The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is woefully short of doctors, with as many as 514 posts of health officers — from specialists to Class IV officials — lying vacant for the last three to four years. Of the 151 sanctioned posts for Class I officers, such as intensivists, cardiologists, neuro surgeons and other specialists, 143 are vacant. As many as 15 posts of gynaecologists are vacant, while of the 17 sanctioned posts for radiologists, only one has been filled. Five posts each of anaesthetists and ENT specialists are vacant. Nine of the 11 posts for general surgeons are vacant while two posts of orthopaedic doctors, and the single post of an opthalmologist, are vacant, while eight posts for pathologists are vacant. There is only one child specialist, while the remaining 12 posts are vacant.
The PMC runs 17 nursing homes, one general hospital and one infectious diseases hospital. The civic body also runs 46 dispensaries and approximately 5,000-6,000 persons register daily for treatment at the outpatient departments (OPDs). Honorary surgeons and anaesthetists, who are paid a paltry Rs 1,500 per month, conduct their visits at the OPDs while MBBS medical graduates have been posted as medical officers at various hospitals.
While 34 among 258 Class II officer posts have to be filled, as many as 135 Class III posts from the sanctioned 254 are still vacant. Of the 1,000 Class IV posts, 206 are still vacant. PMC officials admit that there has been significant delay in filling the posts, and the matter was even raised at a meeting of the Women and Child Welfare Committee recently.
While the state government has issued new recruitment rules on August 26, 2014, it is yet to finalise them. The civic body had also taken some time to collect details from each department and suggested changes to the recruitment rules. The rules are likely to be finalised soon, said PMC officials.
Meanwhile, Vivek Velankar, president of Sajag Grahak Manch, has already filed a complaint with the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB), claiming irregularities by the civic body in purchasing sonography machines. “… According to RTI data, in 2016-17, the sonography machine was used in 30 cases each month,” claimed Velankar. “In private hospitals, 500-700 cases are examined each month,” he said, claiming that the sonography machines were purchased at a higher cost by the PMC in 2016-17.
Velankar alleged that a model of the sonography machine was purchased for Rs 23.85 lakh, when the cost of the machine was half that amount. However, the PMC’s health department, while approving the tender, said the cost was the same in the open market.
Dr S T Pardeshi, acting medical chief of PMC, was unavailable for comment.


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At Technology in Motion, we have a large network of mums and dads who support one another through their baby’s TiMbandAir journey. With this comes lots of useful advice and shared experiences that help to make the journey as successful and easy as possible. Because many parents are experiencing plagiocephaly treatment for the first time, the process is just as new to them as it is for their baby.
Many parents discuss the reactions that other people have had to their baby’s helmet. Reactions are often mixed, whether it be interest, confusion, support, or sometimes more negative feelings. We have come across many mums and dads who seek advice for dealing with the more negative of reactions. Based on advice from fellow parents and also from ourselves, here are some tactics that will help to make coping with negativity about plagiocephaly helmets easier.
Negativity Can Be a Result of Confusion or a Lack of Understanding
Plagiocephaly helmets are still a relatively new thing and many people haven’t come across them before. Sometimes the confusion or lack of understanding from a passerby or someone close to you can lead to a negative attitude. However, with knowledge that this may be due to a lack of understanding towards the helmet, you might find it easier to accept and understand this better.
Coping with Negativity from Friends or Family
Some parents struggle to get support from friends or family at the start of treatment. However, many report that this changes once people start to see the fantastic results that a plagiocephaly helmet brings to the baby. After all, the results are hard to ignore! If you find yourself in this situation, try showing your friends and family a picture of your little one’s head before treatment, and compare it to what their head looks like now. Alternatively, show them the progress chart presented to you at your appointment! In most cases, those close to you are only concerned about the wellbeing of your baby. Once they realise that the helmet is benefitting them, you’re likely to gain their support.
Dealing with Negativity from Strangers
There are also some mums and dads who explain that people who seem to be negative are actually just confused. If you want to, take the time to explain to them what the helmet is doing. You are likely to find that the majority of people are just unaware of a plagiocephaly helmet and when they realise the that it is doing, they jump onboard. The greater the awareness of the condition, the more babies that can be helped with a plagiocephaly helmet, so think of each person’s curiosity as an opportunity to educate and help to spread the word!
Not All Stares Mean Negativity
When people stare, try not to assume that they are judging or being negative. On the most part, people are curious to know what the helmet is for. Staring can be rude, but if you accept that it isn’t necessarily with bad intentions, this will make it easier for you to cope with them.
If people are rude to you, which a few parents have come across, you don’t owe them an explanation. Don’t feel like you have to argue with them, but you might find that they change their opinion once they understand the helmet better. Some parents even find it easier to deal with negativity by using humour as a response.
Think of the Bigger Picture
If you have experienced a negative look or a rude stare and it’s getting you down, always remember why you went ahead with your little one’s treatment in the first place. Once you start to see the results you’ve been wanting, it’ll help you to remain positive and brush off comments that suggest otherwise! Talking to other parents whose babies are going through treatment is a great support system to many, and so chatting to parents when you visit our clinics or talking over our social media can help you through your little one’s TiMbandAir journey.
Negative Comments are a Rarity
It’s also important to know that most interactions with other people regarding your baby’s plagiocephaly helmet are actually positive. Many of our parents express how much positivity and support they have had for their little one’s treatment. With a growing awareness for the condition of plagiocephaly and plagiocephaly helmets, more and more people are becoming familiar with them. It’s becoming more common for people to know someone whose baby has had, or currently has, a plagiocephaly helmet. As a result, many parents find that they bump into people who are advocates of the treatment and are familiar with the helmet. This often leads to supportive comments that make the treatment even easier to deal with.
If you have any questions regarding our TiMbandAir treatment, get in touch with one of our friendly team today by calling 0330 100 1800.

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We know, we know. You’ve had one big question on your mind for MONTHS now — what does lunch taste like…in SPACE?! 🚀
Well, we now have an answer! Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (a.k.a. the Star Wars Hotel) is just days away from its official opening in Disney World. We recently got the chance to explore this spot as part of a media preview, and during our time aboard the spaceship, we got to do a lot of eating. We’re sharing full reviews of breakfast, dinner, and more (so be on the lookout for those) but today, we’re exploring EVERYTHING the hotel has to offer for lunch!
Star Wars Hotel Basics
For those who might not be familiar with the experience as a whole, the Star Wars Hotel is not really a hotel. It’s a 2-night immersive, cruise-type experience that allows guests to live out their own unique Star Wars stories. Fair warning though, a trip on the starcruiser will cost ya some big bucks.
During the experience, guests can take an excursion to Batuu over at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, train with a lightsaber, learn how to operate the ship’s defenses, interact with Star Wars characters, and more.
But, there’s one important thing everyone’s got to do in space…EAT! Most of the food offerings aboard the Star Wars hotel are included in the price of your admission (like they would be on a cruise). Lunch on the ship, for example, is fully included on both days of your trip.
An important thing to note about lunch is that for the first day, you’ll find all of the offerings on the ship (as there are no excursions on that day). On the second day of your trip, when the excursion to Batuu is planned, there will be lunch available on the ship, but there will ALSO be some included items if you’ll be down in Batuu around lunchtime.
But, we’ve eaten in Batuu many times, so let’s get into how the lunch food is on the Galactic Starcruiser!
Lunch on the Ship
On Day 1, lunch was served from 1PM to 4PM, giving guests plenty of time to make their way over to the dining area to eat once they’ve boarded the ship. Lunch is served at the Crown of Corellia Dining Room, so that’s where you’ll want to head to grab a bite to eat — it’s located over on Deck 4.
Lunch is served buffet/cafeteria style, so you can grab exactly what you want!
During dinner, the Crown of Corellia has a more unique vibe, with entertainment offerings available during the meal and whatnot. But, during lunch, things are much more casual here.
Throughout the space, you’ll find standard tables and booths available in a variety of configurations and sizes so you can find the right spot for you and your group. The chairs are a cushy blue fabric with gold accents.
In terms of silverware, the tables are already set, so you don’t have to worry about picking any up when you go to grab your food.
And, this is space, so the utensils look juuust a bit different!
Again, the lunch eats are served buffet/cafeteria style so when you’re ready to eat, you’ll head to the buffet stations to pick up your tray and start picking the things you want to grab!
Day 1 Food & Drinks
There are a lot of different options along the buffet line. Each option is essentially plated already on a little portion plate. So, all you’ll need to do is pick up as many of the small, individual serving plates as you want and put them on your tray. It’s sort-of like playing a game of Tetris — you gotta just stack up those smaller plates on your tray (and you’ve got to be strategic if you want to grab a tray full of food!).
We already showed you the buffet line, but here’s a look at the drinks station!
In terms of drinks during lunch aboard the Starcruiser, you can find an endless supply of blue and green milk. The flavors are still very much the same as the ones in Galaxy’s Edge for these drinks, BUT be warned: the texture is VERY different. These blue and green milks had more of a milk consistency and less of that thicker, more icee/frosty like consistency that they have in Batuu. So that’s something you’ll want to be prepared for! We really enjoyed it.
There are refillable soft drinks available here, too!
The silver cups are nearby for you to use.
Looking for a specialty drink? These are available as well, but they cost extra! There are non-alcoholic drinks like the Muja Twist which is a mix of watermelon, a herbal garden blend, mint, and sparkling bubbles for $8. You can also pay extra for various alcoholic drinks during lunch. Here’s a look at the menu:
Remember the food and non-alcoholic drinks on the buffet line are all-you-care-to-enjoy, so you can go back up to the buffet line to get more of whatever you like or just to try more items.
Alright, now that we’ve taken a look at these items let’s get into how they taste! We’ll start with the salads. First, we tried the Green Leaf Salad, which has red quinoa, amethyst croutons, a parma-cheese round, and creamy chandrilan green vegetable dressing.
This was excellent! It’s just a regular salad, but it was very well made and the flavors all came together really well.
The leaves were super fresh and the dressing honestly made the dish. It was savory and a bit tangy.
Next, we had the Chandrilan Salad, which has mushrooms, kale leaf, olives, squash fruit, and white berry vinegar.
This is basically just a big veggie blend! It was good, but it’s standard vegetables with couscous. There are a lot of mushrooms, and if you don’t like any of the other veggies in this, it’s probably not for you — because it just straight up tastes like veggies! Not bad, but nothing outstanding.
The next item we tried was the Fire Melted Cheese Takeaway with red fruit soup dipper. Fruit soup?! Yep, in space, they call tomatoes red fruit, which they technically are, so it makes sense! This is a bubble waffle grilled cheese with a side of tomato soup.
We loved this! It had a lot of cheese in the actual bubbles and tasted like your super buttery grilled cheese with the added benefit of the cheese and butter being able to get into all those nooks and crannies that the waffle has.
The soup was also good — it pretty much tastes like the tomato soup served all over Disney World. It was thick and we could taste the basil, which added a nice sweetness.
Dipping our grilled cheese in the soup was a great bite. But, you can’t really go wrong with grilled cheese and tomato soup!
After that, we tried Sorgan’s Stew, which has crawlfish tails, rice, and yellowseed stick. Notice how it’s crawlfish instead of crawfish — that must be the space version!
We really liked the stew itself. The flavor was great and the rice really soaked up the broth which made it thick in a good way.
The crawlfish itself was fine, if you like crawfish! It’s probably not the best you’ll ever have, but it did have good flavor that also infused the stew.
Next up, we tried the Pork and Cheese Takeaway with black-spice spread. This is basically a ham and cheese sandwich that looks all fancy! This takeaway was good — the bread it was on is similar to the pão de queijo we usually find over at the Brazil booth during EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival. So, the bread itself was really cheesy and tasty!
The bread also went well with everything in the sandwich. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The black spice spread is like a very strong mustard. We really liked it, but you will probably only like it if you enjoy strong, tangy mustards! And, a little goes a long way.
Time for some more veggies! The Roasted Flora with Tubers and Red Cabbage is another veggie dish, but we liked it a lot better than the Chandrilan Salad. It actually felt composed as a dish — a bit more cohesive!
It was very light, which is great when you’re in an all-you-can-eat situation. If you like veggies, you’ll like this, but you gotta like mushrooms too because that flavor is prominent! Overall, these were great, well-cooked veggies.
After that, we tried the Nori-crusted Redfish with Mushrooms and Red Cabbage. This was a flaky white fish that reminded us a lot of salmon in terms of flakiness. But, it is less fishy than salmon usually is!
The skin was crispy, too. It’s a light, buttery fish and makes a good protein for your meal if you don’t want something fried or heavy. The rice was also good and wasn’t over-the-top when it came to the cilantro flavor.
We tried a flatbread next — this is the Tikka Tip Yip Chicken with Paneer Cheese flatbread! This was really, really good, you guys. It had a lot of those classic Indian flavors and spices, with a strong masala flavor — very aromatic!
You can definitely taste the cheese because there are big chunks of it on the flatbread. It was puffy, but not in the weird way that the pizzas down on Earth (cough cough, PizzeRizzo) are. They stayed crispy because there actually is a wood fired oven on the ship.
If you enjoy those flavors, you should like this one a lot — it was actually one of our favorite things at lunch! It worked so well because it had unique flavors but still felt familiar since it’s basically pizza.
Next up is the Yellow Curry Tip Yip Chicken Salad. This item was actually not available during our first trip on the Starcruiser — we didn’t see it until our second trip, which was the official maiden voyage of the ship. This is a small bread shell filled with yellow curry chicken salad.
The bread on the outside is soft, but it doesn’t have much flavor. Inside, the curry was pretty tasty — it’s not overly spiced or spicy. The chicken salad inside is served cold and is very finely chopped with a smoother consistency than regular chicken salad.
Basically, it tastes like a normal chicken salad with a hint of curry flavors. If you like those flavors, you should enjoy this!
Now, for some more kid-friendly options! They have a Dipped Tip Yip chicken with noodle cheese at lunch which is pretty good! It’s basically just your standard, all white-meat chicken nuggets with cheesy noodles, so it’s hard to go wrong there.
The nuggets were crispy and the cheese on the noodles has the consistency of plastic cheese, but with more of a “real” cheese flavor.
During our first voyage on the Starcruiser, the pasta shape looked like it does in the above pictures — spaghetti. But, during our second voyage (which was the official maiden voyage of the ship), the noodles CHANGED!
These look more like campanelle pasta shapes, which are a bit better for holding on to all of that cheesy goodness!
There are also Sunflower Butter and Jelly pods! These were AWESOME.
They’re super portable and a great thing to grab on the go. If you like sunflower butter, this should be a hit for you! We also think kids should enjoy this one.
Just beware that some of them have different sunflower butter to jelly ratios, since they are being made by people (not by machines like uncrustables!).
For dessert, there are a few options! First, we tried the Choco-whip with Hibiscus Meringue. This is made without wheat, dairy, animal meat, eggs, and honey, so you should be good if you don’t eat any of those things!
This was a very rich chocolate that was thicker than a chocolate mousse usually is. It mostly tasted like rich chocolate with a hint of fruitiness and floral flavors from the hibiscus. No complaints here!
There is also a Blue Bantha Milk Fruit Whip. This is basically blue milk in a mousse form!
It’s like a fruity mousse, with mostly citrus flavors. We didn’t love this, just because Disney does a lot of mousses and it’s nothing special to us anymore, but some people will probably enjoy the novelty of this dessert!
Finally, we had the Daily Sweetbread. This was an amatheyst sweetbread that was ube flavored. So, sweetbread (as you can see) means cookie in space!
This is a crinkle cookie with a little crunch on the outside and a soft texture on the inside.
This was delicious and it’s not overly sweet, either. It’s a great cookie for someone who wants to try something a little different!
Day 2 Food & Drinks
Now, for Day 2 lunch! This was served from 11AM to 4PM. There’s a different menu here for Day 2, so we tried everything, of course! Let’s start with the drinks. We got the Bloody Rancor, which is a specialty alcoholic drink off of the menu for $15. This one is different from the Bloody Rancor down at Oga’s Cantina! It has vodka, golden tomato juice, and carbonate-dipped bloody rancor cubes.
Those bloody rancor cubes are frozen tomato puree! This Bloody Mary wasn’t too special, and we personally think it needed to be more spicy. The only cool thing about it is the frozen tomato cubes!
We also got the Dagobah Vimlet, which had vodka, herbaceous orange liqueur, lime, and peppercorn for $15. This drink was super herbaceous to the point where it was almost swampy, but in a good way. If you like herbal cocktails, then you should like this drink.
It was very strong on the peppercorn flavor, which was nice. Overall, it’s a very earthy drink that kind of smells like grass, but we did enjoy it!
Now, for food! We started with the Chili-spiced Cucumber Garden Grow Greens. These are marinated cucumbers. There is a little heat in the marinade that tasted like chili oil to us, but it’s not overly spicy. The cucumbers are cut really thinly and a super crispy as well.
But, we didn’t think the marinade on these was that great. We wanted more flavor, like a vinegary taste or just something that packed more of a punch. But, they weren’t bad, they just weren’t as good as they could be. We would recommend these if you want something light, though!
Next, we got the Red Fruit Burrata with balsamic pearls and red fruit jelly. There’s that red fruit again!
So, this is basically a space caprese salad. It’s made with tomatoes, burrata, and basil. There is also balsamic but it’s IN the pearls!
It comes with purple bread as well which is like a soft dinner roll. We enjoyed this! It’s a fresh option and if you like these flavors you should like this. Is it the BEST caprese you’ll ever have? Probably not. But, does it look cool? Absolutely!
After that, we tried the Sweet Tuber with Spicy Batuu Curry. This is basically a sweet potato soup with a granola bar on top. Yeah, sounds weird, right? The “tuber” on top seemed almost like one of those Nature Valley Oat Bars.
The soup, however, was pretty good! It was a thicker sweet potato soup with good texture and a good balance of sweet and savory flavors. But, dipping the granola bar in the soup was a bit strange. It was too sweet of a combination, in our opinion, but we were torn on this one, as one of our reporters liked it and another did not. It is a decent portion size, though!
Oh look — more food! Time for the Kaadu Rib Bites with a sweet-and-sticky glaze and spicy slaw. These were great! They taste exactly like how you would expect them to. They’re tiny sections of ribs with a classic short ribs glaze. The meat was tender, but it didn’t really fall off the bone. It was still juicy, though!
The spicy slaw had a lot of Asian-inspired flavors and also included some sesame seeds, which added some great flavor and texture. We were big fans of this slaw and all of the flavors went really well together.
Next, we tasted the Tamarind-glazed Burra Fish with long fruit leaf, braised kale, chickpeas, and curry. This fish is heavier than the one we had at lunch during Day 1. It’s not as flaky and was a bit more tough. It was also a lot fishier! We did like the grains this dish came with and the kale underneath the fish was really tasty! The curry sauce had the traditional curry flavors but wasn’t spicy at all. If you like a more meaty fish, you would probably enjoy this!
We tried a dish made without wheat, dairy, animal meat, eggs, and honey next. This was a Marinated Seared Tofu with saffron rice, peas, sumac, aioli, and flaky flatbread.
We LOVED the base on this dish! It had a lot of mediterranean flavors and the couscous mixed with the Kalamata olives was delicious. It also had cream sauce that reminded us of a tzatziki, but it wasn’t tzatziki. The pickled onions also went well with all of the flavors!
The tofu itself was cooked well — it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, but it didn’t have a ton of flavor. The bread was very thin and flakey. It was good, but nothing to write home about.
Next up is the Blue Foccacia and Sausage Takeaway with red fruit jam and ahi aioli. It’s a space hot dog! Well, kind of. It’s a sausage instead of a hotdog, but that is the general idea here.
The bread is on that same airy purple bread we got with the burrata.
The sausage had a great snap and excellent flavor. It was very well spiced. The red fruit jam and ahi aioli are supposed to be the ketchup and mustard here. They went very well with the sausage and didn’t overwhelm the flavor! This would probably be a good dish for someone with a pickier palate.
Then, we had the Bantha Vinegared Herb-sauce Coti-cheese flatbread. This was AMAZING. It’s topped with beef (Bantha means beef in space), red peppers, cheese, and that vinegared herb-sauce.
The biggest flavor definitely came from the sauce, which was so tasty.
The pizza also stayed crispy thanks to that wood-fired oven!
Note that there is also the same Sunflower Butter and Jelly pod available during lunch on Day 2!
Now, for dessert! We started with the Cream of Jogan. Jogan is a fruit in the Star Wars universe found throughout the galaxy. This dessert was fine. It was a really pretty color, and it’s definitely Instagrammable, but it was nothing too special.
It’s just a mousse with vague fruity flavors, like a lot of the other mousses Disney loves to make. It wasn’t bad — just lackluster. We did enjoy the chocolate rocks it came with though!
Then, we got the Salted Caramel-chocolate Cake. This is a classic dessert that you can definitely find outside of a galaxy far, far away.
The topping is icing-like and there isn’t much of a salted caramel flavor here. It was more heavy on the chocolate and was sweet, but not overly sweet or too rich.
Finally, for the Daily Sweetbread! Today, it was a chocolate chip cookie.
We liked having a classic chocolate chip cookie to snack on. It was soft, sweet, but not too sweet, a little salty, and overall delicious!
It’s a classic chocolate chip cookie, what’s there to complain about?!
Nosh or Not
In all of our traditional reviews, you’d find a nosh or not section where we give our final thoughts on whether this restaurant is a place you might or might not want to visit. In this case, things are a bit unique on the Starcruiser as you don’t really have too many other options for dining if you don’t want what’s available on the lunch line. So, we’re still including a nosh or not section, but it’s more of a pros and cons list in relation to the lunch service.
Just keep in mind that if you don’t want to eat what’s available on the lunch line, your only other true options are some snacks that are available (like trail mix), bringing your own food onto the Starcruiser, eating on Batuu on that second day when you have the excursion, or seeking out other snacks in places like the Sublight Lounge.
You’ll likely enjoy lunch on the Galactic Starcruiser if:
- You love a buffet meal. Lunch is buffet, all you can eat, cafeteria style. If you love to try a whole bunch of different items and fill yourself up on those goodies, then this is something you’ll likely enjoy
- You want to try some fun food options with comfort items mixed in. There were some more fun food options on the buffet line when it comes to things like the cheesecake or the bubble grilled cheese, but things here weren’t tremendously unique or adventurous so it still has a bit of that comfort factor since there are dishes you recognize like salmon, grilled cheese, etc.
- You need to have EVERY experience possible on the Starcruiser (and want to get your money’s worth!). Remember, you paid for this food with the price of the hotel! Sure, you can grab something down in Batuu that you’ve also paid for, but that will just be a single meal and a drink. But at the buffet, you can get a ton of different foods to try out. Plus, this is the only time you’re going to be able to get food like this (unless you book a second trip), so you might as well try it!
You might want to pack a lunch for the Starcruiser or seek other options if:
- You’ve got super picky eaters. Buffets are usually a great pick for picky eaters since there are a lot of things to choose from, but here the options aren’t all that big. So, if you’ve got a kiddo (or adult companion) that won’t eat anything but those more standard options or will be craving a simple PB&J, you may want to pack some items with you and stick them in the mini fridge of your room to pull out for lunchtime.
- You want to spend as much time as possible on Batuu. If you want to maximize your time during your outing to Batuu, you won’t want to cut any of it short by staying on the ship to eat lunch on day 2. Grab something down in Galaxy’s Edge instead!
- You would rather some non-space food. If you’re already tired of the food on the ship, then you may want to go down to Batuu (on day 2) and then make your way over to somewhere else to eat in Hollywood Studios. Maybe you’re craving a grilled cheese from Woody’s Lunch Box or want a charcuterie board over at BaseLine Tap House. You can do that during your time off of the ship!
Overall, lunch in space is a mix of some space-y themed items, really unique dishes, and flavors you know and love from Earth.
In general, we think lunch in space is something that’ll please most palettes (except some really picky eaters) and leave you satisfied and ready to tackle more assignments aboard the Starcruiser. Who’s got time for lunch anyway when there are SO many things to see and do on the ship?!
Our recommendation? If you’re really looking to experience everything Starcruiser has to offer, hit up lunch whenever it fits into your schedule, pick up those more unique/fun looking items (and the extra tasty ones), eat relatively quickly, and then get yourself back into the action! You’ve only got 2 days to really explore the ship (since you disembark on the 3rd day) so we don’t think spending TOO time sitting down for lunch is the best use of your time.
On the other hand, if you’re feeling overstimulated by the Starcruiser experience and just need a break, take lunch as your opportunity to take a seat, relax, and get a breather from all the action. It can be a lot to take in all at once, so lunch could be a good time to reset and prepare for the rest of the day.
And remember if you have special dietary needs or have food allergies, let the staff at the Starcruiser know so things can be prepared ahead of your trip. Click here to see more about special dietary needs and the Star Wars hotel.
We’ll be bringing you FULL reviews and more details about the Star Wars Hotel soon so stay tuned for that. And, as always, may the Force be with you.
What do you think of the food at the Star Wars Hotel? Tell us in the comments!
Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Recently, we were invited by Disney World to attend their media preview of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. We later visited on our own accord during the inaugural “sailing.” Some of the photos in the post above are from the media event, some are from our own paid trip. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink.You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ

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Rick Ross said he was amazed not only seeing Nicki compose her raps, but also get on the mic and tear the booth down for Kanye West while they recorded “Monster” in Hawaii .
“It was a moment in history,” he said. “I knew then she’s one of the greatest. blown away. I had the opportunity to sit in the studio while Nicki wrote her verse just off the record. That was when she earned my respect as a lyricist. She was a dope entertainer up until that day that I sat in the studio and watched her come up with what I feel is one of the dopest verses of the year.”

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Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Petrol is now getting Rs 338 per liter in Sri Lanka, trapped in financial crisis and debt trap. Sri Lanka’s state-run oil company Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased the price of 92 octane petrol by Rs 84 to Rs 338 per liter from midnight on Monday. A day after the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) raised the prices, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has also decided to increase the status.
Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) has raised prices five times in six months, while Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has decided to increase prices for the second time within a month. According to officials, the company has had to take a decision to increase fuel prices in the country due to the sudden jump in the prices of crude oil in the international market and the decision of devaluation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the dollar.
Sri Lanka is going through such a big economic crisis for the first time since its independence in 1948. Sri Lanka has a shortage of foreign exchange reserves, due to which it is not able to import fuel along with food items, due to which there is such a high jump in local prices. The Sri Lankan currency has declined 60 per cent since March 7.
There is also a lot of resentment among the local people due to the rise in fuel prices and they are protesting against the government. People have to stand in long queues to get fuel and gas, then they are also facing power crisis.

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The immediate value of the new tools resulted in an enterprise-wide rollout, with the new software serving as a mission critical decision-support system for all the company’s North American sites.
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Launched in 1999 at a paper mill in Oregon, the dataPARC team pressure tested their tools on the front lines – collaborating with customers’ operators, engineering and management teams to develop the practical, easy-to-use features they needed to optimize their operations.
Later, in 2002, recognizing the need for a reliable, cost-effective historian solution, dataPARC released PARCserver, an enterprise-level time series data historian.
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Today dataPARC is installed in over 800 sites across the world. And while we continue to grow, our aim of creating superior solutions for optimized plant operations remains unchanged.
We continue to benefit from our tradition of forging close customer partnerships, with new dataPARC tools and features developed out of the very real needs of today’s leading process manufacturers.
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ANTOP Invites Lovers To Cut The Cord With A Frame/Antenna
Over-the-air TV antenna solutions manufacturer, ANTOP Antenna, invited lovers to cut the cord on this Valentine’s Day.
ANTOP suggests giving that certain someone its new AT-204B photo frame/HDTV digital indoor antenna combo that makes it simple to cut-the-cord to a cable or satellite service, without cluttering the room with an unsightly pair of rabbit ears (unless you’re into that kind of thing).
The ANTOP photo frame/antenna combo (which carries a $32.99 selling price/ $46.99 suggested retail) is an antenna designed to look and perform as a conventional hard print photo frame (available in black or white) that will accept any 4 x 6 inch photo.
The Frame/Antenna comes with a 6-foot coaxial cable to attach to a television set within reach of the frame. The frame, which ships with a stand, can be filled with a favorite photo that viewers can enjoy, instead of having to stare at an unsightly mat or bar antenna dangling from a wall or ceiling.
The ANTOP frame/antenna serves dual duty as a powerful indoor antenna capable of helping a connected television receive free over-the-are TV broadcast stations in up to 720p/1080i high-def resolution. The antenna is also said to be 4K-ready, in the event that you one day swap out the HDTV for a new 4K Ultra HD model with a forthcoming ATSC 3.0 tuner, (once 4K TV transmissions become available your the area).
ANTOP, which is based in Ontario, Calif., said the over-the-air TV antenna is equipped with proprietary ANTOP Smartpass Amplifier technology that will help receive signals from a range of up to 50 miles from a transmission tower. The antenna, which makes up the flat backing on the picture frame, has a multi-directional reception pattern to pick up stations with minimal adjustment.
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The company said the AT-204B Photo Frame and Antenna Combo can be used with an extra TV in a bedroom, home office, or kid’s room where cable or satellite tuners aren’t possible or wanted.
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Parents, teachers and health professionals across the state are working to protect school kids from pesticides.<>
In California, where much of the country’s fruits and vegetables are grown, health-harming pesticides are routinely used on fields near schools. According to data from the state, more than 500,000 children attend schools within a quarter mile of fields where health-harming pesticides are applied.
Kids are also exposed to pesticides through the foods they eat, including school lunches. California’s pesticide residue monitoring found one or more residues on over half of the produce sampled. And studies tell us that — even at very low levels of exposure — pesticides can have long-lasting health impacts for children.
The good news is, this is a problem we can all do something about. Join parents, teachers and healthcare providers across the state in urging policymakers to protect school kids from pesticides in the air and on their plates.
What we’re doing
Pesticide drift is of particular concern for kids living in rural, farming communities. With partners across the state, we are urging California policymakers to:
- Expand buffer zones around schools to one mile, 24/7 protections. Current laws and their enforcement vary from pesticide to pesticide, and from area to area. In the few counties that already have buffer zones around sensitive cites, like schools, very few go beyond 1/4 mile or are full-time. This is inadequate.
- Regularly monitor the use of health-harming pesticides in close proximity to schools. The 2014 California Department of Public Health report that documented pesticide use near schools was the first of its kind. This data is readily available and should continue to be monitored — and made publicly available.
- Put these new rules in place by the summer of 2017. The exposure California school kids face is real. It’s important that next school year be one where learning and growing are not inhibited by pesticides.
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The good news? Janelle Monáe tributed the legendary Jimi Hendrix on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ last night. The bad news? Janelle did not sing any of her own/new music. The performance was to celebrate the release of Jimi’s latest posthumous album ‘People, Hell & Angels’. While we continue to wait patiently for Janelle’s new album, the CoverGirl delivered an absolutely beautiful rendition of the late legend’s ‘Little Wing’. The track is lifted from Jimi’s 1967 album release ‘Axis: Bold as Love’, and she received some assistance from the show’s housing band The Roots. Guitarist Kellindo Parker shredded his instrument with an absolutely smoking solo. But it was Janelle’s emotional vocals that stood out so much that even the hardest of people could be reduced to tears.
Even though Janelle remixes ‘Suit & Tie’ every damn day with that same tux, know this: when she plays the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in two weeks time, fans won’t be disappointed. She is always guaranteed to deliver performances as breathtaking as these.
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Star of the show “El Hormiguero”, Pilar Rubio (Madame Sergio Ramos) is not in the trailer for the show next year …
The companion of Sergio Ramos, Pilar Rubio is also a television star in Spain. For many years, she who is also an actress and model, was one of the stars of Pablo Motos’ show “El Hormiguero” on Antena3. A show that the beautiful Spanish had not planned to leave as she had announced last June when some fans were already wondering about her presence at the start of the school year.
On September 6, “El Hormiguero” returns to the air and, if we are to believe the very serious Iberian media La Vanguardia, it will be done without Madame Ramos, who accompanied her husband from Real Madrid to PSG.
In his teasing to announce the return of the flagship show, Pilar Rubio does not appear in the credits. Willingness to keep the surprise, simple absence of a few weeks time to settle his new life or permanent departure?
No llores más? Vuelve @El_Hormiguero? ? El 6 de septiembre ESTRENO de la NUEVA TEMPORADA en Antena 3? pic.twitter.com/uqTudV6WoY
Flagship presenter of Antena3, Pilar Rubio – Mrs. Sergio Ramos – is not present on the trailer of her flagship show “El Hormiguero” which resumes on September 6th. Towards a final departure of the journalist following the transfer of her companion to PSG?
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Veterans group hosting town hall Monday at Belk Activity Center
A local veterans group is hosting a town hall June 12 focused on health care for military veterans living in and around Tuscaloosa.
The event is part of The American Legion’s System Worth Saving initiative, which has the goal of improving health care for veterans.
During the town hall, happening at 6 p.m. in the Belk Activity Center’s community room at Bowers Park in Tuscaloosa, veterans will have a chance to share their experiences with American Legion officials, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center staff and others on-hand who can address any issues or questions regarding VA health care experiences.
“In the past six months, The American Legion has restarted these vital visits after a pause during the pandemic,” said American Legion Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission Chairman Autrey James in a statement. “We’ve held town halls on both coasts, in the Bronx and in Sacramento. Now, we are conducting a visit in the South so we can learn more about what issues and concerns veterans here have. We’ll then work together with VA representatives to improve health care for veterans in and around Tuscaloosa.”
The event is free and no registration is required.

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Though the first Quilt sponsored Open Mic Night of the 2006-2007 year began without a mic, at no point did it lack openness.
Justin Poirier started it off with a little ditty he claimed to have written over the summer. “A reflection on his feelings,” Poirier said. Poirier then launched into a rather passionate, if not quite on-key, version of Kelly Clarkson’s hit song “Since You’ve Been Gone.”
The night proceeded with cover songs and original pieces sung with instrumental accompaniments on the piano, guitar and bongo drum. Students shared poetry, short stories and journal entries.
Poirier even reclaimed the stage occasionally to grace the rapt audience with quotes from “Snakes on a Plane,” delivered in a somber monotone. All of the quotes elicited uproarious laughter from the audience, and none of them can be printed in this paper.
The audience seemed to enjoy themselves, if the quiet attention, loud cheers, easy laughter and strong encouragement were any indication.
Christin Baker, an audience member, liked the fact that there was music as well as spoken word. “It was nice, better than I expected,” Baker said.
The performers felt the love. Student Mike Melton played piano in a band that included Justin Kline on the guitar and as lead singer and Mike Copper on the bongo drum. Melton also took a turn on his own performing an original song called “On This Day” which he co-wrote with Kline.
“I felt like the audience was very supportive. The audience was positive and receptive of performers,” Melton said.
Melton was grateful for the opportunity to be on stage. “It’s always fun to perform.” Melton said.
Quilt will join the Diversity Club in hosting an Open Mic Night on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. in the Rathskeller.


’Unprecedented’: Critics Assail Kafkaesque Secret Trial in UK
2014 06 06
By Sarah Lazare | CommonDreams
Blackout slammed as an ’outrageous assault’ on justice
For the first time in the UK’s modern legal history, two men could face an entirely secret criminal trial for terrorism charges, their identities, the proceedings, and the verdict concealed from the public record.
First reported Wednesday, the blackout sparked alarm among human rights campaigners, lawyers, and politicians.
“To hold trials entirely in secret is an outrageous assault on the fundamental principles of British justice," Clare Algar, executive director of UK human rights organization Reprieve, told the Telegraph.
Until Wednesday, the media was banned from reporting the trial at all. After a challenge to the gag order by UK media organizations, including the Guardian and the Daily Mail, the press won the right to cover a Wednesday hearing challenging the gag order. The court will rule on the appeal to the media blackout in the coming days.
The case involves two men, identified as "AB" and "CD," who will face terrorism charges in a criminal court. The Crown Prosecution Service successfully pushed for the secrecy, which would ban any public report on the trial’s proceedings and outcome, on the grounds that it is necessary for the protection of national security, with the specifics unknown to the public.
Yet, lawyers challenging the secrecy warn that the blackout constitutes a severe threat to civil liberties and justice. In modern history, no UK criminal trial has been this closed to the public, although partial gag orders have been imposed.
"The Crown has sought and obtained an unprecedented order that the trial of two defendants charged with serious terrorism offenses should take place entirely in private with the identity of both defendants withheld and a permanent prohibition on reporting what takes place during the trial and their identities," said Anthony Hudson, who is providing counsel to media organizations appealing the gag order, at Wednesday’s hearing, according to the BBC.
"This appeal raises important issues relating to not only the constitutional principle of open justice but the equally important principle of fairness and natural justice," he added.
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SEATINI, FRA and NPA Convene the Virtual Women Agri-Entrepreneurs’ Independent Food Systems Dialogue
On 16th July 2021, SEATINI Uganda, Food Rights Alliance (FRA), SME Alliance in partnership with the National Planning Authority (NPA) convened a virtual women agri-entrepreneur independent food systems dialogue to obtain views of women agri-entrepreneurs given their critical role the agriculture value chain. This dialogue was intended to provide a platform for women agri-entrepreneurs to reflect on foods systems at various levels and also come up with best policy options to be taken forward for consideration.
In her opening remarks, Ms. Agnes Kirabo, the Executive Director at Food Rights Alliance noted the UN General Secretary invited all members and governments to reflect on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the targets therein. She later reiterated that there is need to transform our food systems on principles of inclusivity, sustainability and equity.
Dr. Sarah Nahalamba, the Manager Population and Social Sector Planning (NPA) noted that women agri-entrepreneurs play an important role in the development of this country especially towards contributing to the food systems. She further noted that Uganda has taken a multi-sectoral and stakeholder approach towards to the preparation of the UN Food Summit.
We have come out as government to work with non-state actors to deliberate and propose best policy options and interventions that would be considered at country level. The UN Food systems Summit is intended to awaken us and the all world that we must all work together to transform the way the world produces and consumes food among others and the women agri-entrepreneurs have a very big role in this endeavor, Dr. Sarah Nahalamba said.
Mrs. Lovin Kobusingye, the Chairperson at the Uganda National Women Fish Organization revealed that women face numerous challenges including; lack of capacity and yet they face a lot of competition especially from Indians who have a lot of capital; lack the right processing equipment and also operate with minimal capital which constrains production.
Ms. Dorothy W. Kimuli, the Managing Director at D& M Group International noted that there is need for systematic and accountable approach towards uplifting women agri-businesses.
Mr. Mbazira Hassan from the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development emphasized that issues of food security are very pertinent. He also reiterated that the issue of certification is very key and it’s undeniable that most of our products are raw and not certified, they struggling to achieve market entry and access at various levels.
Most women agri-entrepreneurs do not know about the available financial products and the institutions which offer the products and yet there are products that are designed specifically for these women, Mr. Mbazira Hassan said.


When developers started submitting their plans to redevelop Turner Field and the adjacent wasteland of parking lots, one name befuddled observers of the deal: Rita World Pearl Kingdom. Finally, we know what it was.
In 2010 Rodney Mims Cook Sr., the aging patriarch of one of Atlanta’s most prominent families, was in poor health and seemingly fading. Fearing his father didn’t have much time left, Rodney Jr. moved him into his guest house. The elder Cook one day called his son to his side and delivered a final charge: You need to rebuild Mims Park.
If you were to stroll along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail on a Friday evening, stop for dinner at Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall, or take in a concert on the lawn at the Fourth Ward Skate Park, you’d be convinced that Atlanta is teeming with young creative and professional types. And if you walked a little farther and saw the apartment buildings mushrooming along the trail, you’d probably conclude that even more youthful residents are on their way.
When he wanted $275,000 to refinance the River Park Townhomes project in Woodstock, developer Rick Tuley didn’t go to a bank or a well-heeled investor. Instead, he approached Groundfloor, a company that enables individual investors—who chip in as little as $100—to finance private ventures.
One would think that having former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers literally waiting in the wings to tell the DeKalb County Commission how riddled with corruption its county is—“rotten to the core” is how he put it in a letter this week to the county—might engender a sense of fiscal restraint in the board.
On the same day that Mayor Kasim Reed held a press conference announcing that the new owners of the Atlanta Hawks will either renovate Philips Arena or relocate the team elsewhere, officials with the Falcons, the one team that’s absolutely committed to downtown Atlanta, led a tour of the $1.4 billion new stadium, now eleven months into construction.
With tax dollars rolling in, city and MARTA officials are having to prioritize their transit wish list. And to the dismay of the BeltLine’s creator, Ryan Gravel, it’s looking like light rail along the loop may be sacrificed on the altar of expediency and cost. We broke down what's happening right now with transit along the BeltLine.
An alliance of neighborhood boosters and downtown landowners is pushing an ambitious new proposal, bearing an estimated price tag of $300 million. They believe it can bring about a fresh renaissance in Atlanta’s urban core and finally erase the half-century-old barrier between downtown and Midtown.
About six miles southwest of downtown, at the core of Cascade Heights’ commercial district, an adaptive reuse project hopes to have a big community impact.
Later this year, the roughly 500 artists who build, create, and essentially live at the Goat Farm will relocate to spaces in Castleberry Hill, Old Fourth Ward, downtown Atlanta, and other areas as the property begins a $250 million redevelopment. The transformation, which will add live-work units and a hotel, will allow the Goat Farm to expand its mission, the owner says.


I admit I’m someone who doesn't like to get involved.
For example, if I come across a dead body, all I would do is Twitter about how gross it is – and then maybe write a column about it.
Civil society, schmivil society,
But there comes a time when a man must take a stand for what he believes in, even though he may be one against thousands.
And this is an issue that has divided our nation for far too long, affecting the lives of millions of Singaporeans on a daily basis.
I am of course talking about the garlic chilli sauce at McDonald’s.
For years, I’ve put up with the offensive condiment, just like I’ve put up with the pickles in the McDonald’s burgers. Hands up, those of you who remove the pickles before eating the burgers. Come on, I know I can’t be the only one.
But then about a year ago (I think), to my pleasant surprise, the fast food chain quietly replaced the garlic chilli sauce with a non-garlic one.
At last, I thought, Ronald The Clown had finally came his senses. It was a long time coming, but better late than never.
But then a few weeks ago, I was at the Yew Tee outlet when I noticed a little sign on the chilli sauce dispenser with a little anthromorphic cartoon garlic and the two most disturbing words I had ever read: “I’m back!”
I couldn’t believe it. The clown had flip-flopped.
I was upset enough that I wrote to the company to complain.
This was McDonald’s reply: “We recently re-introduced garlic chilli sauce at all our restaurants in response to strong customer preference, and have since received extremely favourable feedback. ”
“Strong customer preference”? If there was such “strong customer preference”, then why did the company remove the garlic chilli sauce in the first place?
So I Googled “McDonald’s garlic chilli sauce” and found an old online petition asking for the sauce back. It had a total of 19 signatures. That was it? That was the “strong customer preference”? Ha!
Then I searched Facebook and – holy bad breath! There were 14 pro-garlic Facebook groups, the largest of which had 2,813 members.
Oh. So this was what McDonald’s meant by “strong customer preference”.
I sighed. I was clearly outnumbered – but I refused to give in. I decided to fight fire with fire. Or to be more exact, Facebook group with Facebook group.
I’ve created my own Facebook page, along with an online petition, both called “McDonald’s garlic chilli sauce sucks”. I’m considering a demonstration at the Speaker’s Corner in Hong Lim Park too.
But as one who also believes in diversity and tolerance, I’m not demanding that the garlic chilli sauce be banned since so many people obviously but inexplicibly prefer it (possibly due to a resistance to change).
All I’m asking is for McDonald’s to at least provide an alternative non-garlic chilli sauce as well.
But until then, I guess I’ll just have to settle for ketchup with my fries.
Maybe I should get a Whopper instead.
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|Anonymous - Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:56 pm|
over the last few months i have had pain on my lower left side about half way between periods. i always assumed it was pain from ovulating. but now it hurts worse and during my period too which ended much quicker than usual. should i see my doc, or can this be normal? thank you for your time.
|drnasser - Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:23 am|
Well this is normal and it happens to most of my patients
I hope so it's not an infection or something but if this remains you are required to visit a doctor
If it really pain's try using a pain killer for the mean time
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Sweet, good to hear! If the weather isn't too bad I'll start tearing into her this weekend.
Welp, it’s official.
Congrats! Now the fun starts!
Thank you! We're excited to get started!
Good luck with your new boat. May you have many safe and happy times with her.
Thank you! We're going to get her out next weekend for some rockfishing before we start the real projects.
If you are going to be trailering a lot you may want to consider a trailer with a longer back end to it. Seems that one is pretty short under the boat. If a new trailer isnt an option I would at least get some supplemental tail lights for it. We put a set of magnetic car towing lights on ours, tied it into the regular wiring and put a metal tab on each corner of our swim platform that the lights then attach to when towing, at the ramp I just pull them off of the swim platform and stash them on the trailer fenders.
In Pennsylvania you aren't allowed to exceed 3 ft from the last light on the trailer/vehicle to the end of the load. I didnt want to risk some lawyer yapping about our lights once we added the swim platform and kicker so the supplemental set of lights removes the liability gray area if we get rear ended.
That one sat a lot over the last few years and the owner was not mechanically inclined. Didn't know if he had a ford or Chevy and if it was original or not. Change the fluids and exhaust risers. It seems like you got your tow vehicle issues worked out. Good luck with it.
Welp I’ve run into a major issue. In the process of replacing the galvanized exhaust piping (that was basically laying there because the hangers were broken) I found starboard side stringer rot. There’s 2 holes the run through the stringer to the fuel tank compartment on each side of the boat. The one right behind the engine (which was covered by the exhaust pipe) is completely rotted and wet. Not sure how much further to go with this thing.
Might as well go after it.


The federal government is the largest buyer in the world, but how do you know what agency will buy what you sell?
What do government agencies buy and where to locate opportunities?
The federal government buys everything from office supplies to missiles. No matter what your product or services are, chances are there is a federal agency that buys it. But you can’t sell your products or services to the federal government if you don’t know which federal agencies are buying and what their needs are.
Here are some tips for finding 8(a) contract opportunities:
- The federal government operates an online service called SAM.gov. This single entry, government wide Web site, announces available business opportunities and is a powerful tool to help you become successful in government contracting.
You can narrow down your search for 8(a) set-aside contract opportunities or set-up an account to automatically receive targeted opportunities via email. We suggest that you specifically look for 8(a) opportunities that are in the pre-solicitation or sources sought phase as most of the other phases are too far along in the procurement process already.
- Contact each federal agency’s OSDBU (Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization) office. The OSDBU’s ensure that small and disadvantaged businesses are provided maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the agency’s contracting process. The primary responsibility of the OSDBU is to ensure that small businesses are treated fairly and have an opportunity to compete and be selected for a fair amount of the agency’s contracting and subcontracting dollars.Most OSDBU offices also offer the availability of looking at their procurement forecasts, as well as doing business with guides, organization charts with names and phone numbers for points of contact. Each web site should list the Small Business Specialist’s name and telephone number. Contact the Small Business Specialists at targeted installations to request pamphlets, guides, web sites, bidder’s list applications, etc. See below for a list of OSDBU offices by agency:
- Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
- Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Army
- Department of Air Force
- Department of Navy
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Treasury
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Federal Aviation Administration
- General Services Administration
- National Guard
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Personnel Management
- Social Security Administration
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Coast Guard
- US Environmental Protection Agency
Agencies use a variety of means for purchasing items. 8(a) firms should become familiar with how those buying offices advertise these requirements and then monitor them closely. Most government agencies have common purchasing needs. The government can realize economies of scale by centralizing the purchasing of certain types of products or services.
- Visit the https://sam.gov/content/opportunities. It contains every federal procurement that has ever taken place. You can search and find out which federal agency is buying your products or services, the names of your competitors who were awarded past contracts, their dollar value, location, NAICS code and more.
- Visit the USASpending.gov web site. USAspending.gov is the official source for spending data for the U.S. Government. Its mission is to show the American public what the federal government spends every year and how it spends the money. You can follow the money from the Congressional appropriations to the federal agencies and down to local communities and businesses.
Once you have an idea of who you can sell your products and services to, your local Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) (http://www.aptac-us.org/) may offer workshops for small businesses to acquire a basic understanding of the federal government procurement process. Some locations also offer services such as matching a firm’s capabilities with federal solicitations advertised in FedBizOpps, information on subcontracting opportunities, one-to-one technical assistance in completing bid packages and other paperwork, etc.
When Will the Agency Buy It Again?
As stated above, most agencies publish procurement forecasts on their web sites. Procurement forecasts are wish lists of proposed contract opportunities that may or may not come to fruition. Procurement history may be more reliable. If they’ve been buying it for years, they may continue to buy it. You may want to try to identify knowledgeable officials at the buying agency and then ask for their opinions. But again, their information may be subject to change. Much of what an agency buys depends on their budget. You should also develop a good rapport with buying agency officials.
One of the most important things that you have to do next is to convince the buying agency that they should buy from you. If the buying agency is using a competitive procurement process, why should it consider using 8(a) procedures? You must show that your business is competent, capable and reasonably priced. Make it in the buying agency’s best interests to contract with you.
If the buying agency is currently using 8(a) procedures, why should it contract with you and not some other 8(a) firm? How will you provide better service, better quality or better prices? What is it that you can do to either solve the buying agency’s problems, or prevent problems from occurring, or provide insight into problem solving more than any other firm? Show them what you bring to the table.
Selling to the federal government is not that much different from selling to the private sector. It all comes down to marketing. Your 8(a) status is a marketing tool that allows you to get your foot in the door at buying agencies, but you must use the tool wisely. Unless you have an unlimited marketing budget and personnel, you will have to decide which and how many agencies to target. Realistically, an 8(a) company can effectively market only three, four, or at most, five agencies. Which agencies you decide to market will depend on the factors discussed above.


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The Residences at Munroe Place, an eight-story apartment complex across from the Quincy Center MBTA station, is on the block.
National Real Estate Advisors hopes to take advantage of the region’s hot multifamily market and has listed the 111-unit property that includes 10,000 square feet of retail, with Jones Lang LaSalle.
Real estate sources say National can expect to get bids in the mid $30-million range.
Munroe Place was built by the Grossman Cos. The nearly 203,000-square-foot building is located close to the historic center of downtown Quincy, adjacent to the historic Munroe Building.
National bought the building in 2002 for $4.2 million. It is assessed at $16.2 million.
News of the sale was first reported in the Real Estate Alert.

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Patients with high blood pressure would benefit from a series of personal advice sessions on their medication, say UK researchers.
Writing in the Journal of Human Hypertension, they said many of the 10 million people with the condition in the UK fail to take their medication.
The study showed a 14% reduction in blood pressure when people took part in "adherence therapy".
The British Heart Foundation said the findings should not be ignored.
High blood pressure, known as hypertension, is one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke.
It can be treated with medication, but the authors claim that half of patients do not take their medication correctly.
Issues such as worries about side effects, a lack of motivation to take drugs and not following the correct instructions were identified.
The team at the University of East Anglia followed 136 patients in Jordan.
Half continued to take their medication normally while the other half attended 20-minute face-to-face sessions weekly for seven weeks, in which patients were given tailored advice.
The patients given adherence therapy took 97% of their medication, while those who continued normally took only 71%.
On average, systolic blood pressure dropped by nearly 14% from 164.5mm Hg to 141.4mm Hg.
Professor Richard Gray at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at University of East Anglia, said: "Our findings suggest a clear clinical benefit in these patient-centred sessions.
"Tackling the widespread failure to take medication correctly would lead to a major reduction in stroke and heart disease. If adherence therapy were a new drug it would be hailed as a potentially major advance in hypertension treatment."
Amy Thompson, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "We know people with high blood pressure are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke so these findings shouldn't be ignored.
"However, we need to explore further how patients may benefit from techniques such as one-on-one support. In the meantime, healthcare professionals need to consider the possible barriers which stop people taking their medication.
"If you're taking medicines it's vital you take them exactly as prescribed by your doctor. You could be putting your health, or even your life, at risk if you don't."


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(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Background: Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type-1 (APS-1) is a rare, childhood onset disease caused by mutations in the Autoimmune Regulator gene. The phenotypic expression is highly variable and includes disease ...Journal article
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-29)The autoimmune regulator protein, known as AIRE, is a potent transcriptional regulator active in medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) of the thymus, where it is able to switch on the expression of thousands of genes ...Master thesis

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DUNDALK, IRELAND–(Marketwire – October 29, 2012) – The recently launched mobile casino on boylegames.com for iPad and iPhone devices has seen dramatic growth in the first two weeks since going live. The take up among current desktop Boylegames players and new players who have signed up specifically to play on the mobile site, has exceeded expectations.
To celebrate the initial success of their mobile site boylegames.com is giving away three thousand pounds in prizes. Over fifty cash prizes are up for grabs on the mobile games site, which contains a mixture of slots and casino games such as roulette and blackjack.
Players who play on m.boylegames.com from midnight 27th October until Sunday 4th November will be in with a chance of winning one of the cash prizes. Winners will be chosen at random.
Anthony Conroy, Casino and Games Manager at Boylegames.com said “We are extremely happy with our mobile offering for iPad and iPhone. We were even more delighted to receive the positive customer feedback from our mobile players. We haven”t forgotten about Android. We plan to have an Android version within the next few weeks.”
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