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The Magic Fruit That Cleans Out Your Arteries
Everyone is always looking for the one magic food, that one nutritional silver bullet that will guarantee them good health. This has the led to the “superfood” trend that has swept the health and nutrition fields. Some of these foods are legit. Others are more dubious. With so much information out there—much of it contradictory—how can you separate the wheat from the chaff? Aren’t there some ancient, accepted truths regarding what is healthy and what is not?
What if we told you there was a super-fruit that has stood the test of time? One that stands up to scientific scrutiny and has been proven to protect cardiovascular health while still tasting great? Intrigued? Read on and learn more.
Pomegranates are a fruit that come from a small, shrub-like tree which is native to the regions that make up present-day Iran. From there, it spread outward in all directions, becoming a staple in Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Persian, and Indian cuisines, and became associated with fertility and religious concepts from places as far apart as China and Greece. Pomegranates have a rich and intense flavor, but what makes them so distinct from other fruits is how you eat them: You actually eat the seeds, instead of the fruit itself! The “meat” of the pomegranate is a white, inedible substance with a sponge-like constancy. Inside there are pockets filled with seeds surround by a juice-filled sac called an “aril.” A typical pomegranate contains about 500 to 600 arils, each of which is filled with vitamins and antioxidants that offer a multitude of health benefits.
Perhaps one of the most outstanding qualities of pomegranates is the potential they have to improve your cardiovascular health. Recent studies have shown that pomegranate juice can prevent damage to blood vessels and the hardening of the arteries due to the accumulation of cholesterol.
Arterial hardening, a condition otherwise known as atherosclerosis, is caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries, which consists of harmful low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. When this occurs, it can cause high blood pressure and a significantly increased chance of a stroke or a heart attack.
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A study published in the journal Atherosclerosis found that pomegranate extract may prevent and even reverse the risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers found that the extract produced a marked decline in the presence of occlusive plaque in the arteries of laboratory mice. This conforms with the findings of many other studies on pomegranate juice/extract that show its effectiveness in reducing the risk of heart disease and cholesterol-related conditions. Another study out of Israel, for example, showed a reduction of carotid artery congestion of nearly 30 percent among test subjects who drank pomegranate juice every day.
But what is the reason for all this? For starters, pomegranates have powerful anti-inflammatory properties. Inflammation, a condition that is all too common as a result of our highly unbalanced diets, can contribute to an increased risk of heart disease. Any food, drink, or ingredient that fights inflammation is something most of us could use more of, and pomegranate juice is an excellent choice for this purpose.
Pomegranates also offer “natural angiotensin converting enzyme inhibiting properties” and increase the levels of nitric oxide in our bloodstreams. Both of these play a role in reducing blood pressure. The higher blood pressure is, the greater the risk of stroke, so pomegranates are definitely something people with hypertension or prehypertension might want to consider eating more of.
Finally, the powerful antioxidant qualities of pomegranates appear to be a factor as well. Oxidation actually makes LDL cholesterol even more harmful than it ordinarily would be. Consuming pomegranate juice can help reduce the amount of oxidative stress within the body, including in the bloodstream where arterial plaque can form. A study performed on mice and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that pomegranate juice was able to lower the amount of oxidative stress, and consequently the number of atherosclerotic lesions, by 44 percent!
Pomegranates are great, and you’re probably not eating enough of them. There are many fruits and vegetables with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory qualities, but pomegranates are definitely among the best, and are proven to have powerful heart-healthy qualities. Pick one up today. After the laborious process of taking it apart, you’ll see what all the fuss is about.


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text: In other words, a GOP bill looking to formalize the requirement for IDs etc nationwide to vote. Even though there has been no data to support that voter fraud is a large problem. They just want to make it as difficult as possible for minorities and the poor to vote. Mainly because when those people vote, Democrats win. So in normal GOP strategy, rather than fix their issues by representing every day Americans, they would rather make it harder for people to exercise their rights. Several courts have already struck down similar voter ID laws and this is no different.

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As was just posted on the Mozilla blog, Firefox is moving to a more rapid release cycle from now on. This also means that accessibility features and fixes will be delivered to users more rapidly than in the past. And I’m not just talking about crash fixes or other minor changes that were previously possible in the point-releases of Firefox releases, but really new features!
For Firefox 5, however, the focus has been on polishing and stabilizing what we delivered in Firefox 4.
To that effect, the very first builds of what we call the Aurora channel are now available. The above linked post has more details.
For those of you interested in the very technical details, we have several bug fixes for crashers, inconsistencies when building the accessibility tree, and other not so obvious fixes in that improve performance and stability.
You’re welcome to try out these builds and give us feedback as always! Aurora builds are more stable and feature-frozen builds that get stabilized in the weeks leading up to the next Firefox release. The next Firefox release will be Firefox 5, expected at the end of this quarter.


The Longhorn Network is turning one year old in August and still looking for a home run carrier to pick up the channel’s content.
Time Warner Cable would be a pretty darn good start.
Per Kirk Bohls of the Austin-American Statesman, Texas and Time Warner are no closer to reaching a distribution deal, but…
But an industry source told me Time Warner is interested in trying to buy the Longhorn Network or at least partner with ESPN on the property, for which ESPN is shelling out $300 million over 20 years. Time Warner representatives at the corporate office have not returned phone calls for several weeks, and the cable provider won’t even disclose the last time it negotiated with ESPN. ESPN has failed to reach any distribution agreements with major cable providers or satellite companies.
In a statement Sunday, Time Warner said, “We had discussions with ESPN (about distribution), and we did not come to an agreement on terms for a contract that would allow Time Warner Cable to distribute the Longhorn Network. At this time, there aren’t plans to carry the Longhorn Network.”
Whether “at this time” means “just not right now” or “never”, having TWC a part of the deal would be a heck of a boost for the LHN, which got off to a slow distribution start out of the gate last year. That shouldn’t have been completely unexpected — remember, there’s no template for running a third-tier network of this magnitude — but eventually the network is going to have to do something other than tick off other Big 12 members if it’s going to be a sustainable operation.
An assistant with history on one side of The Game rivalry is headed to the other side. reportedly.
FootballScoop.com first reported that Minnesota’s Ed Warinner (pictured, center) is leaving Minnesota to take an unspecified job at Michigan. SI.com‘s Bruce Feldman subsequently confirmed the initial report.
While the Wolverines have not yet confirmed the addition of Warinner, the coach’s updated Twitter profile indicates that he’s now at U-M. As Jim Harbaugh already has his allotment of 10 on-field assistants, it appears likely that Warinner will serve as some type of offensive analyst.
Warinner spent the 2017 season as the offensive line coach and running-game coordinator at Minnesota. Prior to that, He was the line coach at Ohio State from 2012-16. In 2015, he added the title of co-offensive coordinator.
Washington State’s coaching loss will prove to be a fellow Pac-12 member’s gain.
Following up on reports that had surfaced throughout the latter part of this past week, new head coach Mario Cristobal announced that he has hired Jim Mastro as his new running backs coach. Mastro will also serve as the Ducks’ run-game coordinator.
Mastro had spent the past six seasons as the running backs coach at Washington State.
“We are thrilled to add Jim to the staff,” Cristobal said in a statement. “He has extraordinary leadership skills which will be of great benefit in developing our talented group of running backs. Jim possesses a wealth of experience both coaching and recruiting on the West Coast, and he has consistently been a tremendous innovator on the offensive side of the ball.”
Prior to Wazzu, Mastro spent one season (2012) as the tight ends coach at UCLA. For the 11 seasons prior to that first taste of the Pac-12, Mastro was the running backs coach at Nevada.
Mastro has also spent time on FBS coaching staffs at Idaho (1998-99) and San Jose State (1995).
Stanford’s quarterback room will have a decidedly different look this coming season.
Keller Chryst announced on his personal Twitter account Sunday afternoon that he has decided to transfer from the Cardinal for his final season of collegiate eligibility. Chryst will graduate from the university in June, making him eligible to play in 2018 at another FBS program if that’s the path he chooses.
Chryst gave no specific reason for the decision, although the fact that he lost his starting this past season likely played a significant role.
Chryst began the 2016 season as the backup to Ryan Burns, who started the first seven games after winning the job coming out of camp before losing it to Chryst midseason; he replaced Burns midway through that season as the starter. While he suffered a torn ACL in Stanford’s Sun Bowl win over North Carolina following the 2016 regular season, he began the 2017 season as the starter; an injury in the Week 4 win over UCLA opened the door for redshirt freshman K.J. Costello to start the following week against Arizona State. Chryst returned in Week 6 and started the next three games.
Ahead of the Washington State game in early November, however, a healthy Chryst was benched in favor of Costello. In what turned out to be the final three starts of Chryst’s career with the Cardinal, he completed just under 57 percent of his passes for 453 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions.
In parts of three seasons, Chryst, whose uncle Paul Chryst is the head coach at Wisconsin, passed for 1,926 yards, 19 touchdowns and six interceptions in 289 attempts.
Rich Rodriguez was fired earlier this month after his former administrative assistant filed an $8.5 million claim against him, saying she was forced to lie to his wife and children to cover up his extramarital affair and that he subjugated her to numerous instances of inappropriate behavior, including brushing up against her breast and making comments about his underwear and genitalia.
He admitted to the affair, but said the other claims were unequivocally false.
On Saturday, the same woman, Melissa Wilhelmsen, filed an additional $7.5 million claim against the University of Arizona, saying the school is liable for its former employee’s behavior.
From the suit, according to the Arizona Daily Star:
The document says that Wilhelmsen and her husband also have claims against Rodriguez for slander, defamation and false light, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress stemming from Rodriguez and his wife’s conduct after his firing — including “statements to football players at a team meeting on January 9, 2018.” Rich and Rita Rodriguez spoke to the players in a team meeting run by interim head coach Marcel Yates on that date. It was not immediately clear if any additional legal action had been filed.
Rodriguez on Sunday released a statement, essentially calling Wilhelmsen’s bluff.
Considering the plaintiff is now seeking a sum of $15 million here, the odds of an out-of-court settlement seem so overwhelming that they may as well be taken off the proverbial board.


Being Charlie: Semi-Charmed Life, by David Bax
After just a few minutes of Rob Reiner’s Being Charlie, by the time one young man has thrown a rock through the stained glass window of a rehab facility’s chapel (in slow motion!) and another has snorted a line of cocaine off of his own graduation photo, it’s clear that the film belongs to the “addiction/recovery” genre. And make no mistake, after The Lost Weekend, The Man with the Golden Arm, Leaving Las Vegas, Requiem for a Dream, Flight and many more, this has become its own genre, complete with its own familiar tropes and predictable beats. In no way does that mean it’s no longer possible to make a good movie on this subject. But Being Charlie, despite having its heart in the right place, just isn’t that movie.
Nick Robinson plays the young man of the title, an addict and high school dropout from ritzy Bel Air whose costly rehab/relapse cycle has nearly destroyed his relationship with his parents, played by Susan Misner (The Americans) and Cary Elwes, the latter portraying famous actor now running for political office. After Charlie gets shuttled off to yet another in-patient retreat—as much for his own good as to keep him out of the way of his dad’s campaign—he starts off the insufferable smartass and then, well, he keeps doing that but he does finally become serious about being sober, partially thanks to a new romance with a fellow resident, Eva (Morgan Saylor from Homeland).
One of Charlie’s biggest problems, other than his addiction, is that he’s a bit of an asshole. One of Being Charlie‘s biggest problems is that it doesn’t seem to understand this. His self-centered, casual cruelty remains unaddressed, even when he’s sober. Charlie and his enabler friend (Devon Bostick) make offhanded remarks about “ugly chicks” and Charlie repeatedly cracks fat jokes about one of his female counselors throughout treatment. Speaking of jokes, the less said about Charlie’s cringeworthy ambitions of stand-up comedy, the better.
Reiner’s own experiences as a father to a son with substance abuse issues are an influence on the film. This is most clear in the fact that the parents are often more interesting characters than our nominal protagonist. Misner is heartbreakingly relatable as someone whose love makes her permissive but never stupid or manipulated. Elwes gives his best performance since maybe Peter Bogdonavich’s The Cat’s Meow as conflicted father who himself may not even know if his tough love stems from a true compassion for his son or from a desire to protect his public image.
As with much of Reiner’s work since the turn of the century (like The Magic of Belle Isle or Alex & Emma), Being Charlie is marked by an overriding, bland competency. There are few directorial choices (other than maybe the aforementioned slow motion) that could be described as “wrong” or “bad.” But there’s also nothing that stands out as particularly good or inspired. For a story that is so personal to him, there’s very little of Reiner to be found here.
Then again, maybe he’s just too close to it. Perhaps, in yearning to find a solution to a real life concern, he made a film that is far too pat and simple in its conclusions about Charlie and his demons. Maybe it’s comforting to reduce addiction to an easily addressed issue of layman’s psychology. But it doesn’t make for good drama.


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June 7, 2022 ‒ NASH Roundtable™ and ProSciento, Inc. will host the 5th NASH Roundtable Forum on June 16, 2022, as a virtual event. Consisting of leading hepatologists, endocrinologists, and clinical development experts from around the world, the forum’s goal is to discuss and steward advances in science, clinical research, and therapeutics for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The theme of the event: Is Digital Pathology a Game-Changer for Histology in NASH Drug Development?
The event will be moderated by Dr. Arun J. Sanyal, the Reno Vlahcevic Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Dr. Rohit Loomba, Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Marcus Hompesch, President and CEO, ProSciento, Inc., and Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
Keynote presenters include:
- Anil Parwani, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, Anatomical Pathology, and Director, Pathology Informatics and Digital Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Presentation: Impact of Digital Pathology/AI in NASH Drug Development: A Regulatory Perspective
- Cindy Serdjebi, PharmD, PhD, Head of Research and Development, Biocellvia
Presentation: How to Get Better Insights from Liver Biopsies in NASH Clinical Drug Development?
- Mathieu Petitjean, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, PHARMANEST
Presentation: FibroNest: Quantitative Digital Pathology image analysis and AI for Fibrosis and Associated histological features
- Janani Iyer, PhD, Scientific Program Manager, PathAI
Presentation: Characterization of NASH Histology Using AI-Powered Pathology
NASH Roundtable Members participating at the June Virtual Forum are:
- Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PhD, Professor of Gastroenterology, School Medicine at the University of Torino, Italy
- Kenneth Cusi, MD, Professor & Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Florida
- Scott Friedman, MD, Dean, Therapeutic Discovery and Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Eric Lawitz, MD, Vice President, Scientific and Research Dev, Texas Liver Institute, and Clinical Prof of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio
- Rohit Loomba, MD, Professor & Director of Hepatology at University of California, San Diego, & Director, NAFLD Research Center
- Vlad Ratziu, MD, PhD, Professor of Hepatology at Sorbonne Université and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- Manuel Romero-Gómez, MD, Professor at University of Seville and Director of Digestive, Liver and Inflammatory Diseases Program at Institute of Biomedicine of Seville
- Arun J. Sanyal, MD, the Reno Vlahcevic Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Detlef Schuppan, MD, PhD, Professor, Hepatology & Gastroenterology at Mainz University & Beth Israel Medical Center, Harvard
- Miriam Vos, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Hepatology at Emory and Director, Pediatric Fatty Liver at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
More information about the event is available at https://nashroundtable.com/5th-virtual-forum/.
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Back in the day at Quiksilver, Cheyne Austin and I put together an art show to help raise money for surfrider foundation. . .
It was a huge turnout and a great success for the Surf vs. Skate show which featured many artists from within the Quiksilver and Roxy family. Jack, and his wife Mary Beth, from Rhino Art helped facilitate the show at Gallery 97, which is located behind their art store in Encinitas, California. Utilizing Quiksilver’s sponsorship of the event helped bring great exposure to the gallery and the featured artists alike. The underlying focus of the event was not only to highlight some of these talented artists, but was to raise money for Stoked Mentoring. Stoked has dedicated their time and effort in helping “develop successful teens with opportunity, knowledge, experience, and determination through action sports and mentoring”. These kids, who are typically underprivileged and at risk of the negative influences in their environment, are enrolled in a one year program giving life skills necessary to become successful adults. Proceeds from the Surf vs. Skate show are being donated to the foundation to help continue their support. Huge thanks go out to the owners of Rhino Art, who are donating their entire share of profits to Stoked Mentoring. Thanks to all of the artists in the event who are donating anywhere from 10% to 100% of their sales to the foundation. Thanks to Primo, who donated 250 bottles of their premium beer to the show. Thanks to all of the people who volunteered their time to help set up and work the show, which helped ensure the success we encountered. And last, but not least, thank you to Quiksilver who was the main sponsor of the show. Surf vs. Skate will remain open for another 3 weeks, and with the continued support of Rhino Art, we are hoping to raise the maximum amount of profits to donate to this great cause. More information can be obtained by visiting the following websites:


What variety of auto is the 2022 Toyota Prius? What does it compare to?
The 2022 Toyota Prius is a paragon of fuel-productive driving. Though Toyota has for most of this eco-friendly-auto icon’s two a long time positioned the Prius as the greenest, most know-how-superior auto in the Toyota fold, that status has light a bit as environmentally mindful buyers shift to EVs and Toyota spreads its hybrid tech throughout the lineup. Today’s alternatives include the Honda Perception, Hyundai Elantra, and Toyota Corolla, as very well as hybrid variations of the Ford Escape and Toyota RAV4.
Is the 2022 Toyota Prius a great auto?
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Though the market place shift to crossovers has marginalized the Prius, it nonetheless performs moderately very well, and has a roomy cabin additionally amazing normal basic safety attributes. That provides up to a TCC Score of five.five out of 10. (Read far more about how we rate automobiles.)
What’s new for the 2022 Toyota Prius?
The Prius receives a Nightshade Edition for 2022 that delivers blacked-out wheels, doorway handles, and badges, additionally black trim accents within and out. It also provides a heated steering wheel and heated black artificial leather seats.
The present Prius wears triangular designs, creases, and clean surfaces that handful of folks locate interesting or settling—but it is aerodynamic in the ways that assistance it reach substantial fuel economic system. The rear styling is perhaps the most attention-grabbing, as sculpting alongside the sides converges into a break up-glass hatchback. The cabin styling is a mashup between a value-mindful entry model and a quirky eco auto, and upscale variations with the much larger eleven.6-inch screen seem a bit far more cohesive overall.
The 2022 Prius is offered as a hybrid, in entrance-wheel-push or AWD-e kind, or as a entrance-wheel-push Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. The Prius is perky but not downright brief, with twin electric powered motors packaged as part of a planetary torque-break up transmission, incorporating a one.8-liter inline-4 and generating a merged 121 hp. Glimpse to your fuel spending budget as the massive beneficiary the Prius returns up to 56 mpg merged. Prius AWD-e versions include one more compact motor to the rear axle to assistance with grip and increase overall performance a little bit.
Technically the Prius can seat five, but the sloping roofline cuts headroom in back and there is not enough width for 3 adults in back—so it is a great suit for two, or for a compact loved ones of 4 at the most. Rear seats fold neatly to increase cargo room, with quantity which is equivalent to some of today’s well-liked crossovers.
The Prius comes very well geared up with a seven.-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay/Android Vehicle/Amazon Alexa compatibility, keyless get started, USB ports, and driver assist attributes which include computerized crisis braking with pedestrian detection, energetic lane regulate, and adaptive cruise regulate. Last year brought Android Vehicle compatibility to enhance Apple CarPlay. Automatic crisis braking with pedestrian detection now consists of targeted traffic sign recognition, computerized substantial beams, and adaptive cruise regulate that can go down to a cease and restart without the need of driver intervention.
How substantially does the 2022 Toyota Prius value?
The Prius comes in L Eco, LE, XLE, or Restricted trim with all-wheel push readily available in LE and XLE. The L Eco commenced at $twenty five,520 for 2021, which include $995 spot fee, and ranged up to the $33,645 Restricted model. We don’t anticipate 2022 prices to adjust noticeably.
The Prius Prime follows the similar logic with a $two,300 upcharge on LE, XLE, and Restricted trims. But it is qualified for a federal tax credit of $4,502.
Wherever is the 2022 Toyota Prius built?
The Prius is built in Japan.


NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are looking for the owner of a drone that crashed through a window on a high-rise apartment building.
NYPD officials say the drone crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. Saturday into a 27th-floor apartment in the Waterside Plaza tower overlooking the East River in Manhattan’s Kips Bay section.
Police say a 66-year-old woman living in the apartment was at her computer when the drone crashed through the window and landed just a few feet away from her. She wasn’t injured.
Police have recovered the drone, but so far don’t know who owns it. Their investigation is continuing.
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- Trump tweet attacks Flake, calls Arizona senator ‘toxic’
- After preschool promise, Phoenix couple marries 20 years later
- Pence won’t address Trump comments but condemns supremacists
- Brewer stands by Trump assessment of Mexican rapists, white power rally
- 5 missing after Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii coast


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Ridge gourd (Scientific Name: Luffa Acutangula) is a deep green, narrow, and ridged vegetable.
As per the places, ridge gourd has many other names like Silky/Silk Gourd, Chinese Okra, Vegetable Gourd, Sponge Gourd, and Angles Luffa.
Ridge gourd is a fruit belonging to the cucumber family. It grows in the sub-tropical vines native to eastern as well as central Asia.
It exhibits a spongy flesh with white pulp and seeds. Ridge gourd is an essential ingredient in many regional cuisines of India.
In Vietnam, people also use it in soups and stir-fries. It is a fruit that is edible before its ripening. When it ripens, it becomes more fibrous and unfit for eating.
In this article, we will highlight the incredible nutritional health benefits of ridge gourd.
- Water: 92 grams
- Calories: 22 Kcal
- Protein: 1.86 grams
- Fiber: 2.5 grams
- Fat: 0.21 grams
- Carbohydrate: 4.4 grams
- Calcium: 77 mg
- Magnesium: 36 mg
- Potassium: 134 mg
- Copper: 0.085 mg
- Iron: 0.28 mg
- Phosphorus: 32 mg
- Thiamin: 0.131 mg
- Zinc: 0.43 mg
- Sodium: 247 mg
- Vitamin A: 14 mcg
- Vitamin K: 39.8 mcg
- Selenium: 0.4 mcg
- Vitamin C: 16.2 mg
- Vitamin B-6: 0.186 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.06 mg
- Folate: 46 mcg
- Niacin: 0.866 mg
Health Benefits of Ridge Gourd:
1. Control Diabetes
Ridge gourd is a diabetic-friendly vegetable that exhibits anti-diabetic properties (3).
It contains a low amount of carb and has insulin such as peptides, which helps maintain the blood sugar levels. Hence, ridge gourd is an ideal vegetable for controlling diabetes.
2. Helps in Weight-loss
Ridge gourd is also low on carbs and has a reasonable amount of fiber. With this, it gratifies a person for more hours on a little calorie.
3. Protects Heart
Ridge gourd has virtually zero cholesterol and less fat than other vegetables.
People with heart diseases must consume ridge gourd. It is one of the best vegetables that protect you from heart diseases.
4. Improves Digestion
As ridge gourd is rich in fibers and moisture contents, it improves your digestion.
Also, with its negligible fat content, it eases the bowel movement and prevents constipation.
5. Rich source of Vitamins
Ridge gourd is an outstanding source of vitamin A, which is essential for your skin, hair, vision, etc.
It also contains a considerable amount of vitamin C that helps the human body to fight with harmful free radicals.
Ridge gourd contains a significant amount of B vitamins (B-3, B-5, and B-6) and vitamin E and K.
These vitamins in ridge gourd protect our body from chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, etc.
6. Protects from allergies
Ridge gourd contains anti-allergic sources that protect you from allergies.
Research says that regular consumption of ridge gourd may help relieve allergies like itching, etc. Some homeopathic tablets also contain luffa (ridge gourd) extracts.
7. Maintains Brain health
Cerebral ischemia is the result of inadequate blood flow to the brain, which causes the death of brain cells.
Thankfully, ridge gourd has some cerebroprotective effects that help improve the blood flow to the brain (5).
Moreover, research done on rats has shown that ridge gourd may help improve brain function.
8. Helps in relieving pain
Ridge gourd, with its anti-inflammatory properties (6), helps in relieving pains from inflammatory problems.
Research says that the seed extracts of ridge gourd have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, as well as analgesic properties.
Additionally, ridge gourd contains antioxidants, such as flavonoids that make ridge gourd a natural pain reliever.


Dulcet tones, chill vibes, and pure soul mark the debut album, Remain in Your Love, from Gloria Fanchiang, a second generation Taiwanese-American from Englewood, New Jersey. Contemporary ballads and sophisticated lyrics mingle with a depth of knowledge of scripture in this satisfying EP. Gloria sings with good emotion and the arrangements are more in depth for a debut than one should expect from a first album.
Opening with “Well Pleased,” Remain in Your Love gets down with some vibrant tones and a deep understanding of what it truly means to be in the father’s love. The groove and summery vibe to the track give a sweetness and air that lifts the spirit, while the rhythm and blues feel gives it an underlying layer of complexity that is found within what Christ has done for us. The next tune, “You are Not Your Own,” is sung from the perspective of God. Typically, a song like this is usually prophetic in nature (read Isaiah and the prophets and you’ll understand), or of deep love, as in the book Song of Songs. This song takes on the latter, expressing a love letter from the Lord. A beautiful melody matches expressive and descriptive lyrics that paint a rich picture. Remain in Your Love fluidly moves into the next song, “Psalm 139.” Touching upon the themes in the familiar psalm, this classically inspired melody is infused with a soft rock vibe, sure to inspire the listener. Gloria steers back towards the soul and R&B – rock vibe with “What Does the Lord Require” and “May We Rest.” Finishing out Remain in Your Love is the title track, appropriately inspired by 1 Corinthians 13. A stripped down jazzy vibe suits Gloria’s voice, the guitar gently playing is the perfect support, and lyrically, the focus is about remaining in the love of God.
If you have a penchant for jazz infused R&B and classically inspired ballads all focused intensely on the word of God, you need Gloria Fanchiang’s Remain in Your Love. If you are on the fence about this, let me shove in the direction, buy it. You will be blessed.


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Gulf Film Festival receives 1,250 entries
Dubai, March 25, 2012
The fifth Gulf Film Festival (GFF), the home of contemporary cinema from the Arabian Peninsula, has already received nearly 1,250 submissions from over 90 countries for its various competitions.
The submissions for its Official Gulf, Official Students and International Shorts competitions are currently being short-listed for screening during GFF 2012 to be held from April 10 to 16 in and around venues at Dubai Festival City.
The UAE leads in the number of submissions at over 147, followed by 111 entries from Spain, 96 from France, 77 from Iraq, 59 from Egypt and 51 from Germany.
Demonstrating the importance that GFF plays in promoting regional filmmaking talent, there are an impressive 36 submissions from Saudi Arabia and 27 from Bahrain.
There are submissions from Afghanistan, Chile, Bosnia, Croatia, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania and Montenegro as well as from the more popular film producing countries including the US, UK, Brazil, Australia, Canada, India, Italy, and China.
The submissions are in more than 60 languages with Arabic films leading the list at over 429, followed by English at 193, as well as entries in anything from Amazigh to Greek and Icelandic to Malayalam, and over 124 silent films, representing the diversity of choices that potentially await film lovers at the festival.
Submissions for the International Shorts competition dominate the number of entries at over 739, highlighting the growing interest in GFF across the world. There are 161 submissions for the Official Gulf Shorts competition, 143 for the Official Students Shorts and some 33 submissions for Official Gulf Features.
The final programme listing the films short-listed for screening will be announced shortly. The selected entries will be evaluated during the festival by an eminent jury, with the winners set to receive more than half a million dirhams ($136,120) in prize money. Last year over 153 films were selected, including the out-of-competition official selection. This year, a similar, if not more, number of films is expected to make the final cut.
An additional attraction at GFF this year, the ‘Cherries of Kiarostami’ segment, featuring shorts by filmmakers who attended a master-workshop led by veteran Iranian director at the festival last year, has 38 submissions. The festival’s official selection for the Films for Children, Intersection and Lights segments have also attracted a significant number of submissions.
The festival’s inaugural ‘Gulf Script Market for Short Films,’ an initiative that will finesse the scriptwriting skills of regional writers and filmmakers, partner them with directors and producers, and help turn the completed scripts into reality, has received more than 88 submissions.
Ten to 15 projects will be selected from these entries, with shortlisted teams invited to a three-day mentoring session with industry professionals during GFF 2012.
Masoud Amralla Al Ali, festival director, Gulf Film Festival, said: “The number of submissions and the diversity of nations they represent indicate the global reach of the festival. What is particularly surprising for us is the number of Arabic submissions that have come from different parts of the world, highlighting that people of Gulf origin, living in different continents, are looking at GFF as a platform to connect with their roots.”
“We have also seen a remarkable increase in the number of collaborative ventures, especially by filmmakers in the Arab world and Europe. As we progress on our short-listing process, we see a commendable number of high quality entries, which will in turn make our competition sections richer in content and diversity,” Al Ali added.
GFF’s Gulf Competition is open to filmmakers from the Arabian Peninsula including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Yemen and Iraq, as well as filmmakers of other nationalities with films showcasing the region.
The Gulf Student Competition is open to works from the region made or produced by students during their academic study, or as part of a college project. Entries in the Gulf Competition are invited in feature films (fiction and non-fiction) and shorts. Students compete in short films only; the international competition is open to shorts (fiction and non-fiction) only.
The fifth edition of GFF will be held at the InterContinental Hotel, Crowne Plaza and Grand Festival Cinemas at Dubai Festival City. – TradeArabia News Service

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Eleven 10-year-old girls started a journey a year ago. Their goal was to play in a national softball tournament. This would be their first trip together as a team.
They had the coach who believed, and parents who were committed. Team AB is based in Riverside and coached by Andy Banuelos.
They left for Medford, Ore., on July 27 for a week of games at the ASA Western Nationals Tournament. They experienced an opening ceremony in a cloud of smoke due to the wildfires in Oregon. Each day in smoky skies they had a game and won. By Sunday, Aug. 4, they were in the championship game and won.
Team AB is the 2013 10 U ASA National Champions.


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Heavy Metal Magic, Book Three
Blood of the past. A curse returned.
The Furies are in mourning, and without her sisters by her side, Lottie is drowning in resentment and grief. Her magic has left her, her band has scattered, and something dark is stirring inside her.
Without the Goddess to guide her, Lottie is struggling to find the answers to recovering her severed magic. Isolation is taking its toll, and bigger dangers loom on the horizon. Desperate for any solution and against her better judgment, Lottie turns to an unexpected source for help.
When an ancient force is awakened, the band must find a way to reconnect, both with themselves and each other.
Can Lottie find her way out of the dark, or will the things she loves be lost, leaving her in silence forever?

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|Type||Township, Civil parish|
|Located in||Northumberland, England ( - 1955)|
|See also||Corbridge, Northumberland, England||ancient parish of which it was part|
|Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England||ancient division in which it was located|
|Hexham Rural, Northumberland, England||rural district of which it was part 1894-1955|
|Whittington, Northumberland, England||civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955|
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Great Whittington is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham with a population of 401 (as of the 2011 UK census) and an area of 1,494 acres, most of which is used as farmland, with only 12 acres urbanized.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Great Whittington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WHITTINGTON (Great and Little), two townships in Corbridge parish, Northumberland; 7 and 6½ miles NE of Hexham. Acres: 1,477 and 348. Population: 224 and 19. Houses: 44 and 3."
Great Whittington was a township in the ancient parish of Corbridge. In 1866 it became a separate civil parish. From 1894 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1955 it was abolished as a civil parish and its area was absorbed into the newly formed parish of Whittington.
- Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
- Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
- There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.
Categories: Northumberland, England | Great Whittington, Northumberland, England | Corbridge, Northumberland, England | Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, England | Hexham Rural, Northumberland, England | Whittington, Northumberland, England

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