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Unhappy weekend for Rahul
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's stock-taking meeting on the Uttar Pradesh poll debacle has had an unhappy effect on several partymen.
They had planned an extended weekend as offices are closed from April 5 to April 8 for Mahavir Jayanti and Easter.
Instead, they have to spend time at the Congress war room on Rakabganj Road offering explanations on why the party was routed in the heartland state.
Bridging the gulf
Call it coincidence or a deliberate choice.
External affairs joint secretary A.R. Ghanashyam, who handles Gulf and Haj matters, has experience of working in the shipping industry and dealing with oil exports from the Gulf.
While Ghanashyam had worked in the industry over three decades ago before joining the Indian Foreign Service, his experience is coming in handy while safeguarding India's energy interests in the Gulf.
The Arab Spring, the ongoing crisis in Syria and the looming threat of strikes against Iran's nuclear assets have raised fears of regular crude oil supplies to India.
Not ready to wait
Additional solicitor general Vivek Tankha is keen to quit and return to his legal practice before the expiry of his three-year tenure as the government's counsel.
This may happen sooner rather than later because Tankha is understood to have written to law minister Salman Khurshid to relieve him this month itself.
He was appointed to the post in August 2009 and his term ends on August 26 this year. But he is not ready to wait that long.
Do not focus your cameras on just one minister when there are many in a gathering.
This was the advice given to photographers by a senior Press Information Bureau official during a recent briefing of the group of ministers on media.
On that occasion, the cameras would have zeroed in mostly on home minister P. Chidambaram, while law minister Salman Khurshid and his parliamentary affairs counterpart Pawan Kumar Bansal were also seated on the dais.
Breather for PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Speculation over a cabinet reshuffle during the three-week Parliament recess from March 31 to April 23 has been laid to rest.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who is doing everything to distance herself from the UPA government, is in no hurry to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Mukul Roy as railway minister.
He was earlier the minister of state for shipping.
Banerjee has decided that party leader Saugata Roy, who is minister of state for urban development, will be given additional charge of shipping.
So Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has some breathing time.
He could now go for a ministerial shake-up after the Budget Session which ends on May 22.


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Union leaders are fighting to save the shares of Northern Rock staff as well as their jobs.
Unite general secretary Derek Simpson will meet the crippled bank's new boss "Rocket" Ron Sandler today.
He'll argue the shares were given to staff as part of their pay and should be treated differently to those of City investors.
"We think they should be converted into some sort of government bond," he said. He will also press for any job losses to be voluntary.
"The workers are at the back of the queue and that is very demoralising for them," he said.
"At the end of the day, if Northern Rock is going to survive, it will need a loyal workforce."
The Rock is to stop offering its controversial Together loans, which allowed people to borrow up to 125 per cent of the value of the property they were buying.

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11,700± sq ft • Fixtures, Furnishings & Equipment • Wisconsin Dells, WI
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With a tourism economy that recently hit $1 billion and is still growing, this full service bar and restaurant, located in the heart of the Wisconsin Dells resort area, is a prime location for investors and restaurateurs looking for the perfect new business location. The turnkey bar and restaurant, currently operating as the Alamo Smokehouse, features an 11,700± square foot, meticulously maintained building along with a full line of equipment, furniture and fixtures, in the heart of this booming tourist economy. Don’t miss your opportunity to bid now and make this amazing location your own!
• 11,700± sq ft newly renovated building
• Currently operating as the Alamo Smokehouse
• Heart of Wisconsin Dells resort area
• Seating for more than 300
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• Includes electronics/office equipment, outdoor furniture, bar equipment, dining room furniture, cookware, storage, kitchen equipment & more!
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Milwaukee County, WI
This well established restaurant is located in Metro Milwaukee with river front access. This is rare opportunity to own a restaurant on the river with an outdoor patio and a boat slip. Positioned perfectly to take advantage of the active nightlife and festival activity that the Metro Milwaukee area provides. With over a million in sales in each of the last five years this restaurant has a strong reputation for quality food. The restaurant has a large space with a lot of seating. It also has the ability to host private events and take advantage of the large downtown demographic. Equipment was purchased brand new when restaurant was opened, it has been maintained properly, cleaned daily, and is in great working condition.
PRICE REDUCED AND THE SELLERS ARE MOTIVATED AND WILL CONSIDER ALL REASONABLE OFFERS!!! If you re looking to step into a well established restaurant/bar with an excellent reputation Sunset Bay is the place! The sellers are ready to retire and have spent the past 15+ years perfecting their drinks and menu, and the locals and tourists love it! Here, enjoy a prime location on 859 acre Solberg Lake in a protected bay next to the public boat landing, with sandy frontage and breathtaking sunsets. This property offers gas service and has direct snowmobile/ATV access, and is across from ATV parking. Recent improvements include new sign, cathedral knotty pine tongue and groove ceiling and accent walls, and new lakeside windows. The living quarters are well kept, and the kitchen is well equipped and has a UL 300 Ansul System. The horseshoe style bar seats 20 and gives the place a friendly feel, and the dining room seats up to 50. If you re serious, this is one you MUST SEE!
Camp 1 offers the opportunity to live on site and operate TWO businesses with a whole lot of profit! A tavern as well as the mink ranch. If you have been keeping up with the mink industry you know business is booming! The mink business includes 500 breeder females, 125 breeder males, all equipment necessary to operate the business, 2 semi trailers for storage, 13 mink sheds, and storage building. The living quarters was built in 2000 and has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, an open floor plan with cathedral ceiling. The tavern could be operated or converted to added living space. This prime location is just down the road from the Turtle Flambeau Flowage and is along the main ATV/snowmobile trail. This is a honey of a deal!
Edna is retiring! Whether you are looking to have a family compound with cabins, want prime real estate for building/developing, or want to fulfill the dream of owning a waterfront resort in the Northwoods, this is the one! This resort has 4.19 acres with sandy beach, 4 seasonal cabins, lodge, and attached living quarters with utility room and plenty of storage. Edna has a steady repeat clientele through the summer months for cabin rentals, and the restaurant and bar serve the resort guests and the locals. There is an attached living quarters with private dock and lakeside deck, living room with lakeside views and gas fireplace, and 3 bedrooms. This location offers great fishing and recreation on Gordon Lake and direct access to ATV and snowmobile trails, and is minutes from 1,000’s of acres of public hunting. Call today for details!
Chippewa County, WI
Located at a busy intersection. Has a long and rich history with tight ties to the community. This business includes a very large parking lot, cozy bar area with updated bathrooms, pool, darts, and other gaming. The secondary building is set up for large private parties and has a full bar. The outdoor space includes a large area for relaxing and playing horseshoes. There is also an upstairs area with the potential to be turned into living quarters.
Imagine owning an amazing Central Wisconsin Supper club that does almost a $1,000,000 per year, yet allows you 3-4 months off with Awesome cash flows in a beautiful setting. Well, imagine it no more, because this Historic Supper Club does just that! This business has been around for over 65 years with customers and friends spanning 3 generations.
The Sunrise Bar is now in its twenty-sixth year of business, this establishment has built a name for itself by offering its customers a personal touch type environment while maintaining a fun, cozy atmosphere. Sunrise Bar is home to many locals and has a long term partnership with the community.
• RE Included
• 2 bedroom living quarters with a living room and 1 full bath, a large deck and private entrance.
• Located directly on state highway with high traffic flow.
Grand old historic hotel operated primarily as a bar/restaurant, this business is a local favorite in northeastern WI. The restaurant seats 125 people and combines traditional Wisconsin “supper club” fare such as a 40 item salad bar, with high quality, innovative menu items such as Bruchetta and Panko Chicken Tenders. The restaurant is known for its highest quality USDA choice steaks and great selection of local microbrews. The beautiful restored bar is a great place for a mixed drink or one of the great local brews, whether you want to eat or just enjoy the friendly local nightlife. Hotel can be renovated for living quarters for new owner or for hotel/residential rental.
Great opportunity to acquire an extremely profitable full service restaurant and alehouse directly off a busy interstate. Over $300,000 in discretionary income. Property appraised at over $1,000,000. Price includes business and property.
Currently open and running with good customer base. A lot of potential.
Lots of businesses and county government offices in walking distance make it great opportunity to open for lunch and breakfast. We have no time as this is a 2nd business and we are not able to devote 100% to this business.
The bar is full service bar from wine and beer to cocktails and martinis. We focus on Wines which has great return but taking that same focus on Martinis will yield greater returns and will differentiate as the region needs a great martini bar.
Marketing has only been kept to a minimal with mostly word-of-mouth, a few small newspaper ads and some Facebook that is not updated much.
Business is good but there is a lot of opportunity. Some one that can put the time and market the business properly can have a great business and future.
The Restaurant & Bar are approx. 2,000 sqft (maybe more). Large Kitchen & Dishwasher Area, the current seating arrangements are for 80ppl in dining area and 8-10ppl at bar. The bar can easily be extended for more bar seating if needed.
Restaurant is fully equipped and is open for business. Please do not discuss sale/rental with others ask for owner or call me to set-up appointment.
The apartment is around 700-800 sqft. It is spacious apartment with 2 Bedrooms, living room, dining area, kitchen, full bathroom, laundry room, and fireplace.
Kitchen Staff can stay on, if needed.
Call me today (847) 567-3682
This operating bar and restaurant is perfectly located near Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport on a highway with a traffic count of over 25,000 cars per day. The business offers a perfect combination of drinks, food and entertainment.
This trendy operating bistro specializes in martinis, original dinner menu items, and live entertainment.
Top destination point for recreation in Green Lake County. Property (Vandy's) has overnight lodging, private boat launch, bar, restaurant, scenic deck & docks are all neighbored by parks, campgrounds, golf, snowmobile trails and much more. This property also features 245 ft of shore on Little Green Lake, a premier fishing and resort location.
This is the perfect combination of location, facilities and variety of services. This tavern is blocks from Little Muskego Lake and serves food every day. Sports on 5 TV's as well as video games provide entertainment. The perfect southwest suburban neighborhood bar & grill.
Oneida County, WI
Live your dream! Excellent opportunity to acquire almost new, profitable restaurant and banquet facility in the beautiful northwoods of Wisconsin! Has roomy restaurant which seats us to 300 for banquets, and stunning bar area which accommodates up to 93. There is also a modern, roomy living quarters which the current owner rents, but could be used as new owner;s home, enabling you to eliminate an added housing expense. This popular restaurant provides a nice income for the current owners and is an excellent opportunity for a new owner.
Don’t miss the opportunity to own one of the newest and unique sports bars in this popular tourist area; sports bar by day, this establishment turns into the area’s hottest nightclub when the sun goes down. This business opportunity includes an award winning outdoor patio that is considered to be one of Wisconsin’s largest; it is fully equipped with two outdoor bars, fireplaces, and tons of seating to accommodate the wealthy demographic who frequently visit. The inside is just as great too! Many tourists flock to watch their favorite sports teams on one of the 29 flat-screen TV’s throughout the resort style restaurant. With excellent food, a wide variety of drinks and martinis, video games, darts, pool tables, dancing, music and more, this is the business to own in this high society city! This opportunity is turnkey and it is ready for the right energetic owner to come in and take the business to the next level.
For information regarding our other listings visit www.vrbizlakes.com
Great value opportunity to get into one of the hottest growing concepts in the country. Perfect fit for the experienced local restaurant & bar owner. Current owner will still remain the Area Developer for the state of Wisconsin., where there are tremendous growth opportunities.
Email owner for NDA and FDD to receive financial information.
Well established bar & restaurant for sale in Mellen, Wisconsin.
After a total remodel, this 3,000+ square foot bar & restaurant opened in 2010. It is very well established in the area and is a favorite to locals as well as tourists.
Bar area consists of seating for 26 at bar and an additional 12 people at pub tables. The dining room area is separated from the bar by a glass door which can be left open or closed for more privacy in the dining room. Dining area consists of tables and booths and seats 48 people comfortably. The bar, dining room, and kitchen are all fully equipped. Sale also includes a POS computer system with 2 stations and an 8-Channel Camera Security System.
This establishment is located in Mellen, Wisconsin, which is home to Copper Falls State Park, from which we receive many visitors each year. It is located on the ATV and Snowmobile trails, close to gas stations, and is the only full-service restaurant in the area.
Buyer has the option of also purchasing the adjacent building which consists of 7 rental units. There is great income potential from both businesses.
If interested, please contact Sue at (715)292-2191. Also be sure to check out our facebook page at Snow Creek Bar & Grill for more pictures and info about us.
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‘TRIPS flexibilities sacred; no plans to touch them’
WIPO’s plans to reform the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) are being viewed with certain scepticism by many governments and sections of the global industry. The fear is that the reformed PCT would undermine the ability of national government to make use of TRIPS flexibilities to strike the right balance between patent rights and national interests.
We plan to reform the PCT to address certain dysfunctions in the global patenting system, some of which are purely mechanical in nature. There is a choking of the patent offices across the world due to the spurt in number of patent applications in recent years.
When the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was first concluded in 1883, there were approximately 80,000 patent applications, or new technological solutions, filed around the world. As
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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
Ahead of the 2023 polls, the National Rescue Movement (NRM), has cautioned its member against indulging in anti-party activities, appealing to them to remain law abiding amidst internal wrangling allegedly orchestrated by Senator Mohammed Dansadua.
NRM’s National Publicity, Secretary, Sola Afuye, in a statement yesterday, noted that the party would forge ahead with its National Executive Council meeting, slated September 5.
He said: “The leadership of our great party is so much aware of the illegal activities of some elements in our party under the supervision of Senator Saidu Mohammed Dansadau,the former National Chairman of the party.
“We equally have decided not to join issues with them or promote their obnoxious intentions carried out during their night vigil on Friday 12th August,rather we hold our faithful members and the general public the true position of the party on such matter.
“For everyone that is much conversant with handling of political parties affairs on who has the rights to call for party meetings and signing every communication of the party knows that it was an illegal action and can be likened to a Nollywood poorly edited film.
“We shall equally let them know that this can only happen in the imagination of mischief makers.
“We are happy that our genuine members across the country are knowledgeable on matters of our party constitution, more reasons they refused to participate in such shenanigans.
“We appreciate all our genuine NEC members all over the world for standing by the party.
“The record also had it that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officers with pedigree were not present at such illegal gathering.
‘It is obvious that the perpetrators do not have any place under the law to hide their obnoxious actions than to use Senator Saidu Mohammed Dansadau’s living room.
“We are using this medium to let everyone knows that there is no cause for alarm. Amb. Isaac Chigozie Udeh-led NWC of our party is intact and in charge of the party’s affairs.
“Also the preparation ahead of our NEC meeting on 5th September 2022 NEC is on course, Nothing shall discourage us.


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------Performed by Tom Lehrer | 02/28/2005 11:00:00 AM
National Brotherhood Week: a timeless classic
"Be kind to people who are inferior to you, its only for a week so have no fear, be grateful that it doesn't last all year!"
This goes right along with another bit of Lehrer brilliance in describing "do-gooder" hypocrisy: "The nicest thing about protesting something is that it makes you feel so good."
It seems that the very people that are often screaming the loudest about "intolerance" are the most intolerant themselves. They're smarter than you, and better than you, and are entirely able, without the slightest reservations, to tell you what you should do. Just don't do as they do, because their shortcomings are forgivable and others aren't.
Thus these Lehrer lyrics, among many others, have a timeless quality, that remind us that many American-style protests reveal far more sad truths about the protestors than the targets of the protests.
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New laws goals to make amassing unclaimed youngster help funds simpler
ALBANY, NY – Laws to make it easier for families to find and collect unclaimed child support payments were signed by Governor Cuomo on Friday. The law provides a process whereby unclaimed funds are forwarded to the State Comptroller Office so families can more easily find unclaimed payments.
The state has tens of millions of dollars in undistributed funds because Local Social Services (LDSS) sometimes struggle to find parents who need payments. Money is crucial to keeping families out of poverty.
“Many parents who have economic difficulties are dependent on child benefit payments for the basic needs of the household. Unfortunately, the bureaucratic process of collecting these payments has made it impossible for some to access these funds, ”said Cuomo. “With this new law, we are simplifying the previously unnecessarily difficult administrative process and making it more efficient for families to receive the funds to which they are entitled.”
The old process required the LDSS to file a petition with the family court for the funds to be deposited with the district treasurer. The funds had to remain with the county treasurer for five years before they could be turned over to the state comptroller. It would take seven years or more for the funds to be searched on the auditor’s website.
The new system allows LDSS to transfer unclaimed funds to the State Comptroller Office of Nonclaimed Funds after LDSS spent two years trying to track down the family entitled to the funds. By eliminating the need to go to the family court, the time it takes families to seek remedies is reduced by five years.


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Over the past 6 months we’ve been busy making our first Facebook-only game. It's called FootFall.
The game lets a player run their own shoe shop with an emphasis on stock management and window design. It's a C4 Education project for teens, and focusses on two of their core 2011 commissioning themes; entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
The game sets out to demonstrate the social, environmental and financial impact of decisions made when running a business, but most importantly that running a profitable business doesn't mean running an evil empire. We've been calling it a socially-minded social game, which we very much like the sound of!
The anatomy of a social game
Most social games have an economy which balances play, and a daily loop which encourages specific interactions within the game. When you get the relationship between the two just right, you have control of the player, and for social games this is important.
Every interaction in a social game costs (or earns) the player certain commodities. Generally speaking the common three are energy (representing the ability to interact or do things), currency (representing the ability to acquire items or progress within the game) and XP (representing game progress). The daily loop uses the inter-dependence of all three to create a well-oiled (and crucially) controlled player journey.
A daily loop is a theoretical play scenario, designed as the path of least resistance for game progress. A generic daily loop might include collecting energy (to allow world interaction), earning currency (to facilitate spending), doing activities (to earn XP to progress in-game), visiting friends (to earn more energy and crucially creating social competition), and finally customising your personalised area (such as a room or patch of land). The loop also creates reasons for the player to return to the game at a future time, often by incentivising repeat visits with tangible rewards such as in-game items and currency. These 'open-loops' are a game designers most important weapon in keeping players coming back, and crucial for retention beyond the 'buzz' of the initial launch.
Interaction in the world is often limited by a player’s Energy. Limiting interaction allows the designer to hold stuff back from the player and thus limit progress. Time will often replenish energy allowing steady but slow progress, however the purchasing of energy with real cash removes (albeit temporarily) the throttling, and allows the player to progress at their own speed.
Our game design is based on these principles of a balanced economy and structured play, but tries to do something a bit different.
It turns out it's very hard to make a challenging social game. By their design they are easy to play and reward ‘interaction’ over skill. For Footfall we wanted to make a game which rewarded good judgement and played more like a casual game, albeit in shorter sessions and over a longer period.
The game has all the obvious Facebook game features you'd expect like gifting, incentivised friend visits, wall posts and other Social-graph integration, however it's not a typical social game - it's not monetized, has no energy rationing, and lacks the obvious 'grind'.
Screenshot of the friend window-cleaning feature
Our design takes a trading game mechanic (with stock management and consumer trends) into a semi-persistent world, set against the backdrop of an unfolding casual narrative which challenges our players to make the ‘right’ business decision.
We are deliberately blending genres and we're actually pretty confident it's going to work!
Footfall places the player in charge of a fledgling shoe-shop, and tasks them with selecting the stock, the manufacturer, a pricing policy and (crucially) the window display to generate sales from a trend-obsessed public. Designed as a semi-persistent world, the game mixes session-based challenges with multi-session game loops to create an experience which should be instantly enjoyable but with enough depth to keep players checking-in regularly.
Here’s some ‘back of box’ information:
- Features over 100 unique shoes to unlock, manufacture and sell
- 8 distinct shoe designers, each with their own style and specialisms to choose from
- 16 different manufacturing options with varying social, environmental and cost implications to consider
- Over 500k different shop-window combinations created through plinths, point-of-sale promotions and backgrounds using a bespoke drag-and-drop design tool
- Seasonal trends on daily cycles, delivered through the game world’s own Fashion press
- A multi-fascetted ‘casual narrative’ directly linked to game progress
The in-game Fashion Press, 'Voogue'
As their shop, reputation and demand grows, balancing and tweaking stock levels and pricing will become increasingly important, so we’re also creating a companion iOS app to manage on the move. This will allow stock checking and provide daily check-in bonuses.
Early screenshots of the iPhone companion app
The vision for the game has always been to make the shoes the stars. We wanted to create an experience in-which collecting them was almost as fun as playing the game itself. Given this focus, one of our earliest challenges was not only making sure we choose the right shoes to feature in the game, but also capture them in a style which appealed to the audience. The curation and creation of the shoes fell to Amanda Luisa and Grace Ward respectively.
When we first won the project we posted a message on Twitter seeking a shoe expert. To our surprise, we were inundated. We selected Amanda Luisa not only because she runs a small and successful shoe-design business and works regularly with the target audience in her shoe workshops, but because she got what we where trying to do from the outset. Her brief was to source a range of shoes which were on-trend, aspirational and different, from which we could create a gameable taxonomy. The shoes that you see in the game are all based on real shoes sourced from catwalk shoes, fashion magazines and in high-street shops. It’s safe to say that for about 2 months the images that adorned the walls of Preloaded made the studio unrecognisable to our regular visitors!
Grace Ward is the brave and talented illustrator who took on the job of illustrating 100+ shoes. Whilst Amanda provided the ‘real-world’ reference, Grace’s illustration brief was to take them ‘beyond reality’. We wanted strange, unique and odd shoes which would genuinely surprise the player once unlocked. We’ve got loafers made out of Conkers, Platform shoes made out of chocolate cake, Candyfloss High heels and steam-punk snowboots. Here’s a sneak-peak of just a handful of Grace’s wonderful creations:
A selection of 'makeable' shoes in game
Beta and beyond
We will be rolling out Footfall onto Facebook with a closed beta test in early November which will help us finalise the balancing shoe prices, shoe unlocking sequences, the value of offers and costs of shoes, amongst other things. We will also be looking at the game data, to measure how the game is being played relative to our expectations, and making last minute adjustments.
The game will be complete before Christmas, and as with any ‘social-game’ we will be tinkering behind the scenes once it’s launched, as well as updating the game with new content (including new shoes!) in the proceeding months. We will also be exploring opportunities for player’s to get their own shoe designs and shop decorations into future releases of the game, which we are really excited about.
In the meantime, if you’d like to be part of the closed-beta and start playing the game, please make sure you 'like' our Footfall Facebook page, and we’ll send you an invite when the shop opens for ‘early’ business.

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Yes dear, don’t you know just a shot of the liquid can help you lose weight, detoxify, reduce those spots on your chick and chins? No, it’s not any medicated formula, it is this ‘apple cider vinegar’!! How am I so sure about that? Okay fine, I’m not. I was bluffing all the above things,(not to take them seriously). The apple cider vinegar is one such thing that I was always curious about ‘if it really works or how it works, what it really is, etc. etc.?’.
What this Vinegar is All About?
Apple cider vinegar colloquially referred to as ACV, is a vinegar formed from apple it’s peels, flesh, cores and all. To convert apple into vinegar, it is combined with yeast from which the process of fermentation starts.
The whole process of apple cider vinegar consists of two steps:
1st Step: The yeast added to the apple breaks down the fructose (glucose)in it and form alcohol and this is called fermentation
2nd Step: The bacteria that are generated further break the alcohol into a compound called acetic acid.
Widely accepted, it is only because of the acetic acid, that the solution is considered to contain such a huge list of health benefits. It has mycobactericidal activities, which protects from dangerous bacteria multiplication. Acetic acid is an active ingredient that is found in almost every vinegar but what differentiates the apple cider vinegar from other vinegar is the presence of Mother in it. The presence of acetic acid gives the signature sour taste and the smell.
Why is Apple Cider Vinegar(ACV) Considered Healthier Than Any Other Vinegar?
When I was asked about this I said it is because of apple that it is considered healthier. Because everyone says that, ‘An Apple a Day Keeps a Doctor Away’, and in general it is also true to every layman. In addition to this, the other thing that enhances ACV’s importance is the MOTHER. I have mentioned this mother thing earlier also, but what is Mother?
What is MOTHER in ACV
Mother in ACV is the ball like substance at the bottom of the bottle which is present in the raw vinegar or unpasteurized vinegar bottles. In pasteurized vinegar, this goopy, cobweb-like substance is filtered. Mother is the hub of all the good things. It contains a mix of all the acetic acid, fibers, bacteria, etc. hence is the healthy part of the vinegar. The presence of Mother gives the murky color to ACV.
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Health Benefits of ACV (Scientifically Accepted)
- Aids in natural weight loss
Consumption of ACV will reduce fats in weeks, is a myth more than a fact. But the real reason that triggers weight loss is the presence of acetic acid that helps balance the high blood sugar, which ultimately leads to gradual weight loss.
- Helps in nutrient absorption
Acetic acid facilitates nutrient uptake, such as iron. Hence it is very helpful for vegetarians to consume protein.
The mycobacteria that cause tuberculosis is the toughest bacteria to kill, and the antibacterial property of ACV has the power to kill that. They are also referred to as disinfectant-resistant bacteria.
They lower down our sugar needs, which is why they help in weight reduction.
It boosts immunity and helps in stimulating the digestive system.
- Natural food preservative
These are some of the health benefits of apple cider vinegar.
Looking at all the health benefits and how it is formed, what I can suggest is, it will be a fad if you consume it in a huge amount only for the purpose of losing weight. Believe me, it does not work that way. It will be healthy to consume ACV in the same way you consume other kinds of vinegar. Mix it with food items as an ingredient.
Also, you should keep in mind, consuming ACV in large amounts along with water will hamper your tooth enamel. They have a high pH level. So be aware of such things, and other than that, everything in good proportion is healthy, when ACV itself is such a superfood in itself.
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A proposal to build four swimming pools at area schools fell on the budget-minded ears of local elected officials Wednesday who largely believe that there isn't enough money.
The idea is not dead, but it is unlikely that the two boards will fund the project in the near future, according to comments Wednesday at a meeting of School Board and Board of County Commissioners. St. Johns County has cut $18 million from next year's recommended General Fund budget, and the School District is faced with the demands of a growing county coupled with implementing the statewide voter-mandated class size amendment.
Commissioner Bruce Maguire wants the pools to be built, though he said he understands the financial situation of the two boards and the need to prioritize. He said he wanted to see some progress on the issue, or closure, because it's been talked about for months without any real action.
Most representatives from the School Board and the County Commission said the pools couldn't be built any time soon.
Commissioner Marc Jacalone pointed to the two YMCAs in the county and the various condominium complexes and developments as sources of swimming pools. He said people have many opportunities to swim, and he would be hesitant to pay a large amount of money for public pools.
School Board Chairman Carla Wright said the district doesn't get enough money from the state to even begin to cover the things it needs.
"What I'm saying is not this year. Please. Because we have a terrible problem," Wright said.
Key staff members also weighed in.
"I don't want to get expectations up that we're going to build pools in the next couple of years because there's some fountain of money that's just not there," said David Toner, director of Facilities and Operations for the School District.
Officials from the county Recreation and Parks Department proposed building four pools for $800,000 each at middle or high schools. The only public pool in the county is at the Willie Galimore Center, and the department's goal is to reduce drownings by teaching every child to swim.
"The basic idea is that both the School Board and the county have a responsibility to the children in the community," said Dan Weimer, director of the Recreation and Parks Department.
The question, he said, is how to pay for it. The money could come from a sales tax, bond issue or capital improvement funds, he said.
Superintendent Joseph Joyner favors building swimming pools, but he said it's important to look at where the capital dollars are going as the district reduces class size over 10 years while more children move into the county.
Weimer said there is large community-based support for building municipal pools.
A possible solution may be found in Community Development Districts that pay special taxes for neighborhood projects. The idea surfaced from Julington Creek Plantation resident Don Beattie who attended the meeting. He suggested that the county require public access to the pools built with the funds of new Community Development districts.
Maguire said he will put the pool issue on the county agenda -- sometime after the County Commission adopts the Fiscal Year 2004 budget -- to gauge the County Commission's feelings. The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
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Andorra has two ski areas formed by the union of several resorts, and an entertainment complex where you can practice cross-country skiing. During the summer, they also offer the opportunity to practice activities in contact with nature.
Formed from the merger of Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig and Soldeu-El Tarter, Grandvalira is the largest ski area in the Pyrenees with 193 km of slopes. It currently has six entrances to the resort along the main road or "Carretera General 2" towards France, following the river "Valira d'Orient".www.grandvalira.com
Emerging from the alliance between the ski resorts of Pal, Arinsal and Ordino-Arcalis in 2004-2005. It's located in La Massana and Ordino parishes. Vallnord has 1,149 hectares with a capacity of 48,210 people per hour, a total of 89 km spread over 66 tracks: 7 black runs, 27 red, 22 blue, 10 green and 6 slalom runs. Pal-Arinsal have no direct connection to Ordino.Arcalís by ski circuit nor by funitel or cable car, while the first two are linked via cable.www.vallnord.com
Located in La Rabassa, with a maximum height of 2160 m and a minimum height of 1960 m. It has 15 miles of marked trails, distributed in 5 different difficulty level runs.www.nautrlandia.com
Andorra is the country of the Pyrenees and therefore provide endless hiking tours, mountain lakes and shelters. Request information on our reception or download the maps.maps


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With the distinct atmosphere of the island noted all over the breakfast room and a wide variety of local products, the guests at Poseidonia Beach Hotel enjoy a nutritious and healthy breakfast with the quality mark of the authentic local gastronomy. The extra virgin olive oil, the olives, the traditional Cypriot sausage, the homemade pastries and sweets, the carob honey, the almond nuts and a variety of traditional cheeses compose a diversified and memorable breakfast. The Cyprus breakfast is completed with the rose machalepi, offering a refreshing touch unique to the local cuisine.
The Breakfast at Poseidonia has all the virtues of the Cyprus cuisine: freshness, simplicity, clarity of flavors, sincerity, light and measure. The overall style of the hotel aims to be characterized by those virtues, the interior and exterior design as well as its corporate culture.
Overlooking the gardens and the sea, the breakfast room offers the perfect setting for a leisurely breakfast. The participation of the hotel in the Cyprus Breakfast program has helped in creating a dedicated corner with recipes and food that are unique to the Cypriot gastronomy.

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A Barracuda Professional Services Engineer will lead a remote project kick-off meeting to go through the project requirements, review the details of the configuration plan and schedule the installation.
The certified engineer will install the solution according to best practices and the requirements identified in the planning phase. This includes installation of the appliances (physical / virtual) with the latest generally-available code release. No advanced configuration takes place in this phase. The goal is to ensure the solution is passing / receiving traffic and that all subsystem components are functioning as expected. The engineer will work with the customer to remedy any technical anomalies.
With all instances properly built and able to communicate, services will be enabled and the product will be configured per the requirements discussed during pre-installation planning. Knowledge transfer is also provided, to ensure the customer’s staff has a basic understanding of the implemented technology and can begin to administer the solution in conjunction with Barracuda Technical Support.
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Dolores County, Colorado
The Dolores County Courthouse in Dove Creek
Dolores County is located on the Western Slope of west central Colorado. Dove Creek lays claim to being the Pinto Bean Capital of the World (and they offer a disclaimer with the title: they're talking quality, not quantity).
Dolores County contains 1,067 square miles of land and 1 square mile of water.
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“The apparent unpreparedness” of Brexit by the British poses “real risks” to cross-channel traffic management in the coming weeks, the Prefect of the North warns in a letter to Prime Minister Jean Castex, as he notes ongoing progress.
“The technical conversion of the United Kingdom to third country status is technically successful on the French side, but an apparent lack of preparation is being fished for on the British side,” regrets the Prefect of the Defense and Security Zone North, Michel Lalande, in this letter dated January 14, which takes stock of the consequences of Brexit two weeks after it came into force.
This situation poses “real risks in the event of resumption of activity” while heavy goods traffic between the UK and France is picking up very quietly after the beginning of January.
Trucks sometimes blocked for more than 60 hours
“The low volume of traffic, the relative lack of goods transported for import, but also the initial flexibility of the state services in formal controls obscure the nevertheless very real difficulties,” said the storage parking spaces in the port of Calais and in The exit of the Channel Tunnel has already been several times satisfied, Mr. Lalande worries.
He points out that many heavy-duty vehicles remain blocked there because of “disproportionate delays”, sometimes longer than 60 hours.
One of the problems raised is the fact that “the health certificates filled in by the UK authorities are incomplete and unsatisfactory, with the result that many heavy goods vehicles are disembarking in France while the lack of this formality cannot be resolved”.
Another problem that weakens the “smart border” system that must allow documents to be checked during transit is that agents of transport companies often scan the wrong documents.
They drive to French parking lots where heavy duty vehicles are stored, 50% of which must be regulated by trucks that shouldn’t be there.
An improvement in spite of everything
Mr Lalande recalled the “constant dialogue between the French and British services” in the face of these difficulties and said that the situation had improved since the beginning of the week, in particular due to tightening controls on the French side.
If 30 heavy goods vehicles had been escorted across the canal on Tuesday the 12th due to a lack of formalities, there would be no more trucks without a health certificate to regret on Wednesday as the transport companies would have “fully assumed their responsibility,” he wrote.
In his letter, the Prefect also drew attention to the continued concern in the French fisheries sector and it was taking some time to clarify the conditions for the application of the cooperation agreement. He feared that the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer “could lose its status as the leading French fishing port in the long term, given the foreseeable reduction in landings” of seafood “. A meeting on the same subject was held on Friday in Boulogne between representatives of the state and fishermen.
The sub-prefect responsible for Brexit, Paul-François Schira, warned that the controls, which initially “let the goods pass if no health risk has been identified,” would be tightened: “For certain non-documentary documents, we will reject or destroy the goods” . The point is to apply regulations “always better and with the associated consequences”.
“When a third-party product returns to France, it must have these health documents that at least assure us of the nature and quality of the products,” confirmed the Deputy Director of Food, Forestry.


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Discoveries in Biological Science
The world of biological science is a diverse, fascinating and ever-changing field. One that is filled with many ground-breaking discoveries that continue to shape the world we live in today. Within the past 200 years, advances in technology have rapidly increased which has led to incredible biological breakthroughs. Biologists like Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, and George Otto Gey, have paved the way for our future generations. Just under 100 years ago, a biologist, and physician, by the name of Alexander Fleming, discovered the miracle drug that is now known as penicillin.
In 1928, Fleming was researching microbes and began a number of experiments involving the staphylococcal bacteria. As Fleming being a rather untidy person, had left plates of bacteria (uncovered petri dishes) sitting next to an open window in his laboratory. After being exposed to the outside (world), mold spores had contaminated one of his culture plates. When Fleming observed the moldy dishes, he had discovered something extraordinary. Mold had destroyed all the bacteria that was around it. Fleming had just discovered, entirely by accident, the first antibiotic. I have chosen to rank this breakthrough third due to the impact it has had on the drug industry and the medical world we now know today. Before penicillin, there was no way to cure infections and even a little cut on the knee, if it got infected enough, could turn into something serious and possibly fatal. This “miracle drug has a rapid effect and stops the spread of diseases and infections. This discovery truly revolutionized medicine. Born over 150 years ago, Marie Curies research into radioactivity revolutionized everything from medicine to technology. Marie Curie was the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes for achievements in science. In 1897, gifted physicist, Marie Curie became interested in the work of Henri Becquerel, the first person to find evidence of radioactivity. Because of this Curie decided to begin her own research in minerals containing uranium. While extracting uranium, from pitchblende (Uraninite), she had found more radioactive elements. In 1898, Marie and her husband had discovered a new element which they named Polonium. Months later they found a second element a million times more radioactive than uranium. They called it radium.
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In 1903 Marie and Henri Becquerel were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics and pioneering work. Eight years later, Marie Curie had received her own Nobel Prize in chemistry (for her contribution to research on radium and polonium). I personally found Curies “story” and discoveries to be not only inspiring but monumental. Thus why I chose this breakthrough to be second. “Marie applied her theory. She used radioactive materials to treat cancer. Pierre had the idea to of implanting small seeds of radioactive materials into tumors to shrink them.” The discovery of radium had/has a heavy impact on the medical field. Just look at the use of x-rays (& ionizing radiation) and the effect it has on cancer treatments. Ethics is oftentimes defined as moral principles that govern one’s understanding of what is right and what is from wrong. When discovering one of the most important biological breakthroughs many often questions George Otto Geys ethics. The biologist, George Otto Gey was credited with propagating the HeLa cell line. On February 1st, 1951, an African American woman, named Henrietta Lacks, was a patient at the John Hopkins gynecology clinic in Baltimore. Henrietta had a large tumor on her cervix and underwent various operations and treatments, yet cancer continued to spread. And on October 4th, 1951, Henrietta died. Due to her passing, and as an African American, she had no medical rights, so the clinic had taken her cervical tissue (biopsies) and sent it to the pathology department for clinical evaluation and research. Even during Henrietta’s visits, biopsy samples were taken without her knowledge. These samples were sent to George Otto Gey, who was the director of the laboratory.
In these samples, Gey discovered that the cells were immortal and began using the cells for his own research. Gey tried to “erase” the record of Henrietta by abbreviating her name, which is how we get HeLa. The cell line plays a valuable role in medicine today. Gey was ultimately the founder of the HeLa cell line and supplied us with one of the most important biological samples in the world. Hence why I am rating this biological breakthrough as number one. I also have a rather bias view and vast knowledge on this particular breakthrough. I studied Henrietta Lacks and George Otto Gey in my high school chemistry class in 10th grade. I was also required of me to read “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot and I am glad I did. To this day it is a book I frequently go back to and thoroughly enjoy. These scientific breakthroughs and discoveries shaped the world we live in. Without them, we would not have the same science, technology, medicine and overall knowledge that we have today. These breakthroughs shaped our lives and our future.

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Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) have resolved not to attend Plenary sittings until MPs, Allan Ssewanyana and Ssegirinya Muhammed are produced in courts of law.
Yesterday, the same MPs led by Leader of the Opposition Mathias Mpuuga stormed out of the Chamber after raising concerns about the re-arrest of the two MPs and no convincing answer was given by the government representatives.
The MPs say it’s unfair for Parliament to conduct business normally, yet some of its members are under unclear arrest.
They also demand the government explain the whereabouts of other opposition supporters who have been in detention for a while.
Ssegirinya and Ssewanyana are set to be arraigned before the Masaka Magistrates’ Court today on Wednesday to face fresh charges. A week ago, the duo was charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. They were given bail and immediately rearrested at the gates of Kigo Prison by security operatives donning black police uniforms.


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Digitisation is tearing down the perceived walls of the supply chain's compartmentalised steps through marketing, product development, manufacturing, distribution, and finally into the hands of the customer. The supply chain is becoming a completely integrated ecosystem to all the stakeholders involved - from the suppliers of raw materials, components, and parts, to the transporters of those supplies and finished goods, and finally to the customers demanding fulfilment.
S/4HANA enables the fruition of this ecosystem by incorporating the following key innovations: advanced availability to promise, integrated quality management, embedded extended warehouse management, efficient procurement, etc.
The result will enable companies to react to disruptions in the supply chain, and even anticipate them by fully modelling the network, creating “what-if” scenarios, and adjusting the supply chain in real time as conditions change.
Available-to-Promise to advanced Available-to-Promise
In the traditional SAP ECC system, conventional Available-to-Promise (ATP) is the order fulfilment process that is designed to provide a commitment to customer-requested order quantities and dates based on availability of products. The availability check ensures that there are enough components available for planned or production orders in production planning and production control. It is an important function in the supply chain and is easy to use and implement, although it does not always offer customers the depth of functionality they were looking for. Further functionality is obtained by implementing SAP Advanced Planning and Optimisation (APO), but entails much more complexity in use and implementation.
The increased complexity of models in today’s digital world, where more complex mechanisms are necessary for varied production, variable demand and multiple stock localisations, led to the fact that SAP conventional ATP has become insufficient. To cope with all these changes and to adhere to the new S/4HANA value levers (agility, efficiency and effectiveness) SAP has developed aATP (advanced Available-to-Promise) which addresses the challenge of working in a dynamic and moving environment allowing organisations to thrive (instead of getting caught like a deer in headlights) as a result of this new dynamic and moving business environment.
How it affects backorder processing
One functionality that was revamped with S/4HANA regarding aATP was backorder processing. This functionality is used to check material availability when the demand or supply situation in your sales order fulfilment process has changed and you want to check if previously calculated confirmations for sales orders are still realistic. For example:
You receive an order from a very strategic customer, "Customer A" for material "Z" but the entire quantity of "Z" is committed to another customer, "Customer B" via an earlier sales order. Customer B is usually late with payments. Through back order processing the commitments could be changed and stock due shifted from customer "B" to "A".
Enterprises today have a wide portfolio of customers that range from the most strategic and valuable to the least profitable and flaky. When demand exceeds supply, in seasonal products or a very successful product launch, for example, enterprises must prioritise their sales orders to ensure that strategic customers always get served. Using conventional ATP in SAP ECC, enterprises needed to execute ATP multiple times and sometimes rely on secondary systems.
S/4HANA 1610 introduces a new backorder processing confirmation strategy that classifies customers in five categories:
- Confirm as requested
- Shall be fully confirmed in time (the most important customer orders)
- Improve if possible
- Shall keep the confirmations and should gain if possible (orders that cannot lose the earlier confirmations)
- Redistribute and Reconfirm
- Might gain, might lose (orders that can lose confirmations)
- Delete confirmation, if required
- Shall not gain anything, should keep confirmation, but may also lose (non-priority customer orders)
- Delete confirmation
- Shall lose all confirmations (orders under credit block)
A rush order is the last-minute customer order after the production plan of a company has been concluded. For these rush orders, appropriate and reasonable response is imperative, as it could put strain on customer relationship and services. A good and positive response could help the company to build and retain its market share in today’s highly competitive markets. The prioritised fulfilment sequence of rush customer demands can be reached with the new aATP based on the fulfilment ability and the prioritised new confirmation concept.
The example below illustrates a rush order that was created for a very strategic customer where the stock of the material orders has already been committed to sales orders of other customers of a lower confirmation strategy hierarchy, leaving no stock available for the rush order. After executing the backorder processing run, stock previously committed to sales orders with customers classified as REDISTRIBUTE, FILL and LOSE has shifted to the rush order containing a customer classified as WIN.

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In the past couple years, social media combined with traditional media has allowed people all over the world to feel they are supporting and participating in very visible revolutions (think Iran, Tunisia, Egypt). There is also a slow and steady revolution happening as more and more communities around the world access the tools to tell their own stories in their own words from their own perspectives.
I came across the Mathare Valley blog this weekend. It’s beautiful, artful and powerful.
According to the ‘about’ page, the authors of the blog: Simon Kokoyo, Ivyonne Tiany and Jeff Mohamed, grew up in or around Mathare. They are now involved in community programs there, including the Map Mathare Initiative.
Jamie Lundine, who works at MapKibera and who’s supporting some community mapping in Mathare, wrote an excellent post about integrating participatory community development work and digital mapping in Mathare, showing how development and tech folks can combine their expertise and work together with communities to strengthen local development processes.
In my last post, I wrote about how communications (and ICTs) should be ‘built in, not bolted on‘ to development initiatives. The Mathare Initiative looks like a good example of that, with community members taking a strong lead.


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Vice President George Bush yesterday used the convocation speech to graduates of Howard University to try to assuage black fears about President Reagan's commitment to equal opportunity and the impact of the administration's budget cuts on minorities and the poor.
"I know that many members of America's black community, along with other minority communities, have serious concerns about the philosophy of the Reagan administration on the paramount issues of civil rights and equal opportunity," Bush told the crowd, gathered at Howard Stadium for the school's 113th convocation.
"Let there be no doubt among minority Americans regarding the commitment of this administration to our nation's civil rights laws," he said.
Bush's speech to 1,000 graduates of one of the nation's most prestigious black universities and their guests contained many refrains from earlier addresses to predominantly black audiences. He quoted poet Langston Hughes, pledged more money to black colleges, promised to put black America back to work and condemned the recent surge in racially motivated violence.
"Let the white hood and the swastika, those ugly symbols of hatred and bigotry, be buried in the past, for there is no room for racial or religious intolerance in America," Bush said.
Among many of the nearly two dozen graduates interviewed afterwards, jubilant at passing one phase in their lives but uncertain about the next, Bush's words were taken skeptically.
Anthony Bourbon Reams of Los Angeles, who was graduated with a DDS degree from the College of Dentistry, said, "It always tickles me to no end how black folks get these type folks to come down here and talk.
"I thought they could have gotten [N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director] Benjamin Hooks or somebody. But the school depends largely on the federal government for support, so it's all politics. We just had to smile and be nice."
The vice president was forced to speak over the chants of a few dozen sign-waving demonstrators, who stood behind a chain-link fence about 50 feet from the stage. Directly in front of Bush, about 40 members of the graduating classes stood up and turned their backs to the vice president at the opening of his remarks. A few of the graduates waved red flags and red hankerchiefs.
The protests had been called for by a handful of students opposed to Reagan administration's social programs and foreign policy, as well as Bush's former role as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Some of the students had preferred that the honorary degree given to Bush be bestowed instead on Robert Mugabe, prime minister of Zimbabwe.
Bush made one slight reference to those graduates standing with their backs to him, at the end of his prepared speech when he said, "The graduating class of '81 and the members of this audience here at Howard are headed in the same direction." Then he added, laughing, "although if you look around out there you wouldn't know it."
While the visible protest had little support, some graduates talked afterwards of their private reservations and feelings of uncertainty about the future for black Americans preparing to enter the economic mainstream under the Reagan administration.
"I'm glad I made it through before he started cutting B.E.O.G. (Basic Educational Opportunity Grants) and student loans," said Eric Lamar, a graduating senior from the business school. "I never would have made it through without those things.
"But then I look at my nephew," Lamar said, pointing to a lanky high school-aged youngster standing next to him, posing for pictures. "He's going to need some of those same programs I needed. So now I feel an obligation to get out there and fight for them."
Bush was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. University President James E. Cheek thanked Bush for his "friendship . . . and continued advocacy of our cause."
Honorary law degrees were also granted to Dr. James Madison Nabrit Jr., who served as president of the university through most of the turbulent 1960s, and to U.S. Appeals Court Chief Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III, who was graduated from the university's law school in 1939 with the highest scholastic average in the history of the school.
An honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree was awarded to Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, who once headed the former military government in Nigeria.

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Martello, Leo Louis (1931-2000)
Martello, Leo Louis (1931-2000)
Contemporary Wiccan priest. Martello was born on September 26, 1931, in Dudley, Massachusetts. He attended Assumption College and Hunter College and went on to become a Spiritualist minister. In the early 1960s he founded the Temple of Spiritual Guidance and the Spiritual Independents Movement. Through the 1960s he concentrated on his skills as a psychic reader and wrote a series of short booklets: Your Pen Personality (1961), Its in the Cards (1964), and How to Prevent Psychic Blackmail (1966).
By the end of the 1960s, however, he had begun to identify with the slowly emerging neopagan witchcraft movement. In 1970 he founded the Witches Liberation Movement and the Witches Anti-Defamation League as instruments to demand religious rights and reparation payments for the Wiccan community. That same year he organized a Halloween "witch-in" in New York City's Central Park.
Martello was quickly recognized as a leader in the Wiccan community and soon turned out a string of books that were widely read in the community, which had at the time produced only a few texts of its own. His 1973 book Witchcraft: The Old Religions was standard reading for young Wiccans through the rest of the decade and was frequently cited as an authoritative presentation of the beliefs and practices of modern witches. He also began to publish a periodical that flourished through the early 1970s, the WICA Newsletter, and the Witchcraft Digest.
Martello identifies himself as a traditionalist Wiccan with Sicilian roots. His coven operates under the name Witches International Craft Associates. He also founded and heads Hero Press, a small publishing operation. Martello died in June 2000.
Martello, Leo Louis. Curses in Verses. New York: Hero Press, 1971.
——. Weird Ways of Witchcraft. New York: HC Publishers, 1969.
Melton, J. Gordon. Religious Leaders of America. 2nd edition. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999.
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Study on muscle protein emulsification properties and mechanism of past is mainly based in by adding plant oil as the dispersed phase model based on the research, and puts forward the emulsion of oil in water type emulsion theory of membrane protein (IPF) and physical inlay fixation theory (matrix protein immobilized). However, in the meat industry, but also to animal muscle and fat as raw material for processing, almost without using vegetable oil. So far, research on muscle protein and fat shear emulsification mechanism and emulsifying properties has been unable to break through, comminuted meat products often water, oil and other issues.
Effect of high shear emulsifying machine shearing time of meat in the particle size distribution and emulsification properties of 3000 rpm shear velocity under different shear time (1 min, 3 min, 5 min and 7 min) of meat in fat particle size and particle size distribution characteristics, emulsion stability and gel hardness size effect. The results show that the shearing fat for 5 min and 7 min after, meat fat particles is relatively small, particle size distribution range is narrow, uniformity is better, better emulsion stability, gel strength, but the difference between the two treatment groups is not significant (P0.05). So this test choice backfat at 3000 rpm shear velocity shear 5 min made of meat emulsions and gels, which can meet the requirement of the study in the following sections.

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On the heels of the 79th UFI Congress, hosted in Abu Dhabi in late 2012, the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Cultural Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has announced the launch of the Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau in the United Arab Emirates.
The Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau is a new, one-stop entity within TCA Abu Dhabi designed to support the growth of exhibitions and conferences in the city, providing financial and non-financial support to interested parties.
“We will provide free and non-biased assistance and support to professional convention, incentive and exhibition planners, corporations and associations so that they can bid for, win and hold conferences, major business events, business meetings and congresses in Abu Dhabi,” Jasem Al Darmaki, deputy director general of TCA Abu Dhabi, says in a release.
The bureau will provide a variety of services, including bid presentation support, delegate generation campaigns, local stakeholder coordination and knowledge, on-site destination advice, government support coordination and marketing assistance.
TCA Abu Dhabi is also working to upgrade its Abu Dhabi Advantage incentive programs aimed at bringing international events to the emirate and winning regional corporate meetings for the destination—the upgraded versions will be launched at the Gulf Incentive Business Tourism and Meetings exhibition later this month.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks fell on Tuesday after No. 1 U.S. electronics chain Best Buy Co. BBY, -2.50% said its fourth-quarter gross margin, a measure of profit, would be worse than it had expected in the face of deflation in notebook computers and flat panel televisions. The S&P Retail Index $rlx fell 0.7% to 413.30. Best Buy was down 6.1%.
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Global climate change due to increased levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases caused by human activity has the potential to threaten life on earth. International cooperation is required to effectively address this threat; however the climate crisis represents a classic collective action problem in response to overexploitation of a global commons. This article explains the global climate change issue, traces efforts to confront it, and argues that inherent difficulties plague collective responses to global commons problems. It pinpoints individual reasons for collective action failures, examines background economic and scientific problems, and analyzes how group factors such as strategy and coalition building affect cooperation. Finally, the article overviews how ambiguous international environmental law principles may further hinder global solutions to the climate crisis and suggests a series of best practices for future negotiations.
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Nostalgia can be a corrosive force in pop music, an art form where the pull of the present (and of the future) is all-powerful. Nowhere is this more obvious than in ‘The Big Reunion’, the ITV reality series where a gaggle of lower-level pop acts from the 90s and 00s are paraded before the cameras to display the various ways in which minor pop stardom damaged them. The hook for this is, of course, their handful of hit singles – songs which remind viewers of a certain age of more carefree times spent drinking the day away at the student union. And so we have an accompanying live show where these 30-somethings can pay to relive one of these days – if you pay the cheapest ticket price and squint at the stage, you could conceivably even convince yourself that the people on stage are their younger versions. Nostalgia is the sole reason for the show and the concerts existing – you don’t need to watch to know that the acts will be wheeled out to perform their two or three hits and then swiftly despatched. There’s no room for a creative spark here. Once, this kind of thing was relegated to ironic celebrations at student bars and faintly embarrassing gay clubs – in our age of (to paraphrase Coupland) an irony which scorches everything it touches, it is prime time tv and arena fare.
It betrays a cheap attitude towards pop music which gleefully masquerades as a down-to-earth progressiveness: “I don’t take myself too seriously, this is just a laugh!” Yet surely anyone who truly loved the pop songs these acts were part of and the times they now represent would baulk at their tawdry debasement in the name of exploitative reality tv? A debasement which has nothing to do with the transformative wonder of pop music and everything to do with an appeal to our basest instincts. There is no respect present, no sense of pop as an art form. It’s an approach which is currently pervasive yet to question it is to be seen as narrow-minded: witness the latest trite sneering at Jake Buggs’ dismissal of One Direction as ‘rubbish’ and contrast with the simpering gratitude afforded to The Vaccines’ for deigning to write songs for an act we all quietly seem to think should be beneath them. Music journalists wheel out the old “they’re not aimed at you” defence, a flimsy response which quickly falls apart – from The Rolling Stones to Prince to Rihanna, our biggest and best pop acts have always won the affections of millions of ‘kids’. Furthermore, terrible taste in music is clearly not the sole preserve of girls in thrall to their hormones. No, the ‘it’s not aimed at you’ argument (always wheeled out by music critics who are long past their teens) is a patronising conceit which reveals an underlying contempt for the pop acts involved – they’re fine for them lot, they don’t need to concern us grown-ups! Indeed, the same people who wheel out this argument invariably always think it’s a badge of pride that they say nice things about these acts, safe in the knowledge that we all secretly understand that they don’t actually sit at home listening to them.
No, pop deserves to be taken seriously, to be freed from the poisonous post-modernist mockery which sees it as all a bit tragic, really. I was actually inspired to write this because of a very different kind of pop landmark: while The Big Reunion presents a bunch of acts which (it is presumed) we will find amusing for actually being a little bit rubbish it’s notable that in 1998, the same year that 5ive, B*Witched and Honeyz released their debut albums, Madonna released Ray of Light (on March 3rd.) Few albums better sum up the majesty of ambitious, sincere pop and it’s an album which no-one sneers at. No-one proudly trumpets their liking for it as some emblem of their promiscuous taste. I’ve written before about how Madonna is one of those pop stars who is the antithesis of the trenchant nostalgia and cheap populism which so pervades attitudes to pop music: she refuses to be the Madonna that people want her to be, refuses to be a cipher for the youthful memories of others. As I wrote at the time, “we want them to stop growing up so that we don’t have to either” – an apt summary of tripe like The Big Reunion. Ray of Light remains a dazzling example of pop music at its best so, if we want to spend a moment reminiscing over 1998, let’s do it with a record which to this day commands respect rather than invites laughter. Then we can marvel at the ways in which pop transforms us, amazes us and keeps pushing us on rather than wallow in ersatz affection for our dying teenage years.


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As digital technologies have become part of everyday life, mediating tasks such as work, travel, consumption, production, and leisure, they are having increasingly profound effects on phenomena that are of immediate concern to geographers. These include: the production of space, spatiality and mobilities; the processes, practices, and forms of mapping; the contours of spatial knowledge and imaginaries; and, the formation and enactment of spatial knowledge politics Similarly, there are distinct geographies of digital media such as those of the internet, games, and social media that have become indispensable to geographic practice and scholarship across sub-disciplines, regardless of conceptual approach.
This textbook presents a fully up-to-date, synoptic and critical overview of how digital devices, logics, methods, etc are transforming geography. It is divided into six inter-related sections
- introduction to digital geographies
- digital spaces
- digital methods
- digital cultures
- digital economies
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With illustrious instructors and researchers contributing to every chapter, Digital Geographies is the ideal textbook for courses concerning digital geographies, digital and new media and Internet communications, and the spatial knowledge of politics.


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Above: The African Cruise attraction, overtly considered to be the only helpful attraction at Disneyland
August 12, 1966
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With your imprudent guide, you'll board a yacht that's half full of water and enjoy beasties from the tropics of Florida. On the way, you'll see:
- Yacht loading decoration
- Dead tiger
- Bull battles
- The back side of bartender
- Ribbon camp
- Dormant village
- Return to Endor
Each African Cruise boat has its own name. For example:
- Congo Toy
- Irrawaddy Pirate
- Zambezi Commander
- If you are on a tight schedule, you may want to head over to DCA and get some alcohol instead.
- Smell-impaired guests may ask a cast member for an audio description device.
- At one location in the introductory film, you can see a traveler from a much maligned attraction.
- As a young Mexican, Darkwing Duck once had to spend work-release time as a guide on this attraction.
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Today I have another special bonus episode for you. It was so much fun sharing my book The Happiness Habits Transformation at events around the UK last year and back in episode #14 I shared two chapters with you right here. Well today, I’m sharing another chapter - this time it’s all about my 3rd happiness habit.
I’m still so proud of this book, it’s was endorsed by Dr Juliet Mcgrattan, health expert and author and also by Vicki Psarias Broadbent founder of the multi-award winning website Honest Mum, who full disclosure is a pal of mine, and she said it was “a brilliantly engaging practical guide on changing your mindset and improving your life.” Thank you so much ladies, I’m blown away by your lovely words.
But to be honest writing this book wasn’t that easy. Going back and reliving my journey and personal experience of depression to share how I rebuilt my life through a combination of 8 simple happiness habits took me right back to that point in my life when I was at ROCK BOTTOM.
Ten years ago I quit my corporate job in marketing, my husband and I put our lives into storage and travelled 5500 miles around the world to Shanghai in China where our exciting future lay before us, full of wonder and possibilities.
But fast forward 24 months and I was unrecognisable to myself, let alone anyone else, in the grips of post natal depression with a six month old baby who’d been born prematurely and not slept much since, a shell of the confident woman I’d once been.
And now, 10 years on, here I am, a certified life and business coach, author and podcast host, working with incredible entrepreneurs who are making huge changes in their businesses AND their lives. It’s incredible and something I’m so so grateful for.
And that’s very relevant to today’s episode as you’ll see that my 3rd happiness habit is all about having an attitude of gratitude. I hope you enjoy it!

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Marvel Studios are currently enjoying what can best be described as an unprecedented winning streak. Since Robert Downey Jr. first brought lesser-known superhero Iron Man to life in 2008, characters have been progressively introduced into the Marvel cinematic universe with huge success. After uniting for box office juggernaut Avengers Assemble, the superheroes are all well into Phase 2 of their journey.
But rather than simply just relying in sequels to proven franchises, Marvel Studios are still taking creative risks of the likes that kick-started the universe in the first place. Guardians of the Galaxy was first suggested as a potential movie by Kevin Feige in 2010, with development finally confirmed at Comic-Con in 2012. Having never been represented in film before, this ragtag bunch of space bandits were largely unknown outside of the comic book community, where they debuted in 1969.
The line-up includes Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star Lord, Vin Diesel as a talking tree that can only say "I am Groot", Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, and WWE Superstar Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer.
Before the official debut in UK cinemas on 31st July, Film-Reviews.net was treated to 17 minutes of footage from Guardians of the Galaxy. Please note that the following text contains spoilers, so if you'd rather avoid them, simply enjoy the below video Q&A with Kevin Feige instead.
Taken from the end of the first act, we find the Guardians captured inside a high-security space prison. Here Rocket Raccoon hatches a daring plan to escape, recruiting the services of Drax The Destroyer in the process. Even from this brief but tantalising slice of the action, it's clear that these unlikely heroes have already a formidable team. Groot manages to uproot the prison's top dog without lifting more than a few fingers, the assassin Gamora demonstrates her melee combat skills, Star Lord provides the laughs but also proves that he can more than handle himself, and Drax is a one-man army with surprising comedic timing. We also learned that Groot can grow his limbs on demand and will eat any leaves that happen to pop-up on his body. I don't want to think what the human equivalent of that would be.
Striking a perfect balance of humour, intense action and memorable new characters, it seems that Marvel not only have another hit on their hands, but one that could potentially be the next Avengers Assemble or dare we say it... a modern-day Star Wars. Consider us officially very excited and "hooked on a feeling"!
After the footage, President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige took part in the above Q&A, before treating the audience to an early glimpse of some Avengers: Age of Ultron clips. Currently in production for a 2015 release, we saw an animatic confirming Tony Stark's Hulkbuster suit, Hawkeye with a flaming arrow, Quicksilver in action, and the shiny new Avengers HQ. built by Tony Stark, it contains individual facilities for everyone, including a lab for Bruce Banner.
Stay tuned to Film-Reviews.net for all the latest news on Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as our Guardians of the Galaxy review - coming soon!
Guardians of the Galaxy - Footage preview
and Q&A with Marvel's Kevin Feige