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Facebook Messenger has more than 1.3 billion monthly users, up from 1.2 billion in April. This is the same as Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which has a total of 1.3 billion monthly users on its platform. Facebook, on the other hand, crossed two billion monthly active users in June this year.
“There are now 1.3 billion of you actively communicating and engaging with the people and businesses that matter in your life on Messenger every month. Thank you!” Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus said in a Facebook post.
Facebook Messenger has seen a steady growth. After reaching the one billion mark in July 2016, it took Messenger about nine months to get 1.2 billion users, and another five to reach the current 1.3 billion monthly user base. Facebook Messenger downloads on Android and iOS worldwide grew 5.66 per cent from 145.3 million in Q1 2016 to 153.5 million in Q1 2017.
“We’ve continued working hard to make Messenger the best it can be, introducing new masks, filters and reactions for video chat, more suggestions from M and making our virtual personal assistant available in more places around the world, rolling our more Instant Games more broadly and bringing Messenger Lite to more countries,” Messenger said in a Facebook post.
Coming to Instagram, the Facebook-owned company revealed in April that it has over 700 million monthly users. Snapchat-clone Stories has done quite well for both Instagram and WhatsApp, though the same can’t be said for Facebook and Messenger.
Both Instagram and WhatsApp have over 250 million daily users on Stories feature, which is bigger than Snapchat itself which stands at 173 million daily active users. Stories is now a part for all of Facebook’s products, and this has helped the social media giant to boost users across platforms. Thanks to Stories, Instagram added 100 million users in just four months.
Facebook Messenger has added a slew of features over time to make its platform fun and useful. Stories feature on Messenger is called ‘Messenger Day’ and it lets users post videos and photos that disappear in 24 hours. Other features include the ability to react to messages via emojis, Mentions and Live locations, Messenger’s AI-based bot called ‘M’, and Instant Games.
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Dodge Cummins 12 Valve Diesel Performance
Cummins 12 Valve Diesel Performance Air Intake
AFE Air Intake
When upgrading your truck there are certain base components that you won't want to be without. Just as an exhaust kit helps to evacuate hot air from you motor, an AFE intake kit allows more fresh air to be brought in. With the ability to use air entering from the grill of the vehicle, as well as a cone-style filter, this intake greatly improves airflow.
Features of the AFE Intake:
- Velocity Stack cone filter design for increased flow
- Seals to hood for cold air induction
- Increases pulling and towing ability
- Heavy gauge metal housing for filter
- Uses OEM filter minder
- Washable/reusable filter
- Snaps into existing air box mounting location
ARC Flow Air Intake
The ATS Arc-Flow's smooth, non restrictive air flow design increases intake efficiency, air velocity and eliminates air turbulence, increasing throttle response, horse power, torque and fuel economy. The Arc Flow has been dyno tested verses the stock air intake and has proven to provide gains of up to 15 horse power and 30 foot pounds of torque.
The shrouded backside of Arc-Flow and top intake section have been pre-tapped for easy, clean, gauge, water injection (like the ATS Water Boy system) and Nitrous injection installation. The Arc-Flow is the easiest, most economical way to “bolt on” horse power and performance and is ideal when upgrading your truck because it will not void your factory warranty.
- Lower Exhaust Gas Temperatures
- Better throttle response
- Superior Arc-flow design increases intake efficiency and air velocity over that of a stock intake manifold with much greater internal cross section
- Ideal when upgrading your turbo
- Shrouded back side of intake is pre-tapped for easy and clean gauge installation and other auxiliary inputs
- Will not void warranty
- Pre-tapped for water injection directly above the intake plenum. The use of an ATS PulseFlow Manifold is recommended with the ATS Intake Manifold
Dyno results show that the ATS Arc-flow's average gain is over 10 Horsepower and 21 lb/ft of Torque.


Panic! At The Disco bassist Dallon Weekes and Falling In Reverse drummer Ryan Seaman have teamed up for a holiday ditty, titled “Sickly Sweet Holidays.” The idea to make a Christmas song together came about when the former bandmates had some downtime in their respective groups and got together to jam. Weekes assumes vocal and bass duties on the track, while Seaman is on drums and lends some gang vocals. Listen to the track below and let us know what you think!
Additionally, in case you missed it, it looks like Ryan Ross is “not against” reuniting with Panic! At The Disco.


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Iraqi forces push deeper into eastern Mosul
Baku-APA. Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State bastion a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat, APA reports quoting Reuters.
An officer in the elite Counter Terrorism Service, which has spearheaded the Mosul offensive, said troops had launched a major operation against the militants who are now almost surrounded in their last major urban redoubt in Iraq.
CTS special forces took over Malayeen, Samah, Khadra, Karkukli, Quds and Karama districts, the army said.
"This is something very big - it means large parts of the left bank have been liberated," CTS commander Lieutenant-General Talib Shaghati said, referring to the half of Mosul which lies on the east bank of the Tigris.
However, a resident of one district which the army declared recaptured told Reuters after the announcement that clashes continued.
"It's true urban warfare," he said by telephone. "My children haven't slept for two days... Bullets and shells are coming from everywhere."
In the neighborhood of Intisar, still fiercely contested by the army and jihadists, a Reuters correspondent heard heavy gunfire and explosions. Black smoke rose from an area nearby and damaged buildings showed signs of combat.
The territory taken by the government still amounts to just a fraction of the sprawling city, which is divided into dozens of residential and industrial districts and was home to 2 million people before it was captured by Islamic State in 2014.
The battle to drive the fighters out is the biggest ground operation in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003, and is likely to decide the fate of the self-proclaimed Islamic State caliphate that has defied the world for two years.
The advances took the troops 1 mile (1 1/2 km) inside the city. Districts captured so far, however, are less built-up than other areas, particularly those on the west bank of the Tigris, where the population is more exclusively Sunni Muslim Arab and the hardline Sunni Islamists could be more deeply embedded.
Iraqi officers and those from a U.S.-led coalition providing air and ground support to the offensive say progress has been faster than expected but stress that the operation is still in its early stages.
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Press Release (ePRNews.com) - Tewksbury, MA - Oct 10, 2016 - Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL), the world’s leading supplier of stable isotopes and stable isotope-labeled compounds, is working together with IROA Technologies LLC (IROATECH), a leading developer of novel analytical tools for accurate metabolic analysis, to help develop and distribute IROA® Biochemical Quantitation Kits worldwide for metabolic profiling of various cell populations and biological samples.
Isotopic ratio outlier analysis (IROA) is an innovative technology that is designed to overcome the analytical challenges of untargeted/targeted metabolic profiling. These challenges minimally pertain to analytical variance, artifactual peaks, and metabolite identification. The basic IROA protocol uses metabolic incorporation of heavy (95% 13C) and light (5% 13C) nutrients, such as D-glucose and other carbon energy sources, to give rise to unique labeling patterns that can be readily identified and distinguished by mass spectrometry. Such a method would be useful in inter-laboratory qualitative/quantitative evaluations, if widely available.
The IROA® Biochemical Quantitation Kits (basic, phenotypic, and fluxomic) contain the reagents and tools necessary for successful metabolic labeling, identification, and quantitation of metabolites in various cell populations and biological samples.
Kit Features and Benefits
• Eliminates technical and analytical variance → increases reliability
• Removes artifacts and noise → increases precision and determination of metabolome
• Reproducible identification of knowns/unknowns
• Accurate, relative quantitation
• Automated solution (via IROA’s ClusterFinder™ software)
• Easy statistical interpretation of sample results (via IROA’s Assay Portal)
• Broad sample applicability with experimental perturbations being user-defined
To learn more about the IROA® Biochemical Quantitation Kits contact Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. or visit http://www.isotope.com.
About Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.:
Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL) is the world’s premier supplier of stable isotopes and stable isotope-labeled compounds for research applications in structural biology, proteomics, genomics, molecular biology, metabolic research, clinical and diagnostic research, and ultra-trace environmental analysis. With laboratory facilities located in four countries – United States, Canada, Germany and France – CIL is able to specialize in the process of labeling biochemical and organic compounds with highly enriched, stable (non-radioactive) isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. For more information on CIL, visit http://www.isotope.com.
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IROATECH develops analytical tools to simplify the measurement of metabolites for multiple applications including general research, diagnostics, toxicology, agriculture, and bioprocess. IROATECH markets the IROA® Biochemical Quantitation kits together with their ClusterFinder™ software (for data analysis) and their Assay Portal (for advanced statistical analysis and interpretation).
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Hiding from taxes will not be possible abroad now. The Ministry of Finance has prepared a number of amendments to the Tax Code, which provides the inspections and search of evaders jointly with foreign colleagues.
Russian tax representatives will be able to go abroad and verify the domestic tax evaders in cooperation with foreign colleagues. At the same time, foreign tax authorities will also have the right to seek their debtors in Russia.
The amendments made will allow the tax authorities to search for defaulters abroad by a number of articles, such as income and individual property tax, profit tax and property of the organizations tax, value-added tax, land, transport, agriculture and water taxes. Excises, tax on the extraction of commercial minerals, tax on gambling industry, tax on payments, which are relying to the budget in case of the simplified taxation system, are also included in the list.
The search of tax evaders will be based on a standard agreement about an exchange of tax information. The agreement was developed by the Ministry of Finance in association with Federal Tax Service. This agreement will form the basis for signing of bilateral arrangements with foreign countries, including offshore and low-tax areas. First of all Russia needs to ratify the Joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, which was signed in 2011. Today our country has only the right to accept information from foreign tax authorities, but the Federal Tax Service can’t carry out checks abroad.
In situation, when many states faced the problem of budget shortfalls, such measures can significantly increase the revenue side of the budget. The exact amount which will manage to be returned to the Russian treasury during such “field checks” is difficult to predict. Experts name only hypothetical sums. According to the experts, about 30 billion dollars were brought out of Russia to the Cyprus offshore areas for the last 20 years.
Information agency Credinform offers to get acquainted with its own independent index of reliability, which allows to verify the contractor and to identify the «fly by night» company.
Information agency Credinform prepared ranking of Russian enterprises engaged in processing and preserving of fish and seafood by the liabilities and assets ratio. Companies with this activity, largest in terms of turnover for the latest available in the Statistical Register period (2012), were selected for the ranking. The selected enterprises were ranked first in terms of turnover, and then 10 largest were sorted in an investigated factor ascending order.
The liabilities and assets ratio shows the share of borrowings in the enterprise‘s assets and is calculated as the ratio of long-term and short-term debt to total assets. This ratio refers to a group of indexes of financial stability. Its recommended value ranges from 0.2 to 0.5.
|№||Name, INN||Region||Ratio of liabilities and assets, х||Turnover 2012, mln. RUB||Solvency index GLOBAS-i®|
|1||OJSC "Pacific department of fish survey and research fleet",INN 2536053382||Primorski Krai||0,41||2 850||184 (top)|
|2||LLC Intras-Krasnoyarsk,INN 2466056838||Krasnoyarsk Territory||0,46||1 774||241 (high)|
|3||Ozernovsky Fish Canning Plant 55, JSC,INN 4108003484||Kamchatka Krai||0,65||1 462||208 (high)|
|4||LLC Viciunai-Rus,INN 3911008930||Kaliningrad region||0,73||4 804||237 (high)|
|5||LLC Roscon,INN 3904067043||Kaliningrad region||0,78||1 784||222 (high)|
|6||CJSC "Russian Sea",INN 5031033020||Moscow region||0,81||3 488||277 (high)|
|7||"Meridian",INN 7713016180||Moscow||0,82||6 067||173 (top)|
|8||OJSC "ROK-1",INN 7805024462||St. Petersburg||0,83||4 892||221 (high)|
|9||CJSC Yuzhmorrybflot,INN 2508098600||Primorski Krai||0,93||2 395||288 (high)|
|10||LLC TECHNOLAT,INN 3906145113||Kaliningrad region||0,98||3 148||242 (high)|
Among 10 companies in the ranking, only two can boast of liabilities and assets ratio with the relevant normative values. Both companies are at the head of the ranking.
The first line is taken by OJSC "Pacific department of fish survey and research fleet" (OJSC TURNIF) with the ratio of 0.41, which corresponds to the recommended values. Additionally, the company has got the highest solvency index GLOBAS -i ®, which characterizes it as financially stable. The second line is for LLC Intras-Krasnoyarsk with the value of 0.46, which also conforms to standards. The company was given a high solvency index GLOBAS -i ®. This indicates that the balanced financial policy exists in both companies. They are able to make their financial liabilities on time.
The ratio of liabilities and assets of the Russian enterprises engaged in processing and preserving of fish and seafood. Top-10
Ozernovsky Fish Canning Plant 55, JSC and LLC Viciunai-Rus, located on the third and fourth lines, have values of 0.65 and 0.73 respectively, which is slightly deviated from the norm. This shows a trend towards the gradual equalization of borrowings and assets of the companies.
The ratio of borrowings and equity capital of the remaining enterprises is significantly higher than normative values and approaches to 1, which characterizes these enterprises as financially sensitive. However, there are leaders in terms of turnover among these companies. Moreover, all companies has got high and the highest solvency index GLOBAS -i ®, and this indicates a good solvency margin and low credit risk, in spite of the deviations of researched ratio from the norm.
Thus, the companies’ management should control the ratio of borrowings and equity capital in order to avoid financial instability. At the same time, it should be remembered that it is necessary to consider a set of financial indicators for an objective solvency assessment.


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State of the Heat: OKC hardly formidable foe
Remember when there was dread whenever the ratings-killing San Antonio Spurs showed up for the NBA Finals?
Well, it's time to bring back the Spurs. They'd give the Miami Heat a better Finals than the Oklahoma City Thunder.
In the second and last regular-season rematch of last June's Finals, the Heat on Thursday again stymied the Thunder, winning 110-100. Including that series, Miami has won six in a row over Oklahoma City, meaning it's getting hard to call this a budding rivalry.
"We just try to go out and execute and we've been able to do some really good things vs. this team,'' forward LeBron James said of Miami's continued dominance of the Thunder. "They're one of the best teams that we have in this league, so we have to be sharp.
"We have to come in with a great mindset and we've been able to do that in the few games that we've played them over the past few years."
When the Heat lost Game 1 of the Finals 105-94, that really must have gotten their attention. They won the next four games to close out the series, beat Oklahoma City 103-97 at home in a much-anticipated Christmas Day rematch, and then came Thursday's shellacking.
The Heat (36-14) led by as many as 23 points in the third quarter. Yes, the Thunder (39-14) made a late run, getting as close as eight in the final minute, but the outcome really never was in doubt.
Miami has won the past six games in the series by an average of 7.8 points, including the last three by an average of 10.3. There's no reason to believe the Heat wouldn't continue to frustrate the Thunder in a possible Finals rematch even if Miami players are being very cautious about providing potential bulletin-board material.
"We can't get too ahead of ourselves," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "We've had some recent success. But you never can just relax and just know, 'Like, OK, we've just got to show up to beat these guys.' We have to prepare. We have to be thorough with our preparing and we have to come out and play extremely hard."
You know James is going to come out hard against Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant, his good buddy and top rival for MVP. In addition to the Heat continuing to show their dominance over the Thunder, James on Thursday took another step ahead of Durant toward winning a fourth MVP.
Sure, Durant outscored James 40-39, but that's misleading. James had outscored Durant 23-14 in the first half before the Thunder star piled up plenty of points after the game had been all but decided.
James, who had 12 rebounds and seven assists, saw his NBA-record streak of six consecutive games of 30 points and 60-percent shooting come to an end when he missed a late 3-pointer to finish 14 of 24 for 58.3 percent. But that didn't bother him in the least.
After all, James' teams are now 13-3, including the playoffs, in his career against Durant's teams. Plus, the Heat had just recorded easily their best road win of the season.
Entering Thursday, Miami's top road victory was over Denver, which has the NBA's seventh-best record. Against other teams in the top eight (Miami ranks third), the Heat came in Thursday with a 1-6 road mark.
But the Heat, who have won seven in a row, are now playing at a peak level heading into the All-Star break and serving notice they're at least the NBA's second-best team. San Antonio has an NBA-best 42-12 mark.
So bring on the Spurs, who haven't made the Finals since 2007 and play host to Miami on March 31. That figures to be a much better potential Finals preview than Thursday.
Who's Hot: How about hottest of all time? If it wasn't for a long missed late 3-pointer, which knocked him down to 58.3 percent (14 of 24), James would have extended his NBA record to seven of consecutive games scoring 30 points while also shooting 60 percent. Still, James has averaged 32.0 points and shot 69 percent in his past seven. Perhaps the Elias Sports Bureau will research the longest streak in history for a player scoring 30 points and shooting 58 percent.
Who's Not: Guard Ray Allen bounced back a little bit by shooting 5 of 11, including 3 of 6 on 3-pointers, Tuesday against Portland. But it was mostly back to clanging on Thursday, when he went 3 of 9, including 1 of 5 from beyond the arc at Oklahoma City. Over his past seven games, Allen has shot 12 of 48 (25 percent), including 5 of 23 (21.7 percent) on 3-pointers. Perhaps his field-goal percentage was spared from going down even more when he sat out the Feb. 8 game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
1. Michael Jordan has a point when he takes Kobe Bryant over James as the better player because he has a 5-1 lead in championship rings. Keep in mind, though, the lead is just 2-1 since James entered the NBA in 2003 and that he can tie Bryant this season in that regard. Bryant isn't going to win another title anytime soon. James also has a 3-1 career lead in MVP trophies. Sure, one can take Bryant, 34, now over James, 28. But it wouldn't be surprising if Jordan offers a change in his assessment around the end of this decade.
2. Miami is the basketball capital of the world this winter. Not only does the city have the defending NBA champs in the Heat, it has the third-ranked University of Miami Hurricanes. James and guard Dwyane Wade recently joined Heat guard James Jones, who played for the Hurricanes, for a game against North Carolina. "Can we turn this into a basketball town?" Heat coach Erik Spoelstra asked. "I've gotten to know (University of Miami coach Jim) Larranaga going to (University of Florida coach) Billy Donovan's coaching clinic. We flew back on the same flight a couple of years ago. Since then, I've spent a handful of times on (Miami's) campus meeting with him and his staff just talking hoops. So I'm a big fan of his and what they've been able to do is very cool."
3. Players on the Heat have plenty of great All-Star memories. As for the not-so-great, one place to turn is center Chris Andersen. While then with New Orleans, the Birdman needed nine attempts and three minutes before he made his first successful slam in the dunk contest in Denver in 2005. Andersen had been trying to throw the ball from halfcourt and catch it after a bounce for a dunk. "I remember it like it was yesterday," said Heat forward Rashard Lewis, who was then with Seattle and competing in his first of two career All-Star Games. Well, Lewis' memory actually isn't that great. But the legend has grown in the past eight years. "He missed like 30 dunks and kept going over and over," Lewis said of Andersen. "That's why they put the time limit on it. It was the Birdman Rule. You knew he was going to try to do something spectacular, but after a while it was like, 'Man, just make a dunk already. We're getting tired. Let's move on.'"
"He told me to shoot. He said, 'Shoot. You can't shoot.' And I said, 'OK,' and I shot it and I made it. Then I made another one. Then I made another one. Then I made another one, and he stopped talking to me."
— James, on a fan riding him Thursday at Oklahoma City.
"All good things must come to an end."
— James, who shot 58.3 percent Thursday to see the end of an NBA-record streak in which he had scored 30 points while shooting 60 percent or better in six straight games.
"It's crazy. When he shoots 50 percent, it's going to be kind of a dull moment."
— Wade, on James' streak.
"Three days in bed. Everybody be careful about that, it's pretty nasty, man. It put me on my butt pretty good. So I wasn't able to play with my kids or do anything for that matter. Just watch TV and stay in bed."
— Bosh, who missed two games with the flu before returning to average 21.3 points in the past three games.
1 — Player with a longer streak of consecutive All-Star Game selections than James and Wade, who each have nine. That would be Bryant at 15. Bosh has the NBA's fourth-longest streak at eight. James and Wade were named for the first time in 2005 and Bosh first showed up in 2006 when the game was in Houston. It's back in Houston on Sunday.
642 — Games played by Wade for the Heat all-time record. That's one game ahead of forward Udonis Haslem, who had been tied with Wade until missing Thursday's game at Oklahoma City due to a leg injury.
52 — Longest streak of consecutive regular-season games played on the Heat, held by guard Mario Chalmers. He and James are the only two Miami players to have appeared in all 50 this season.
It's time for All-Star Weekend. But Sunday's game will look a lot like a Heat game. They have two East starters in James and Wade and could have a third in Bosh, who expects to be named as a starter in place of the injured Rajon Rondo of Boston. The All-Star coach who gets to pick Rondo's replacement is Spoelstra, who will have his staff with him in Houston. After the All-Star break, the Heat hit the road for three games, starting with Atlanta on Wednesday and Chicago on Feb. 21.
You better believe it. The Heat won easily Thursday at Oklahoma City. They've won seven consecutive games and are playing by far their best ball of the season.
Chris Tomasson can be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter @christomasson


On any given day in adult social care there are around 110,000 vacancies we need to fill. That stark number should give all of us pause for thought.
Although we fill many of those vacancies as people move around the sector, it still means every day, we need to find thousands of new people to join our sector. We estimate the current churn rate is around two thirds of those workers leaving to join another social care provider. This means that employers not only have to find new people, but must also be mindful of the cost of recruiting and inducting them – which works out at around £4,000 for every new worker.
You don’t need me to do the maths to know that isn’t a sustainable position in the tough times we’re operating in.
And the challenge isn’t going to reduce significantly any time soon as our latest figures from the Size and structure of the adult social care sector workforce in England, 2019 report suggest that we will need to fill another 580,000 job roles by 2035 if the workforce grows in-line with the population of those aged 65 and over.
Given that the voluntary sector currently accounts for about 19% of all job roles – or 310,000 people – there’s not an organisation attending the conference who won’t be facing challenges finding and keeping quality people.
It’s clear to see the growing demand from people who need care and support in our communities, and I think one way we can help meet the challenge is by making sure as many employers as possible use values-based recruitment as a way of finding and keeping the right people.
That process starts well before anyone sits down in front you for an interview. It means identifying the core workplace values in your organisation, then embedding those values in everything you do, for example, job advertisements, the application and the selection process. This helps you get a real sense of whether the person has the right values to come and work for you.
It isn’t an easy process, and nor should it be, but it does work. Feedback from employers is that that for £1 invested in a values-based approach to recruitment there is an estimated £1.23 return. Staff turnover is lower (survey findings:19% rather than 24.6% using traditional methods and 62% of staff recruited for values have lower rates of sickness and absence).
The other big challenge is once you’ve recruited the right people, how do you retain them given the high churn rates in the sector? Again, using a values-based approach can help and I will talk about this in more detail at the conference. But we do know the core elements – a supportive induction, creating a positive place to work, making sure staff can access learning and development opportunities, having good working conditions and making sure staff are rewarded and recognised.
I’m confident most of the organisations attending the conference have been using elements of this approach, but the free tools on our website are there to help you think about the best ways to ensure your staff feel valued and recognised for the work they do.
The reality is that there’s no magic cure for our recruitment and retention issues, but we do know adopting a values-based recruitment approach does work. I look forward to having a frank and open discussion about how you can make that approach work for you and the people you work with.
Annette Baines, Programme Head – Recruitment and Retention at Skills for Care will be speaking at the CFG Social Care Conference in October. Don’t miss it – book your place now
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August 21, 2008
BioVex Wins Clearance to Initiate Phase I Herpes Vaccine Trial
BioVex has announced that the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has accepted BioVex's clinical trial application to conduct a Phase I clinical study testing the safety and immunogenicity of its lead infectious disease candidate for genital herpes, ImmunoVEX HSV2.
ImmunoVEX HSV2 is a novel live-attenuated vaccine which has been rationally designed to remove the genes that allow herpes virus to avoid the immune system. This should allow the immune system to recognize and mount a powerful immune response against the causative agent of genital herpes.


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In the US the amount of diabetes and obesity has risen dramatically. It is estimated that 75% of the adult population in the US is obese or overweight and the percentage of children with overweight problems is rapidly increasing.
Diabetes and prediabetes which can be associated with obesity can also develop in normal weight people. Diabetes and prediabetes is now estimated to afflict 52% of the population.
These problems shorten lives by 20-30 years, create other health problems (e.g. cardiovascular disease) and increase health costs dramatically. The amazing fact about diabetes and obesity is that it is preventable and does not have to be associated with a genetic predisposition.
Insulin is a hormone secreted by the Beta cells of the pancreas to allow glucose or sugar to enter your cells.
When no insulin is made Type I, juvenile onset diabetes develops. When not enough insulin is made or high levels of circulating insulin are constantly secreted because of high sugar, carbohydrate food intake Type II (adult onset) diabetes develops. When cells (muscle cells, heart cells, brain cells, liver cells, etc) are constantly exposed to insulin they become resistant to insulin (insulin resistance) and glucose / sugar cannot enter into the cells and high levels of sugar and glucose circulate in the body.
Upon further intake of sugar or carbohydrates the sugar remains outside the cells or goes into the liver and is converted to fat. Insulin resistance leads to diabetes and diabetes leads to obesity. This obesity and high circulating insulin or high blood glucose is very damaging to many tissues which is why diabetics also have neuropathy, kidney damage, damage to blood vessels and damage to the pancreas further exacerbating diabetes.
The following conference highlights were taken from the Keystone Symposium on Obesity (January 2017) and the World Congress Meeting on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
1) Anthony Fenante MD-
Macrophages (large white blood cells which “eat” toxins and pathogens) have been shown to be much more prevalent in obese people. These macrophages produce insulin resistance resulting in inflammation and loss of the energy factories of the body (mitochondria). Obese people make much less energy as a result.
2) Aaron Cypess MD PhD-
There are 2 types of fat- Brown fat is in slim people and infants while White fat is the obesity fat. The Brown fat has more mitochondria which are more efficient and are anti-inflammatory. The research by Dr. Cypess involves the use of Brown fat to treat obesity. Cold exposure (with showers or outdoor cold) and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) stimulates the production of healthy Brown fat which stimulates the loss of obesity.
3) Zachary Bloomgarden MD-
His research involves blood vessel wall lining (endothelium). When the cells of the vessel walls become Insulin Resistant it leads to blockage and inflexibility of arteries which lead to Cardiovascular Disease.
4) Sonia Caprio MD-
Her work involved obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes in children and adolescents. These young people with glucose intolerance develop diabetes at much higher rates than adults. Her conclusion is that obese women who become pregnant have much greater health complications during pregnancy and their babies have higher rates of diabetes and obesity.
5) Jens Holst MD-
He is using intestinal hormones (GLP1 and GIP) involved in sugar metabolism to induce weight loss.
6) Patrice Cani- PhD-
His research is on the need for gut bacteria (Lactobacillus and Bacteroides) to decrease or prevent obesity. He also has shown fish oil improves intestinal function as a way to prevent obesity.
7) Paresh Dandona MD PhD-
His research involves the use of testosterone in obese adolescents and adult males to decrease insulin resistance and decrease fat (lose weight).
Other notable findings from this conference:
1) Fasting (significant lower food intake) decreases fat mass, blood pressure and insulin resistance. Extended fasting increases ketones which become the chief energy source in the body. Fasting is difficult the first 2 days after which the hunger hormone (ghrelin) decreases and fasting becomes easier.
2) It is now realized that eating should occur within a 7-8 hour block of time during the day and that constant snacking is not healthy as continual insulin is released every time one eats.
3) Visceral fat around the internal organs is much less healthy than subcutaneous (under the skin) fat. Insulin resistance in the brain impairs cognitive function. This is usually from high fructose consumption.
4) To reduce obesity and repair Insulin resistance eating a diet with little sugar / carbohydrates, exercise (especially high intensity interval training-HIIT) and only eating within an 8-9 hour block of time during the day is very effective. If you value your health, reduce your weight and change your diet to only include healthy food (low sugar and carbohydrates).
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Weight loss has been a challenge for countless people around the world, and many individuals have tried various diets and workout routines with mixed results.
The NJ Diet, an innovative weight loss program, claims to offer a personalized approach using genetic testing.
This article will provide a neutral review of the NJ Diet, discussing its components, potential benefits, and how it compares to other weight loss programs.
What is the NJ Diet?
The NJ Diet is a weight loss program that aims to provide a personalized approach to losing weight by using genetic testing. The program claims to evaluate over 2,000 biomarkers through hair, blood, and saliva tests, creating a comprehensive genetic profile to guide its recommendations.
The 40-Day Program
The NJ Diet program lasts for 40 days and involves regular appointments with a doctor to monitor progress.
This medically supervised approach aims to ensure that participants receive adequate support and guidance while ensuring that the weight loss is safe and effective.
Upon completing the program, participants receive a personalized portfolio of their genetic makeup and optimal calorie intake, which can be used to guide their weight maintenance efforts in the future.
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Using genetic testing in a weight loss program, such as the NJ Diet, may offer several benefits over traditional weight loss methods.
One potential advantage of the NJ Diet is its personalized approach to weight loss. By using genetic testing, the program aims to identify each individual’s unique needs and tailor its recommendations accordingly. This level of customization could potentially increase the chances of success in reaching weight loss goals.
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Unlike some fad diets that promise quick results but may be unsustainable, the NJ Diet claims to focus on long-term weight maintenance.
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A round-up of fresh performances of Beethoven Concerti.
The members of this trio seem to have preternatural access to each other’s musical thoughts.
Nothing sleepy about the playing in the Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax disc; New Hampshire’s Heather Gilligan is a composer to watch.
J.S. Bach has been subjected to every imaginable kind of transcription, but the combination of mandolin, bass, and cello is probably new.
After all these many decades I am still deeply moved by Yo-Yo Ma’s playing, which combines irresistible charisma and generosity of spirit.
If there is such a thing as world music, this is it.
This was was a truly memorable afternoon at Symphony Hall, filled with interesting programming decisions and exciting revelations.
Heralded cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played with several distinguished pianists over the years, but none (are) better than Kathryn Stott.
After several years of frustrating cancellations and artistic challenges, Tanglewood and the Boston Symphony Orchestra seemed to be saying that there’s still much to celebrate. And they were right.
Far from being a down month, June marks the start of New England’s summer classical music season.


This is a response to The pay dispute at Brighton council: a Green view
Brighton and Hove City Council hit the headlines this week after the workforce at their Cityclean department stopped working for two days. This action followed the announcement of proposals to make changes to pay and allowances which will see some employees standing to lose up to £4,000 a year.
In January 2013 the council announced that they would seek to introduce a new pay and allowances system for staff. Importantly, they have provided no proper legal rationale for doing this, and have refused to say what has changed since 2009 when agreements were made which were certified as legally sound at the time.
The council’s framework for implementation of the proposals was contained in a pay modernisation paper submitted to the Policy and Resources committee. The document recommended delegating responsibility for the negotiation and implementation to officers rather than elected representatives.
Councillors present voted by a majority to accept the recommendations of the paper, with Green and Conservative councillors voting in favour and Labour councillors against. This decision was concerning for a number of reasons. GMB felt it was wrong, as councillors were not prepared to face the workers they were treating badly and there was also controversy over whether councillors knew what they were voting for. In the webcast of the meeting (at 03:10) Green Cllr Shanks states that she would be ‘concerned that this is not going to hit our lowest paid workers unfairly…that needs to come back again.’ This statement would seem to indicate that she thought that the final decision would return to elected councillors.
This view was substantiated by Green councillor Alex Phillips who when asked on Twitter ‘Why is Jason (Kitcat) saying that the majority of Green Cllrs supported it?’ responded by saying ‘Because he led them to believe that officers would take their decision to group to be voted on. This was not the case’.
Jason Kitcat is convener of the Green Group of councillors and leader of the City Council. Cllr Phillips’ statement confirms that he misled his own councillors in advance of the vote. This is not the first time he has faced such allegations. In April Kitcat had to apologise for making misleading statements about the effect of the proposals on staff after being challenged by GMB branch secretary Mark Turner.
After the Pay Modernisation Report was passed, council officers began negotiating with recognised unions. Councillors were told not to comment on the negotiations, presumably so as not to undermine their officers’ negotiating positions.
During the negotiations the council issued a press release indicating that the Cityclean Service would operate on bank holidays. They also briefed ward councillors on a planning application to allow this to happen. This is significant, as the effect of doing so means the loss of ‘make up pay’ for employees taking on the additional work and hours after a bank holiday, which is paid if strict conditions are met. This action highlights a blatant lack of meaningful consultation as it is clear a decision had already been made.
As the negotiations progressed it was clear to see that the council were not prepared to budge and that little was to change between their initial proposal and what would became their ‘best and final’ offer. A large number of GMB members would still stand to lose up to £4,000 per year, and 260 members at the Council’s Cityclean department were to be particularly badly affected, with an average loss of £2,000 rising to £4,000 for many.
As such GMB launched a campaign to highlight the affect that such substantial cuts would have on members. We launched a petition on our website, that thousands of members of the public have now signed and we made a video of GMB members at Cityclean talking about the implications of the proposed cuts.
On 8th May the council held a mass meeting with Cityclean staff to brief them on their best and final offer. Staff refused to work for two days, and the value of their work was quickly seen as the city’s streets descended into rubbish-strewn chaos. Staff went back to work on 10 May, on the basis that GMB would conduct an official ballot for industrial action, and formal notice of this ballot will be sent to the council early next week.
The action taken by the workers, while not endorsed by GMB, brought the matter to a head. The Green Party had held a meeting the previous night were they voted by a large majority to support staff and campaign against any cuts. A number of Green councillors also spoke to the workforce and stated that they opposed Kitcat’s proposals and would resign if necessary. The Green MP for Brighton, Caroline Lucas, also visited the workers to express her support, and condemned any measures that would reduce take-home pay.
As a result Cllr Kitcat’s Green administration is now acting in direct violation of his party’s own democratically decided policy and against the position of many of his own councillors and the Green Party’s only MP. His position has become untenable and as a result of his actions in misleading the public, his own councillors and our members, GMB no longer have trust and confidence in him to continue in his role.
Given the situation the Green Party must act. Whilst support is appreciated, they cannot protest against Kitcat’s actions while still allowing them to happen. We are willing to try to resolve this dispute but the Green Group must play its part too.
It is also important that Labour councillors stand up and be counted. Whilst it is noted that they voted against the proposals in January, they must now speak out, and also support any measures by Green councillors who seek to bring the decision back under democratic control. As for the Conservatives, they shouldn’t get away scot free, but at least we know what to expect with them.
I’m sure there will significant developments in the coming weeks, but in the interim Councillors may wish to consider the case of Aberdeenshire Council. They faced exactly the same dispute in January 2013 and withdrew their proposals when agreement could not be reached.
Rob Macey is a GMB Senior Organiser for Legal, Political and Campaigns. You can find updates on the dispute and sign our petition at www.gmb-southern.org.uk/bhcc / twitter @gmbsouthern. You can also follow the workers on twitter on @gmbcityclean
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text: I got this for Hanukkah this year so I thought I'd share my thoughts on it. This is the book detailing the definitive work of the late Herb Zarrow. Actually, yhis is not a book--this is a tome. It is gigantic. "A Lifetime of Magic" consists primarily of card tricks, though there are a few other pieces that involve other apparatus. The book is beautiful--black, printed on glossy paper with black and white photographs. In between the chapters are pieces written about Zarrow by his magician friends and his family, all very interesting to read. This book, in large part, sets the record straight about lots of techniques that Zarrow created or worked on, finally crediting him for his work. The tricks and routines cover the gamut, from simple card locations to routines using a fully stacked deck. The highlight, for me at least, was the final chapter, which details the sleight Zarrow in best known for--his full deck retention false shuffle. This chapter devotes over 60 pages to the move and its numerous applications. It includes all the subtleties and details that make this perhaps the single greatest card move of the 20th century. It alone is worth the price of the book. You are not well versed in card magic until you've read this. Maybe you've learned the move from somewhere else, but not like this. There are some self-working tricks that are really cool, and some great work on gambling. It would be easy enough to say that there's something in here for everybody and their mother. David Ben's descriptions are flawless, easy to follow and incredibly detail oriented. This tribute to Zarrow is an essential addition to any magician's library. I honestly cannot speak enough good about this book. True Astonishments can wait. Get this first.

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But this leaves a serious question unanswered: How should a Christian respond to wickedness he sees in the lives of his contemporaries (i.e., whether they are his neighbors or the civil authorities)? The Bible is clear that he should not speak evil of anyone (which would include evildoers!). What is he to do then? Should he simply ignore the wicked behavior and remain silent concerning it? Is there a way in which Christians can stand against evil in a respectful, God-approved fashion, without being guilty of slander or becoming bitter? The answer is a resounding yes.
In addition to the Scriptures we have considered thus far in this series and the example of Christ Himself, let us consider two other biblical examples that are worthy of our emulation. I believe these examples show us how we, who are striving to be holy, can respond to wickedness without becoming guilty of slander.
II Peter 2:9-11 - "Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord."
Two characteristics that identify those who walk according to the flesh are that they "despise authority" and "they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries." Let that sink in, friends, and may we not be guilty of either! Those who do not show respect and speak evil against authorities (which are appointed by God) are unjust and will fall under God's judgment!
The angels of God, however, who are mightier and more powerful than any mortal, will not slander those who do evil. What gives us the right to do so? Pride makes us think we are something special, but even if we were something great, slander would still have no proper place in our lives. The angels know their proper place; they know that only the Lord can condemn those who do evil. May we learn from their example!
THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
We have another example that will further teach us not to slander: the archangel Michael. When he was arguing with the devil--Satan himself--Michael did not slander him. Now, who is more evil in the Universe than the father of lies (cf. John 8:44)? No one! Who is more deserving of being slandered than Satan? No one! But even a leader among angels would not bring himself to slander or condemn Satan! That, to me, is incredible. Jude 9 reads - "Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'" And there's our answer as to how we should speak to evildoers: Don't slander them, and leave all condemnation up to God. When you are tempted to speak evil of anyone, restrain yourself to four powerful words - "The Lord rebuke you!" In the end, all condemnation and vengeance is in God's hands anyway, not ours. "Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord" (Rom. 12:19).
When Paul was desiring to return to Corinth and help the church there, he said - "For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish...that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder" (II Cor. 12:20, ESV). It was Paul's prayer that the Corinthians did not fall prey to these sins. He feared such might be present in their lives, and I fear such is present in the lives of too many Christians today. What would Jesus find in your heart and life if He returned today? Make sure slander has no root in your heart and no place on your lips!

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On the 2nd South Asia Forum with the theme of “Pakistan in social transition” hosted by China-Pakistan Educational Cultural Institute (CPECI), Prof. Tan said that if engineers at all levels involved in management and operation do not truly understand the people at the bottom of Pakistan and do not know how to interact with them effectively and safely, it will bring great risk to the multibillion-dollar investment and pose a threat to the personal safety of Chinese managers.
CPEC is a new development in the history of China-Pakistan exchanges. It not only promotes economic cooperation, but also brings about broad cooperation in education and culture. In this context, the joint degree was put on the agenda. China-Pakistan cooperation in education has gone through a long period of exploration and has been continuous since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan in 1951.
Nevertheless, due to the different national conditions of the two countries, in the long historical period, China-Pakistan friendship is mainly limited to political and military cooperation, and the development of educational cooperation is relatively slow. Since about 2003, the number of Pakistani students studying in China has been increasing. However, further collaboration between universities is generally limited.
In 2005, when China and Pakistan exchanged the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, education was listed as a separate section for the first time. The Confucius Institutes, which were widely established in Pakistan, were an important result of the treaty. The Confucius Institutes mainly carry out language teaching, not degree education.
In the Joint Statement on Strengthening China-Pakistan All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership, Building Closer China-Pakistan Community of Shared Future in the New Era issued in 2018, China and Pakistan agreed to encourage respective universities to develop bilateral linkages including through joint degree and exchange programmes.
On March 2022, China and Pakistan signed an agreement on mutual recognition of higher education certificates and degrees, providing study guarantee for international students from both countries and dispelling their concerns. In terms of the future development direction of the joint degree, Prof. Tan believes that it is necessary to reinforce the confidence of the cooperation.


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We booked a table at Da Via last month and invited a bunch of Foodie Club members to experience an authentic Italian meal. Nestled in bustling Wan Chai beside Hong Kong's slithering tramline, Da Via's big open windows invite passersby with open arms into their warm and relaxing environment.
Step in on any given day and you'll be able to view pasta being made fresh on the spot and the chefs preparing their selection of antipasti. We arrived to find a specially tailored menu for Foodie Club, with Founder Walter Kern and Culinary Host Alejandro waiting to guide us through the menu. The pair have years of culinary expertise and embrace the slow food philosophy of providing good quality Italian gastronomy with integrity.
First stop on our journey was a variety of Italian cold cuts and a stew of vegetables spiked with the occasional plump raisins, making the first course sweet, salty and deliciously moreish.
Da Via's Grande Tavola (fine Italian cold cuts)
Next up was a beautiful mixed antipasti tasting platter of octopus and potato, pesto penne, roasted vegetables, and slices of prosciutto served with freshly baked ciabatta. The selection created a perfect balance of contrasting flavours and a good ratio of carbs to protein.
Mixed Antipasti Tasting Platter
We were full even before we reached the mains, but happily shared their mezzemaniche mancini - a short pasta with tomato sauce and seafood. The sauce was silky and smooth, with strong flavours of clams, shrimps and octopus. The dish was punctuated with the satisfying bounce from the freshly made pasta. An Italian white wine, Tasca d'Almerita, from Sicily, enhanced the fresh taste of the Italian seaside (Tasca d'Almerita, leone d'Almerita, Sicilia I.G.T. Sicilia).
Mezzemaniche Mancini (short pasta) with tomato sauce and seafood
Moving north from Sicily, we were carried on another pasta journey with pappardelle, a homemade flat pasta, dressed in a Tuscan veal ragu with trumpet mushrooms. The hearty sauce coated the delicate shreds of veal and melted in our mouths, making the dish an instant favourite amongst Foodies on the night.
Pappardelle, homemade egg flat pasta with Tuscan veal ragu and trumpet mushrooms
Last but not least, was the sweet and creamy panna cotta. Served in small jars layered with airy cream and fresh strawberry jam, the strawberries balanced the milkiness of the cream perfectly.
Walter and Alejandro introduced us to a wide selection of authentic dishes from the North to the South of Italy that transported us to the gastronomic world of Italian cuisine. With quizzes and prize giveaways on the night, it was certainly the most interactive and educational Foodie Club tasting thus far.
Da Via is open from 8am–11pm, offering early morning breakfasts before work, quick snacks during the day, substantial lunches and easy-going dinners. As it showed at our event, each dish is made with the philosophy of helping people reconnect and rediscover the simple pleasures of authentic cooking.
By Hazel Hui
Photo credit: Patrick Lee
Da Via, G/F, 14-16 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, 3956 9873

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TRENTON, N.J. – Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that it’s been offered $4.15 billion by The Carlyle Group for its Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics business, a year after J&J began reviewing strategic options for the blood-testing unit as part of a routine pruning of its extensive family of businesses.
J&J, based in New Brunswick, N.J., has until March 31 to decide whether to accept the offer. Johnson & Johnson executives plan to discuss the offer Tuesday, when the health giant and consumer products company reports fourth-quarter results. The company said Thursday that it will consult with works councils and trade unions representing the unit’s employees before making a decision.
The Ortho-Clinical business serves hospitals, testing laboratories and blood banks.
One division supplies equipment and chemicals to screen donated blood for HIV, hepatitis C and other serious diseases, and for typing donated blood to ensure patients get safe, compatible blood transfusions. The other division makes technology for advanced testing of blood to diagnose a range of health conditions and to monitor the effects of medication.
Established in 1937, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is based in Raritan, N.J., and has factories in Rochester, N.Y.; Pompano Beach, Fla., and Pencoed, Wales. It has more than 4,500 employees and operates in more than 30 countries worldwide.
Last January, CEO Alex Gorsky said J&J was looking at strategic options for Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, which doesn’t meet the company’s long-held strategy of focusing on businesses that rank first or second in their markets.
In 2012, J&J reported revenue of $2.1 billion for the diagnostics business, down more than 4 per cent from 2011. Revenue fell even more over the first nine months of 2013, when it was down 8 per cent from the prior year at $1.42 billion.
Carlyle Group is a private equity and buyout firm based in Washington, D.C. If the sale goes through, Carlyle is expected to try to expand the business through increased marketing and creation of new products. Carlyle manages more than $185 billion worth of assets worldwide, according to its website.
In afternooon trading, Carlyle shares were up 1 cent at $37. Johnson & Johnson shares were down 25 cents at $94.55. The stock has seen a tremendous run-up since Gorsky took over in April 2012, with shares rising 46 per cent from $64.75 back then.
AP Business Writer Tom Murphy in Indianapolis contributed to this report.

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More diverse food options, mobile ordering, Starbucks, Cinnabon, and Center Court are topics being considered for changes within Dining Services.
With more and more students asking for more vegan and vegetarian options, Dining Services continues to look for more ways to meet demands.
“The impossible burger has been doing great. We are also getting some new salads; we are bringing in a quinoa salad with kale, also couscous with basil and tomato. We are also working on new soups as well; there is a Thai carrot and apple soup,” Executive Chef Eric Ruhmann said.
Students have been asking for more options and longer hours.
“I wish they had more rice and meat substitutes. I really love smoothies but Kaldi’s and Freshens are not open that late,” sophomore public relations major Maddison Schneider, of Freeburg, Illinois, said.
Director of Dining Services Dennis Wobbe mentioned Freshens will extend its hours to 3 p.m. on Fridays starting next semester. The smoothie bar will stay at its usual hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
Wobbe discussed that a master plan is in the works for Dining Services to get a new look.
“We are always exploring new ways to implement new food options. We have a gluten-free dedicated area where we prepare meals as well as a dedicated storage. We are looking into upgrading our storage as a part of our master plan to remodel Dining Services,” Wobbe said.
Storage seems to be the biggest problem with being able to offer specialty items. Options like vegetarian, gluten-free and others are not sold as often, which means they are stored longer and take up more room.
“We are a service and we cater to the needs of students as best we can. Since we have been looking more into the special needs of students, we have been looking at better ways to advertise the food options. For gluten-free options we have to state that on the container or menu it is presented with. Students who need to eat this it’s great for, but other students see that and automatically think it will not taste good. This is a problem because we need to have product constantly moving,” Wobbe said.
Price is also an issue. Most of the newer products Dining Services is trying to bring in cost more to make.
“These [vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free] options cost at least 30 percent more to produce. Take the impossible burger: it sells great but it does cost three to five times more than regular ground beef,” Ruhmann said.
Over the years of offering newer options to better cater to the needs of students, Dining Services has seen only a small increase in sales. Wobbe believes better advertisement will help sell more of the specialty items.
A completely dedicated area for specialty items has been discussed but probably won’t go into effect in the near future.
“We have looked at other universities that have specific areas dedicated for vegetarian foods. The University of Illinois has something close to what we would do, but for a school that is much larger than us they only average about nine students a day purchasing from that area,” Wobbe said.
Wobbe and Ruhmann said it is their goal to be able to sell a large range of items and have them all selling quickly.
A survey designed specifically for Dining Services is in the works. As of right now, they only have small sections in other surveys like housing’s survey. Wobbe hinted toward a survey that will be dispersed to all students to better understand their needs and wants. No time frame was mentioned for the completion of the survey.
The rest of the Dining Services remodel includes a new look and added amenities.
Chik-fil-A has already been announced for remodeling at an earlier Student Government meeting. Another being discussed for an upgrade is Starbucks.
“Starbucks is another one that is going to be re-imaged that will change the queuing of the lines so they won’t be going out into the hallway, and giving it a much-needed update,” Wobbe said.
Dining Services is also looking at adding mobile ordering kiosks where students would be able to order food and pick it up at a station. Students would still be able to pay with debit cards, Cougar Bucks or with a meal plan. Locations of these stations are still being determined.
Auntie Anne’s may also receive a remodel, potentially including the addition of a Cinnabon, though this is yet to be determined. If a remodel is approved, it will not take place for about a year, where the other updates are already in the works and some will be completed Fall 2019.
“Auntie Anne’s has just acquired Cinnabon and an ice cream concept. If we re-image, for almost the same cost, we could probably add them in also,” Wobbe said.


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As might be expected in a country where managers are autocratic in style, meetings are often for the purpose of information dissemination, rather than for the open debate of current business issues.
Formal meetings are often held to ratify decisions which have been made elsewhere and to give clear instruction on key tasks to be performed.
Any open debate on the issues in hand will have been undertaken elsewhere in either one-to-one meetings or in smaller groups. It is in these background meetings where much of the real debate is undertaken. Without access to these meetings, it can be very difficult to influence the flow of events and it is only through cultivating very close relationships that an outsider will ever be invited into these inner cabals.
Formal meetings tend to be very structural and serious. The dour image associated with many Russian negotiators stems from the belief that a formal meeting is a serious affair and should be treated accordingly. Humour is seldom used in such serious situations.

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Au Bien Etre50 chemin des Grandes Terres, 07120 Chauzon, France – Great location - show map
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- Outdoor dining area
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The Village of Labeaume(3.8 miles)
Surrounded by cliffs and troglodytic caves, this small village features suspended gardens and narrow streets recalling a labyrinth.
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Visit one of the most picturesque villages in France crossed by the Ardèche River and the medieval château dominating it.
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Located in the vicinity of the Pont d'Arc, this cave contains masterpieces of prehistoric art.
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Please note that a EUR 35 end-of-stay cleaning fee is not included in the price. You can choose to pay the fee or clean the accommodation yourself.
Please note that a EUR 300 damages deposit will be requested upon arrival. This may be used to charge for any damages incurred to the accommodation during your stay.
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Mumbai: The story of popular TV show 'Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon' will take a leap forward by a few years in February, and it will lose its male lead Vivian Dsena, who plays the role of superstar Rishabh Kundra aka R.K.
However, the show will introduce new characters.
"Come February, 'Madhubala - Ek Ishq, Ek Junoon', will undergo a leap. The leap will be a natural progression which will present a fresh storyline and perspective to the strong audience base who have loved the show and watched it consistently since it first launched," a spokesperson for Colors said in a statement.
"As is norm, we will see the inclusion of new characters following the leap who will support the show's story as it moves forward," the spokesperson added.
Though the channel has not said anything about Vivian leaving the show, the actor took to microblogging website Twitter to reveal that he is quitting the show.
"Hey guys the news you all have heard is unfortunately 100 percent true. 'Madhubala' is taking a leap and I won't be a part of it after the leap," he tweeted Wednesday.
He has thanked his fans for loving him and his character in the show.
"Guys thanks a ton...R.K. was never possible without you guys. Whatever I am today is only because of you all. Don't worry I will be back with a bang," Vivian added.
'Madhubala - Ek Ishq, Ek Junoon', which went on air in 2012, features Drashti Dhami in the titular role. Recently, the show introduced a new character KRK (Keval Ram Khuswami), R.K.'s twin brother. But it seems the double role failed to grab the audience's attention.


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There are so many wine regions in the Cape, which I still need to explore. One, in particular, is Tulbagh. It is a wine route that is fast gaining popularity, and I think warrants more of my attention. A recent visit to Montpellier Wine Estate, to taste their new summer vintages, as well as stay the night was the perfect way to find out more about the area. [Read more…]
2016 was definitely a year of discovery, especially when it comes to wonderful new culinary spots! One that ranked highly on my list of favourites, was FABER Restaurant at Avondale Wine Farm, in Paarl. Franschhoek is a top wine region for eating out but Stellenbosch and Paarl regions should not be discounted, as their offering is equally as good.
What do summer and the Festive Season have in common? You guessed it, lots and lots of bubbly! A recent media trip found me exploring a small part of the Franschhoek Cap Classique Route – a terrible job I know! [Read more…]
Summer is my favourite time of year! I love the holiday vibe in Cape Town as we head towards the festive season or the “silly season” as I like to call it. That said, a Summer Escape to the Beautiful Cape Winelands never goes amiss; a time-out of sorts from the mayhem. [Read more…]
Babylonstoren is one of those places, once you have been, you will want to go back – again and again! My most recent visit to the farm was for the unveiling of the stunning New Babylonstoren Tasting Room! [Read more…]


VIJAYAWADA: COVID-19 tally in Andhra Pradesh went up to 6,720 with another 264 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours ending 9 am on Tuesday.
Two more casualties were reported — one each in Chittoor and Prakasam districts — in the 24 hours, taking the toll in the State to 88.
According to the media bulletin issued by the State Command Control Room on Tuesday morning, a total of 15,911 samples in the State were tested in the 24 hours, and 193 tested positive.
Another 44 positive cases were reported among those who returned from other States, while 27 more positive cases were reported among the foreign returnees.
The cumulative figure of new cases reported in the last 24 hours is 264.
Another 81 people were discharged from COVID hospitals across the State in the last 24 hours after their recovery.
Similarly, 47 among those who returned from other States were also discharged. The total number of discharged in the State now stands at 3,513.
Andhra Pradesh continues to be top among the States with regard to testing of samples per million people.
The State is testing 10,923 samples per million on an average while the national average stands at 4,269.
Tamil Nadu with 9,468 tests per million and Rajasthan with 7,899 tests per million occupy second and third places respectively.
The State is also doing better in the positivity rate with 1.15 per cent as against 5.79 per cent at the national level.
The State has a recovery rate of 52.28 per cent as against the national average of 52.47 per cent.
The mortality rate in AP is 1.31 per cent while it is 2.89 per cent at the national level.


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Recovery from addiction is a long and difficult process for many people but it can also be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences that they will ever have. For those who have been involved in substance abuse for many years, one of the first steps they will take in recovery is acknowledging that… Continue reading Malibu Treatment Addiction Guide
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