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Secretary of State Charles Summers announced on February 4 that enough valid signatures have been submitted to place “An Act Regarding Establishing a Slot Machine Facility” before the Maine State Legislature.
“After an exhaustive review, we have determined that 59,095 signatures on the petition have been determined valid,” Summers said. “I know what a difficult task this was for the organizers to meet the required threshold and I commend them on their efforts. I also want to thank Deputy Secretary of State Julie Flynn and her dedicated staff for all of their hard work in ensuring that the integrity of the process was preserved and the statutory deadline for the determination was met.”
Great Falls Recreation and Redevelopment LLC is proposing the casino in Lewiston.
Stavros Mendros, former state legislator and former city councilor, is the spokesman for Great Falls Recreation and Redevelopment LLC. Investors include Ron Chicoine, chief of anesthesiology at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, and Peter Robinson, a Lewiston lawyer. Other partners in Great Falls Recreation are Mendros’s mother, Florentia Mendros, anesthesiologist Tim Poutre and his wife Wendy Chicoine-Poutre of New Hampshire. She is the sister of Ron Chicoine.
Well-known local businessman Steve Roop, owner of the three Roopers beverage and convenience stores in L-A, has also joined the group as an investor.
Proponents of the casino were required to gather at least 57, 277 valid signatures, which is 10 percent of turnout in the previous gubernatorial election, by January 20, 2011 as provided for in the Maine Constitution. Of the 74,388 signatures submitted, 15,293 signatures were determined to be invalid. That still left a wide margin of approved signatures.
If the Legislature does not approve the measure, it will appear as a ballot question on the November 8, 2011 Referendum Election ballot, allowing Maine voters to determine its passage.


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Our ash pendant sphere silver hearts is a beautiful ash jewel which is very popular among our Dutch and Belgian customers. This ash pendant sphere beautifully symbolises the love for your loved one. A very fitting theme to commemorate your loved one. The beautiful silver hearts on this ash pendant make it extra exclusive. You can fill this ornament at the top and tighten it firmly with the screw cap. A grieving period is a difficult time and with this ash pendant you will always have a tangible reminder with which to commemorate those special moments with your loved one. Of course, in addition to the ash pendant also a order necklace so you can always carry it around your neck.
Features ash pendant sphere silver hearts
The ash pendant is made of stainless steel, or surgical steel, which gives it a beautiful brilliance. It does not rust so it always remains pure and beautiful. Although in terms of colour it resembles silver looks like, it is much more durable. The dimensions for the jewellery are 25 x 25 x 25 mm and it weighs 12 grams. A discreet ash jewel that stands out just enough.
Engrave your stainless steel ash pendant
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We wish you many fond and memorable memories with the ash pendant sphere silver hearts.
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The Dance Posters
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In the exciting world of online poker, finding a solid home base can pay off handsomely. Staying loyal to a particular casino and putting in a good number of hours there usually brings a variety of rewards. Therefore, the way an online establishment treats its repeat customers should be a top concern for you when you make your choice. In this article we review the Titanbet VIP program as an example of a strong, generous, and versatile rewards scheme for loyal customers.
Titan poker VIP levels
To get into the most attractive Titanbet VIP rewards scheme, you should put in your hours in the casino’s special VIP tournaments. You can find them in the Schedules section or under “Titan VIP Specials” in the Special Offers section. The more VIP tournaments you play and the more money you put into the pot on each hand, the more Titan Points you will gain. (A rake of 1 GBP brings you 24 points.) The total of Titan Points you put together in the space of a month determines your Titanbet VIP level. The casino offers six bejewelled stages of importance, namely Topaz, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and Diamond, each corresponding to a certain point range. The top five levels guarantee you a daily gemstone freeroll worth 100 GBP.
Your VIP level gets updated as soon as you cross a threshold, so the better benefits come to you with no delay, even if you started the period at a lower rung on the ladder. The highest level you achieved in a given month automatically transfers to the next one – Titanbet gives you two months’ worth of VIP goodness for the price of one! Of course, being the online poker pro you are, you will maintain and surpass your gaming levels, but it is still nice to feel pampered like that.
There is more: Titanbet Club Points
Parallel to Titan Points, you also earn Club Points with every hand of Titanbet poker you play. They are another essential part of the Titanbet VIP program. The higher your VIP level, the greater the Club Point coefficient. For instance, a Topaz VIP gains 1 Club Point for each Titan Point, while a Sapphire or a Diamond VIP enjoys 1.5 Club Points per Titan Point. Once you are at Emerald level or higher, you gain access to the VIP Club Store where you can convert your Club Points into handsome cash bonuses or tournament tokens. So, you get two point-based reward schemes just for playing the game you love; what’s not to love?
Turn Club Points into cash and casino bonuses
Once you’ve cleared the Emerald level and have access to the VIP Club Store, you can convert your Club Points into direct cash to infuse into your bankroll. The higher the number of points you trade in at once, the better the point-cash ratio becomes. If you feel like mixing it up a little, you can also turn your Club Points into casino bonuses and try your luck at one of Titanbet’s numerous casino games. Variety is the spice of life, after all.
Get tournament tokens with Club Points
Club Points also find good application if you want to enter one of Titanbet’s select poker tournaments. You can use your points stash to buy into a tournament of your choice instead of spending cool hard cash on it. Titanbet hosts legendary multi-table tournaments with combined monthly pool in excess of 3 million GBP and a good deal of guaranteed prizes. This is arguably the best use of your Club Points. Get familiar with the tournament timetable, time your entry right, and unleash your skill in every round to get to the top!
Less points, more cash: Ultimate Rakeback
For the more cash-oriented players out there, there is an alternative Titanbet VIP rewards scheme, tellingly titled Ultimate Rakeback. It does away with Club Points and gives you a 20 per cent cashback bonus based on your weekly Titan Point score. To reap this awesome benefit, you need to be at least an Amethyst VIP and earn at least 100 Titan Points weekly. If you fulfil these minimal requirements, all it takes is to opt into the Ultimate Rakeback program via the Cashier tab, using the promo code RBWEEKLY. No fuss, and you still get access to all Titan poker promotions, even if you rescind your Club Point bonuses. Sometimes poker rewards can be that simple and satisfying.

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The cassette tape is making a tentative comeback as a Dutch factory gets a new lease of life, public broadcaster NOS writes.
Duplicase, the only remaining factory to produce cassette tapes in the Netherlands, has been saved by a renewed interest in non-digital ways of recording.
Sales have been going up slowly but steadily, and in 2017 new owner Thomas Baur, a former Philips technician and lover of old recording equipment, is expecting to shift some 20,000 tapes.
‘These are people who are music freaks and don’t want anything to do with mp3s and the rest of the digital industry. They were the ones who welcomed the comeback of vinyl and now they are embracing the cassette tape. People tell me: I want to be in on this too,’ Baur told NOS economics correspondent Jeroen Schutijser.
The cassette tape is taking on cult status, Schutijser writes. Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Jett Rebel have all released albums on tape in the Netherlands.
Baur hopes to introduce new and better quality tapes in the near future which, he says, calls for new cassette players too.
‘Manufacturers have to start taking this seriously. Cassette players a bi-product at the moment – a gadget – and they are a long way from offering the quality of the old top cassette players. But maybe this renewed interest will spur them on to make really good cassette players,’ Schutijser quotes him as saying.
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Roger’s strives to bring you the freshest produce available, everyday. Fruits and vegetables add color and flavor to each meal and are a HEALTHY addition to your diet.
In our effort to provide you with the freshest produce as well as supporting our local community,
We buy from local Berrien County Growers whenever possible!
Some of our local varieties are: strawberries, peaches, blueberries, apples, cantaloupes, pears, plums, nectarines, watermelon, eggplant, Brussels sprouts, sweet corn, zucchini, yellow squash, asparagus, cucumbers, peppers, green beans, cabbage, and broccoli. Just look for the “Locally Grown” label!
We have an assortment of floral items for you to choose from. Bring a bouquet home to brighten your day or purchase one for that special someone.
Also available from our Produce Department (and a unique gift idea!) are our veggie and fruit trays and gift baskets! Fruit askets and gift baskets can be ordered and customized for any individual’s tastes or price point.

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Walter Energy Inc (WLT.N)
30 Jul 2014
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* Alpha Natural sees metallurgical coal price recovery in late 2014
May 1 - Coal miner Walter Energy Inc's loss mounted as depressed prices continued to weigh on margins.
* Shares rise as much as 5.7 pct (Adds comments from analysts, updates shares)
April 15 - Coal miner Walter Energy Inc said it would idle its mines in British Columbia and temporarily lay off about 695 jobs.
NEW YORK, March 20 (IFR) - Investors in the new USD350m payment-in-kind (PIK) bond from Walter Energy are nursing big losses after the risky security dropped six points immediately after pricing.
* Fourth-quarter adjusted loss $0.55/share vs est $0.84/share
Feb 20 - Coal miner Walter Energy Inc reported a larger fourth-quarter loss after taking a $140.2 million charge.
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|Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP.OQ)||$50.33||-0.90|
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They really work hard to make you feel that you are in Thailand. The Asian style design, large water tank with exotic fish, large screen TV promoting Thailand tourism. All of this is nice but what really matters? The food of course.
For $7.95 you get your choice of two dishes, served with jasmine rice, a house salad, and a fried wonton. It's hard for me to turn down curry, especially massaman curry so I ordered Tom Kha (coconut soup) and Gang Massaman.
The salad is served with the creamy house dressing. I wouldn't have thought twice about it except that I was at a Thai restaurant and it didn't really fit. At Thai Siam, Sawadee, and Tasty Thai, the salad is served with a peanut dressing; delicious and authentic.
The coconut soup was fabulous. I had been craving this for quite some time. It has chicken, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass, galangal, mushrooms, cabbage and cilantro. They know how to make this into the perfect soup. It has the right amount of kick and creaminess. It is beyond delicious and I only wish I could have taken a gallon of it home with me.
The massaman curry has chicken, coconut milk, tamarind juice, potatoes, carrots, and shelled peanuts. It was good but I believe that my expectations were too high. When I reviewed Tasty Thai, I remembered that massaman curry at Pawit's being wonderful. It was okay but bland compared to Tasty Thai. The wow factor was missing.
Given the variety, the delicious coconut soup, and the price, I will definitely be back but will try something other than the massaman curry.

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With an increasing deluge of personally and professionally created content being uploaded to Web services companies and downloaded to consumers, something eventually has to give in terms of either opening the arteries of the Internet or thinning data streams, so they can move faster.
Otherwise, users face virtual traffic jams way more problematic than the physical ones on thoroughfares in New York City, Tokyo and Los Angeles. In some markets, video logjams are already happening, causing increasing ire among paying customers.
Netflix, the largest commercial data producer in the world, has necessarily taken a leading role in helping to fix this emerging problem.
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix is an international provider of on-demand Internet streaming media available to viewers in all of North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and parts of Europe. When users begin streaming movies from Netflix—most often in the evenings after a workday—the overall traffic on Internet service providers such as Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, Cox and others often shoots up by 20 to 30 percent. Therein lies the congestion problem.
Four Years in R&D
For more than four years, Netflix has been working on ways to use less bandwidth without sacrificing video quality for its customers. Now it appears that it may have found an answer—or at least the path to an answer.
What it is doing now is looking at all its video presentations and assigning more appropriate encoding algorithms to each one. This type of broadcast granularity may be the answer to a more efficient delivery process—and to more consistent quality for viewers. This is especially relevant to binge watchers, who for years have complained about varying degrees of video quality when watching a high number of programs in succession.
Variety reported Dec. 15 that Netflix is now starting to use a whole new approach to streaming video that has the potential to solve this data jam issue. The company has been working on this new approach since 2011, when members of its video algorithms team realized that they had done it incorrectly from the beginning.
Like most distributors in the online video world, Netflix had prepared its video files for streaming based on the bandwidths available to consumers. Some Netflix subscribers were accessing the service with slow DSL connections, others had faster cable connections, and a few were online with super-fast fiber-optic speeds.
Same Policies for All Videos
Based on these use cases, Netflix’s video algorithms team had developed a number of quality levels for its customers. Each video file on Netflix’s servers was prepared with the same policies to make multiple versions necessary to serve users at different speeds. At the lowest end was a file encoded with a bitrate of 235K bps, which would work even on very slow connections, but also only deliver a resolution of 320 by 240 pixels.
In the middle was a 1,750K-bps file for a resolution of 1,280 by 720, and the best quality was a 5,800K-bps version for a great-looking 1080p experience, the report said.
For years, Netflix’s service has been dynamically delivering these versions based on a consumer’s bandwidth needs, which is why the quality of a stream occasionally shifts in the middle of a binge-watching session. But across its entire catalog of movies and TV shows, the company has been using the same rules—which didn’t make sense, knowing what the company knows now.
“You shouldn’t allocate the same amount of bits for ‘My Little Pony’ as for ‘The Avengers,'” Netflix Video Algorithms Manager Anne Aaron told Variety.
Action Movies a Lot More Data-Intensive
Noise, as in intense action movies such as “Avengers,” is hard to encode, compared with a relatively quiet video series as “Pony.” So now Netflix is going through its entire catalog and giving each title its own set of algorithm rules. This allows the company to stream visually simple videos such as “My Little Pony” in a 1080p resolution with a bitrate of just 1.5M bps. Thus, even someone with a very slow broadband or mobile Internet connection can watch the animated show in full high definition under the new approach.
Previously, the same watcher would have just been able to watch the show with a resolution of 720 by 480, and still used more data.
Testing on this has been going on for a long while. Netflix’s video algorithms team set up a test for Variety in its offices in Los Gatos several days ago, streaming two episodes of “Orange Is the New Black” in 1080p on two TVs mounted side-by-side, similar to the tests the company has been doing with its employees.
Variety reported that the images on both TVs looked virtually identical—but one streamed with 5,800K bps, using Netflix’s legacy encoding scheme, whereas the other displayed the show with 4,640K bps. The difference: 20 percent in bandwidth savings, a major blessing for both the distributor (Netflix) and the networking company.
Recoding Tasks Could Take a Long Time
Netflix has a lot of titles in its libraries, and it has been creating its own content now for several years, too. It will be quite a task to re-encode all those videos to fit this new model, but the company apparently is focused on doing it as quickly as it can. It could take months or years to change over the whole catalog, and by then, a better way might have been found to do the videocasts.
By the way, Netflix’s market value now stands at $32.9 billion, a number that exceeds the $30.6 billion value of the CBS network. So, despite some bumps along the way in its 18-year history, overall it’s doing just fine.


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Farmers sell pulses at a loss as wholesale prices dip below MSP -Sayantan Bera
Wholesale prices of just-harvested kharif pulses have dropped below the government’s minimum support prices (MSP) despite a lower crop output
New Delhi: Wholesale prices of just harvested kharif pulses have dropped below the government’s minimum support prices (MSP) despite a lower crop output, forcing farmers to sell their produce at a loss in states such as Rajasthan.
For instance, price data from wholesale markets available on the Agmarket website showed that on Monday, farmers in Ajmer sold moong (green gram) at an average price of Rs4,050 per quintal, 27% lower than the government announced minimum support price (MSP) of Rs5,575 per quintal. Further, wholesale prices of moong are also 29% lower than the costs of production (including imputed rent and interest costs on owned land and capital) at Rs5,700 per quintal calculated by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) under the agriculture ministry.
Urad (black gram) sold at a modal price of Rs3,700 per quintal in Rajasthan’s Baran district on Monday is 32% less than the MSP of Rs5,400 per quintal and significantly lower than the comprehensive costs of cultivation at Rs4,517 per quintal calculated by CACP.
According to experts and traders the prices are lower despite a 7.5% drop in estimated production of kharif pulses in 2017-18 (year-on-year) as ample stocks are available from the previous (2016-17) crop season.
“The government is a seller in the market now as it is offloading the pulses it bought last year for the buffer stock,” said Pravin Dongre, chairman of the India Pulses and Grains Association. “The ban on import of pulses and allowing exports will take time to lift domestic wholesale prices as Indian traders have to recreate the export market,” Dongre said, adding, “millers of pulses are keeping a low inventory due to uncertainties around the goods and services tax (GST) and chances of a price recovery is limited in the next few months.” India currently has large stocks of pulses as the country harvested a bumper crop of 23 million tonnes in 2016-17 while it also imported a staggering 6.6 million tonnes. India consumes between 22-24 million tonnes of pulses in a year.
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A DJ from Uriguay who is also a tv show at the same time.
DER AGENT proudly presents BEATRONIK.
Beatronik rocks South and Central America for a long time and in European countries like UK and Spain as well.
Beatronik produced and remixed for the following record labels world-wide:
Baroque Records, Peak Hour Music , Rapid Response Records, Solid Fabric Recordings, Miniatures Recordings, Erase Records, Shiva Records, Progress Records, Sensual Recordings, Telepathy Records, Cubic Recordings, Synergy Recordings, Rebel Records, SAS Records, DLA Records, New Era Recordings, Technical Deejays Records, Quimika Records, Moxi Records, Semantica Records, Pild Records, Minimo Recordings, Clubstar Records
He's one of these DJs who makes it intersting to watch a DJ set and keeps the audience enthuse.
When did you see a TV show which spins vinyl?
Find out and book an eye-catching headliner for your next event.
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- 1 What is the difference between instant coffee and ground coffee?
- 2 1. What Is Ground Coffee?
- 3 2. What is instant coffee?
- 4 3. Instant Coffee vs Ground Coffee – What are the differences?
- 5 4. When use instant vs ground coffee?
- 6 5. Most popular Instant coffee brands
- 7 6. Where to buy
- 8 FAQs
- 9 Conclusion
What is the difference between instant coffee and ground coffee?
“What is the difference between instant coffee and ground coffee?” is a question that has been debated for decades, with many people swearing by one or the other.
Coffee is the most popular drink in many countries globally, and each person has their preference. Instant coffee is made with dried coffee that has been roasted to a lighter color than ground coffee. Ground coffee uses whole beans that are then ground into small pieces, used for brewing or even baking. From extra bold to light roast, there’s a flavor for everyone!
Before knowing anything about the differences between instant coffee and ground coffee. Firstly, see what these coffee are!
1. What Is Ground Coffee?
Ground coffee is ground from whole beans. There are different sizes of ground coffee, such as fine grind for espresso and coarse grinds, which work best with cold brew machines. The size of the grounds combined with your brewing method will affect how strong or weak it tastes depending on what you prefer to drink out of a cup at home or in an office setting.
Ground coffee is sold in every supermarket and local cafe. Coffee chains also have their ground coffee line, making it accessible to people who want to make a cup at home.
In the coffee world, there is a lot of discussion surrounding fresh ground vs. pre-ground. While it’s ideal to grind your beans as close to brewing time for maximum flavor, many don’t have this luxury and thus buy pre-ground from respected brands they love.
>> Is Espresso powder the same as ground coffee?
Coffee grounds are not the same as espresso powder. Coffee grounds and espresso powder may seem similar to ingredients, but they can’t be used interchangeably in baking recipes. Also, substituting coffee grounds may change the texture of baked goods, so it’s best to use actual espresso powder if you can find this elusive substance!
2. What is instant coffee?
This coffee is from the dried extracted beans. Water extraction is the method of making brewed coffee into powder or crystals coffee. You can find the coffee sachet in every home or working space across the globe. Instant coffee is super convenient, and it occupies most of the market.
Spray drying and the Freezing process are the way to make instant coffee. Spray drying is spraying the brewed coffee into hot air, which dries the droplets quickly and turns them into the fine powder. Freeze-drying is when manufacturers turn to brew coffee beans or ground roasted coffees by water extraction techniques.
>>Why Does Instant Coffee Taste Burnt?
There is three main reasons why instant coffee tastes burnt:
- Over roasted: If the roast profile heats up too quickly, over-roasted coffee happens. Many coffee lovers love a great dark roast, but too much of it can end up tasting bitter and burned in the cup.
- Stale coffee: Coffee that is old and stale will taste burnt and bitter. To avoid this, you should make sure the coffee is fresh.
- Overheated coffee is a highly prized commodity at gas station cafes, but prolonged exposure will cook the coffee and produce the ultimate in burned taste. Please don’t leave your pot on overkill long as it’s not worth sacrificing flavor for heat!
3. Instant Coffee vs Ground Coffee – What are the differences?
When it comes to coffee, you’ll find that different parts of the world have their preferences–and they vary quite a bit. In this session,, we discuss how instant and ground coffee differ from each other, as well as which one is best for specific occasions.
a. Brewing methods
The most significant difference between instant vs ground coffee is the brewing method.
- Instant Coffee: In a cup, pour in powdered java powder + hot water (+optional sugar/creamer). Stir Enjoy!
- Ground Coffee: Pour beans into grinder -> Grind it up -> Drip by Drip through filter paper (or french press if you’re fancy AF).
Coffee drinkers have a wide array of options for choosing the best brewing method for their favorite ground coffee. A few popular ones are French press, percolated, or using an espresso machine. To make a cup as fresh and aromatic as possible, be sure you match your preferred type with one of these methods!
b. The taste
Instant coffees often have lighter flavor profiles, which is due to how they are made. Ground beans contain many different compounds that affect their overall product; however, for pure granules of coffee, we only add hot water, so we can alter intensity levels by adjusting this variable.
There are many choives of flavors for instant coffee. Some flavors include dark, cappuccino, and mocha (and even hazelnut!). This makes it easier to find an option we enjoy.
The ground coffee will be always more strongger. This is because it comes from higher quality beans and doesn’t go through extensive manufacturing processes as instant does. This makes the type of bean used, brewing methods, etc., critical to determining taste, even though you use the same kind of ground -coffee. It can be very different depending on how much your use or brewed that way-things like this are essential factors in its designating flavor!
c. Caffeine content
When people compare instant coffee to ground coffee, the first thing that comes to mind is caffeine content. On average, one 237 ml cup of brewed coffee contains 96 ml cafeine, and a similar size cup from an instant blend has much less at 62 mg per serving. The caffeine levels can be attributed to differences between brands and different types of of beans used for each type. For example, arabica vs Robusta beans has distinct effects on how your brain responds favorably or unfavorably towards them.
Caffeine is an essential ingredient that makes coffee taste great. However, if you limit their caffeine intake, consider looking for instant decaf or ground decaf because the brewing method can change how much caffeine is in your cup of morning joe.
Ground coffee is more expensive choice. The cup of instant coffee average price might be around $0.07, compared to the cost for brewed cups of ground coffee is at $0.37! Sure, you need special equipment and extra time preparing fresh-ground beans, but it’s worth it in every way – especially when saving money on your morning brews combined with our good deals below.
e. Instant coffee vs ground coffee health
Ground coffee comes with many sound effects on your body. In 8oz of bean water, you can have vitamin B1, vitamin b5, vitamin b1, vitamin B3, and some essential minerals. However, instant coffee passed many processes. Hence, it will be lacked nutrition compared with ground coffee.
f. Brewing time
Who wants to wait around for coffee while it brews? That’s why instant coffees are so convenient. Just add some hot water, mix thoroughly, and you’re done. It doesn’t even need hot water—pour over ice if that’s more your speed!
To make ground coffee, you have to take a few minutes to clean the machine, add coffee grounds, and then enjoy it.
4. When use instant vs ground coffee?
When you’re on the go, instant coffee will be a perfect option. It’s great for camping trips or when your groceries are about to spoil! Not only does it save space, but it stays fresh with no additional liquid required. You can even add an instant boost of flavor by adding some Instant Coffee into smoothies, cakes, and marinades without worrying that they’ll get watered down!
When you have guests or want something to slow down your time, take some ground coffee. It is more tasty and flavored.
5. Most popular Instant coffee brands
This Starbucks instant decaf coffee is delicious, and 100 % Arabica beans make it worth your money. The reviewer had been sad about switching to decaffeinated drinks before they found this drink! This may be harder to find than other brands of instant decaf at the supermarket, but its high price makes up for that – you get what you pay for in coffee, after all!
- Mountain Hagen:
Looking for an ethically sourced instant coffee brand that will give you the silky, smooth flavor of premium beans? Mount Hagen is one of your best options. It’s freeze-dried and sourced from Fairtrade farms which means it has a rich taste without any bitter aftertaste or harsh acidic notes. If you’re looking to make this switch, you don’t want anything too extreme in terms of quality, and this might be the perfect option!
- Trung Nguyen G7:
The G7 is a Vietnamese-style instant coffee made using the dry roast process and is unique to this list of 2020 best instant coffees. It comes in small packets making it perfect for carrying around or bringing with you on trips. To make your cup is simple: add hot water and creamer! Customers have found its distinct initial aroma offputting, but overall they seem happy with their purchase considering how well complemented by other ingredients such as sugar or honey.
- Cafe Altura:
A coffee-lover who is also health and environmentally conscious might find Café Altura’s Organic Instant Coffee to be a great option. It’s made from freeze-dried Arabica beans grown by Fairtrade certified farmers; it has a rich flavor that some say tastes even better than its non-organic counterpart. GMO-free and organic status make this extra product appealing for those concerned about their food sources as well as the environment they live in (and drink out of).
6. Where to buy
You can easily find instant coffee in every store in the world, and it is very popular. Besides, you also can find it through online shopping. So, whatever types of instant coffee, you can get it.
Q1: Is ground coffee instant coffee?
No, these coffee are different. The first thing to know is that they are two different products with different brewing methods. Instant coffee dissolves in water much more quickly than ground, having a longer shelf life because it does not contain any water-soluble ingredients. This means instant coffee must be brewed with boiling water while ground can be brewed at lower temperatures.
The ground contains many parts of the bean’s natural flavor profile. Still, instant is made from just one part of the bean – usually Robusta Coffee Beans or Arabica Coffee Beans- which creates a less complex flavor profile. Finally, for those looking to save time on their morning routine, instant coffee generally tastes better when prepared as espresso.
Q2: Is instant coffee the same as ground coffee?
Instant coffee is totally different from the ground coffee as mentioned above. It comes in the soluble profile and it can be dissolved with the water and does not offer any waste off. While after roasting and resting, you are ready to have the ground coffee for grinding and brewing. So is ground coffee the same as instant coffee? The answer is “No”.
Q3: Is ground coffee better than instant?
Both Instant coffee and ground beans are 100% coffee beans which have been roasted, ground, and brew with water. It has the same benefits for health. It is only different in flavor and antioxidant count, but it is not much. If you are a busy person, you might prefer instant coffee for convenience, while if you have time and want to try the original taste of coffee, the Ground one will be perfect.
Now you aready understand “What is the difference between instant coffee and ground coffee”. The decision to drink instant coffee vs ground coffee should be made carefully, as many considerations and factors are at play.
If you’re looking for a quicker way of making your morning cup of joe, or if you want something convenient and easy, just choose the instant coffee. But don’t forget about all those people who still love their fresh-brewed cups of java! For them, it’s worth investing in the costlier but more satisfying option. Either way, make sure to purchase from a high-quality brand, so you know what kind of taste experience awaits when brewing up your first cup.
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The author brings the reader closer to the history of 'Collége de Sociologie', established by Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois, Michel Leiris and Jules Monnerot, and active in Paris in 1937-1939. This ambitious attempt at combining sociology, politics and life under a single guise, is assessed from the perspective of time as an epilogue of the pursuits of interwar artistic avantgardes - as the most radical attempt at merging the social sciences and art. For others, the Collége was, despite incessant attempts at transcending beyond the literary domain, the 'last group of the literary avantgarde'. The author suggested that a similar, albeit failed endeavour to 'cast light on the mysteries of the practical life' was the intention of Karol Irzykowski's periodical 'Meteor' (1898).
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If you’re at a loss on where to begin with essential oils, lavender essential oil may be the best choice. Lavender essential oil is universally regarded as one of the most powerful and versatile essential oils, and the uses for this plant are almost endless, hence it was given the name “The Swiss Knife of Essential Oils”.
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) has a scent that is a wonderful blend of fresh, floral, clean, and calm. It is a relaxing oil and it blends well with many other essential oils. It treats an astonishingly wide array of PHYSICAL ailments and can make a positive difference EMOTIONALLY. It may also be used in formulating non-toxic household cleaners, laundry detergent, body soaps, deodorant, perfumes and so so much more! You see? Lavender essential oil is just so versatile!
Lavender oil is steam distilled from glands tucked around the tiny hairs on the flowers, leaves, and stems. Do you want to see how lavender is harvested to get that essential oil I love? Watch this:
Did you know that it would take approximately 27 SQUARE FEET of lavender plants to create just one 15-ml bottle of essential oil!? How crazy is that??
So, who discovered the great essential oil of lavender? The French scientist Rene Gattefosse was the one who discovered lavender’s ability to promote tissue regeneration and speed wound healing when he severely burned his arm in a laboratory explosion. Today, lavender is one of the most popular essential oils in the world and it is still one of the few essential oils to be listed in the *British Pharmacopoeia.
*British Pharmacopoeia is an annually published collection of quality standards for UK medicinal substances. It is a book published by the authority of the UK government that is used by individuals and organizations involved in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacture and testing. UK has such a stringent law that pharmaceutical and cosmetic company should follow.
“No wonder they ban more than 1,300 chemicals from use in lotions, soaps, toothpaste, cosmetics and other personal care products. The U.S. bans 11.” Dr. Julia Brody
Imagine?? More than 1,300 chemicals??! And the U.S. bans just 11??! Oh well, let’s just get back into the topic.
So, lavender essential oil is the perfect place to start with essential oils and a must-have in every home. This popular essential oil soothes and nourishes all skin types and is easy to incorporate into your skin care regimen every day. It has also been documented to improve concentration and mental acuity.
- Anti-allergenic (that’s why it’s on the Allergy Trio recipe 😉 )
- Stretch Marks
- Insecticide, Insect bites, Insect repellant
- Muscle Pain & Stiffness
- Sprains & Strains
- and other skin diseases!
My suggested usage:
- Use with compress for muscle pain and stiffness
- Add a drop to your hand or mix with your favourite facial moisturizer, and treat your skin to a mini facial massage!
- I never run out of this one! Make a basic homemade body scrub by combining coconut oil, sugar, and Lavender essential oil. Start with 3–4 drops and gradually add more as desired.
- Create a spa-like retreat by combining 1 cup Epsom salt and 4 drops Lavender and adding to a hot bath.
- Unwind with a Lavender-infused neck or back massage or for any physical ailments.
- Use Lavender as part of your evening routine. Rub oil on the bottom of your feet before bed or spritz your pillow with distilled water and Lavender mixed in a spray bottle.
- Diffuse it!! For a more calming and relaxing rest.
- Create a DIY room freshener with Lavender to banish stale odors.
- Lavender essential has a deeply relaxing effect and may act as a sedative.
- Lavender essential oil should not be used prior to driving, operating machinery, or doing tasks that require concentration
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We learn from stories. Stories are our teachers. Stories are transformational tools. We can utilize stories for change in our own lives as we identity with the characters and immerse ourselves in the storyline and experience.
How do stories really impact us? Good question. We know that everything is energy - even stories. There is an alchemical element to stories as they, just like everything else - hold vibrations. These energies or frequencies can illicit strong emotions and feelings, thoughts and experiences within our psyche.
This is why stories have been handed down through the ages from father to son, mother to daughter. They are highly impactful, and help us to remember who we are and where we came from - when we give ourselves permission to 'go there'. They support us to journey inside ourselves to connect with aspects of our inner awareness. Truth be told - they may bring forth memories buried deep within. And this is a good thing. What lies buried in the psyche must come up to be healed by the Light of day.
I invite you to join me on an adventure to journey through a story I will share from the upcoming "Short Stories for Young Urban Wayshowers'," and a brief meditation to explore feelings and emotions it evokes of hope, inspiration and empowerment.
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In episode 15 of The Student Ministry Podcast, Steve interviews Brett Eddy, who serves as the Pastor of Student Ministries at Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC. While youth ministry wasn’t Brett’s first choice as a career, it was obvious God had it in mind all along. He has served at his current church for 16 years and on staff for 14 years. One of the things he speaks about is how to stay in it for the long-haul, even through difficulties, and the benefits of remaining and blooming where God has planted you.
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The box stores may have been the most popular destination for many Friday, but Pat Warren reports on what had to be a close second–the Kennedy Krieger Festival of Trees at the Fairgrounds.
It’s the must-see Christmas event of the season. 50,000 people came through last year, and 50,000 people can’t be wrong.
It’s the biggest holiday festival on the east coast, with all the magic of Christmas.
“I love Christmas and I love Christmas trees,” Cathy Duvel said.
Cathy Duvel and her daughter Sarah Gray wouldn’t miss it for the world.
“I work at the school, Kennedy Krieger School, the lower school with elementary school kids.
“I love it I have a special needs sister-in-law and it’s very important for us to give back,” Duvel said.
Giving back is a Maryland tradition.
“All the money goes to Kennedy Krieger and everything is done by the volunteers,” said one woman. “And it’s big and it’s opened up so it’s not crowded. You can get around beautifully.”
Among the attractions, the gingerbread houses. WJZ did one.
“Well, of course I like the one Kai Jackson did, but they’re all great,” said Phillip Culotta.
Bob Schroeder bought the train on the silver platter.
“It had a lot of little pieces so after Christmas I can give a little piece to each one of my six grandchildren. It’s absolutely wonderful,” Schroeder said.
Wonderful in many ways.
Proceeds from the festival benefit patient care, research and education at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
The Festival of Trees runs through Sunday at the Fairgrounds in Timonium.


Manchester United legend Gary Neville already knows the former club backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but believes the next three games after the international break could be a turning point. not better performance. On Saturday night, the “Red Devils” lost 2-0 at home to Manchester City,
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has vowed to bring the team back to attacking football. Premier League on Saturday night, “Red Devils” defeated Manchester City 2-0 at home, a type of score that is considered too small compared to the picture of the game.


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Kick start your Hockey Ultimate Team experience with the EA SPORTS Ultimate Pass, available to everyone who pre-orders* EA SPORTS NHL 14. Hockey Ultimate Team is the fastest growing game mode in the NHL franchise, where over 800,000 users have created teams and more than 20 million games have been played.**
In addition to the EA SPORTS Ultimate Pass, each North American retailer will have a unique pre-order* offer:
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Mimi teaches us amazing lessons for our lives. It’s a comedy full of life and inspiring. Let’s dicover together why in our movie’s review. It deserves it!
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Trade unions have proposed a minimum wage of US$300 (436,500 naira) for Nigerian workers ahead of negotiations on a new national minimum wage.
The Coalition Chairman of the Joint Conference of the National Public Service Bargaining Council (JNPSNC), Comrade Benjamin Anthony, said at the 2023 meeting of the National Public Service Individual Bargaining Council and the Joint National Public Service Bargaining Council in Goshen City, Nasarawa State. I made this suggestion.
The union notes that the current minimum wage of N30,000 has since been hampered by the high exchange rate and the sudden removal of fuel subsidies, which has affected the high cost of living in the country, and hence the new wage. He said that there are demands for this.
Anthony also spoke on behalf of the Union Secretary, Comrade Boma Mohammed, who complained about the recent delay in payment of salaries to workers by the Federal Government, saying that this trend must stop and that this trend in the country must be stopped. He said we must prevent such suffering from happening again. , I can’t stand it anymore.
He said: “In view of the above, the Labor Party has proposed a living wage of US$300 (N436,500) for Nigerian workers. This is due to the decline in currency values. Today, if you take 100,000 naira to the market, you will come back with a leather bag full of items.
“We call on the government to immediately clear the N35,000 wage premium arrears along with current and accelerated measures to obtain a new living wage that will bring relief to the working class. I ask,” he added.
This was announced after Vice President Kassim Shettima inaugurated the committee in Abuja on Tuesday, saying the decision is aimed at ensuring decent livelihoods and has been implemented in several areas. This is in line with the current National Minimum Wage Act of 2019. The year expires in a few months.
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Purpose of this event is to share results of the study of Citizen Budget of Dist. Swabi conducted by CPDI. Moreover during this Media brief findings of allocated development budget for Dist. Swabi especially in Education, Water Supply & Sanitation and Health departments would be shared. It will help in bringing on the table people’s concerns and recommendations regarding the development priorities of the government and give an opportunity to align the development agenda with the wishes of the people. We are expecting that Government officials, local elected representatives, media and general public may take part in the press conference.
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Helen Steffes (Filarski)
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Helen join the Peaches in 1945 and she helped them win the title that year. She kept scrap books of her playing days and was a photographer on the side. In 1938, Helen started in baseball around the playgrounds of Detroit. She played amateur ball, starting at shortstop, and then second base, and finally settling in at third. Fil played six years in the league. After two years with the Peaches she was trade to Peoria and then moved mid season to Kenosha. after the 1947 season she was sent to South Bend where she played for three years before she retired to get married to Don Steffes. She had six children, 4 boys and 2 girls. She continued to be active in sports and did so by coaching her children's teams. She enjoyed playing basketball and also bowled. During the war years she worked for the Briggs Aircaft in Detroit on the B-29 wings.She has coached hundreds of girls , including her two daughters, and continued to coach into the early 2000's. Her players think so highly of her that they all call her Mom.


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Remember when we talked about Jack Daniels whiskey-flavoured coffee? Well, now there’s wine-infused coffee and the world is a happy place. Just the thought of drinking wine and coffee together is bound to put a smile on your face!
This is happening thanks to a partnership between Molinari Private Reserve in Napa and a master roaster. It started as a unique experiment between Rick Molinari (founder of Molinari Private Reserve) and John Weaver (a master coffee roaster) two years ago and has finally found its balance.
The regular and decaffeinated blend is made from carefully selected coffee beans that are rehydrated to a specific liquid percentage using a special house-made red that is created exclusively for Molinari by local Napa wineries. It is then dried and roasted for a “rich, full-bodied coffee with a blueberry note”, the brand stated.
These coffee grounds can be prepared in as many ways as you’d think – latte, espresso, French press, cold and black. The addition of milk apparently makes the wine more pronounced, and the French press emphasises the blueberry essence.
As is always the case, the coffee is only available at coffee and wine venues across Napa Valley in California.


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More than one in three adults (34%) in the UK, who gave an answer, could not name any signs or symptoms of eating disorders, according to a survey conducted by YouGov.
The eating disorder charity Beat, which commissioned the research, links low awareness of the early signs with delayed treatment and increased risk of the illness becoming severe and enduring.
These results are unveiled to mark the beginning of Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), as Beat calls on the Government and NHS to extend their focus on early intervention, supporting measures to increase awareness of the early signs and symptoms of eating disorders.
18% said they ‘did not know’, any signs or symptoms, 14% listed an eating disorder diagnosis like ‘bulimia’ or ‘anorexia’ rather than a sign or symptom and 1% gave an incorrect answer. The survey, that polled over 2,000 adults in the UK, also found that, of respondents who gave a correct answer, they were twice as likely to list weight loss or being thin (62%) as a sign over any other.
In fact, many people affected by eating disorders will remain at a normal weight, or even gain weight and for those who do lose weight, it is a physical sign which will appear once the mental illness is ingrained.
The lack of awareness about this complex mental health issue was further highlighted by the fact that, on average, of those who gave a correct answer, people could only list three signs and symptoms out of a potential 68 identified by Beat and 79% were not able to name a psychological symptom, which usually appear first, such as low confidence and self-esteem and a distorted perception of weight or shape.
The results confirm research conducted by Beat last year: not knowing how to spot the signs of eating disorders early is one of the main factors that leads to sufferers facing a three-and-a-half-year delay between falling ill and starting treatment.
Beat believes that more needs to be done to encourage people to get help and support faster. For this reason, the charity is calling on the Government and NHS to promote the importance of spotting the early signs and symptoms of eating disorders.
Beat Chief Executive Andrew Radford said: “This research has showed us that in the UK many people still do not know how to identify an eating disorder in its early stages.
“These results are worrying because we know lack of awareness can stop sufferers getting the treatment they desperately need as soon as possible.
“Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses and when people are treated quickly after falling ill, they are much more likely to have a fast and sustained recovery. Today, we are asking that the Government and NHS invest in measures to increase awareness of the early signs and symptoms, heightened awareness will not only improve outcomes for those suffering but also prove cost effective for the services treating patients.”

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Other Peoples Pussy cats or Other Peoples Pets
I was working at a house and this guys pays me a visit. He had the initials O.B. on his collar so I named him Oliver Bobby. The owner later told me his name is Our Baby.
Waiting for his food
A little over a year ago I saw this kitty scrounging for food in the dumpster. I've fed him since. Hes outside my door every morning and hes there when I come home from work.
Mr. White trying to get in
My sisters puppy Dora.

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United Company RUSAL is the global leader in the aluminium industry, accounting for approximately 12% and 13% of global production of aluminium and alumina respectively. UC RUSAL employs more than 75,000 people in 19 countries, across 5 continents. UC RUSAL markets and sells its products primarily in the European, Japanese, Korean, South East Asian and North American markets.
United Company RUSAL is the world's leading producer of aluminum and alumina Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production and sales of aluminum (76.9%): primary aluminum, secondary aluminum alloys, silicone, and aluminum powder (4,4 million tons sold in 2008);
- sales of alumina (12.4%): 5.5 million tons sold;
- sales of aluminum sheets (1.7%);
- other (9%): primarily production of chemicals and coal, as well as electricity generation and transmission.
Geographically, net sales break down as follows: Russia (21.5%), the Netherlands (12%), the United States (9.7%), Japan (8.1%), Turkey (7.7%), South Korea (7.1%), Norway (55%), the Unite Kingdom (26%), China (25%), Sweden (2.1%), Greece (19%), Germany (1.7%), Italy (15%), Canada (15%) and other (14.6%).


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THE TOMBS captured my attention with the alluring promise of a forbidding city and a young woman struggling with unexplainable powers. I was enthusiastic to read a historical fiction novel and found the stylized cover intriguing.
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THE CURIOUS AFFAIR OF THE WITCH AT WAYSIDE CROSS captures the Victorian interest in the supernatural elements really well with the plot revolving around a mysterious society and talk of otherworldly characters.
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With its small doses of magic and potions, A SECRET HISTORY OF WITCHES is more a historical novel than fantasy. The novel follows six generations of Orchiére women handing down their witchcraft. As knowledge is passed down, elements are lost or corrupted. It doesn’t take long for ancestral rituals to be forgotten in the face of a changing society.
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Sydney socialite Kirsty Dayment has been jailed for at least three years and three months after pleading guilty to supplying cocaine and MDMA.
Police raided her apartment on Arden St, Coogee in July 2015, following an investigation into drug supply in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Dayment was a regular on Sydney’s social scene and was friends with disgraced socialite-turned-drug dealer Lisa Stockbridge.
Dayment, 35, was sentenced in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court to a non-parole period of three years and three months for supplying 85 grams of cocaine and knowingly taking part in the supply of MDMA in 2015.
Dayment's co-offender and former boyfriend, Nicholas Riganias, was sentenced to a non-parole period of four years and six months for supplying cocaine and MDMA.

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New Delhi: Congress pioneer Priyanka Gandhi on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to request Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) boss Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to leave the post in the midst of lewd behavior charges against him by the country’s top wrestlers.
Congress General Secretary was alluding to a news report, wherein the Bharatiya Janata Party MP was cited as saying that he’ll leave as WFI president assuming PM Modi requests that he do as such.
Referring to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s comments, Ms. Gandhi requested that PM Modi say “OK”
@narendramodi kindly say it. The equity anticipates your ‘yes’,” she tweeted in Hindi.
Prior to Sunday, Mr Singh let ANI know that one can’t get equity from Jantar Mantar and that if you need it you need to thump the entryway of the court.
The Delhi Police on Friday enrolled two FIRs against the WFI president over charges of inappropriate behavior and double-dealing of female grapplers by him.
Top Indian grapplers like Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and numerous other grapplers are associated with the dissent at Jantar Mantar against the WFI boss.
While addressing ANI, Singh asserted that 90% of the competitors of Haryana trust the nation’s top wrestling body.
90 percent of the athletes and guardians of Haryana trust the Wrestling Federation of India. A couple of families and the young ladies who have evened out claims had a place with the very ‘akhada’…The benefactor of that ‘akhada’ is Deepender Hooda,” Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh told ANI.
Prior to the WFI boss held a question and answer session in which he stated that in the event that he leaves his post, it would imply that he has acknowledged the charges which have been raised by the grapplers.
During his question and answer session, the WFI Boss claimed that the grapplers are accompanying new requests.
“If I leave that implies I have acknowledged their charges, my residency is going to end. Till another party is shaped and the public authority has framed the IOA panel under that advisory group races will be held and afterward my residency will end,” he said while talking with the media.
WFI boss added, “Consistently they (grapplers) are accompanying their new requests. They requested FIR, FIR was enrolled and presently they are saying that I ought to be shipped off prison and leave all posts. I’m MP due to individuals of my supporters and not as a result of Vinesh Phogat. Just a single family and Akhara (are dissenting). Why not individuals from some other spot whining? Why players from different states Himachal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and different states are not approaching? 90% of players of Haryana are with me”.

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The Silver Age Sage reviews one of my favorite stories, the Night of the Reaper from Batman #237. I will never forget this sequence, the greatest page turn ever. Robin is investigating the murder of a man dressed up as Batman when something startles him:
And when we turn to the next page:
Now that, my friends, is why Neal Adams is a legend.
I've read almost all the monthly Silver Age Marvel comics, but for some reason I haven't read a lot of the annuals that Marvel produced during that era. Steve Does Comics reviews FF Annual #5 (which I have not read), while Commander Benson tackles Avengers Annual #2 (ditto). From their reviews, I'd guess that I should read the latter first.
Jacque Nodell covers a 1950s Charlton romance featuring a black "Mammy" character, and points out that DC rehashed that stereotype in the 1970s.
Newsarama covers the various costumes that Wally West (aka Kid Flash) has worn during his long career.

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Crispy Italian Fried Calamari
Few ingredients! Go to the grocery around the corner and get this down!Cleaning squid is more comfortable than peeling and cleaning shrimp, but it's still a bit of a process. Preparing a kilo or two for a small family reunion isn't an issue. It is cooking for a crowd that is a little demoralizing.We enjoy a great dish of calamari. It is a celebratory feast, yet so easy to make. Fry squid is a great summer crowd-pleaser. Incredibly easy to prepare and make to order during an outdoor party. I also make it for our family Christmas Feast Fishes Dinner.There is no uncertainty about it; this dish will grace your family holiday table for many years to come – and the beauty of this recipe is its humble roots and easy preparation. For those reasons and our love for the flavors, we often make it at our house. If you like it accompanied by fries or a fresh salad and a good glass of white wine.
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- 1000 g squid
- flour to taste
- 30 g peanut oil
- 20 g well-desalted capers
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 lemon
- Crispy Italian Fried Calamari. Preparation:Clean the squid. Wash 1 kg of squid underwater, turn the bags over, empty them, remove the bags from the tentacles, and cut them into rings
- Marinate the squid rings for about 1 hour, putting them in a bowl with the juice of two lemons, one clove of garlic, and 30 g of well-desalted capers.
- Remove the squid from the marinade, making sure to dry them well on absorbent paper, then proceed with the flouring, and then remove the excess flour, pass them through a colander.
- Heat plenty of peanut oil in a pan and cook the squid a few at a time, drain them with a slotted spoon, and place them on kitchen paper for a few moments before putting them on the plates, add salt, and lemon.
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Kings Inn boasts positioning close to Pump It Up, Ijams Nature Center and Zuma Fun Center, offering 48 rooms and featuring a seasonal outdoor pool and a golf course. Founded in 1972, the hotel underwent a renovation in 2007.
The property lies within 4 km from the city center.
This budget hotel is placed within proximity to a valley and lakes.
Guests can reach Kings Inn by car from Mc Ghee Tyson airport in 30 minutes.
The hotel's modern rooms are appointed with free Wi-Fi, heating, multi-channel TV, a dressing area and an iron with ironing board. The rooms feature en suite bathrooms as well as a microwave and a fridge for self-catering.
Eat & Drink
There is an onsite Watts bar to relax in. Serving both food and drinks, Aubrey's Restaurant and Buddy's BBQ are situated around 300 meters from the property.
Guests can take advantage of 24-hour reception, housekeeping and maid service.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
Free public parking is possible on site.

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Road, rail bill hailed, scorned
Unlikely allies oppose $260B project package
A House Republican’s transportation bill aimed at dealing with the nation’s crumbling road, bridge and rail systems has been attacked not only by Democrats but some conservatives and government watchdogs who say it amounts to another government stimulus package.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica last week introduced the $260 billion measure to fund federal highway, surface transit and transportation safety programs for five years at levels he touted are consistent with current funding.
“No other bill this Congress will create jobs, lower energy costs or improve our deteriorating infrastructure as effectively as this legislation,” the Florida Republican said on Friday after his committee voted to approve the bill and send it to the full House for consideration.
But the conservative anti-spending group Club for Growth has denounced the bill, calling it a “remarkably bloated and inefficient piece of legislation” and has urged lawmakers to vote against it.
“Simply put, this is a massive 846-page bill that doesn’t cut any spending at all,” said a statement from the group. “It spends at least $30 billion more by supplementing fuel taxes with additional revenue from other sources.”
Club for Growth, which has pushed for greater state control of highway projects and an end or significant reduction of the federal gas tax, says the bill does neither.
The group said the measure would bring a “slowing down (of) reform agenda so that business-as-usual can resume sometime in the near future when nobody is looking.”
Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan government watchdog, said a Republican plan to pay for spending projects in the bill with future royalties from the development of oil shale on public lands and offshore drilling “is nothing more than a budget gimmick that could exacerbate future budget deficits.”
“The royalty collection system is broken,” said a statement from the group. “It must be fixed before taxpayers can feel confident they are getting a fair return for the resources they own.”
Environmental and transportation safety groups have lashed out at the measure on several fronts, including its call for changes in the way transportation projects must comply with environmental regulations and provisions that could lead to increased oil drilling offshore and in Alaska’s Arctic wildlife refuge.
The measure also would slash gas tax subsidies for local transit programs such as buses, subways and commuter rail lines, and Amtrak.
“This bill is loaded with giveaways to road builders, shortchanging transit, anyone who walks or bikes, as well as public health and the environment,” Deron Lovaas, federal transportation policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.
Mr. Mica’s bill did generate support from some conservative allies and transportation industry groups, including the American Trucking Associations and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports the measure, saying it encourages private-sector investment by eliminating many mandates, consolidating programs and cutting significant red tape.
The Americans for Tax Reform also applauded the bill, saying that “new spending on transit and pet projects does little to yield economic prosperity.”
Transportation spending bills typically are among the most nonpartisan on Capitol Hill, as Democrats and Republicans alike pack such measures with pet spending projects. But Democrats bitterly have opposed this year’s version, which is free of earmarks, complaining it was crafted without their input.
Rep. Nick J. Rahall II of West Virginia, the senior Democrat on the House transportation panel, also said the bill flat-lines highway funding at a time when greater investment is needed to upgrade the nation’s aging road systems.
“It signals a retreat from creating greater transportation opportunities by short-changing transportation funding under highway, and transit programs and Amtrak,” he said.
The measure is expected to hit the full House floor for a vote later this month. But while it may pass the GOP-control House, it has little if any chance of passing in the Democrat-run Senate.
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With the recent boom of the gig economy, urban delivery systems have experienced substantial demand growth. In such systems, orders are delivered to customers from local distribution points respecting a delivery time promise. An important example is a restaurant meal delivery system, where delivery times are expected to be minutes after an order is placed. The system serves orders by making use of couriers that continuously perform pickups and deliveries. Operating such a rapid delivery system is very challenging, primarily due to the high service expectations and the considerable uncertainty in both demand and delivery capacity. Delivery providers typically plan courier shifts for an operating period based on a demand forecast. However, because of the high demand volatility it may at times during the operating period be necessary to adjust and dynamically add couriers. We study the problem of dynamically adding courier capacity in a rapid delivery system and propose a deep reinforcement learning approach to obtain a policy that balances the cost of adding couriers and the cost of service quality degradation because of insufficient delivery capacity. Specifically, we seek to ensure that a high fraction of orders is delivered on time with a small number of courier hours. A computational study in the meal delivery space shows that a learned policy outperforms policies representing current practice and demonstrates the potential of deep learning for solving operational problems in highly stochastic logistic settings.


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Have you ever wondered about the astrological sign of your favorite literary character, or considered how the introduction of astrology might supplement, for example, our reading of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis? If so, you’re in luck: Alex Dimitrov and Deborah Lasky, the writers behind Astro Poets, have assembled a handy little list for The Paris Review. (In case you’re wondering, Gregor Samsa is a Cancer.)
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On August 1st, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia. Also, Franz Kafka went swimming. Moreover, the Metamorphosis author mentioned both events in his diary, writing simply and strangely that “Germany has declared war on Russia — went swimming in the afternoon.” Was this odd phrasing intentional or a sign of the author’s self-absorption? In an article for Open Letters Monthly, Robert Minto reads all three volumes of Reiner Stach’s new biography.
Happy(ish) birthday, Gregor Samsa! Here’s a piece from NPR commemorating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Franz Kafka’s masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. Kafka insisted that the story’s insect should never be drawn, but of course Vladimir Nabokov had his own ideas about that. To round out the Kafka news, here’s a review from The Millions of Reiner Stach’s Kafka: The Decisive Years.


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The 32-year-old tech entrepreneur is a long-shot candidate with a wide-ranging platform that includes creating a human rights center and legalizing marijuana.
The woman states that she was "poisoned" by the restaurant.
Jewish social service agencies are staying in touch with elderly clients and urging them to get out of harm's way.
Trump said the program was unconstitutional, but indicated he would sign legislation to accommodate the so-called dreamers.
The cause of death of Malky Lebowitz, a 21-year-old who left the Satmar community, is being investigated.
Nixon, convinced that Jews in the Bureau of Labor Statistics were out to hurt him politically, tasked Malek with collecting their names.
Flooding from the hurricane was a "worst-case scenario," a federation official said.
One family publishes the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice, which hasn't skipped an issue in more than a century.
Jewish institutions were pitching in to provide shelter and relief for those affected by what one city cantor called a "biblical" level of rain.


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- Helps relieve aches, pain, strains
- Supports weakened knees
The Swede-O® Thermal Vent® Open Patella Knee Sleeve is designed to help relieve aches, pains, sprains, strains, weakened knees, and knee stiffness associated with arthritis. The open patella design reduces pressure which can sometimes cause or aggravate knee injuries by applying pressure to the patella during a workout. The comfortable support, gentle compression, and warmth help relieve knee pain and promote healing. This product's anatomical form contours to the natural shape of the knee for increased comfort. The material is soft and comfortable against the skin; bilateral design fits right or left knee.
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Yixuan Yang, Shiyao Zhang, and James Jianqiao Yu*
Proc. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN, US, Sept. 2021
With the rapid development of online ride-hailing services, people have increasingly relied on platforms providing these services to travel. The corresponding companies need to accurately obtain passengers' travel demand to allocate orders and drivers to regions. Therefore, traffic demand prediction is a critical problem of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Origin-Destination Matrix Prediction (ODMP) is a challenging extension of traffic demand prediction that needs to consider the temporal and spatial dependence of traffic data and predict the relationship between origin and destination of passengers' demand. In this paper, we proposed a method to convert order paths of passenger demand to the hexagon-based path graph. The path graph shows the origin and the destination of the paths of a period. Specifically, considering that traffic flows are time-varying, we generate different hexagon-based path graphs for different time periods. Then, we propose a Hexagon-based Dynamic-Graph Convolutional Network (Hex D-GCN) to make the GCN suitable for dynamic graphs, in which graph connections are different in time series. Furthermore, We evaluate our model on the Didi Chuxing KDD CUP 2020 dataset and get the state-of-art performance. It is shown that our method combines the spatial correlation and temporal correlation well and also captures the passenger's demand pattern.

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With no traffic, the 9.8 mi drive between Kot Babi and Grand'Anse Praslin Praslin Island Airport (the nearest airport) will generally only take about 0h 19m. If you’re staying in a metropolitan area, you may see your drive time increase due to busy roads.
If you have questions or concerns about your stay, call +248 4 224 691 to talk to a Kot Babi front desk representative.
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A month after Coronavirus deaths started surging from their lowest point since the beginning of the outbreak in March, virus deaths this week nationally seemed to hit a plateau around 1,050 deaths per day, as new virus cases have also eased off of their recent record highs.
While 1,243 Coronavirus deaths were reported on Thursday in the U.S. - the third straight day of over 1,000 deaths - the 7-day average ticked back down to 1,049 deaths per day, and has basically been at that level for the last six days.
Meanwhile, new virus cases - which were averaging 63,000 per day at the end of July - have come down to around 55,000 per day.
“What we’re seeing in the South and the West now, is you can see the peaking of cases,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Alliance for Health Policy in a livestream interview.
While new cases started to rise in mid-June - when they were averaging about 21,000 per day - deaths did not really increase for another three weeks, after the running average dropped to 465 per day on July 6.
In the month since then, deaths have clearly gone up, led by four states: Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas.
While Arizona peaked at 80 deaths per day in late July, and has dropped back to 54 deaths per day, California, Florida, and Texas have all continued to increase their daily virus deaths.
The four states combined for an average of 167 deaths per day on July 6 - that figure now stands at 575 deaths per day.
“First and foremost, we will defeat the China virus,” President Donald Trump said during a stop in Ohio on Thursday. “We’re working very, very hard.”