheal Martin challenged him in Tuesday’s confidence vote.
The public was not impressed by the turmoil in government.
“I’d line them up against a wall and shoot the lot of them,” said Bernadette, owner of a wine-importing business.
The Greens had been seeking a poll since last year, when the government was forced to seek a bailout from the EU and the IMF to deal with a financial meltdown that has forced Irish people to emigrate at a rate of 1,000 a week in search of employment.
Under the terms of the bailout, Ireland has to tackle the worst budget deficit in Europe. Cowen said the government would ensure that the final piece of legislation underpinning the 2011 austerity budget would be passed.
The Finance Ministry is expected to publish the finance bill on Friday, Gormley said.
In addition to its fiscal goals, Dublin has a strict timetable for overhauling its banking sector. Most of the work scheduled to be completed by the end of this quarter can be completed despite an election campaign.
Surveys signal the center-right Fine Gael party and the center-left Labour party will sweep to power and form the next coalition government.
Fianna Fail, which has dominated Irish politics since independence from Britain, could lose half its 74 parliamentary seats, according to opinion polls, consigning it to the opposition benches for years.
Cowen’s miscalculation over the reshuffle will have damaged them even further.
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