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As probably everyone has noticed by now, pretty much all APK downloaders (not just Raccoon) have been started to fail lately. I don’t want to go into the technical details, but the reason for this is a recent change by Google to how apps have to log in to Play.
Figuring out how the “secret handshake” must be done now took me about one rather stressful week. Android, under the hood, simply isn’t pretty or easy to debug.
I’d like to thank everyone who decided to fund research and development of the Raccoon by buying a premium key. I’d also like to encourage everyone, who hasn’t done so far (the majority of users) to reconsider and upgrade as well.
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: Android is a moving target. This isn’t the first time, Google breaks Raccoon. It won’t be the last time either. However, my ability to fix things in a timely manner is limited by what is economically feasible. Making and distributing a software, such as Raccoon, is anything but trivial and it can only be done with the financial backup of paying customers. Even if you only need the basic features, buying premium is money well spent.
PS: Yes, I know, Paypal isn’t an option for everyone. In fact, I was working on adding credit card payment and bank wire transfer when Google decided to break things.


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This year’s Miami Art Fairs opening today should be considered as Trump’s inaugural pre-party. That’s because those who will benefit the most from the coming tax cuts and deregulation of industries from finance to Big Pharma to oil and gas, are in Miami now on an art-asset shopping spree.
On the other hand, when wage regulations are cut and student, mortgage, and credit card debts deregulated, 99% or artists are in for tough times. To be fair, artist’s position is nowhere as bad as the most vulnerable citizens: immigrants who will be terrorized, Muslims demonized, LGBTQ harassed, people of color targeted, women shamed. Down in Miami, the party will continue each year.
Art Basel Miami’s lead partner is UBS–the Swiss Bank specializing in wealth management for the world’s ultra-high net worth individuals. This year the bank is launching a catalog for its collection: “UBS Debt Collection: To the 1% Its Freedom” We have obtained a copy. We hope you enjoy this important collection.


The turbofan engines for private aircrafts have come to have a high bypass ratio because a performance improvement is always requested. Because a turbofan engine is always required for a thrust reinforcement to correspond the stretch and weight increase of a fuselage after acquiring a type approval, making them a series to cover a certain thrust range becomes necessary. The concrete methods to reinforce a thrust are being achieved by an increase of fan diameter, a partial modification of high pressure compressor, a temperature rise of high pressure turbine inlet, a stage number increase of low pressure turbine, and a combination of these items just mentioned above. The PW 4000 series, CF6 series and RB211 series currently under production are being reinforced in a thrust by these methods. In this paper, as the representatives of some turbofan engines incorporating the most advanced technologies, as for 3 kinds of the large scale turbofan engine presently under development for the B777, namely GE90, PW4084, and TRENT800, their distinctive futures are summarized. 25 figs., 1 tab.


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Those who had planned to buy foreign parboiled rice and other perishable items from Customs warehouses across the country based on the earlier promise made by Hameed Ali, a retired Colonel and Comptroller General, Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, when visited the federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A, Ikeja, would be disappointed.
The Customs Comptroller General had said during a visit to FOU, Zone A, Command, to see for himself the tramadol seizures made by the Command that Customs will auction all the seized perishable items which are scattered all over Customs warehouses across the country as the governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states , in the north east and Edo state ,in south-south Nigeria, have not shown enough enthusiasm to take delivery of their allocations to the IDP Camps in their respective states.
Recall, that the NCS, had since 2016 and last May, delivered 424,391 50Kg bags of the condemned seized foreign rice by the Court to the victims of the unfortunate Boko Haram insurgency in the north east and the IDP Camp in Edo state worth about N4.047 billion.
Given an insider information, Joseph Attah, a Deputy Comptroller and the NCS, National Public Relations Officer, disclosed that Ali, the Customs boss had sought and obtained the Presidential approval to extend the condemned perishable items by the Court of Law to registered Orphanages and other IDP Camps across the country an indication that it may no longer be sold to the general public.
Attah confirmed that ”with the relative peace in the north east geo-political region, many of the IDPs in the Camps are now returning to their ancestral homes and engaging in farming, noting that the demands for these perishable items by the IDP Camps will continue to be on the decline.
The Customs Spokesman disclosed that while the needs of the IDP Camps would reduce, the continuous seizures by Customs anti-smuggling operatives ” demand imperative of extended distribution”. He confirmed that the Committee set up by the Customs Comptroller General are already compiling the list of the IDPs and registered Orphanages with a view to ”kick-starting the nation-wide distribution as soon as possible”.
Attah was right when he said the Customs anti-smuggling operatives are still making seizures, which are dumped in the warehouses , thus creating space constraints to keep additional seized perishable goods. This is evident going by the seizures at FOU, Zone A and Seme Command respectively, where the anti-smuggling operatives were said to have taken the war against smugglers to their den to forestall them from continuing with the illegal business.
He however lamented that despite moves to curtail the activities of the dare-devil smugglers, ”many still see smuggling as a business and not a crime”. An aggrieved Attah was said to have told those that care to listen that ”smuggling was not just a crime but the mother of all crimes and criminalities” as violent crimes are perpetrated with dangerous weapons such as arms ,drugs smuggled into the country.
Only recently, the service intercepted 59 ”40ft” Containers of tramadol drugs in three different seaports across the country. They are Apapa, Tin -can and Onne seaports. Given a break down, the Customs spokesman said 40 of the tramadol drugs Containers were intercepted at Appa port, Tin-can, 10 and nine at Onne seaports. Riks Lura and his men in the FOU , Zone A, operations and lagos roving team who masterminded the seizure of 40 Containers of ”40ft” each of tramadol drugs at Apapa were said to have busted a N150 million bribe at the port meant to influence the releasing officers and the FOU team. Many believe that that if these drugs had entered the Nigerian market and smugglers have access to it as they like, violent crime along the border with other neighbouring countries in the West African sub-region would be on the increase.
Regrettably, the Customs Spokesman, stressed that fighting smugglers in different parts of the country have not been an easy task because of the country’s porous borders. Take for instance, in Adamawa state alone, David Paradang, a former Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, confirmed that there are about 83 illegal routes and about 84 in Ogun state through which smugglers could enter the country from Cameroun and Republic of Benin with their smuggled goods.
This is made worse by the attitude of some of the border dwellers and their willingness to help the smugglers mob Customs operative. In addition ”lack of proper implementation of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, protocol on transit with the neighbouring countries and use of motor cycles and animals to smuggle through difficult terrains may not have made the job of the Customs anti-smuggling operatives easy.
Only recntly, Riks and his men in the FOU, Zone A, Operations and Lagos Roving team made seizures of some motorcycles loaded with rice on the passenger Seat in one of their anti-smuggling operations in Ogun state, which was displayed in the Command last week. Indeed, the seizure of motor cycles used in smuggling foreign rice from Republic of Benin into Nigeria is a common sight in Seme and Ogun Commands because of the difficult terrain of the areas.
Perhaps, one area that may gladden Ali, the Customs boss since assumption of office about three years ago was ensuring that the upward swing in the revenue generation of the Service was maintained. An elated Attah disclosed that between January and November, 2018, the Service has generated about N1.1 trillion as against N1.037 that was generated and paid into the Federation Account in 2017.
He noted that the upward swing in the yearly revenue generation of the Service was an indication that the ongoing reforms of the service has impacted positively on officers productivity as they placed ‘ the ”country’s interest above their personal interest”.


The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today expanded the reach of its Ecstar branded lubricants, coolant and car care products with the introduction of the range at 3,400 workshops under its Arena network.
MSI had launched the Ecstar brand of engine oil at workshops under its premium outlet chain NEXA in September last year.
He further said, now the Ecstar will be available at over 3,400 Maruti Suzuki Arena workshops across the country.
The launch of Ecstar in Arena is a part of the company's focus on quality of maintenance while it continued to bring technology and quality into products, he added.
"In the Ecstar brand, we are also launching new engine oil 0W16. This advanced oil will help reduce friction leading to improved fuel efficiency and cut down on CO2 emissions," Ayukawa claimed.
The company's future petrol engines will have OW16 engine oil as factory-filled, MSI Senior Executive Director (Marketing and Sales) RS Kalsi said.
The Ecstar brand of engine oil and coolant and chemical products was launched by Maruti Suzuki's parent Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan in 1984.
In 2015, it was promoted as a global brand and is currently marketed across Europe, USA, Mexico, Australia and South East Asia.
The Ecstar range products includes engine oils, coolants, injector cleaner, automatic transmission oil, car care products, and screen wash for the cars.
MSI said more products will be added to the range in India progressively.


OCBC, DBS to battle HSBC for bankers in Greater China
DBS and OCBC will both need to recruit more relationship managers in Greater China following their recent announcements of strategic partnerships under China’s new Wealth Management Connect initiative. But larger banks, including HSBC, have similar plans.
OCBC has tied up with Ping An Bank to provide wealth management services, while DBS will be working with the Postal Savings Bank of China. The new wealth scheme allows residents of Hong Kong and Macau to buy investment products from the other nine cities in China’s Greater Bay Area, and vice-versa.
DBS Hong Kong is the group's largest franchise outside Singapore, while Greater China is OCBC’s second-largest market. OCBC announced earlier this year that it is doubling the number of relationship managers for wealthy Chinese clients to 500 by 2023, both in its main operations and its private banking unit, Bank of Singapore. DBS is now expected to step up its hiring of RMs in Greater China, say recruiters.
“Wealth connect is a massive initiative, so the two Singapore banks – and the others taking part – won’t be able to take advantage of it just with their current teams,” says a Singapore-based headhunter. “They both want to expand their footprint in the Greater Bay Area,” he adds.
“For the past 10 years, the expansion of RMs to cover China has always been an important business strategy for the major banks,” says former private banker Liu San Li, who now works as a recruiter. “But with this latest development, the focus on expanding China desks will definitely intensify manyfold for these banks because this actually presents an opportunity for product penetration – although restricted to specified areas – and expanding the bank's presence in the much coveted China market,” he adds.
A total of 300bn yuan ($46.5bn) has been set as the aggregate quota for the cross-boundary scheme, which is China's latest move to further open its financial markets.
Wealth Management Connect made its debut on Tuesday last week. Bank of China has tasked 3,500 employees to focus on the scheme, while HSBC plans to assign 5,000. “This could be a problem for the Singapore banks; they’re up against larger rivals when they try to hire in wealth in Greater China,” says the headhunter. “And there’s a finite amount of RMs who know the market well,” he adds.
HSBC announced in its results presentation on Monday that it has hired 450 new wealth planners in China.
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Retail giants, H&M Group, Virala and Fortum have joined hands with Singapore-based RGE Pte Ltd to help Infinited Fiber Company (IFC) scale up its technology that recycles textile waste and other pulp-based materials into new textile fibers.
A strategic co-operation agreement has been signed between RGE and IFC to commercialize the startup’s technology.
Recently, the company leased production facilities in Valkeakoski city, Southern Finland, for a new pre-commercial 500 tonne per annum plant and customer training centre that will start up in early 2020.
Mr Petri Alava, CEO of IFC, “This new investment amount, the largest single IFC has received to date, supplements the earlier partnerships with H&M Group, Virala and Fortum, we announced in April this year. We are delighted to have RGE on board as a strategic partner as we can apply what we learn from their global operations to accelerate our plan to bring our technology to large-scale manufacturing.”
He added, “This new financing will enable us to finalize the scaling of the technology and to extend our fiber production capacity to enable global leading brands to bring capsule collections to the markets in 2020.”
Mr Tey Wei Lin, President of RGE added: “RGE is keen to support innovative next-generation solutions that can be applied at industrial scale. IFC’s technology is exciting as it brings together the use of recycled feedstock and clean solvent in a circular fashion to produce fibers. Our viscose business groups, Sateri and Asia Pacific Rayon, collectively produce about 1.4 million tons of viscose annually using raw materials from renewable plantations.”
IFC has raised €8 million of funds this year, including €1.96 million recently awarded by the European Innovation Council.


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Morning Coffee: Bonus Structure May Cost Barclays Top Bankers
If Barclays doesn’t allocate more bonus money to its thriving U.S. mergers and acquisitions division, the firm could see many of its top investment bankers head out the door.
I-bankers at Barclays had the cash portion of their bonus capped at just over $100,000 last year, upsetting many within the group, and forcing some to borrow cash from the firm against their deferred compensation just to continue financing their lifestyles, a source close to the situation told eFC.
“We were told last year to wait and see” whether cash bonuses would continue to be restricted, said the source. “If we don’t see them this year, it will be ugly.”
A firm cash-cap on bonuses this year would likely go over worse than in 2011, considering the group’s strong performance. Barclays’ M&A business has grown 17% through the first three quarters of 2012 compared to the same period last year, with roughly two-thirds of the fees generated by the Americas group. On average, M&A fees fell by 21% among the top 10 investment banks during the first three quarters of the year.
“My hunch is [Barclays] can’t do anything about it,” said one recruiter who works with the firm. “My hunch is people start leaving.”
The exodus may have already begun. Reuters reported that three of Barclays top technology investment bankers from New York have left the firm to join unnamed rivals.
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UBS is now expected to be fined as much as $1.6 billion for its role in the Libor scandal. Earlier reports suggested that the settlement would be less costly.
RBS on Deck (The Sunday Times)
The Royal Bank of Scotland isn’t expected to be on the hook for quite as much. RBS is negotiating a settlement for its role in the Libor scandal that likely won’t exceed $570 million.
Private equity firms are back to their old tricks, funding acquisitions through mountains of debt.
Age Discrimination (Financial Times)
A 55-year-old former top Credit Suisse analyst is set to sue his former employer for age discrimination.
Steven Cohen, founder of SAC Capital Advisors, has not been charged with any crime related to the insider-trading probe into his firm. But links between him and those central to the case keep popping up.
Unemployment Threshold (Bloomberg)
It may take as long as three years for the unemployment rate to drop below 6.5%. That means three more years of heavy stimulus, and three more years of rock-bottom interest rates.
Morgan Stanley has been fined $5 million by the state of Massachusetts for its role in the botched Facebook IPO.
Buzz Around the Office
The horrifying events that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut last week are a sobering reminder that evil is ever-present in our world. Here are 26 reminders that there is plenty of good out there, too.
List of the Day: Unmanageable Expectations
With workforces stretched particularly thin, receiving unreasonable deadlines is all-too-commonplace. Here’s how to deal with them.
- Discern whether the project is difficult or unreasonable.
- If the work is unmanageable, don’t wait to address it.
- Offer explanations, not excuses.

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Following the beachside ruckus of their “Cake By the Ocean” video, DNCE are back with a decidedly more romantic clip that takes us behind Joe Jonas’s bedroom doors.
The frontman and supermodel Ashley Graham get extra cozy in the “Toothbrush” vid, as Jonas sings about a budding relationship and their morning-after-the-night-before antics. Shot mostly in soft light, we see the couple tangled up in the sheets and pillow-fighting, interspersed with shots of DNCE playing on a rooftop at sunset. Basically, it’ll give you major #SummerRelationshipGoals, and make you ship Joe and Ashley... hard.
“Toothbrush” is the second single from DNCE’s debut EP, SWAAY.


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Seafood simmered in white wine with olives
Seafood & Olive
Experience the coastal flavors of this Seafood & Olives recipe!. Freshly caught seafood is cooked to perfection in a white wine sauce infused with the salty and briny flavor of olives. Each bite will transport you to the Mediterranean seaside with a burst of taste!
6 Shrimp pieces
½ lbs Squid
2 cloves Garlic
9-12 Olives, cut in pieces
1.5s cup White wine
A splash of Lemon juice
Salt and pepper, to taste
To get started, you'll need:
From the main menu, select ‘Manual Cook’ and then choose ‘Sear/Sauté’. Set the heat level to level 3.
Heat the oil and sauté the garlic, celery, and onion until softened.
Add the white wine, bring it to a boil, and let it reduce for about 3-4 minutes.
Add the shrimp, squid, olives, lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper.
From the main menu, select 'Auto Cook' and select 'Seafood & Olive' from the recipe presets. Press 'Ok' to start.
Securely attach lid and set the pressure release valve to 'SEAL' Press 'Ok' to start.
Once cook time has finished, ensure that the float valve has fully descended, then turn the pressure release valve to 'VENT'. Confirm that all steam has released from the valve before opening the lid.
Serve the Seafood & Olive Stew with a bowl of rice or pasta, and enjoy!

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Mike Huckabee has found an interesting issue with which to kick off his 2012 campaign: Natalie Portman’s pregnancy. In a rant about Portman, Huckabee claimed that the Oscar-winning actress was “glamorizing” life as a single mother.
He went on to explain that “Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can’t get a job, and if it weren’t for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that’s the story that we’re not seeing.”
Portman’s story doesn’t read anything like that. She’s an Oscar-winning actress who can probably afford food and health care. In fact, the ‘single mother’ is engaged to Benjamin Millepied, the child’s father.
Leave it to a Republican to think that those women are in that situation because they want to be. Or that single mothers are somehow more of a strain on the system than deadbeat fathers.
Huckabee chose to ignore the facts in order to fire a veiled attack at the ‘welfare queens’ that was likely to go viral. Just like he chose to ignore that Obama spent time in the Philippines as a child. Instead, he said that the President’s views were shaped by growing up in Kenya.
Apparently it’s okay to glamorize the xenophobia based around our president’s heritage when one has a book to sell. But now, everyone’s had enough. People on both sides of the aisle want Mike Huckabee to shut up.
Liberals see him as starting the desperate race to the bottom we all know as the Republican primary. If Huckabee is distorting facts and starting in with the Kenya conspiracies in March 2011, it’s hard to imagine how nasty the primaries will get.
Conservatives also wish he’d shut up. Republicans rode to power in 2010 on an almost purely fiscal platform and waited until they were in office to mention, then enact, their backwards social policies. They’re hoping to do the same in 2012.
But it’s a stretch to call Huckabee’s comments social policy. They’re more like sound bites aimed at a large portion of Republican base that was left starving for red meat during the last election.
Huckabee seems to have given up on actual substance, instead preferring childish, half-true insults aimed at celebrities and politicians. He’s taking the majority of his anger out by making shocking, crass statements directed at women, a group whom he treats with contempt.
Mike Huckabee has become the prudish Eminem of politics. And both sides agree: He needs to shut up.

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Ribbon dancing is a style of dance done while holding a long, thick satin ribbon on a stick. It has many gymnastic elements, and can be fun for participants of all ages. To ribbon dance, all you need is some music and a ribbon, which you move to the beat of the song. Though it is based on ancient Chinese choreography, people from all over the world do ribbon dancing now in many styles.
In competition, ribbon dancing is a rhythmic gymnastics event. There are standards for the stick material and length and width of the ribbon. As with any gymnastic event, there is a list of required movements that must be made at some point during your routine. They include circles, spirals and snakes, flicks, and throws.
One part of ribbon dancing that is especially difficult for newcomers to the sport is keeping the ribbon from getting twisted around their bodies or knotted in itself when performing circles or spirals.
When making your own, be aware of your own height in relation to the ribbon. If you are 5 feet tall, using a 15 foot ribbon would be incredibly difficult. Try starting with a ribbon the length of your arm span. Now you can start ribbon dancing!
The easiest move to begin with is the wave. To make a wave in your ribbon all you have to do is make a wave in your arm! (Think of the ribbon as an extension of yourself.) Begin with your hand straight out in front of you or to your side. Flicking your wrist and moving your whole arm up and down in a wave, watch your ribbon begin to follow the same path. Moving your arm further up and down or faster will affect the speed and size of your ribbons waves. When you are comfortable with this, try moving on to other ribbon dances by bringing your arm overhead, waving it side to side, or walking, dancing or running while waving your ribbon.

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My reply to an intemperate Indian who flamed me on the FT for saying so:
This is not a bad thing. But as your own vast reading would have told you – including Guha’s very good book – the Interim Government that took power in 1946 transited into the first Dominion Government on August 1947. Their primary aim was to provide continuity of administration. Given the amount of Nehru baiting that goes on these days in India, this was entirely understandable. The fledgling Indian state faced huge problems. (To summarize, dislocation after the War, Partition and its violence, the aftermath of the Bengal famine, integration of the Princely States, the intransigence of Hyderabad, the accession of Kashmir, etc). All the problems of India which were hitherto the problems of the Viceregal Administration were going to become headaches of the Independent Government. To do so, they borrowed liberally from the GOI Act. Additionally, to incorporate the principles of social development and social justice, they studied existing constitutions – particularly the Constitution of the United States. As your vast reading will tell you, the Preamble to the Indian Constitution reads very much like the opening lines of the US Constitution.
The charge was made even during the debates in the Constituent Assembly that too much of the GOI Act went into the Indian Constitution. Read, if you will, the statement made by Dr B R Ambedkar on November 4 1948: (http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/vol7p4a.htm) ”
“It is said that there is nothing new in the Draft Constitution, that about half of it has been copied from the Govt. of India Act of 1935 and that the rest of it has been borrowed from the Constitutions of other countries. Very little of it can claim originality.
One likes to ask whether there can be anything new in a Constitution framed at this hour in the history of the world. More than hundred years have rolled over when the first written Constitution was drafted. It has been followed by many countries reducing their Constitutions to writing. What the scope of a Constitution should be has long been settled. Similarly what are the fundamentals of a Constitution are recognized all over the world. Given these facts, all Constitutions in their main provisions must look similar. The only new things, if there can be any, in a Constitution framed so late in the day are the variations made to remove the faults and to accommodate it to the needs of the country. The charge of producing a blind copy of the Constitutions of other countries is based, I am sure, on an inadequate study of the Constitution… As to the accusation that the Draft Constitution has produced a good part of the provisions of the Govt. of India Act, 1935, I make no apologies. There is nothing to be ashamed of in borrowing. It involves no plagiarism. Nobody holds any patent rights in the fundamental ideas of a Constitution…provisions taken from the Government of India Act, 1935, relate mostly to the details of administration…”
In India, we have seen the birth of the thin-skinned, ultra nationalist, right-wing Indian. I hope you are not one of them even if, as you say, I am not your friend

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With the recent release of the film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s 1993 young adult novel The Giver, free speech groups are bracing for a resurgence of challenges to one of the most frequently targeted books of the 1990s. Last week Slate’s Ben Blatt talked to Barbara Jones, the director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, about past challenges to the book and her expectations for the future.
Unlike many other frequently challenged books, The Giver is not targeted because of language or sexual activity. Instead, most challenges recorded by OIF fall into the umbrella category of “unsuited for age group”–in other words, as Blatt says, the challengers (usually parents) think that the book is too disturbing for young readers. And indeed the society Lowry constructs is disturbing, deliberately so, for readers of any age. Intended as a utopia where (almost) no one remembers pain, suffering, or injustice, it actually becomes a colorless dystopia where “noncontributing” members of society such as the elderly and infants who fail to thrive are euthanized. (Even more chillingly, almost no one in the book realizes what is actually happening when a person is thus “released.”) But to avoid repeating past mistakes, one person is assigned to bear the burden of memories, both good and bad, for the entire community.
The disturbing aspects of the book made it the eleventh most challenged book of the 1990s, according to OIF. But those same aspects inspire many young readers to confront and analyze some very important Big Issues: the value of diversity and shared memory, each individual’s unique contribution to society, and so on. We already know that a whole new generation of readers is mulling these weighty matters, as the decades-old book is currently the second-best seller in Amazon’s Teen & Young Adult category. Unfortunately, based on past experience we can assume that they will be followed by a new wave of adults who would rather not have them think or read about such things.
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Featured Interview With M. Gail Grant
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hello! Thank you for speaking with me today. I am thrilled to be joining you. I was born in West Virginia and spent my young childhood years there. When I was thirteen my family moved to the greater Atlanta, Georgia area where I attended middle school, high school, and college. After marriage, I moved to Akron, Ohio for a few years and most recently spent the past ten years in California. Half of that time was in the San Francisco Bay area and the other half was in the San Diego area. A little over a year ago I returned home to north Georgia.
I do have pets! I have two small dogs that are precious to me. My oldest (age 4.5 years) is a maltipoo named Cali. She was a gift from my father and we adore her. My youngest (age 2.5 years) is a chihuahua mix we rescued in San Diego. We named her Chloe. They both LOVE to bark at everything, that includes the wind. It makes life interesting sometimes as I will be writing a scary section of my book, you know, I will be completely submerged in the storyline. Suddenly, they will bark and scare me so bad I can feel my heart-beat coming through my chest. I have to laugh as it keeps things very real.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Some of my oldest memories are going to the library with my mother in the summer and checking out Nancy Drew books. I LOVED them, so much so that I believe I read the entire series. That is where it all began, my love of books. I even remember the ambiance and feeling that would overcome me just walking into the library and being surround by shelves upon shelves of children’s books. The smell of a paperback or hard cover book stuck with me.
I remember vividly middle school summers. I would stay up all hours of the night reading because I just couldn’t put the book down. During my 7th grade year, I was selected to attend a young writer’s camp over the summer. I remember it was called camp SAGA. It was hands down one of the best moments of my life.
I didn’t start writing until about a year ago. My youngest daughter has a love of books and is truly my mini me. We often talk about the books she is currently reading and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to write a book for her. So, I gathered as much information as I could and sat down to write book #1 of the Magdalena Gottschalk series. Those middle school grade years were so influential to me in regards to developing my love of writing, I chose to write my first book series for that age group.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Some of my favorite authors to read are J.D. Robb, Nelson DeMille, and Dan Brown. I tend to be one of those “series” readers. If I pick up a book by an author and like the book, I want to read the entire series. I am currently waiting on Nelson DeMille to come out with the next book in the John Corey series. Radiant Angel came out in 2015 and I am anxiously awaiting the next book!
My inspiration in my writings are my children. I have three girls ages 20, 17, and 10. Two of the three girls have always loved reading. My oldest and youngest read the Harry Potter series beginning to end several times. So, as a family we have a love for magic, the unknown, and the enchanted. The series I have begun combines all of those things in a world where teamwork, friendship, and faith come together in a story full of survival action and adventure.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My most recent book is book #2 of the series titled Magdalena Gottschalk: The Slippery Slope. This was a really fun book to write. It takes place during the holiday season, about a week before Christmas. Magdalena and her friends, also known as MALB (The Mystical Alliance of Lily Brooke), decide to go camping under the stars and do all the fun things that go along with that like roasting smores, swinging on a tire swing, and spooky stories by the campfire.
Magdalena happens to awaken, hearing noises that at first she couldn’t identify. Within moments, she knew the awful sound ringing in her ears was that of the demons’ gatekeepers, the werewolves. Not wanting to bring any harm to her friends, Magdalena sneaks off into the woods to deal with the problem on her own. Little did she know, a trip down the slippery slope would land her into the basement cellar of a haunted mansion with lots of surprises around every corner. The rest of MALB discovers their friend missing and off to the rescue they go. Still shaken from their first adventure, they weren’t quite ready to learn the demons they successfully defeated in book #1 had left a little surprise.
This book took me about three months to write as the storyline picks up at the conclusion of book #1. The first book, Magdalena Gottschalk: The Crooked Trail, has a good bit of background information for the series, making the book longer than book #2 which allowed me to jump right into the action and adventure. Book #3 is in production and expected to go to print late fall this year.
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The number of recognized brain malformations and syndromes has grown rapidly during the past several decades, yet relatively few causative genes have been identified, especially for three common malformations that have been associated with numerous cytogenetically visible chromosome deletions and duplications, and that often occur together: agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), cerebellar vermis hypoplasia (CVH) including Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM), and polymicrogyria (PMG). We propose to perform high-resolution array comparative genome hybridization (aCGH), emerging technology able to detect small copy number variants (CNV), in 700 probands with one or more of these three malformations. Our central hypothesis states that more than 10% of patients with ACC, CVH or PMG will have de novo CNV below the resolution of routine cytogenetic analysis, but detectable by current array platforms. We therefore expect to identify 70-100 patients with small CNV. We will distinguish CNV found in normal individuals from potentially disease-associated changes, and will confirm CNV using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and microsatellite (STRP) analysis. We will give highest priority to CNV that are de novo and involve 2 or more BACs, and secondary priority to familial and smaller CNV excluding known polymorphisms. After that, we will evaluate and rank candidate genes in the critical regions using information from public databases and our own expression studies, and perform mutation analysis of the best candidate genes from well-defined critical regions by sequencing in a large panel of subjects with phenotypes that match the phenotypes of the patients whose CNV define the critical regions. Here, we will use more refined criteria to supplement our clinical classification, such as the developmental level and presence of epilepsy or other birth defects. Any abnormalities found will be analyzed using existing data regarding polymorphisms (i.e. dbSNP), cross-species comparisons, and functional assays appropriate for the specific sequence change. We expect our focus on small chromosome imbalances to efficiently lead to discovery of new genes that cause these three focus malformations. These discoveries will lead directly to improved care for affected children and families consisting of more accurate diagnosis and outcome counseling, which will include specific diagnostic testing, as well as improved genetic counseling.
The work proposed in this grant will lead to lead to the discovery of many of the genes that cause of birth defects of the brain and related - but often less severe - developmental disorders. These results will prove immediately helpful in providing better information regarding diagnosis and prognosis to the families of affected children, and will also lead to better understanding of the underlying biology and in some cases to more effective treatment.
|Mirzaa, Ghayda M; Parry, David A; Fry, Andrew E et al. (2014) De novo CCND2 mutations leading to stabilization of cyclin D2 cause megalencephaly-polymicrogyria-polydactyly-hydrocephalus syndrome. Nat Genet 46:510-5|
|Mirzaa, Ghayda M; Enyedi, Laura; Parsons, Gretchen et al. (2014) Congenital microcephaly and chorioretinopathy due to de novo heterozygous KIF11 mutations: five novel mutations and review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A 164A:2879-86|
|Seltzer, Laurie E; Ma, Mandy; Ahmed, Sohnee et al. (2014) Epilepsy and outcome in FOXG1-related disorders. Epilepsia 55:1292-300|
|Mirzaa, Ghayda M; Millen, Kathleen J; Barkovich, A James et al. (2014) The Developmental Brain Disorders Database (DBDB): a curated neurogenetics knowledge base with clinical and research applications. Am J Med Genet A 164A:1503-11|
|Edwards, Timothy J; Sherr, Elliott H; Barkovich, A James et al. (2014) Clinical, genetic and imaging findings identify new causes for corpus callosum development syndromes. Brain 137:1579-613|
|Mirzaa, Ghayda M; Vitre, Benjamin; Carpenter, Gillian et al. (2014) Mutations in CENPE define a novel kinetochore-centromeric mechanism for microcephalic primordial dwarfism. Hum Genet 133:1023-39|
|Cushion, Thomas D; Paciorkowski, Alex R; Pilz, Daniela T et al. (2014) De novo mutations in the beta-tubulin gene TUBB2A cause simplified gyral patterning and infantile-onset epilepsy. Am J Hum Genet 94:634-41|
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|Curry, Cynthia J; Rosenfeld, Jill A; Grant, Erica et al. (2013) The duplication 17p13.3 phenotype: analysis of 21 families delineates developmental, behavioral and brain abnormalities, and rare variant phenotypes. Am J Med Genet A 161A:1833-52|
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Relationship guidelines aren’t nearly doing some thing right. They’re also regarding being the best partner conceivable. Love is definitely an feelings that starts like a feeling and transforms in a decision. Both you and your partner both have to decide to love one one other each day. You’ll never be able to provide a partner the perfect functionality, and this means that you must be willing to admit criticisms. Also www mail order brides reviews read the full info here https://mail-order-brides-reviews.com/ to relationships, you should consider other facets of your life and make time for friendship.
Should you be still in love, make an effort dating again. Online dating after a while is an excellent way to maintain biochemistry and sets off. Plan time nights intended for quality time with your partner and don’t try to conceal anything. Keep in mind that mean you should stop trying to get attractive. In truth, dating after a long time is definitely even more important. Due to the fact it means that you’ll be able to reunite with your partner, and it will cause you to be more attractive to one another.
Intimacy is important, but really not a romance rule. Physical touch and sex may also help couples bond and build closeness. Sexual activity allows lovers to share the most intimate aspects of their lives with each other. Make an effort taking a regular vacation, or starting a new hobby together. It will probably strengthen your connect and help to make it more romantic. Beneath the thick have an improved romantic relationship than one designed on shared respect. The single thing missing is certainly time collectively!
Communication is the key to a long lasting, happy marriage. Being start about your requirements and desires is just as important as communicating how you feel. It’s important to verify in on each other, even when you’re not together. Ultimately, communication is a glue that holds your relationship jointly. Even if you aren’t in take pleasure in, you need to keep in mind that relationships are hard work and take a lot of work. It’s worth the effort. You may feel better in due course.
While arguments are inescapable, they don’t have to be detrimental. Despite what your partner says, typically make it a habit to fight back. Fights often lead to bad blood and an unstable marriage. Besides, you need to keep your outburst to yourself and avoid confrontations as much as possible. The greater you fight, the more you will still hurt your romantic relationship. Remember that it’s not your job to win the struggle and your partner’s life.
You’ll want to remember that romantic relationships are complicated. Relationships are generally not based on ethnic roles which can be often imposed by contemporary culture. Instead, contemporary relationships are made on a shared understanding of who also each other is and what they need from the other person. Remember that like is a long lasting commitment, and it’s really not something that can be realized with a couple of rules. The key to achievement is being sure the two people are sincerely happy and satisfied.

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Broadway productions and other theatrical performances outside the gates often run for weeks at a time. At Chautauqua Institution, many performances and lectures are seen by audiences only once.
Dancers are often told they need to be versatile. Their technique must be top-notch, and they are required to train in a variety of dance styles and genres. But there is another skill that is becoming increasingly important for young dancers: the ability to choreograph.
With 50 years of experience in teaching, Maris Battaglia knows a thing or two about dance education.
Wilhelm “Willy” Burmann was once called one of the greatest teachers in classical dance. Burmann will be presented with the…
George Balanchine once said “Dance is music made visible.” The two art forms go hand in hand, similar to the friendship that has developed between the schools of Dance and Music at Chautauqua.
Mark Diamond is known for his creative narratives, but his piece “Into the Fray,” choreographed for the School of Dance Student Gala, may spin his most creative web yet: The audience will be shrunk down to ant size and immersed in his “insect ballet.”
When Jordan Leeper’s dance instructor at the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet told him that he would be coming to Chautauqua Institution to take a ballet class in 2006, he didn’t understand why.
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It looks like things are getting serious for loved up couple Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel.
Despite protestations that he didn’t want new love Jessica to accompany him on tour, it seems Justin has been bitten by the love bug.
The couple were seen kissing aboard a speedboat as Justin touched down in Oslo to continue his European tour.
According to The Mirror the SexyBack singer said he was forced to send the actress back to the U.S. recently because he finds it difficult to focus on his work when he is with her.
He told The Mirror: “Jessica met up with me in Manchester, England, but for Paris I told her categorically no. This tour is very important to me. I’m doing it really seriously so there’s no question of playing sweethearts.”
“This time I’m putting the machine before everything else.”
Someone might need to pass them memo to the actress best known for her role in the remake of The Illusionist as the couple canoodled on board the luxury speedboat in the Norwegian capital.
The singer has attempted to play down speculation that the couple are in love, insisting she is just “a very dear friend.”
Asked who the love of his life is, he replied, “I haven’t met her yet.” Judging by these photos it looks as if the singer doth protest too much.
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text: |This show was about six colored dogs that came through a portal from another dimension and were found by Claire and Jamie. The dogs have a key that can open these portals into many different worlds. They all go on adventures together. The dogs characteristics are as follows: Stanli is the blue loyal dog, Ozzi is the green cool dog, Tippi is the lavender loving dog, Dinki is the yellow playful dog, Inki is the peach shy dog, and Fanci is the pink pretty dog. Fanci was not in the pilot episode.

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Dangen Entertainment released a trailer for the Ernest Placido-developed monster-taming RPG Pry Into The Void in development for consoles and PC via Steam. A release date has not been confirmed.
Pry Into The Void has players take on the role of Josef, a young man thrust into the depths of the Void with a crucial mission: to confront and defeat a malevolent entity draining the world of its life force. Equipped with the unique ability to peer into the hearts of both monsters and people, Josef must assemble a team of allies to assist him on this perilous journey into darkness.
The gameplay does its best to immerse players in a somber and unusual adventure, where they must delve into the innermost thoughts and feelings of creatures and individuals alike. Through meaningful conversations, players must navigate a series of challenging moral dilemmas, exploit vulnerabilities in turn-based combat, and enlist monsters as valuable allies.
In this new trailer, players are introduced to the enigmatic character, Waltiere, a devoted servant who has faithfully served Josef’s powerful and esteemed grandfather. With unwavering loyalty, Waltiere extends his allegiance to Josef, urging him to step up as the potential savior of a world teetering on the edge of destruction. As Josef, players are confronted with a profound decision: will they embrace Waltiere’s assistance, ascending to a position of authority to guide humanity toward a brighter future, or will they falter in the face of adversity and the weight of responsibility?
We’ll keep you updated on the development of Pry Into The Void
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Irian Jaya refers to the western half of the island of new Guinea, colonised in the 19th century by the Dutch, but retained as Netherlands New-Guinea after the recognition of Indonesian independence in 1949. Indonesia claimed the Dutch colony as its own, and it was finally seceded to Indonesia in 1962-63, and fully integrated into Indonesia in 1969. Some coins, seperate from Indonesian coinage, were minted for the territory between the Indonesian acquisition of the islands and their full integration into the Republic of Indonesia, which were demonetised in 1971.
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By Alice Dubenetsky
The Obama administration is not shy about revealing it’s displeasure when they don’t get 100 percent compliance from Congress, or anyone else.
First they closed down the White House to public tours during the sequester, which continues to this day, denying access to thousands of citizens and school groups. And now, this dishonorable and unethical administration has upped (or lowered) their game by blocking 90-year- old World War II veterans from touring the memorial dedicated to their service to the United States and the world during modern history’s darkest hours.
Barack Obama likes to think he’s showing strength – as Senator Harry Reid likes to reiterate time and again, hoping it might someday become true – but he’s actually demonstrating that he’s a petty, and small, reigning over one of the most vindictive administrations the country has ever endured. This is a president who will not negotiate with anyone who disagrees with his policies, which unfortunately for him happens to be the aggregate of the Republicans in Congress today. Anyone who believes his socialist schemes are bad for the country is demonized politically and personally, as we’re witnessing in the fight over slowing or stopping “Obamacare” in order to raise the debt ceiling.
Every Republicans in Congress has serious concerns about the Affordable Care Act and it’s implementation this week. Not only are the websites predictably not up and running smoothly, but, as it has rolled out over the past year or so, the consequences and damage this law will cause throughout our society are becoming evident. Doctors and hospitals are already telling patients that they will not accept people who are enrolled in the system, and those same people are being told by insurance companies with whom they’ve done business for years that their policies won’t be renewed because of the ACA.
Businesses are laying off workers and reducing hours in order to avoid the completely arbitrary 30 hour work-week defined by the law. What happened to the 40-hour work-week? If ever there was a plan to further impoverish hourly workers, this is it.
It is due to this climate of deep, widespread apprehension that constituents have been clamoring for someone to “do something!” And thus a number of Republicans in the House of Representatives – many of whom largely owe their seats to the “no more business as usual” Tea Party – complied with the wishes of the people. They forced the issue to a head last week with the now famous, or infamous, semi-filibuster by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. That tactic enraged the Democrats and their complicit media. President Obama dug in his heels, his Democrat supporters in the Senate dug in theirs, and they stared down the Republicans all the way to a partial government shut-down this past Tuesday, flinging such epithets as “terrorists” and “jihadists” at them for daring to advance the will of the majority of Americans who question or flatly do not like the Affordable Care Act.
That’s when more nastiness started to ooze out the Obama White House. The partial shutdown basically targets non-essential services across the government spectrum. These could reasonably include national parks and museums that are staffed by government employees, but even there, the administration has the latitude to allow some or all of these attractions to stay open, or certainly to leave open those that require no staffing. But, like a Third World dictator, Obama wants to make sure the people get the message that his administration and their plans are not to be trifled with by the will of the people, all the while trying to pin the whole mess on his nemesis, the Republican Party.
According to a report in the Washington Times, the feds appear to be closing down streets on mere whim, even trying to close or block access to privately funded sites, such as Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.
“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service Ranger told the Times. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”
On Tuesday, the World War II Veteran Honor Flights ran head-long into the nasty vindictive directives of the Obama White House.
The Honor Flight program is a privately funded organization that flies 80 and 90 year old World War II veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorial erected in their honor. According to the Honor Flight website, “it’s is uncommon for World War II veterans to talk about the War, but the Honor Flight brings their stories out. Many say, with the exception of their wedding day and the birth of their children, the trip is the best day of their life.”
Who on earth would want to ruin that special day for these people who gave so much during a time when the modern world faced it’s darkest days? The Obama administration did, and they ordered the Parks Service to erect barricades around the memorial early this week, even though they KNEW and were personally informed, that Honor Flights were scheduled and they were specifically asked for an exemption so the veterans could have their special, long-awaited day.
Let’s be clear here. These barriers did not exist on Monday. The World War II Memorial is part of the Washington Mall. It is completely outdoors and is in the company of memorials and monuments such as the Jefferson memorial, the Viet Nam Memorial, the Korean Memorial and the Reflecting Pool. Visitors to our nation’s capital routinely stroll through the area, completely and happily to their own devices.
The fact that the Obama administration refused to give these brave people an exemption screams volumes about their own depraved values and motives, but it didn’t keep the organizers of the event from committing an act of civil disobedience by removing the barriers so the veterans could walk, or in many cases roll, into the place of their honor.
On Wednesday, another group of veterans again removed the barriers and went on their way to enjoy their memorial and the company of their fellow patriots. These brave men and women have stormed shores much more hostile than a few barriers and guards, and they weren’t about to let politics stand in their way. They aren’t called the Greatest Generation for being community organizers, but for being the people who saved the Western world from the dark forces of terrible evil, at a terrible cost to themselves.
And so, it an ugly fit of petty spite, the Obama administration reacted with threat to arrest some of the best, bravest and most patriotic people in America if they dared to defy his command again. As of Thursday, there were photos showing that the moveable barricades had been reinforced with wire so they can’t be separated and moved. What’s next? Concrete and barbed wire?
Isn’t this what we fought two World Wars to prevent?


Walmart’s South China Perishable Distribution Center. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Global retail giants like Walmart, Starbucks, Nestle and Fonterra are scaling up their investments in China to cash in on the strong rebound in the country’s consumption sector with the steady recovery from the novel coronavirus outbreak, industry experts said on Thursday.
Earlier this month, US retailer Walmart Inc said it will invest 3 billion yuan ($424.5 million) in Wuhan, Hubei province, to open four Sam’s Clubs, 15 hypermarkets and more community stores over the next five years. The firm said it was planning to open more than 500 new stores and depots(smaller warehouses) in China during the next five to seven years and revamp 200 existing stores in three years.
Sam’s Club, the high-end membership store of Walmart, is expected to open a flagship store in Shanghai, its third in the city, by 2021. The outlet, spreading over 70,000 square meters, will be the largest single floor outlet operated by Sam’s Club in China and will be primarily a shopping and entertainment destination offering priority item selections and rich shopping experiences.
Andrew Miles, president of Sam’s Club China, said the outlets are “a testimony of the company’s commitment to its members and China”.
Coffee chain Starbucks China said on March 13 that it will invest $130 million to set up a new roasting facility in China by 2022, as part of its new Coffee Innovation Park, to further strengthen its footprint in Asia.
It will be Starbucks’ largest roasting capacity outside of the United States and includes a roasting plant, warehouse and distribution center. Currently, Starbucks operates six other roasting facilities－one in Amsterdam to support European markets, and five in the US.
“The Supply Innovation Park will be a blueprint for the future of coffee roasting and the supply chain. It will propel China’s coffee industry to a whole new altitude, while opening Starbucks’ next growth chapter in China,” said Belinda Wong, chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks China.
Global food and beverage giant Nestle in January signed an agreement with Laixi municipal government for building an infant and toddler food plant as well as a dairy supply production center in the city, which is close to Qingdao, Shandong province.
The project, under the company’s Gerber brand, will produce about 1,000 metric tons of baby food in fruit and vegetable flavors by March 2021. It will be the only factory producing Gerber branded baby food in Asia, Africa and Oceania.
Fonterra, the world leading dairy producer and exporter, has already identified China as a major consumption and innovation market and a key to the global supply chain.
“The Chinese economy, in the long term, will continue to be promising and we are confident of the great potential from the Chinese market,” said Teh-han Chow, CEO of Fonterra China (interim).
The company is also going to launch a research and development center in Shanghai with a local partner this month. It will also develop 36 new products covering seven dairy sectors from August this year. Fonterra’s fifth application center is expected to come up next year in Wuhan to better serve customers and clients in Central and East China.
Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel China, said with the epidemic under better control in the country, the consumption markets are poised for recovery.
“Our data show that during the first quarter of this year, young consumers and residents in lower tier cities are more willing to spend and not too worried by the downturn in consumption due to the COVID-19 epidemic,” Yu said.
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As many as 50% of the U.S. population is deficient in a nutrient known as chromium. We may want to consider chromium supplements, because the U.S. has the highest rate of chromium deficiency of any country in the world.
Should we be worried?
For one, that statistic is a testament to how messed up the American food system and diet are. The amount of chromium needed is incredibly small; 1 milligram at most.
Once upon a time, Americans had no problem getting that amount from a single healthy meal. But thanks to the prevalence of fatty foods, processed sugary snacks and diets that stress the digestive system, it has become increasingly difficult.
Secondly, chromium deficiency can lead to some serious health complications.
How Chromium Deficiency Affects The Body
Duke University researchers found that chromium deficiency leads to an increased risk of depression.
In the study, ten participants with depression took 600 micrograms of chromium per day, more than five times the levels of chromium in their regular diets.
The results said it all.
After eight weeks, seven of those 10 saw a significant decrease in depression symptoms. In addition, they were no longer deficient in chromium.
Researchers believe this effect is due in part to the way chromium “frees up” the brain’s serotonin receptors. Unfortunately, these receptors can become “sticky” during bouts of depression.
People with type 2 diabetes have a low sensitivity to insulin, resulting in a buildup of sugar and glucose in the bloodstream.
Researchers have found that a large part of the problem lies in chromium deficiency, which causes an increase in blood sugar levels and a decrease in insulin’s effectiveness. Higher chromium intake improves insulin sensitivity.
Similar studies have shown that when patients use chromium supplements, they require less insulin injections.
Another effect of the insulin resistance caused by chromium deficiency is the increased risk of obesity.
A deficiency in chromium also leads to a greater appetite but lower energy output, both of which are factors leading to diabetes.
A 2013 study found that when provided chromium supplements, obese individuals lost roughly 1 kg of body weight more than those who took a placebo. This affect is not consistent, however, and other weight loss tools help.
In 2004, researchers found that low chromium levels signify an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
One of the ways chromium works to prevent heart disease is by improving the ratio of high density fats and low density fats in the body, which has a pronounced effect on heart health.
Study participants with the highest levels of chromium were 35% less likely to have a heart attack than those with lower levels. Maybe thanks to the added benefit of helping lower blood pressure.
Experts Recommend Chromium Supplements
Due to the low quantity of natural chromium in most foods, guidelines suggest taking supplements to get the required amount.
There are many supplements available on the market. Be sure to meet with your doctor prior to taking supplements to figure out which dosage is best for your lifestyle.
Here’s a good search to provide you a few options to discuss at your next appointment.

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Earlier this year, Western Milling’s weighbridge at Port Adelaide needed a replacement Phillips PR 6201 loadcell to maintain weighing operations.
Unfortunately, this model of loadcell is now hard to get and is considerably more expensive that current design weighbridge loadcells.
Accuweigh ’s Adelaide branch came to the rescue with Dennis Seipmann offering the client a conversion kit to allow the new design Flintec RC3 loadcells to be used.
No major structural changes were required as the Flintec loadcells are near identical to the Phillips loadcells fitted to the weighbridge which was then re-certified for trade use using the new Flintec stainless steel loadcells.
No matter how old a weighbridge is, as long as it is structurally sound, it can be updated with the new available weighing technology to considerably extend its working life.
Flintec loadcells are designed to meet stringent accuracy requirements.
Certifications have been obtained from Weights & Measures Authorities, worldwide and are available in the capacities 7.5t to 50t. They offer total stainless steel construction and complete IP68 hermetic sealing, making them suitable for use in tough industrial environments.
The loadcell design, in combination with a low cost self aligning rocker assembly, unites good load introduction with a low profile outline.
The Flintec calibration technique (in mV/V/_) eliminates time consuming corner calibration in multiple loadcell systems. RC3 models are available for use in hazardous areas zone 1, 2 (gas) and 21, 22 (dust).


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A US Navy destroyer spots something on sonar while out at sea. That something turns out to be a Navy submarine sunk by the Japanese during World War II. Also, a strange tapping sound seems to be coming from the wreck.
CBS decided to make changes to "The Twilight Zone" in the fourth season. The biggest change was expanding the show to one hour. That change is what hurts this, as well as many of the fourth season episodes. While this episode is quite good and the acting and story are well done, I believe this episode would have been more effective if it were just a half-hour in length. The episode seems padded with unnecessary dialogue and drawn out scenes (The divers three trips to the wreck for example). This episode is quite good, but it could have been better.
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Visit Lanchester from this property, a village steeped in history dating back to the 12th century, with some local amenities. . This charming, detached former Hemel, close to the owners’ home, lies just 1½ miles from the historic village of Lanchester and only 10 miles from Durham. Lanchester is steeped in history dating back to the 12th century and it has a large village green which sits in the middle of some charming properties, with 3 village inns and eateries to hand. Cyclists will be eager to explore the quiet country roads or take the Derwent Valley Railway Path east to the outskirts of Durham, or west to join the Waskerly Way and on to Weardale. A walk can be taken along these footpaths, the section just south of Lancaster skirting the river Browney being a particular highlight. Corbridge is a mere 15 miles away with super pubs, tea rooms and shops, then carry on to Hadrian’s Wall to visit the Roman forts or a little further to Hexham, with its beautiful abbey. Enjoy Durham with its river walks, fine cathedral, bijou wine bars, traditional pubs and plenty of retail therapy. Alnwick Castle where part of the Harry Potter films were made takes approximately 1 hour, where you can visit the enchanting water gardens and treehouse, and stroll along the cobbled streets. Drive a little further north and follow the Heritage Coastal Route to come across Seahouses and Bamburgh, and the enchanting Holy Island or Lindasfarne, making a great day trip. Come back and relax at this holiday cottage, admiring the views outside after a day’s exploring. Consett 3 miles. Children’s play area 1½ miles. Shop and pub 1½ miles, restaurant ½ mile.. Ground floor: Living/dining room/kitchen. First floor: Galleried area with double bed and Velux. Shower room with toilet.. Biomass central heating, electricity, bed linen and towels included. Freeview TV. DVD. Electric hob. Combi microwave/oven/grill. Washing machine. Dishwasher. Freezer. Wi-fi. Large decked area and furniture. Parking (2 cars). No smoking.
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An indie rhymesayer and beatsmith hailing from Queens, Jemyle Jones makes his first foray into the Booth with a promo single dedicated to his home city. Appropriately enough, N Ya Say NYC is an homage to an East Coast classic. The smooth vibraphone riff and boom-bap percussion from Grand Puba’s ‘95 single, I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are), becomes the backdrop for Jemyle’s tightly-wound bars. The vocal-sampled hook, originally drawn from DeBarge’s I Like It, is also retained. This Big Apple anthem isn’t part of a larger set, but fans can, of course, keep their browsers locked for the latest from this promising up-and-comer.
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If you want to expand your Christmas music selection before the holidays, download the Big Christmas Box MP3 album. It has over 13 HOURS of music! That’s 250 songs!
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Useless fact: If you started NOW and played this album 24/7 until Christmas, it would repeat 75 times!
Thanks Frugal Fil-Am!