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Community Leaders Education Fund has been providing tertiary education bursaries for 21 years, and has supported 438 graduates to date.
The goal of the bursary programme is to empower communities by building leadership and enabling individuals to realise their dreams.
The programme aims to provide education and in doing so, reduce unemployment levels and increase household incomes.
The Programme has two components:
1. The academic sponsorship.
2. The requirement that recipients share their newly-acquired knowledge and skills with their communities, by performing a meaningful task that benefits the community, during their vacation periods.
We received 513 applications for 2018, from students in rural communities in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania.
There is a clear eagerness from students to continue their studies, but also a desperate need for financial support in order to achieve this dream.
Our target is to raise enough money to provide 80 students
with bursaries in 2018. To achieve this we still need to raise an additional R1,090,000 to the funds already secured.
For more information contact email@example.com.
Thank you for your interest and support!
US resident? It may be more beneficial for you to donate through our 501(c)(3) partner Africa Foundation (USA): https://africafoundation.org/donate/
UK resident eligible for Gift Aid? You can donate through our registered charity Africa Foundation (UK): https://www.justgiving.com/africafoundation
We truly appreciate the support of our donors all over the world!

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A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight -- dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide.
With the flip of a switch, a pair of instruments designed and built by the University of Colorado Boulder and flying onboard twin NASA space probes have forced the revision of a 50-year-old theory about the structure of the radiation belts that wrap around the Earth just a few thousand miles above our heads.
The University of Colorado Boulder Police Department is debuting a new time-saving crime reporting option for the public. Bike thefts, criminal mischief and other crimes that are not in progress can be reported at the UCPD website. The new site is not for reporting “crimes in progress” or other emergencies.
The site will allow people to report the crime and incident types listed below.
The University of Colorado Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve the establishment of a new Ph.D. degree in Comparative Ethnic Studies at CU-Boulder. The board also voted in favor of new master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in Materials Science and Engineering. The new degrees were added to the more than 180 programs offered at the university.
The CU Police Department honored three officers with lifesaving awards at the annual UCPD Awards Ceremony last week. Two officers intervened as a woman attempted to commit suicide; a third officer was honored for pulling a young man out of a burning car.
Interdisciplinary thinking bolsters innovation. That’s the concept behind the University of Colorado Boulder’s new nLab, a mobile hub that allows students to develop their entrepreneurial ideas through peer and mentor-based collaboration, sustainability resources and other tools.
CU-Boulder was selected as the top unit of the Cadet Command’s Fifth Brigade, which consists of 36 senior Army ROTC programs in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, Athletic Director Mike Bohn and new head football coach Mike MacIntyre today unveiled a $170 million, multi-year proposal to upgrade CU-Boulder’s football facilities before the Intercollegiate Athletics subcommittee of the CU Board of Regents at the board’s monthly meeting in Colorado Springs.
Students will have an exclusive opportunity to meet one of the country's most prolific broadcast journalists, Tom Costello (Jour'87), on Tuesday, Feb. 26, when he presents "Breaking the News with Tom Costello." A free reception with food will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by Costello's talk at 7 p.m. The event will be held in Eaton Humanities room 1B50.

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Just 45 minutes by car from central London lies The Dorchester’s bucolic cousin, a creamy- coloured, 18th-century country house set within acres of immaculate parkland. The hotel has its own stables and polo fields, and a wildflower meadow. The gorgeous spa offers a plethora of massage techniques with brands such as Carol Joy London and ishga Organic. Retreat to one of the sumptuously light and airy suites, decorated in colour schemes that reflect the landscape, with swathes of cashmere, mohair and wool in natural pigments. Foodies are spoilt – in the main restaurant, executive chef Adam Smith has garnered a Michelin star and serves up best-of-British ingredients, while The Barn offers more laid-back rustic dining and The Spatisserie is a perfect, airy spa restaurant. Children are encouraged: there is a private kid’s club, including a teen den, and plenty of outdoor activities such as mini-Olympics.
A walk to the outer edge of the estate rewards you with the discovery of our tranquil lake, which is home to our resident swan named Chukka, inspired by the polo fields he overlooks.
Proudly awarded the Michelin star of excellence, the relaxed elegance of Restaurant Coworth Park showcases a modern outlook on classic British dishes with stunning views across the rose terrace.
Enjoy a luxury spa day in the country at Coworth Park, or enjoy a horse riding or polo lesson on the professional polo fields.

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Hut Weekend: Burns Night
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For this weekend we’ll be based at the Hut in Capel Curig and as usual will arrange hill activities amongst ourselves ‘on the day’.
On the Saturday night we’ll have our annual Burns Night dinner in the 'banqueting hall' (the kitchen) – a celebration of all things Scottish.

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Don’t worry they’re still the same guys we know and love, here’s a promo video discussing some new ideas, their name change and a glimpse inside the new (named) and improved:
[Previously posted!!] Fresh out of Los Angeles, Ca MLKM (now The Radiorelics) graces stages around the city with their high energy rock shows. Instruments played by none other than the band mates themselves: Malcolm, James, Maxx, Bobby and Skip. I caught up with them after a show they had at Bugsby’s on May 1st, 2012. Check it out!!
As you can see, these amazing guys come together for an energetic and talented smash up of tunes that literally make your head nod. Recently the band covered a Jay Z and Kanye hit single, “Niggas in Paris”. They later remade it to be titled “Rock So Hard“. Download here! You heard it from the Street!

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Ever traveled down a winding, tree-lined road at night? These six horror stories take place in those “out of the way” locations: miles off of the beaten path, not another car or house in sight. The familiar, comforting sounds of civilization are long gone, replaced only by an unnatural silence and sense of unease as you venture deep into unknown territory. Take a trip down the back roads with this collection of scary stories from Evan Camby, the author who brought you the award-winning “Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween.” Just remember to keep your headlights on—and don’t forget to check the backseat.
“Ghost in the Garden”-When a young nanny is hired as the sole caretaker of two young children at Weeping Gardens, a rural estate in northern Georgia, she discovers that someone, or something, lurks amongst the willows.
“abandoned”-A photography blogger is dared to visit Danbury House, the site of infamous unsolved murders, and she soon learns that the things she wants to capture on film…want to capture her, too.
“s o l i t u d e”-A novelist struggling with grief retreats to a cabin in the Hudson River Valley to complete a book and becomes locked in a battle for his sanity…and his life.
“Honeymoon”-American newlyweds traveling through the remote moors of northern England come upon an ancient, medieval village which holds a terrifying secret.
“The Outdoorsman”-This story follows a young, down-on-his-luck veteran of the Iraq War on what should have been an idyllic day hunting in his favorite spot. When he comes across another hunter, things change, and he has to rely on his experiences and instincts to solve a very big, very dangerous problem.
“Back Roads”-After getting rejected from his dream college and breaking up with his girlfriend, Christopher drives out to a spot in the country where he passed many happy days fishing as a young boy. Soon, he realizes that the warnings his grandfather once gave him about this place were anything but a joke, and he must dig deep to find the courage to save himself.


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Why is it that the second amendment is the only part of the Bill of Rights that hasn't been badly weakened? People should be far more scared of things like loss of habeas corpus, corporate control of media, extrajudicial executions, unrestrained PAC donations and government snooping than a nonexistent threat to take their hunting rifles away.
Oh, that'll come with Obamacare: "As the Secretary shall determine...". Government doesn't need the benefit of tragedy to exact tyrany. They've already got the mechanism in the form of our new 2400+ page "constitution". So if anything needs to be outlawed...
He did not "print" a gun. He printed the lower receiver. It's nothing more than a hunk of polymer without the upper receiver, which is the part that he had to purchase from a licensed firearms dealer.
Let's not feed the FUD.
What are the engineering and design challenges in creating successful IoT devices? These devices are usually small, resource-constrained electronics designed to sense, collect, send, and/or interpret data. Some of the devices need to be smart enough to act upon data in real time, 24/7. Specifically the guests will discuss sensors, security, and lessons from IoT deployments.


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You might notice that your body feels wound up from the pressure and tension you feel from work. Rather than ignoring these feelings, you may want to pay attention to them in order to understand their deeper cause. Such sensations can be signals that you need to change something in your life, be it the way in which you work or your thoughts about what you do. Perhaps today you could observe when and where tensions arise in your body and work on releasing them. Should you begin to feel tightness, for example, you can first identify the specific area you feel it in. Notice the thoughts that run through your mind as you begin breathing into it. You might imagine that your breath is like a cool breeze gently carrying your tensions away with it. Doing this could help you soften your body and calm your mind.
Our breath is an indispensable tool for releasing and understanding the tension we feel in our bodies. During the times when we are stressed, our anxiety generally causes us to hold our breath, which means that the areas where we hold stress do not receive enough energy and tend to tighten up. As our physical tension mounts, we begin to feel pressure not only in our bodies but in our minds as well. By breathing into these areas where you have tightness today, you will bring new and fresh energy to places where you have let your feelings build up and will gain insights into the causes of your stress.
Most people have come to accept that conflict is inevitable. What many do not realize is that most of us use unconscious strategies called control dramas to gain power or energy from another person, and to essentially, "get their way with others." A control drama is played by anyone who is feeling low on power or energy, to manipulate and steal the energy of another. We get our way with others by making them pay attention to us and then elicit a certain reaction from them to make ourselves feel fulfilled. The positive feelings we gain are won at the expense of the other person and this often causes imbalance and drama in our interpersonal relationships. In this course you'll learn about common control dramas and how to negate them through step by step applied approaches that really work. Dr. Jody Janati will help you identify and protect yourself from common control dramas that arise when individuals become defensive.

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Conversation: 045-128Prev: 045-127 Next: 045-129
Start Date: Wednesday, May 2, 1973 3:38 AM
End Date: Wednesday, May 2, 1973 3:40 AM
Participants:Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Rogers, William P.;
Recording Device: White House Telephone
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:38 pm to 11:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-128 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 45-128 Date: May 1, 1973 Time: 11:38 pm - 11:40 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Telephone calls -William E. Timmons -William P. Rogers The President talked with Rogers. Watergate -President’s schedule -Elliot L. Richardson -Special Prosecutor -Ronald L. Ziegler’s forthcoming briefing -Rogers’s conversations -Charles H. Percy’s statement President’s toast at state dinner Watergate -Assignment for Rogers -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman -82- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 45-128 (cont’d) -Special Prosecutor

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You’ve probably heard the old saying that “You can see the forest for the trees’? When it came to the house we lived in growing up and our father’s tree obsession, you couldn’t cut the yard for the trees. No joke.
I like all types of trees, shrubs, decorative vines, and flowers. I wish we had more in our yard where we currently live. But when we were teenagers, our yard was a small woods in progress, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, every tree needed to be mowed around with a push-mower. Push-mowers in the 70s were a LOT heavier than those we have today.
Our yard was an obstacle course filled with rows and rows of trees. When we first moved into our home in Pleasant Hill (1969), my parents ordered a lot of shrubs and trees from the Michigan Bulb Company. One of the trees was a silver maple (Acer saccharinum) and was only three inches tall. He said that when he planted it, he didn’t expect it to live. Last time I went to Alabama and drove past (2017), the tree was still there.
Since most of the other plants they ordered didn’t survive, he searched the woods behind the house and pulled up saplings and planted them in the yard. He pulled up several yellow pines one fall and I asked if I could plant one. He gave me one and I planted it in my sandbox near the concrete brick foundation where a smaller version of our house had been before they bought it. He said that the tree wouldn’t grow because of the sand. Some years later, the tree was over twenty feet tall.
After he moved to Murfreesboro, TN, and bought a new home, he did the same thing, boxing in his property with lines of trees.
Other than the hassle of mowing around them, I loved how they bettered the landscape of our yard. Two large yellow pines were ideal places to climb whenever I played hide-and-seek from my sister. She never found me, as I was a good thirty to forty feet off the ground.
The large variety of trees was also an advantage when I reared caterpillars. Sometimes I even found species I’d never seen before, too.
And for those worried about the excess CO2 emissions, plant MORE trees and shrubs. They use carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into the atmosphere. A win-win situation, isn’t it? Trees are air filters, too, and let’s face it, a shade tree is a nice place to sit under during the summer.
Until next time ….

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Hostess could be tasty target for Mondelez
Why it matters: Given the company's size, and interest in snack cakes, Hostess stands out as an attractive candidate, and its CEO spoke to Axios Wednesday.
State of play: Hostess is one of the few companies large enough to have an impact on a company with a market cap of about $90 billion and net revenue of approximately $31 billion for the year ended Dec. 31.
- McKee Foods, the parent of Little Debbie and Drake's snack cakes, also makes sense as a target but is family owned.
- Flowers Foods is another maker of snack cakes under the Tastykake brand, but the business largely comprises lines like bread brands Wonder and Dave's Killer Bread, which may be less attractive to Mondelez.
💭 Our thought bubble: Given Mondelez's size and interest in snack cakes, there may be no better target than Hostess Brands, which presented on Wednesday.
What they're saying: Hostess CEO Andrew Callahan tells Axios that Mondelez's interest in snack cakes is a validation of its own strategy.
- And if investors don't trust the confidence that Hostess' executive team has in the future of their own business, maybe they will believe Mondelez, he adds.
- If Hostess were to agree to a sale to Mondelez, it would only be for a robust premium that reflects the company's future prospects, Callahan says.
- "McKee Foods is a third-generation family-owned company that strives to remain family owned as long as it exists," a spokesperson for the company said, on the other hand.
- Mondelez did not respond to a request for comment.
Catch up fast: Mondelez acquired Clif Bar last year for $2.9 billion and is hungry for more.
- Acquisitions would accompany divestitures, as it proceeds with its sale of the Halls cough drop business.
- Hostess has already made investor C. Dean Metropoulos and PE firm Apollo (which bought it out of bankruptcy) 13x their original investment.
By the numbers: Chicago-based Mondelez, which has an investment grade credit rating, had about $1.9 billion in cash and about $20 billion in long-term debt as of Dec. 31, according to an SEC filing.
- Its EBITDA, meanwhile, was more than $6 billion, also for the year ended Dec. 31, according to PitchBook.
Meanwhile, Hostess has an enterprise value of around $4.2 billion, with a market cap of nearly $3.3 billion, cash of nearly $100 million, and long-term debt and lease obligations of almost $1 billion.
- Even a lofty 33% premium to its current market cap would equate to an enterprise value of roughly $5.3 billion, well within Mondelez's financial reach.
- However, Lenexa, Kansas-based Hostess had adjusted EBITDA just under $300 million in 2022, according to an SEC filing, and projects that number will fall within the $300 million to $315 million range this year.
- Note that the company grew revenue at a 14.2% clip in Q4, beating analysts' estimates.

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When it came to financial markets in 2020, the most frequently asked question was why. Why, in the midst of a global pandemic that has killed some 1.7 million people worldwide and plunged the economy into the worst crisis since the Great Depression, did equity markets stage a historic rebound to reach new highs and become completely disconnected from reality? And it wasn’t just stocks, as anything smacking of carrying any semblance of risk, from junk bonds to Bitcoin, had epic rallies.
Everyone has an explanation for how markets performed. They range from the cerebral (markets are “forward-looking” and investors are anticipating a roaring economy once COVID-19 has been eradicated) to the cynical (just buy the dip). True, the market is always about what will happen rather than what has happened, and it’s been highly profitable in recent years to buy whenever the market pulls back. Still, neither adequately explains the jaw-dropping 66% surge in the MSCI All-Country World Index of stocks from its low in late March, the record-low yields in junk bonds, the more than five-fold increase in the price of Bitcoin or any of the other seemingly inexplicable market moves.


While not a full-blown M car, the M340i staved off competition from pricier and more powerful models such as Mercedes-AMG E63, Audi RS5 Sportback
BMW receives Performance Car Of The Year award for its BMW M340i
The BMW M340i is Car and Bike’s 2022 Performance Car of The Year. Not to be mistaken for a full-blown M car – that distinction remains with the M3 – the M340i is the softer M Performance version of the BMW 3 Series bridging the gap between the standard 330i and the full-blown M3 that is yet to make it to India.
Also Read: BMW M340i Review
The M340i faced competition a plenty for the category going up against more direct rivals such as the S5 Sportback along with going up against full-blown performance cars such as the 603bhp Mercedes-AMG E63, 416bhp Mercedes-AMG A45 – the most powerful hatchback on sale in India – and the full-fat 444bhp Audi RS5.
Also Read: BMW M340i – All You Need To Know
Launched in March last year, the M340i uses BMW’s familiar 3.0-litre in-line six turbo-petrol engine fettled to put out 382bhp and a notable 500Nm of torque sending power to all four-wheels via a 8-speed ZF automatic gearbox. Compared to the standard 3 it’s only the design details that set the M340i apart – also sits 10mm lower – though it’s under the skin where most of the changes are. Revised suspension, the aforementioned engine, quicker shifting gearbox, sharper steering, an M Sport differential and a tuned exhaust are some of those changes.
The cabin too only gets a few cosmetic differences over the regular 3 with all the bells and whistles carried over along with a few additions. The M340i is currently priced at Rs 64.90 lakh (ex-showroom, India) with BMW locally assembling the performance sedan in India.
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A virtual event hosted by Scottish Government and the Geospatial Commission for our Scottish PSGA members.
Find out how the Geospatial Commission’s strategy impacts you, and how the public sector contracts’ strategies are delivering and improving access to location data in Scotland. Join us on Wednesday 8 December, 9:30 - 13:15 to hear from the Scottish Government, Geospatial Commission and Ordnance Survey on the geospatial strategy for Scotland including the PSGA.
You will also hear from key representatives from Scottish Government, Getmapping and Europa Technologies about the important services they are providing Scottish members, plus case studies demonstrating how geospatial data is being successfully used to help deliver key projects and services in Scotland. There will be Q&As to give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
This event will be run virtually using MS Teams Live and is only open to PSGA public sector members. Once registered Ordnance Survey will provide details via email including the full agenda and how to access the event on the day.


This is the sexy new mini-Shuttle that’s hoping to be the world’s latest and greatest space plane to take humans into the final frontier.
We so often focus on Space-X, NASA and Virgin Galactic, that we forget there are other organisations with space ambitions.
So today I want to draw your attention to the Dream Chaser program of the Sierra Nevada Corporation, which is etching ever closer to becoming the next company to fly into orbit and onto the International Space Station (ISS).
The company has been testing this private space plane, which looks a bit like a mini space shuttle.
They have just announced their rocket booster partner, which will be the United Launch Alliance or ULA.
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket is set for it’s first test launch in 2021; the same year in which Dream Chaser is meant to start honoring it’s NASA contract to deliver cargo to the ISS.
CEO and Founder Fatih Ozmen explains what makes them unique is that they have the best of both worlds:
NASA is working on bringing all it’s space demands and goals back to American companies, which it has been funding extensively to revolutionise future space flights.
In the meantime, it uses a combination of Space-X, Cygnus spacecraft, Russia’s Progress spacecraft and Japan’s HTV cargo ships.
Here is a video of the Dream Chaser’s history, goals and hopes for competing in an ever-growing space flight industry:


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Legendary Pictures doesn’t have a lick of footage to show but it’s got the talent to throw its first-ever Comic-Con panel.
Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s latest creature feature doesn’t open until July 12, 2013, but the filmmaker will be there along with stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day and Rinko Kikuchi as well as screenwriter Travis Beacham.
Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Alicia Vikander will be on hand to talk about Seventh Son, the company’s adaptation of the young adult fantasy based on the Matt Greenberg book with the project’s director, Sergei Bodrov.
Director Alex Proyas (Knowing) and Bradley Cooper will chat about Paradise Lost while the creator of video game Mass Effect, Casey Hudson, and the man writing its screen adaptation, Mark Protosevich, will kibitz about that sci-fi project.
Legendary’s chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull, as well as CEO Jon Jashni, will also be in attendance to answer fan questions.
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I can't help it! When the weather starts to get warmer (and I see how bad the garage is with the door open) I start to do some spring cleaning. Spring is the time of rebirth! Of something new! Things start to feel "clean" and I feel like I need to go along for the ride with that feeling.
Many time people start to feel the same way about a new home. It is a new start and a clean beginning. There are many great reasons throughout the year why to buy a home, but here are a few reasons why it is an awesome time to buy in spring.
1. The kids (and parents) can get settled in the new home and neighborhood before school starts in the fall. A large, justifiable concern for many parents is how the kids will adjust to a move. This is an even bigger concern if their children will change schools or even more so, school districts.
Buying a home in the spring allows the kids to get to know some other children in the new neighborhood and to adjust before school begins in the spring. Neighborhood pools, parks, activities, 4th of July parties, etc are all opportunities for them to meet others in the area. As for the parents, this also gives them the chance to meet potential babysitters, other parents to car-pool with and possibly even some of the teachers. Parents can get to know other important places in the area as well such as gyms, gas stations, grocery stores, and those hidden ways to get to and from the neighborhood to avoid traffic delays before the hustle and bustle of school begins.
2. More homes go on the market for you to choose from. Spring is the time most people sell their homes for some of the same reasons you want to buy. Getting settled in the spring and early summer for the kids can help with adjustments. The weather is nicer. Spring cleaning fever sets in.
According to Time Magazine, the best time of the year to list your home is in the spring and it is no surprise that spring is exactly when most people list. That means there are more homes on the market for you to pick from. Time goes on the say about 60% of moves happen in the summer so placing offers and going under contract in the spring is the right timing to move into a home in early summer once the kids get out of school.
3. Interest rates are on the rise, we think. Those darn interest rates! They go up and then they go down. Lately, interest rates have been on the up-tick. In May 2016, the interest rates were around 3%! By November 2016 they were up to 3.75% Now they are around 4.3%. This difference can make a large difference in your monthly payment meaning you can afford less home. The trend does seem to be that the rates will continue to slowly climb. Locking into a rate before it goes up, yet again, can give you more buying power. Remember that many lenders, at least many I work with, will lower your rate after you lock in and before you close if the rates goes down.
4. Home prices, especially here in Colorado, continue to rise. Many home buyers think they will be able to "wait it out" to see if the home prices in our area will settle down and possibly drop. Unfortunately for those buyers, the opposite is still happening. Prices continue to rise in the Denver area and are projected to continue to do so for at least another couple of years. This means it may be financially worth it to buy now and possibly even have some equity as the home values continue to climb. Obviously, the more expensive the homes in the area, the less home you can afford as those prices continue to rise. Buying a home now, with the potential of higher interest rates and higher prices, is a smart option.
Katie Sells Castles, LLC


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Analog-to-Digital conversion (ADC) is an essential process in signal processing. It converts analog signals in the real world to digital codes that can be conveniently processed by digital systems. Among various ADC architectures, pipelined ADC is very attractive since it can achieve high conversion speed and high resolution. In this dissertation, a reconfigurable pipelined ADC is presented. Its stage order programmability enables the capability to minimize process-variation induced performance degradation. In addition, a redundant stage is added to perform online testing and to replace a faulty stage, to enhance defect tolerance or improve yield. Simulations demonstrate that with the reconfiguration technique, a pipelined ADC is more robust, tolerating performance degradation and defects. With technology scaling, digital calibrations are becoming popular techniques to maintain pipelined ADC performance with relaxed analog circuit design requirement. Normally, calibration is only performed once based on the circuit performance during the test. However, aging induced reliability phenomena are more severe with shrinking transistor sizes and reducing power supplies. This causes transistor parameters shifts and consequently results in circuit performance degradation. The aging induced pipeline ADC performance degradation is investigated. Simulations show that calibration coefficients remain accurate after circuit performance degradation due to aging. Typically an ADC is designed for the worst case scenario of its expected operation conditions. However, this approach may not always achieve the best efficiency in different operation conditions. In sensor network applications, congestion leads to packet loss and subsequently causes data quality degradation. To reduce the network congestion level, the amount of data being transmitted from a sensor node needs to be reduced, which can be achieved by downsampling and data bit truncation. Adaptive operation according to environment information may help improve the overall system performance. Techniques to intelligently perform such operation and the potential benefits of such operation are also studied in this dissertation.
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Today we are launching our fundraiser to continue the refurbishment of the Clubhouse. So far we have raised nearly £30,000 towards the costs and the builders have started work. But to make sure the Clubhouse can be a fabulous community space for years to come we need to raise more funds.
The Aviva Community Fund will match any money we raise through our new crowdfunder. If we raise more than our target we will put the surplus funds towards rebuilding the pond viewing platform in the wildife garden.


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Last Thursday (26th May) our choir performed at The Hive, Worcester. Along with nine other schools, our singers from Holy Redeemer took part in the county arts festival called Voices and Visions. The choir gave their performance at the end of the morning, having listened and watched all the other schools perform.
Their performance was amazing! The choir sang three songs – ‘Believe’ by Lyn Marsh, ‘Glorious’ by Sue Mabey and ‘All the World’s a Stage’ by Steve Titford. The soloists gave very confident performances, as did all the other vocalists. The pupils were real musical ambassadors for the school, not just with their singing but also in the way they all conducted themselves at The Hive. Thank you choir!


Watching the Shadows
Attorneys for Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah have filed a lawsuit against the two psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, who developed the harsh interrogation techniques used by the CIA, including waterboarding and sleep deprivation. The UK human rights group Reprieve announced the case on June 7. The attorneys are seeking to subpoena the psychologists in order to uncover evidence about the torture that allegedly went on in Poland. According to US law, a federal district court may "order discovery of documents and testimony for use in a foreign proceeding from any person who resides or is found in the court's district." The case will be heard in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. The CIA had detained the plaintiff in a secret Polish prison from 2002 to 2003 on suspicions that he was a "facilitator" for al Qaeda. Zubaydah has been held at Guantanamo since 2006. In April 2016 a federal judge ruled that another lawsuit against the same psychologists with different plaintiffs could proceed.
More than 850 family members of victims of the 9-11 attacks filed a lawsuit (PDF) March 20 against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, alleging that the Saudi state provided support to al-Qaeda in multiple ways. First, it alleges that Saudi Arabian charities ran terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, working hand-in-hand with Osama bin Laden. The suit also claims that the Saudi government directly aided al-Qaeda by providing passports and transportation across the globe. Finally, the suit contends that certain Saudi officials worked with the hijackers in the US for the 18 months leading up to the attacks. The suit seeks unspecified damages, with the primary motive to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the attacks.
President Donald Trump has given the CIA "secret new authority" to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists, the Wall Street Journal reported March 13, citing US officials. This is said to depart from the Obama administration policy of a "cooperative approach" to drone strikes, in which the CIA used surveillance drones to locate suspected terrorists and the Pentagon then conducted the actual strike. The drone strike that killed Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in May 2016 in Pakistan was named as an example of that "hybrid approach." The report asserts that the Obama administration had the Pentagon carry out the strikes "to promote transparency and accountability." The CIA, operating under covert authority, wasn't required to report its drone strikes. The Pentagon, in most cases, was required to do so.
Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, on Jan. 30 urged US President Donald Trump not to reinstate torture policies. Melzer referenced the 2014 US Senate Intelligence Committee Report (PDF), which stated that the Central Intelligence Agency's use of "enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence" and "rested on inaccurate claims of their effectiveness." Melzer criticized Trump's pledge to reinstate torture by asserting that "waterboarding" is a form of torture, that the use of torture is not legally or morally acceptable, and that the use of torture is prohibited by the Convention against Torture, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Geneva Conventions. Melzer concluded:
US President Barack Obama granted 64 pardons and 209 commutations Jan. 17, including commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning. Manning worked as a low-level intelligence analyst where she leaked documents regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2010 to WikiLeaks which exposed abuses of detainees and civilian deaths. The commutation will release Chelsea Manning on May 17. Several Republican leaders have criticized the commutation, including Rep. Mac Thornberry, Sen. John McCain, and Speaker Paul D. Ryan, stating that Manning's actions risked national security. Manning's lawyers stated that "Her 35-year sentence for disclosing information that served the public interest and never caused harm to the United States was always excessive, and we're delighted that justice is being served in the form of this commutation." A White House Petition received more than 100,000 signatures in December to commute Manning's sentence.
Our last annotated assessment of Barack Obama's moves in dismantling, continuing and escalating (he has done all three) the oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) must inevitably be viewed in light of the current countdown to the death of democracy and the imminent despotism of Donald Trump. The fact that the transition is happening at all is a final contradiction of Obama's legacy. He is fully cooperating in it, even as his own intelligence agencies document how the election was tainted. Following official findings that Russia meddled in the elections, the White House has slapped new sanctions on Russia—deporting 35 Russian officials suspected of being intelligence operatives and shutting down two Russian facilities in New York and Maryland, both suspected of being used for intelligence-related purposes. The latest bizarre revelation—that Russian intelligence can blackmail Trump with information about his "perverted sexual acts" involving prostitutes at a Moscow hotel—broke just hours before Obama delivered his Farewell Address in Chicago. The speech was surreally optimistic in light of the actual situation in the country, and contained only a few veiled swipes at Trump. The best of them was this: "If every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hardworking white middle class and undeserving minorities, then workers of all shades will be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private enclaves."
Ahead of the 15th anniversary of the first detainees arriving at Guantánamo Bay Jan. 11, Amnesty International issued a "final plea" to President Obama to close the facility. The open letter (PDF) especially warned that the fate of the remaining detainees must not be left in the hands of the incoming Donald Trump. There are 55 people still held at Guantánamo, 45 of them detained without charge or trial. The 10 others have faced or are facing military commission proceedings that "fail to meet international fair trial standards." Six are currently facing the possibility of the death penalty after such unlawful trials. While the Obama administration has blamed the US Congress for blocking the closure of Guantánamo, Amnesty asserted that under international law domestic legislation or politics are not legitimate excuses for a country's failure to meet its treaty obligations.
Abu Wa'el Dhiab [AKA Jihad Diyab], a Syrian former Guantánamo Bay detainee, on Oct. 22 ended his 68-day hunger strike. Dhiab was among a number of former detainees who were resettled in Uruguay in an effort to close down the detention center. He began a hunger strike in an effort to be unified with friends and family. As he was a suspected terrorist he was denied the right to return to his homeland due to fear of a security risk. His support group Vigilia por Diyab announced the end of his hunger strike due to an agreement that will allow him to resettle in an undisclosed third country in order to allow him to reunite with family.


The tourism in hong kong
Looking down from The Peak you will be amazed by the spectacular view of the world- famous Victoria Harbour.
Cuisine One of the world's top culinary capitals, the city that worships the God of Cookery has many a demon in the kitchen, whether the deliciousness in the pot is Cantonese, Sichuanese, Japanese or French.
Search Menu Is it safe to visit Hong Kong while the city is being rocked by mass protests? Are the protests dangerous? Special announcement Avenue of Starslocated on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, not only a salute to eminent Hong Kong film workers for their devoted contribution to local and world theatres, but also one of the ideal vantage points for visitors to appreciate "A Symphony of Lights".
At the beginning of the protest movement, at least, most marches took place on Sundays on pre-planned routes.
Hong kong tourism statistics 2018
Some nations have issued advisories to their citizens about travel to Hong Kong. That controversy has sparked a deepening political crisis which has, at times, brought parts of the city to a standstill. Between June 16 and July 13, during which time there were several huge demonstrations, flight bookings to Hong Kong from Asia fell by 5. Murray House is a restored three-storey colonial building situated at the Stanley seaside. There is also the flag-raising ceremony held every morning. In total, 69 people were hospitalized over the two incidents in Yuen Long. Has travel around the city been disrupted? While those marches took over some of the biggest highways on Hong Kong Island, they were easy to avoid and largely peaceful. Ferries to nearby Macau and trains to mainland China are still running, but obviously lack the capacity and scope of the aviation hub. In fact, the company had enhanced its services "to cater for the increased flow of passengers," as protesters use the service to get to Hong Kong island. Flights had been scheduled to resume at 6 a. Community Welcome to Hong Kong Hong Kong welcomes with an iconic skyline, a legendary kitchen, and lush, protected nature where rare birds and colourful traditions thrive. Come and enjoy a most unforgettable holiday in Hong Kong! In the latest escalation, officials on August 12 took the extraordinary measure of closing Hong Kong International Airport, where crowds of demonstrators had gathered. HKIA's disruption is the latest development in nearly three months of increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong about a now-shelved extradition to China bill.
That controversy has sparked a deepening political crisis which has, at times, brought parts of the city to a standstill.
While those marches took over some of the biggest highways on Hong Kong Island, they were easy to avoid and largely peaceful. Yuen Long, on the city's border with mainland China, in the north of the territory, for example, has seen mob violence and police have stormed the subway station there to disperse crowds.
There is also the flag-raising ceremony held every morning. Many of those arriving at the airport on Monday, faced confusion, with some even asking CNN journalists for help. Has travel around the city been disrupted?
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CDC recommends shingles vaccine for everyone older than 60
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted June 9, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for everyone older than 60 to be vaccinated against shingles, whether or not they have a history of this condition or chickenpox, according to a paper published online May 15 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A provisional recommendation was made Oct. 25, 2006, by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, but this publication makes it CDC policy. Studies have shown that this shot reduces the risk of shingles by 50% for this age group. For those 60 to 69, the reduction is 64%.
According to Merck & Co. Inc., the vaccine's manufacturer, approximately 43 million adults are at risk for shingles. Additionally, a study in the May Archives of Dermatology found that 39% of those with varicella zoster but only 11% of those without had a relative who had shingles.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/06/09/hlbf0609.htm.


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Biking and spinning usually involve a lot of spinal flexion. That's not bad, per se. But part of having healthy joints is understanding what makes them healthy. Joint mobility is a big part of joint health.
Except for the lower neck, which is extended to look up, the mid back and low back are usually flexed forward with these activities. Sitting upright is of course an option on a bike, but when people are going for speed or effort, they tend to adopt a hunched forward posture. As I say over and over, maintaining full mobility in your joints is paramount to health. If your joints are consistently in one direction or one position - and rarely if ever get moved in the opposite direction - you are much more likely to lose range of motion. Be smart about your activities and your joint mobility and significant injuries can largely be mitigated. -- Laura
There are muscles encasing our heads and faces. I think people actually understand the concept of referred pain (or non-local pain) when it comes to headaches - they just don’t know they do. Put another way, I don’t hear much about people massaging their head (cranial) muscles, rolling them, stretching them, or otherwise treating those various muscles.
Of course muscles in general can be the producers of symptoms, but it’s rare. I write about this extensively. Everyone loves to name and treat muscles, but, while important, they’re rarely the problem when it comes to orthopedic disorders.
People seem to intuitively comprehend that head pain or headaches can come about for a lot of reasons. Stress, dehydration, allergies, hunger, concussions, and illness to name a few. There are indeed musculoskeletal causes as well - just rarely the muscles. The joints in the neck and mid-back can refer pain (or any symptom) to the head. In rarer cases, the jaw joint can create local symptoms.
If people can understand that their head can hurt not as a result of the muscles in the area and that their chests and arms can hurt due to a heart problem, then hopefully people can start to grasp that arm pain or leg pain is not necessarily due to arm or leg muscles. -- Laura
Differential orthopedic diagnoses for shoulder blade pain include a strain/pull/tear to any of the muscles in the area (there are many) and a shoulder joint disturbance. It’s very rare that you injure one of those muscles - and shoulder joint derangements only infrequently refer pain posteriorly to the shoulder blade. Can a frozen shoulder refer pain back there as well? Sure. But that’s not usually going to be the chief complaint of someone with a frozen shoulder.
The joints in the cervical spine and the thoracic spine can refer symptoms to many areas, and the shoulder blade is a big player. With altered electricity coming from irritated spinal nerves, it’s not uncommon to find spasms or trigger points in the shoulder blade muscles. Those findings are the symptoms, not the culprit. Local weakness can also be a finding due to spinal nerve irritation. I find that in nearly every case I’ve seen in which the person complains of shoulder blade pain (or ache or tightness), we can fix it with repeated or sustained movements of the spine - in the sagittal, frontal, or transverse plane. -- Laura
Learn more about the world of diagnosing and treating orthopedics here!

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K. PraveenKumar, P. Suresh, K. Subash, M. Alagappan, A. Gupta
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
In this work, we present the performance analysis of novel micro machined Piezoresistive fluid flow pressure sensor using COMSOL Multiphysics. The principle of the sensing mechanism is based on the deflection of four sensing layers embedded on a thin membrane. The fluid passes through the layer causes the deflection of the sensing layer which measures the pressure of the fluid. The following ...
J. Yoo, H. Soh, J. Choi, S. Song
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea
Hyundai Motor Co., Korea
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea
Mando Co., Korea
Nanoscale structural analysis and design is presented. All the simulations are carried out using a finite element solver and optimization is performed using parameter and topology optimization schemes. It is concluded that COMSOL is effective for analysis and design of nanoscale structure design in electromagnetic field and it may be combined with several optimization methods to improve system ...
Multiphysics Modelling and Simulation of Implantable Wireless MEMS Capacitive Sensor for Cardiovascular Diagnostics
R.Yogeswari, S.Venkateshwaran , K.Umapathi
United Institute of Technology,Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu, India
Monitoring the Central aorta is a more effective way to diagnose cardiovascular diseases than conventional techniques. Approximately, six million people in the world are currently living with aortic aneurysm and every year 750,000 new cases are diagnosed. This paper presents the design and simulation of biocompatible Wireless MEMS sensor for detection of intraoperative leaks of the stent graph ...
P. D. Hanasi, B. G. Sheeparamatti, B. B. Kirankumar
Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India
Micro cantilevers are the basic MEMS structures, which can be used both as sensors and actuators. The . The objective of this work is to study concept of pull-in voltage and how to reduce the same. Voltage is applied to upper cantilever beam and lower contact electrode is made as ground. By increasing common area between cantilever beam and contact electrode, and also by reducing thickness of ...
H. Lee, and J.V. Clark
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
In this paper we present a method to mitigate the effect of thermally-induced noise in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) through a force feedback circuit. Inherent noise-induced vibrations, which would be inconsiderable in macro scale, are considered as a limitation in micro- and nano- scale since it diminishes the high performance of MEMS devices. For instance, depending on the stiffness ...
Heat Generation from Dielectric Loss, Internal Heat Generation and Vibration in COMSOL4.2 Multiphysics
T. R. Jeba, B. Vins, and V. Ramamoorthy
This paper presents a FEA approach to estimate temperature rise and thermal stress experienced in PZT/Solid structure due to internal heat generation and dynamic excitation. The power dissipative density consumed by structural damping of the mass structure, internal heat generation due to applied voltage and dielectric loss of the PZT material is first determined. The dissipative power is then ...
The Effects of the Electrical Double Layer on Giant Ionic Currents through Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
G. Zhang[,][,], S.L. Bearden
Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Electrofluidic transport through a single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is enhanced by electroosmosis. Electroosmosis is made possible in these devices by the combination of a large slip length within SWCNTs and the interfacial potential at the solution/nanotube interface. A computational model of a SWCNT device was developed using COMSOL Multiphysics to investigate the complete electrical ...
L. Sujatha, D. K. Balasubramanian, V. S. Selvakumar
Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States
Micro Mirror is a versatile device which has been gaining popularity and also the importance of MEMS techniques to develop such devices. These mirrors find applications in fields such as optical switching, display and in medical fields for non-invasive imaging. A thermally actuated mirror moves in either vertical or horizontal directions for the given orientation. The ends of thermal actuators ...
M. J. Hancock, N. H. Elabbasi, M. C. Demirel
Veryst Engineering, LLC., Needham, MA, USA
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Pumping liquids at small scales is challenging because of the principle of reversibility: in a viscous regime, the flow streamlines through a fixed geometry are the same regardless of flow direction. Recently we developed a class of microfluidic pump designs based on tilted flexible structures that combines the concepts of cilia (flexible elastic elements) and rectifiers (e.g., Tesla pump). We ...
Viscous damping of a periodic perforated MEMS microstructure when the Reynolds’ equation cannot be applied: Numerical simulations
D. Homentcovschi, and R.N. Miles
Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Binghamton, NY
This paper develops a computational model for determining the total damping coefficient for a unit cell of a MEMS microscale device containing a repetitive pattern of holes. The basic cell of the microstructure is approximated by an axi-symmetric domain and the velocity and pressure fields are determined from solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations using the finite element software package ...


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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #85 – double.
And here is my take:
I started a card for this challenge and it morphed into this because I loved the concept enough I had to figure out how to make it work.
It may not be too obvious at first glace, the Smoky Slate color is the “silver lining” to the clouds. I die-cut the clouds from both white and gray and adhered them together a just a slight off-set.
I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
Thanks for stopping by!
A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).
Ink/Cardstock: White (PTI); Crushed Curry, Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate (SU);
Other: Cloud dies (MFT);

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Modernizing and Developing the Railway Infrastructure
We believe in projects for modernizing and extending the railway infrastructure by strategy, expertise and innovation, in order to obtain the best combination among functionality, accessible costs for operators and travellers and reduced impact upon environment and human settlements.
The railway transportation is often regarded as a safe and ecological alternative for the overstrained road traffic.
A modern and sustainable railway infrastructure is not only an opportunity to ease traffic, but an important vector of social mobility and economic development as well.
TRAIN – MASS TRANSPORTATION
We know what the expectations of the travellers are: a railway transportation that is quicker, safer, punctual and comfortable and at superior technological standards.
In order to bring people closer to places where they want to arrive, we believe a railway infrastructure inspired by their needs is necessary.
Starting from this premise, we assist the implementation of the railway extension and modernization, for sustainable development.
UNDERGROUND, TRAMWAY – URBAN TRANSPORTATION
The daily flow of travellers choosing public urban transportation in order to travel to school or work is increasing.
The tramway and the underground are two of the most accessible alternatives, capable to take over a good part of the road traffic often congested.
We support investment projects in re-dimensioning and modernizing urban railway networks, for ecologic and fluid urban transportation.
RAILWAY STATIONS & STATIONS & DEPOTS
Away from being simple transit places, the railway stations and stations represent an interface between travellers and town.
The tendency is to give value to integrated spaces for waiting, relaxing and work, offering comfort, safety and hospitality.
Their architecture is integrated into the urban landscape and contributes to the urban regeneration process.
On the other hand, the depots have an important role in ensuring the safe parking of the sets of wagons and the technical facilities necessary for the technical inspection.


Andy MacDonald and Luke Meloche have been getting a bird's-eye view of the destruction from post-tropical storm Fiona, taking the UPEI Climate Lab drones around Prince Edward Island to survey the coastline.
MacDonald has been involved with UPEI's coastline monitoring project since it started in 2016, doing on-the-ground measurements at 100 sites, along with drone surveys.
But what they saw in the wake of Fiona was "unprecedented," he said.
"The largest losses we've seen — which were very rare — were in the five-metre-loss areas," MacDonald said.
"But after this storm, we've seen areas with more than 10 metres lost, sustained over an area which we've never seen before, and which we've never seen in the historical records either."
The drone crew, now based at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Peter's Bay, was able to visit more than 25 sites, capturing video and still images from the sky.
Drone pilots Andy MacDonald, left, and Luke Meloche spent the weeks after post-tropical storm Fiona surveying the damage to P.E.I.'s coastline. (Shane Hennessey/CBC)
"Aside from our own interest, [we had] a lot of requests from different departments across Prince Edward Island, different organizations, watershed groups, different municipalities, national parks," MacDonald said.
"But we just want to be able to capture as much imagery as we can in order to have a better understanding of the damage, and in which parts of the Island the most damage occurred."
Meloche has been with the coastal monitoring program since 2019, and was struck by the damage from Fiona.
"It was kind of heart-wrenching. You'd show up to places, there'd be empty foundations. You'd be driving along the coast and you'd see the wreckage of someone's house washed up," the drone pilot said.
"There'd be huge stretches of coastal road where we'd drive before, and now there's no road."
Savage Harbour is one of the communities where the drone crew found extensive damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona. (Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation)
Meloche said the damage from Fiona will help researchers decide where to focus their monitoring work in the years ahead.
"I expect it's going to add a lot more interest, and we may end up with a lot more sites," Meloche said.
"Right now, we're flying around 107 sites around the Island, but more people are going to be interested. They'll see that, 'Hey, this area was hit really hard. Can you add somewhere there?' And hopefully we can oblige with that."
These cliffs in Ebbsfleet in western P.E.I. were hit hard by Fiona. (Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation)
MacDonald also said coastal monitoring will be important in the years ahead as Islanders — and governments — grapple with cost-effective ways of dealing with climate change.
"I think that as an island made of sandstone, figuring out a way to protect our coastlines is important," he said.
"Coastal armouring on P.E.I. is certainly a complicated question. I think you're seeing a lot of people who ended up paying for a lot of coastal armouring that didn't end up being overly effective.
The drone pilots say coastal monitoring will be important in the years ahead as Islanders, and governments, grapple with how to deal with climate change. (Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation)
"Spending tens of thousands of dollars to armour your personal coastline might not be the kind of simple fix that perhaps some folks thought it would be."
MacDonald said there will be years of research to be done around the impact of Fiona.
"There's certainly a lot of interest in looking at the data after Fiona — whether that is aerial imagery, weather station data, tide loggers," he said. "We've had a lot of colleagues asking from different departments about the information we have."
MacDonald has been involved with UPEI's coastline monitoring project since it started in 2016. (Shane Hennessey/CBC)
"I could certainly see some master's projects, some PhD projects, some class projects coming out of this event," MacDonald said.
"I don't think anyone will be forgetting Fiona anytime soon."
This article, written by Nancy Russell, was originally published for CBC News.
Thumbnail image: Kite Point, near Malpeque, suffered damage from post-tropical storm Dorian in August of 2019, but even more shoreline was destroyed by post-tropical storm Fiona this past September. (Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation)


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Oleg Yankovsky says he played the roles of spectators love, tells of conferring the title of People's Artist of the USSR, his family, forming the image of an actor, working in France, the presidential elections in Russia, the festival Kinotavr, and plans for the future.
Oleg Yankovsky, answers questions from the audience.
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As we enter the holiday season and reflect warmly on our memories of Thanksgiving, many of us are feeling lucky and grateful for the blessings in our lives.
Soon we’ll get into the bustle of buying gifts, sending out cards and taking part in other cherished seasonal traditions. And, although we don’t mean to, sometimes our sincere intentions of sharing our time and financial abundance with those who are less fortunate get pushed off to the side.
But today, we have a special opportunity to put philanthropy and generosity front and center in our minds. GivingTuesday, held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a worldwide day of giving that encourages individuals, communities and organizations to improve their local communities by supporting their favorite charities and causes in meaningful ways.
Although there are no special tax benefits to investors for donating on this particular day, there are some general strategies that investors can utilize so that any donations they make today — or any day, for that matter — will have the greatest impact.
1| Investors who have capital gains on stocks or other appreciated assets should consider donating those assets directly to a charitable organization. If you donate appreciated assets that you’ve held for more than a year, you can avoid paying taxes on the gains that would be due if you sold the assets yourself and donated the proceeds. In addition, you can take a charitable deduction for the assets’ fair market value on the day of your donation.
2| Retired individuals or couples who have money in traditional IRAs can take advantage of qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) for their charitable giving. Using a QCD, an investor who is age 70 ½ or older can give up to $100,000 a year to a 501(c)(3) charitable organization directly out of their IRA. Donations can fulfill the donor’s yearly required minimum IRA distribution without counting as adjusted gross income for tax purposes. The money goes directly to the charity of the donor’s choice, allowing them to receive the full amount without anything being taken out for taxes.
3| Although the process can’t be done overnight, charitably minded investors can open a donor-advised fund (DAF) through a local community foundation or other sponsoring organization. Donors can fund their DAF with cash or other assets (starting with as little as $5,000), then decide when the money is distributed and to which charities. Although the donor does relinquish control of the money permanently and can’t decide to take it back, they do receive a tax write-off for the assets right away, even if they haven’t chosen a recipient yet.
At Argent, we work to foster an attitude of generosity both as a company and among our individual employees all year long. We’re proud of our efforts to create the Lincoln Parish Fund of the Community Foundation of North Louisiana, a donor-advised fund that was used to aid area residents affected by a devastating 2019 tornado in Ruston, Louisiana, where Argent’s corporate offices are located. The fund also helped pay for an effort this year by the Dallas-based nonprofit RETREET to replace more than 2,000 trees lost in the storm. More than 150 Argent volunteers joined RETREET members and others in Ruston to plant 171 trees across some of the town’s hardest-hit areas.
GivingTuesday comes just once a year, but as we celebrate the joy of this season, we encourage everyone to adopt a mindset of generosity not just today, but in our daily lives. There are countless ways to help those around us that go beyond making financial contributions — making meals for the homebound, babysitting for a friend, running errands for an elderly neighbor. Let’s use today as an excuse to be outwardly focused, to take stock of how fortunate we are and give back however we can.
Take the next step:
If you’d like to discuss in more detail the charitable-giving options available to you, contact your Argent Relationship Manager, or give one of us a call via our main number at (800) 375-4646. We look forward to hearing from you.


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The first year after opening Hotcakes, was a blur. Locally, the gallery was getting a ton of great press, and after being a part of the Stray Show, Thomas Blackman’s more adventurous satellite fair during Art Chicago, artists started coming out of the woodwork to show at the gallery. One to five artists, from all over the world, would contact me every day. Needless to say, it was totally overwhelming, and artists continually found new and creative ways to overstep every possible boundary.
In the beginning, I was a total pushover. Some guy would come into Hotcakes and after looking at the art for two minutes and complementing my artistic vision for ten, he’d mention that coincidently he was also an artist. That his work would fit perfectly into my very clear mission to present affordable art in a comfortable environment in order to grow a group of young art collectors in Milwaukee. I’d earnestly tell him I was excited to see his art. I’d explain that he should send me 10-20 images of his work, an artist statement, and a list of past shows, and that he could click on the “Show at Hotcakes” link on the gallery’s homepage to get a better idea of exactly what I was looking for.
Then he’d start giving me the hard sell. Say that slides didn’t do his work justice… I needed to see his paintings in person… His work was totally unique… Would change my life. That he lived just a couple blocks from the gallery, and it would only take 10 minutes. Admiration quickly turned into not so subtle statements suggesting that I was some sort of bourgeois prick who didn’t really care about artists at all. Before I knew it, I’d be sipping Two Buck Chuck out of a handmade ceramic mug in some guy’s attic, staring at 40’x10’ surrealist paintings of the astral plane that he was willing to let go for as low as $18,000 each (before my commission, of course). An hour later and only an eighth of the way through his rooftop retrospective, I would have to leave cause his three cats, that had obviously NEVER been brushed, were making my nose run so badly.
Then there’s the “trunk art.” In the four and a half years I ran Hotcakes, at least a hundred people must have asked me to come out to their cars to take a look at their art. There was the political lobbyist who made abstract expressionist paintings to relieve stress, but all his friends kept telling him how talented he was… that his work belonged in a gallery. Which catalyzed a cosmic chain of events leading to me staring at beat-up canvases in the trunk of a Honda Accord. There was the factory worker whose welding instructor at the community college assured him that Mike at Hotcakes would LOVE his sculptures of nails bent and welded into abstract models of the Milwaukee Art Museum and Harley Davidson motorcycles. Then there was the middle-aged woman who decoupaged Walt Witman poems into cigar boxes to express how difficult it was to come out to her husband and four grown children, but didn’t know that some scholars suspected Whitman was bisexual or understand why cigar boxes would make me think of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Some artists left their art behind like some sort of banal Banksy impression, or played bizarre mind games. In the bathroom at Hotcakes I often arranged a bunch of bizarre objects on a shelf underneath the little 12”x6” window. After one opening, I found everything in a pile behind the toilet and the window open, like someone had climbed out. On my desk was a 4” plastic figure of The Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George. He was positioned at such an angle that when I sat down in my chair, he was staring right into my eyes. When I clicked off my screensaver, a website was on the monitor for a company that sold security systems and spy cameras.
One morning immediately after I opened, a couple of my neighbors that lived in the apartments above Hotcakes came in to complain. Apparently, a drunk man had driven his convertible Saab up onto the sidewalk at 4 a.m., rang all the doorbells on the building, and for 20 minutes was standing up in his car screaming for the curator to come out. That he was a “photo grapher” and I NEEDED to see his pictures right away!
Even outside the gallery I wasn’t safe. A couple times a month, I’d go to Barnes and Noble to flip through all the art magazines, because I couldn’t afford to actually subscribe to any of them. One Sunday afternoon, I was approached by a women who insisted that if I was reading New American Paintings, I MUST be a curator. I told her I wasn’t, but she badgered me until I admitted that I did in fact have a gallery. Even after explaining that I only showed contemporary paintings and installations, she gave me a ten-minute sales spiel about how I needed to show her sister’s brilliant floral still-life photographs.
It got to the point that after the first two years of owning Hotcakes, I didn’t even answer the gallery phone anymore. It’s not like people called asking to buy art. The phone rang about twenty-two times a day. Seventeen of those calls were from sales people asking if I was happy with my credit card processing service, two calls were from nonprofits asking me to give them something for free, and the other three calls were artists asking how to submit samples of their totally unique work that somehow was always “a perfect fit for my gallery.” When I asked if they had been to the gallery or even looked at my website, they would always admit that they hadn’t… YET. Three and a half years after I opened, I even had an artist who lived seven blocks away, but hadn’t actually ever been to the gallery apply for a show. Needless to say, she never showed at Hotcakes


The final pre-release single for “Culture III” has fans talking across Twitter.
It has been three years since the group’s last output in Culture II, and fans have been anxiously waiting for the group’s return as they all went on to release solo records in between. With a strong performance on Fallon, excitement for Culture III seems to be hitting its peak at the right time for the Atlanta-based trio. Twitter has been raving about “Avalanche’s” nostalgic, 1970s-inspired funk bounce – a fresh sound for the trio to rap over. Particularly, fans are gushing over Takeoff‘s verse, who takes on the last verse of the track.
With excitement buzzing on Twitter for “Avalanche” and the album itself, it seems apt to peep some of the fan reactions to the performance. What do you think of the performance?
Check out “Avalanche” now on streaming services and be on the look out for Culture III when it drops Friday.


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WNC trio completes East Coast Pro
Three seniors from Western North Carolina took part in the prestigious East Coast Professional Showcase over the course of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Syracuse, N.Y.
Fletcher's Logan Allen (South Carolina), Smoky Mountain's Cal Raleigh (Clemson) and Enka's Matt Frisbee (UNC Greensboro) have all committed to play Division I college baseball.
Players were selected for the East Coast Pro based off the recommendations of major league scouts.
Allen (a pitcher) and Raleigh (catcher) and Frisbee (pitcher) were part of a team sponsored by the Cleveland Indians.
Special thanks to several readers for the photos.

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Chief Minister designate of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s former classmates and friends from Hyderabad Public School are beeming with pride after the emphatic win of YSR Congress party in the recently held Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections 2019.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy achieved his goal approximately after 10 years after he aspired for becoming the Chief Minister following the death of his father and then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh late YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
It is to be noted that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy received a rousing welcome when he visited Hyderabad for meeting Chief Minister of Telangana Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao and Governor ESL Narasimhan.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was particularly surprised by the banners and posters that were put up on metro pillars by his former classmates who were elated and put up several banners in the Begumpet area for congratulating him for his victory. Interestingly, hero Sumanth also happens to be one of YS Jagan’s classmates.


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Nicki Minaj Preps 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' for 2012 Valentine's Day
Nicki Minaj finally revealed her next studio project. The rapstress informed her Twitter followers about the upcoming album on November 22. She initially planned to make the announcement next week, but rushed it to Tuesday night to celebrate the anniversary of her chart-busting debut album "Pink Friday".
"Pink Friday : ROMAN RELOADED will be released on Valentines Day, 2012. Heeeee's baaaacccckkkkk," she excitedly tweeted before adding, "Its not called Roman Reloaded. Its called PINK FRIDAY : ROMAN RELOADED!!!!!! 4 WORDS!!!! Love u guys soooo much!!! VALENTINES DAY bii****hh!"
Minaj was originally set to announce the album via Ustream, but canceled it due to bad internet connection. "Ugh!!!! The internet on the set s**kssss!!!!!" the Young Money femcee apologized. "Ok I'm just gonna tweet it barbz." Having no intention to disappoint her fans, she then promised, "I'll try to ustream later. So sorry."
Earlier this year, the "Super Bass" singer had already given a hint she might let her alter ego, Roman Zolanski, to decide the direction of her next project. "Roman ... possibly," she said back then before quickly adding, "But I never give away all my secrets." She, however, assured, "My best work is ahead of me, not behind me. Stay tuned. It's gonna be epic."
The release date for the album has also been previously hinted by Cash Money co-CEO and founder Birdman. He told MTV, "Maybe this year? I don't know." He added, "We're really thinking it out. But she's in the studio, and we're looking real soon, because she's ready to go and we're ready to go with her."
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Black Barbershops Are Highly Cost-Effective Sites for Blood Pressure Treatment
Programs that bring pharmacists into Black-owned barbershops could dramatically improve hypertension control and reduce heart disease disparities among Black men at a relatively modest cost, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“Although it’s expensive to bring pharmacists into barbershops, our study shows that the upfront costs are partially offset by the savings gained over time from preventing heart disease and stroke,” says lead author Kelsey B. Bryant, MD, MPH, MS, instructor in medicine, who led the study with Brandon K. Bellows, PharmD, MS, assistant professor of medical sciences in the Department of Medicine.
The analysis found that a program that sends pharmacists trained to treat hypertension into barbershops would result in 36% more individuals having their blood pressure controlled over a 10-year period, prevent 30% of heart disease and stroke hospitalizations, and is highly cost-effective.
The study, available online ahead of print, will be published in the June 15 issue of the journal Circulation.
Black men have highest rate of hypertension
“High blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke all adversely affect Black men more than any other population in the United States, and we need innovative and cost-effective ways to improve their health in these areas,” says Bellows.
Barbershop outreach programs, which began in the 1980s, leverage trusted relationships between barbers and clients to deliver health information and improve health outcomes in Black men.
Bryant and Bellows' analysis used data from a trial, conducted by researchers at Cedars-Sinai, of a unique barbershop program that sent pharmacists, who were trained to treat hypertension with medications, into Black-owned barbershops in Los Angeles.
“The L.A. program didn’t just rely on the barber to encourage clients to see a provider,” Bellows says. “It sent pharmacists to deliver the care and manage patients directly. It’s a unique approach to care that produced some of the largest reductions in blood pressure among these types of programs.”
In the trial, blood pressure decreased by nearly 20 points on average, and 68% of men were able to reduce their blood pressure to normal levels (<130/80 mmHg).
Sending pharmacists to barbershops is cost-effective
Using data from the trial, the Columbia researchers projected the total health care costs and health gains associated with the pharmacist intervention.
The Columbia analysis showed that the gains in health over time with the program justify its high upfront costs. The barber program is highly cost-effective, costing $43,000 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained. (A QALY is a measure that includes both quality and quantity of life gained; interventions under $50,000 are considered highly cost-effective).
The cost of the pharmacist intervention could be even more cost-effective—$17,000 per QALY gained, similar to the cost-effectiveness of statins in the treatment of high cholesterol—if generic drugs were used exclusively. Shortening the length of the intervention to 26 from 52 weeks and reducing the weekly travel time of the clinical pharmacists could lower the cost even more.
Improved health equity should also be factored in
The Columbia analysis did not account for the value of improved health equity in society, which is hard to quantify in monetary terms, though the researchers are currently developing such methods.
“We think future health economic evaluations should consider setting higher willingness-to-pay thresholds for interventions that decrease health disparities, which would make the added societal value of these interventions explicit,” Bellows says.
In the meantime, the researchers hope their study will motivate insurers and other health care institutions to pay for highly valuable care that is delivered outside the traditional physician office setting. “These programs will only get off the ground on a wide scale if adopted by those that pay for health care,” Bryant says.
Such programs could become even more cost-effective if barbershop pharmacists managed additional conditions.
“Many patients with high blood pressure also have high cholesterol and diabetes, which both increase the risk of heart disease and stroke,” Bellows says. “The potential benefits of simultaneously managing all three of these conditions, without meaningfully increasing costs, would likely make this an even more valuable intervention.”
The paper is titled “Cost-effectiveness of Hypertension Treatment by Pharmacists in Black Barbershops.”
The other contributors are Andrew E. Moran (Columbia); Dhruv S. Kazi (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School); Yiyi Zhang (Columbia); Joanne Penko (University of California, San Francisco); Natalia Ruiz-Negrón (University of Utah); Pamela Coxson (University of California, San Francisco); Ciantel A. Blyler (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center); Kathleen Lynch (Providence Saint John’s Health Center); Laura P. Cohen (Columbia); Gabriel S. Tajeu (Temple University); Valy Fontil (University of California, San Francisco); Norma B. Moy (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center); Joseph E. Ebinger (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center); Florian Rader (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center); and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (University of California, San Francisco).
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health (T32 HP10260, R01 HL130500-01A1 R01 HL139837, DK108628-05S1, K23 HL136899, K23 HL153888, K01 HL140170, R01 HL 117983, and UL1 TR001881), the California Endowment, the Lincy Foundation, the Harriet and Steven Nichols Foundation, the Burns and Allen Chair in Cardiology Research at the Smidt Heart Institute, and the Division of Community Relations and Development at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Florian Rader is a consultant for Recor Medical. The other authors declare no other conflicts of interest.


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« RECENT KNOWLEDGE ON ANTIOXIDANTS »
It’s been proven! Younger skin thanks to fruits and vegetables!
Our body constantly produces free radicals. This includes our skin where they are produced due to the effects of UV, visible and infrared light rays. To protect itself, our skin has its own defensive antioxidant mechanisms: Vitamins (A, C, E, D), carotenoids (β carotene, lycopene and luteine) and various enzymes. Lycopene is the most powerful antioxidant of all the carotenoids. Since most cannot be synthesized, carotenoids must come from a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, cocoa, tea… When free radical production exceeds antioxidant capacities, they can destroy cells and trigger premature skin aging. Currently, we know how to turn back the clock.
Many studies have shown that carotenoids represent a good marker for skin antioxidant potential. Several non invasive techniques (resonance spectroscopy) allow us today to measure in vivo the skin carotenoids concentrations. Fruits and vegetables are natural sources of antioxidants. Supplementation studies with individual antioxidants at high doses have not been conclusive, in terms of protection against cancer in particular.
Today we know that the most efficient protection involves a mix of antioxidants at physiological doses rather than one compound at high doses.
We know how to measure carotenoids concentrations in the skin
Various non-invasive methods have been developed to measure in vivo carotenoid concentrations in human skin.
Reflection spectroscopy consists of irradiating the skin with light at various wavelengths. The amount of light absorbed by skin carotenoids is a reflection of their concentrations. This method is limited by numerous artefacts linked to the skin’s optical properties and does not provide precise information.
A second method, Resonance Raman Spectroscopy is more precise. It uses an argon laser that emits two wavelengths: λ1 = 488 nm, absorbed by β carotene and lycopene and λ2 = 514 nm, mainly absorbed by lycopene. Thus the skin concentration of both carotenoids can be quantified.
How do carotenoids accumulate in skin?
Numerous studies using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy have shown that carotenoids found in foods – especially in fruits and vegetables – or dietary supplements, accumulate in skin. Their skin concentrations increase from the day after antioxidant-rich products are eaten. On the other hand, decrease is slower and can take a few days after stopping supplementation. This delay varies according to the initial amount ingested and patient lifestyle.
In addition, epidermal carotenoid distribution is heterogeneous. Carotenoid concentrations are maximal at the skin’s surface since sweat carries them toward the superficial epidermal layers. On the contrary, when carotenoids are topically applied (skin cream), again sweat carries them from the skin’s surface into the epidermis. Thus, cutaneous carotenoid concentrations are greater in areas where sweat glands abound such as the palms of the hands and feet and the forehead.
Amount ingested and ripeness: 2 important conditions
Experiments with volunteers have shown that non smokers who eat a lot of a fruits and vegetables have higher skin carotenoid concentrations than smokers who eat fewer fruits and vegetables. Seasonal increases of skin carotenoid concentrations (1.26 times) have been noted in summer and fall. Greater fruit and vegetable consumptions in summer and fall with respect to winter and spring are not the only explanation. Some people eat them year round. However, fruits come from local producers in summer and fall, whereas in winter and spring they are more likely to be imported and harvested before they are ripe. Thus, the fruits and vegetables are less rich in carotenoids. Hence, ingested amounts and produce ripeness represent two important factors that modulate skin carotenoid accumulation. On the contrary, situations such as stress, sun exposure, alcohol consumption or lack of sleep reduce skin carotenoid concentrations. Therefore, skin carotenoid accumulation reflects lifestyle.
Harmful UV effects
The impact of ultraviolet (UV) light on human skin has been widely studied. Following exposure to UV light, skin carotenoid concentrations diminish by roughly 35%. Lycopene concentrations rapidly drop between 0 and 30 minutes after exposure to reach trough concentrations after 1.5 to 3 hours. β carotene concentrations remain stable 30 to 90 minutes after exposure before dropping. It takes between two and four days for concentrations to return to normal. Do these phenomena have an impact on skin aging? Yes. Studies including hundreds of volunteers have clearly shown that subjects with higher carotenoid skin concentrations look younger than their age. Measurements of fine line and wrinkle density and depth showed they were less evident and skin was smoother. Measures were clearly correlated with skin carotenoid concentrations.
Unsurprisingly, UV light is a major cause of premature skin aging. Free radicals destroy collagen and elastin fibers. High local concentrations of antioxidants neutralize free radicals before they can cause any damage.
Of course, ladies, local cream applications can smooth rough skin and is helpful. However, above all, regular consumption of fruits and vegetables represents the best strategy in the fight against skin aging.
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“You Are What You Eat: Within-Subject Increases in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Confer Beneficial Skin-Color Changes”
Whitehead RD, Re D, Xiao D, Ozakinci G, Perrett DI (2012)
PLoS ONE 7(3): e32988. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032988
Lademann J et al, Carotenoids in human skin, Experimental dermatology, 20, 377-382, 2011


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Life Cuisine Frozen Meal Meat Lovers Cauliflower Pizza Bowl, Carb Wise Microwave Meal, Carb Conscious Frozen Pizza Dinner for One
Feed your best life with Life Cuisine Carb Wise Meat Lovers Cauliflower Pizza Bowl, a delicious Italian style frozen meal to fit your Low Carb Lifestyle. Made with 22 grams of protein and 12 grams of net carbs,* this easy-to-make, 430-calorie frozen dinner features Italian sausage and pepperoni made with pork and beef mixed with cauliflower florets, mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce. Each 11-ounce microwave pizza bowl can be enjoyed on its own or served with a side salad as part of an easy meal. Quick and easy to prepare, this microwave meal is ready in minutes and makes a convenient lunch, dinner or snack at home or in the office. This frozen bowl also offers essential nutrients, including 30% DV of calcium and 15% DV of iron. Life Cuisine frozen dinners are not your father’s TV dinners. Our microwave meals and snacks are carefully crafted with exciting flavors and thoughtful ingredients that feed your body and lift your spirits. For more meal options from Life Cuisine that fit your low-carb lifestyle, try Life Cuisine Keto Friendly Cheese Lovers Pizza or Life Cuisine Carb Wise Meat Lovers Zoodles Bowl.
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