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Akwa Ibom State University (Historical Overview)
The founding of AkwaIbom State University can be traced back historically to October 2000, when the Committee for the Establishment of Akwa Ibom State University of Technology was inaugurated. The Committee which was to advise on the feasibility of establishing a University of Technology in the State consisted of academics, technical experts and professionals.
The Committee, after embarking on appraisal visits to selected institutions in Britain, Poland, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Venezuela, United States of America and Canada, submitted an Interim Report to the then State Governor, Arc. Obong Victor Attah, in April, 2001. A final report was submitted in September of the same year. Following the acceptance of the report by the University Establishment Committee, the state government set up the AkwaIbom State University of Technology Implementation Committee in December 2001. The Committee had the mandate to carry out the necessary basic functions, including the drafting of the enabling law towards the take-off of the University.
The Bill establishing the AkwaIbom State University of Technology (AKUTECH) was passed by Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and signed into Law by the then Executive Governor of the State Arc. (Obong) Victor Attah on 16th of April 2003. The mandate of the State university was to rapidly facilitate the transformation of AkwaIbom into an industrial society and a technologically- driven economy, from the status quo of AkwaIbom being a "civil service state," in which government employed over 90% of labour. The creation of the University also became expedient in view of the fact that the people of AkwaIbom State had been pioneer champions, of higher education in the country since the 1930s and had served as Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities. Politically the, AkwaIbom State people were the earliest advocates of states creation in Nigeria, together with the people of what today are Bayelsa and Rivers States.
The philosophy for a modern State University in AkwaIbom was that of a technically-biased one. Hence the State had the vision of establishing AkwaIbom State University of Technology to meet its zeal for a technologically-driven economy, to turn the social and economic ethos of the state to an industrial base.
The University could not, however, physically start on the ground in what had then been designated as a new "University Town" along the central part of AkwaIbom coastline; nor could academic activities commence. The university was domiciled in two rented family-size storey buildings in Ewet State Housing in Uyo, the State capital. These were the misfortunes and false start of AKUTECH when His Excellency, Chief (Dr) GodswillObotAkpabio (CON), the Executive Governor of AkwaIbom State assumed office in May 2007. On November 21, 2007, Professor Sunday W. Petters, FAS, was appointed the Acting Vice-Chancellor to actualize the new university vision.
Given the socio-economic realities in the State, and in order to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the totality of AkwaIbom people, major changes in the concept and scope of the university had become imperative. Although the yearnings for a technically-biased university persisted, the policy thrust of Government became the establishment of a conventional, multi-campus institution, to be known as AkwaIbom State University. Thus, the name of the University was changed from AkwaIbom State University of Technology (AKUTECH), to AkwaIbom State University (AKSU).
AkwaIbom State is faced with a daunting University admissions crisis that threatens to truncate the future of the teeming population of youths. The State ranks among the largest source of candidates for the national Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Yet, in terms of actual placement in Universities, the State traditionally ranks much lower, meaning that most AkwaIbom applicants are not admitted into universities. This dismal picture of university admission demands and deficits in AkwaIbom State is not new, and has, over the years, heightened the demand for a conventional State University.
The avalanche of AkwaIbom State applicants for university admissions is bound to increase with the recent free education policy of the present Administration in the State. Primary education is free and compulsory, with free education extended to secondary level. AkwaIbom State University, therefore, should open its doors to students in all manner of academic disciplines, in addition to the fields of science, engineering and technology. This has informed the establishment of a conventional, multi-campus University by the GodswillAkpabio administration.
In May 2008, the AkwaIbom State Executive Council approved the establishment of a conventional multi-campus State University, with the main campus at IkotAkpaden, MkpatEnin and the second campus at Obioakpa, OrukAnam and Ukanfun Local Government Areas. The Model Science Secondary School, IkotAkpaden, which was under construction, was approved as the take-off location for the main campus, while the former College of Agriculture, ObioAkpa, became the second campus of the University.
The bills establishing AkwaIbom State University of Technology and AkwaIbom State College of Agriculture were repealed by the State House of Assembly on September 10, 2009. The House of Assembly passed the bill establishing AkwaIbom State University on September 15,2009 but with effect from June 2009 .The bill, was thereafter, signed into law by the State Executive Governor, His Excellency Chief (Dr) Godswill O. Akpabio (CON) .
The host communities of AkwaIbom State University, notably, MkpatEnin, OrukAnam and Ukanafun Local Government Areas were highly elated over the birth of the University. The IkotAkpaden site was swampy and overgrown with shrubs, thus rendering the abandoned buildings quite inaccessible. The State University will always accord credit to the host communities who, on being intimated of this need, jumped at the work and cleared the site preparatory for completion of the construction work. The gesture was repeated at ObioAkpa campus when the host communities defied the New Year 2010 celebrations to clear weeds on campus. This paved the way for the renovation of structures on the ObioAkpa campus.
It is noteworthy to recall that the defunct State College of Agriculture, ObioAkpa, was first established as a Government farm settlement in 1948 alongside the present National Root Crop Research Institute at Umudike which is currently the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. The former AkwaIbom State College of Agriculture, ObioAkpa trained middle level officers in agriculture in such areas as animal production, crop and fisheries; and was initially affiliated to the Polytechnic in Calabar. After the creation of AkwaIbom State in 1987, ObioAkpa College became an affiliate of the AkwaIbom State Polytechnic in IkotOsurua. In 2001, the College was granted an autonomous status by the then State Governor and was approved to operate as a College of Agriculture with the full mandate to develop manpower to cater for the needs of agricultural development in the State. Thus, most of the structures inherited from the College had existed on the campus since 1948.
By the end of 2009 the Draft Master Plan for both campuses had been prepared. AkwaIbom State University continued to be administered from the two duplex buildings at Uyo, at 29C UbiumSteet, Ewet Housing Estate, as inherited from AkwaIbom State University of Technology, until 15-17 September, 2008. The movement from Uyo office to the main campus brought great excitement and joy to staff of the university who for many years, had longed for a fulfilment of their dream to work and develop their career in the institution. However the excitement was not without challenges as most staff had to commute from Uyo to IkotAkpaden, a journey that took up to an hour. In order to surmount this initial transportation challenges, the Vice Chancellor sought the benevolence of University of Calabar to release its campus shuttle buses on hire to convey AKSU staff. This request was obliged by UNICAL. AkwaIbom State Government has since donated vehicles to the University, to replace the UNICAL buses.
Similarly, in 2009 – 2010, the administrative building, academic block, laboratories, medical centre, assembly hall, cafeteria and other blocks at ObioAkpa was reconstructed in preparation for commencement of lectures on that campus. Administrative staff also relocated to the campus to put relevant machinery in place for the commencement. This was before the absorption into the University of the staff of the former College of Agriculture, ObioAkpa, was completed by the State Government.
AkwaIbom State University has enjoyed remarkable goodwill from sister Universities. It is on record that reputable academics responded from the Universities of Calabar, Uyo and Port Harcourt to brainstorm and exchange ideas that led to the production of the University Academic Brief that met NUC minimum standards. More than this, these Universities have assisted AKSU enormously to lay a solid foundation for its take-off, by releasing their senior academic, administrative and technical staff to strengthen the University workforce.
Activities towards the commencement of academic program in the university gathered momentum up to October 5, 2010, when the National Universities Commission (NUC) granted the University license. Thus, AkwaIbom State University became the 34th State University in Nigeria. The first Governing Council of AkwaIbom State University was inaugurated on September 23, 2010 with Dr OkonEminue as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman. It is particularly noteworthy to recall for posterity that, as a demonstration of his love for the education of the AkwaIbom child; the Governor, His Excellency Chief (Dr) GodswilObotAkpabio (CON) personally visited the NUC headquarters in Abuja on October 5, 2010, to collect the University license in what was a most memorable ceremony. Thus, October 5, 2010 is the AkwaIbom State University Founders' Day.
At the end of the university license collection in Abuja, the State Governor presented to the NUC the University Draft Master Plan, the University Law and the Academic Brief. The dreams and visions of the founding fathers of AkwaIbom State University were fulfilled when on October 28, 2010, the gates of the university were opened on the two campuses to admit the pioneer students of the institution and on November 1, 2010 academic activities commenced in the university.
The University acknowledges with profound gratitude the support from the State Governor Chief (Dr) GodswillObotAkpabio and his commitment to establishing a world-class technological but conventional multi-campus university on the Gulf of Guinea that will meet the yearnings of AkwaIbom youths that he loves so much and has granted free and compulsory education.
The university also provides the platform for the development of the maritime industry in Nigeria, and the exploitation of aquatic and ocean resources. Our offshore oil industry and petroleum exploration need offshore engineers and technologists to put structures and undertake repairs under water; while the Ibaka Deep Seaport which is underway needs to be managed by AkwaIbom people. The faculty of ocean science and technology is therefore being accorded priority attention by the university management to ensure that the faculty receives all the legal backing from the Federal Government and facilities it needs to train divers and offshore technologists and engineers. In addition, this university should explore the mineral and petroleum resources, which are embedded in the deep-sea; and exploit them for economic opportunities
AkwaIbom State University is in its second academic year and in line with our vision of a conventional university, the National Universities Commission has approved the addition of faculties of arts, education and social and management sciences to the existing four faculties – agriculture, engineering, natural and applied Sciences, ocean science and technology – in the university; thus bringing the total number of faculties to seven with thirty-five departments and thirty-eight programmes. It is our belief that in no distant future the full package of nine faculties which Akwa Ibom State University has in its kitty will be rolled out for the benefit of our teeming youths.
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Ian Wright has expressed sympathy for Arsenal and England attacker Theo Walcott after he was ruled out for the rest of the season and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ with a serious knee injury.
The 24-year-old damaged the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Arsenal's FA Cup victory over Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend, with his club announcing on Monday that he will be unavailable for around six months.
As well as missing the rest of the season, it means that Walcott is all but certain to miss Brazil 2014, which begins in June.
As a player, it's devastating. I missed out on a World Cup in '98 through injury and it's something that you never truly get over.
It is the latest chapter in a story of World Cup misery for Walcott, who was called up for the 2006 tournament at the age of 17 but did not play, and was then left out for the 2010 tournament by Fabio Capello.
Wright, who sat out the 1998 World Cup in France due to a hamstring injury, told BBC Radio Five Live on Tuesday: "As a player, it's devastating. I missed out on a World Cup in '98 through injury and it's something that you never truly get over.
"In the end I didn't actually get to play in any, but for someone like Theo who has been there but not played - but he has been there - for this one I feel he would have been ready."
Former England striker Michael Owen, who sustained a serious knee injury during Germany 2006, also voiced support for Walcott.
"Shocking news regarding Theo Walcott," Owen wrote on Twitter. "I wish him a speedy recovery and hope he returns next season as good as ever."
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Ex-short-track coach says he covered up sabotage to help skater
The short-track coach who resigned from U.S. Speedskating amid scandalous allegations of abuse and sabotage said Friday he made a mistake by covering up skate-tampering in a misguided effort to help one of his skaters.
Jae Su Chun implied in a statement that he did not order skater Simon Cho to tamper with the skate of a Canadian rival at the world championships last year in Warsaw, Poland, as Cho and others had alleged.
Instead, Chun said he was "shocked" to learn about the incident after it took place, and chose not to report it because of Cho's "difficult family circumstances."
"I wanted to protect him and his family," Chun said. "I was wrong. ... I know I chose Simon Cho over my own principles. As a coach and role model, I know what is required of me, but sometimes as a human being, it is not so easy to follow what is cold and hard and written on paper, when there is a living, breathing, very confused young man in front of you."
It's not clear to what family circumstances Chun was referring. U.S. Speedskating said it has begun a process or disciplining Cho, who has said he expects to be suspended or banned.
An independent investigation by law firm White & Case did not conclude whether Chun actually ordered the tampering, according to the summary presented by attorneys last week. But the coach did acknowledge not reporting it, leading to his resignation on Thursday along with former assistant coach Jun Hyung Yeo, who also knew of the incident but did not report it. In so doing, both men violated the federation's code of conduct, and could have been fired if they had not resigned.
Both men also accepted suspensions from U.S. Speedskating that bar them from coaching in any clubs or events sanctioned by the federation until the end of February, 2014 Â beyond the conclusion of the Sochi Olympics in Russia. They could conceivably work for other countries, though.
An attorney for Cho did not respond directly to questions about the "family circumstances." But John Wunderli said that when the full investigative report is released, "we expect it will contain statements by many skaters about coach Chun's behavior in Warsaw that are consistent with what Simon has said and inconsistent with coach Chun's statement."
Chun said in his statement that he would not dignify the allegations of abuse with a response.
A dozen skaters had charged him with physical and emotional abuse during his reign as coach, but investigators said they could not conclude that there was a "pattern of abuse."
"I find abuse repugnant," Chun said. "Anyone who speaks with my athletes in America, Canada and Korea in detail, even some of the complainants, and reads any of the articles about me in the Korean press over the last decade will know why I say this."
Chun also wrote passionately about his love for the sport, and about letting down Olivier Jean the skater whom he once coached, whose skate Cho sabotaged in order to keep him from skating a relay final at the world championships.
"During my time coaching him, I came to love him and the dynamic way he skates on the ice," Chun said. "I hope after I visit with him, that I may be close to him again. I apologize to him for not saying anything during this difficult period. It was at the advice of my attorneys who worried for my legal liability and also my good friends who said that the larger apology must be made in person. They said I had to trust to our prior relationship to preserve whatever goodwill Olivier Jean may have for me. I hope they are right."
Short-track speedskating is a "marvelous thing to do," Chun concluded. "It is a marvelous thing to watch. It is marvelous to hear the blades on the ice when the skaters go by. If you first started following short-track speedskating because of my misfortune, I would urge you to go watch a meet in person and to bring your son or daughter. They may perhaps fall in love with the sport the way I and all the athletes I have trained over the years have."


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2013 - 14 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Thousands lined the banks of the River Thames near Tower Bridge to welcome a parade of a dozen 70-foot yachts and 270 crew members back from a round-the-world race — and a B.C. sailor commanded the yacht that led the pack.
Henri Lloyd skipper Eric Holden celebrates with the Clipper Race trophy on the podium after the Round the World Race Finish in London.
Thirty-four-year-old Eric Holden of Vancouver was showered in champagne as the Clipper Race trophy was presented to him and the crew of the Henri Lloyd in London today.
The Clipper Round the World event covers 16 individual races over 64,300 kilometres with an overall winner in a Formula one - style scoring system. It joins together amateur sailors — some who'd never even been on a boat before — with an experienced skipper.
Speaking with CBC News on the phone from the celebration party, Holden called the experience life-changing and said the support from Canada has been superb.
The Henri Lloyd leads the pack as the top three finishers pass under London's Tower Bridge at the Parade of Sails ending the 2013-2014 Clipper Round the World yacht race.
'We're not a huge sailing nation, and the support has just been growing and growing every leg, every success we've had and that's really been keeping me going through some of the tough times,' he said.
'If I've encouraged any people to get out there and try sailing, or offshore sailing in Canada, then that will just be a huge bonus for me.'
Holden was the only Canadian skipper in the race, and was joined on the 11-month journey by a crew that included four other Canadians: nurse Fiona Garforth-Bies, of Bragg Creek, Alta; heavy duty mechanic James Dick, from Victoria, B.C.; construction inspector Michael Jauncey, from Toronto; and recent college grad Morgen Watson, of Calgary.
Experienced skipper, amateur crew
Holden, who was named Sail Canada's sailor of the month for both April and May, sailed for Canada's national team for five years. He was the weather forecaster for the Canadian sailing team at the 2012 London Olympics.
Many of the race's crew members, who are allocated to teams to ensure a similar skill set across the fleet, had no previous sailing experience. They undergo 26 days of training before setting sail.
The race literature warns: 'While the crew may be amateur, no one has told the ocean that. The sea does not distinguish between Olympians or novices and if the Southern Ocean, the Pacific or the South Atlantic decides to throw down the gauntlet, the crews need to be ready to face exactly the same challenges as those experienced by the pro racer.'
'I don't know how we can be labelled an amateur team any longer, considering all we have been through together and how they have risen to every challenge. Many top sailors will have gone their whole careers and never experienced conditions like these.' - Eric Holden, 2013-2014 skipper of the Henri Lloyd
Holden told The Canadian Press earlier this week that he was proud of how well his crew fared in the extreme conditions they faced, saying they developed a good respect for Mother Nature. They saw everything from winds of 160 kilometres per hour and 'mountainous seas' in the Southern Ocean, to lightning, thunderstorms and waterspouts in the tropics, to the dead wind in the Doldrums — an equatorial region known for bringing boats to a halt.
During a particularly challenging stretch between Cape Town and Albany, Australia, Holden wrote: 'The team are loving these conditions and doing everything I could ask of them. I don't know how we can be labelled an amateur team any longer, considering all we have been through together and how they have risen to every challenge. Many top sailors will have gone their whole careers and never experienced conditions like these.'
Henri Lloyd skipper Eric Holden guides his team's sailboat near the Golden Gate Bridge on April 19, 2014, for the start of Race 11, from San Francisco to Panama City, in the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race.
The gruelling race was conceived in 1995 by English sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who, in 1969, became the first person to complete an individual non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.
Knox-Johnston, who still sails competitively at age 75, chose Holden from some 180 applicants to become the race's first ever Canadian skipper.
'He's very focused. And he's a meteorologist, which always helps with ocean racing,' Knox-Johnston said on Holden's success. 'His crew obviously thinks very highly of him, he's showing very good leadership.'
Holden isn't sure of his immediate plans once the race ends, including whether or not he'll be part of Canada's sailing squad at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
'Offshore yacht racing is what I do for a living, and when I'm not racing, I'm doing weather forecasting for other yachts,' he said. 'This race has taken up all my energy for the past 18 months, so I haven't had time to look past the end of this race.'
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Fog begins to close in on the Pensacola Bay Bridge center span late Wednesday afternoon.
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Anyone driving near local water bodies today may have noticed heavy fog, and that will continue through mid day Thursday.
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Now we know who gets to fill in for comic Chelsea Handler while she's on vacation from her late-night talk show: This week, The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl will bring a Grammy-oriented week of guests.
The rock superstar hosts E!'s Chelsea Lately (11 ET/PT) starting tonight. His first guest: Grammy-winning Rick Springfield, who also happens to be featured in the Grohl-directed documentary Sound City.
Grohl's guests for the rest of the week:
Tuesday: Nas, the four-time Grammy nominated artist for his album Life Is Good.
Wednesday: Elton John, who's performing at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
Thursday: Tenacious D,nominated for Best Comedy Album.
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When her boyfriend tried to get away from the situation, police say things got worse.
It's all started around 5:30 Thursday night.
That's when a car ride turned into a crime scene.
Police say Jayela McShane was in the passenger seat of her boyfriend's car when a fight got out of control.
"The driver an adult male, stopped the vehicle, exited the vehicle and began walking." Dothan Police Sergeant Rachel David said.
Authorities say that's when Mcshane got behind the wheel.
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David says the impact sent the victim over a bridge, and left him in critical condition.
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McShane was arrested 14-hours after the incident.
The victim's name has not been released.
He's still in critical condition, but stable.
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This pie is always a treat at our house. I haven't met anyone who doesn't like it.
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 chocolate crumb crust (9 inches)
- 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts, optional
- Chocolate curls, optional
- In a large bowl, beat peanut butter, cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add sugar and milk; fold in whipped topping. Pour into the crust.
- Cover and freeze for at least 4 hours. Remove from the freezer just before serving. Garnish with peanuts and chocolate curls if desired. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Peanut Butter Pie in Country February/March 1999, p51
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Formation says it is taking measures to protect the environment surrounding its mine. Its wastewater will be treated and the mine's tailings will be covered to prevent rainwater from washing heavy metals into the soil and streams. The company says it will measure cobalt levels in the surface water and treat any contamination of it. And when the mine is reclaimed, half of the tailings will go back into the pit and be neutralized, Formation says. The company won the support of the Idaho Conservation League for its mine's design, its fail-safes, and its donations—more than $150,000 in 2010—to projects to improve and protect the Salmon River watershed.
Other cobalt mining operations are in consideration from Michigan to Minnesota to Baja California. Baja Mining Corporation, for example, secured funding last November for its Boleo project in Baja, where it expects to produce about 1,700 tons of cobalt each year. Thirty percent of that mine is owned by a Korean consortium; South Korea is one of the leading exporters of rechargeable batteries to the U.S.
New mining projects already are underway in Canada and Western Australia, and there are applications to mine under the ocean floor, where another billion tons of cobalt might exist. With an estimated 15 million tons of cobalt resources identified in the world, supply is not a concern, and prices are expected to remain relatively low for now. "In the next few years, global increases in supply from existing producers and new projects are forecast to outpace increases in consumption," according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The Venus Factor by John Barban is unlike any other diet plan or exercise program in the world—and I should know!
Like too many women, my struggle with weight and body image has been a nearly lifelong one. I was a naturally skinny kid; as such, I never thought about what I ate. During my junior year of high school, though, something changed: I gained 20 lbs in a year and couldn't understand what was happening to me or why.
My mom challenged me to go on a diet with her, as a sort of competition—probably the worst thing you can do to a teenage girl with blossoming body-image issues! Worse, I had no idea how to eat right, so instead I'd try to live off two apples a day for as long as I could. As you might imagine, "as long as I could" was not very long, and every few days I'd end up bingeing on takeout Chinese, feeling terrible about myself, and eating more to make myself feel better… you know how it goes.
In desperation, I started secretly buying "magic weight loss pills," cellulite brushes, "top-secret fat-burning" workout videos (etc., etc.); I was smart enough to know they couldn't possibly work, but desperate enough to try anyway. This desperation is, of course, what the weight-loss industry feeds on, if you'll pardon the pun.
There have been ups and downs weight-wise over the years since then (the "downs" always short-lived and always unhealthily attained)—but, like too many women, I don't remember what it's like to feel comfortable in my body.
And then I found it.
What's so different about This Program?
Naturally, I was highly skeptical at first: I've tried just about every fad diet, crash diet, weight-loss supplement, and magic fitness regimen known to (wo)man. As I scoured their website, though, something felt very different than my past desperate experiences.
First, there were no magical-thinking guarantees: no "lose 30 lbs in 30 days," no "lose weight with no diet or exercise," no "special foods that melt away belly fat," etc., etc. Instead, I was reading information that made sense, about possibilities that seemed . . . reasonable.
==> Click Here to go to the Official VF website
Rather than saleable "sciencey"-sounding jargon, the website is backed up with over 50 scientific studies and journal articles. It's not all vague "studies have shown" talk here; instead, you can find full bibliographic information for each article mentioned or referenced (including research from the author's own graduate studies!). I even looked some of them up to confirm that they're real—I have access to university databases and, as mentioned, I'm quite skeptical about most weight loss claims.
The VF system offers a three-pronged program:
- Custom nutrition guidelines and assistance,
- Structured workouts and diet plan
- Community support.
I recorded the video below because when I purchased the program, I wasn't sure what I was going to get. I hope this review can help you decide if this weight loss system is right for you or not.
No magic supplements, no non-FDA-approved "appetite suppressants," no laxatives, no obsessively articulated meal plans (e.g.: breakfasts of half a grapefruit and black coffee; lunches/dinners of no-sodium chicken broth; snacks of celery and fat-free cottage cheese—you know what I'm talking about). Instead, there's real help, real action, and the opportunity for real results.
Despite my litany of past failures, there were four standout elements pushing me to try the diet plan.
First, I had never before seen a diet/exercise program that was designed specifically for women. Honestly it's ridiculous that this wasn't something that had been considered before: we've known for years that a woman's metabolism functions differently than a man's, that a woman's natural body fat percentage is higher than a man's, and so on.
Second, you're not just given a fixed meal plan like the one sketched above. Instead, you're given nutrition guidelines that are customized to you as an individual, taking into account your height, weight, age, body shape, fitness level, and amount of daily activity. Even better: as your measurements change over the course of the program, your nutrition guidelines change too!
Third, the workout program, too, is individually customized: it's developed to work with your tailored nutrition guidelines as well as any individual abilities/limitations. After a serious injury several years ago, I lost some range of motion and was forbidden by my doctor to participate in certain exercises. However, the VF exercise program is customized for your individual needs—modifications and substitutions are included so that people like me can still successfully reap the program's rewards.
Finally, I read through every single user testimonial I could find. The before and after pictures are almost unbelievable—every single woman pictured (and there are so many!) looks absolutely fantastic. The women's "after" pictures don't look skeletal; there's no sagging skin from unhealthy, rapid weight loss. Instead, every single woman is not only thin, but muscular (in a lean, sexy, feminine way!).
What excited and impressed me most about the testimonials, though, wasn't the jealousy-inducing bikini photos, the jaw-dropping numbers of pounds and inches lost, or even the wide range of ages and body types; it was the agreement across successful Venus women that they finally felt comfortable and happy inside their bodies after too many years, that the Venus Index community of support and understanding is invaluable, that the true Venus program isn't a 12-week punishment course but a lifestyle: one that's simple—enjoyable, even—to maintain.
Tempted by these four elements described (combined with the promise of an understanding, caring, and helpful community), I came across the VF Guarantee: if you don't feel or see results within 60 days, you can get a full refund, no questions asked. If this program was a scam, I thought, there's no way they'd offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee—everyone would just ask for their money back after a few weeks!
At this point, I had to face facts: I had nothing to lose and everything to gain (except more weight!). After vetting the program as thoroughly as I could, it became clear that the only thing preventing me from signing up was fear: fear of yet another failure.
And fear isn't a good reason to pass up a chance to change your life.
After starting the program, I feel better than ever about my decision. The first thing I did was download the 12-Week Fat Loss System manual and read the whole thing cover-to-cover. (I'm a nerd; I appreciate understanding absolutely everything about a project before I embark on it!) Like the website, the manual doesn't just lay out an ideology and expect you to believe it: it lays out the science behind the results in clear, reader-friendly prose.
The author, John Barban, divides the system into two main components: weight loss and fat removal (dictated almost entirely by diet) and muscle shaping and toning (any changes dictated almost entirely by weightlifting). I'll talk about each in turn before getting to my favorite part of the entire program—the community.
The Role of Leptin in Weight Loss and Fat Removal
There are several issues focused on in the nutrition portion of the guide: for example, differences between men and women metabolically; differences between men and women as far as healthy body fat percentage is concerned.
The most groundbreaking discovery for me, though, was the discussed difference in leptin sensitivity between men and women. I had heard of leptin mentioned vaguely before: the hormone that regulates fat loss, that's being studied in multiple weight-loss drug clinical trials, etc. I had absolutely no idea how critical leptin—and your body's sensitivity to leptin—is before reading this guide, though! I'd never heard about the massive differences in leptin sensitivity in men and women. Well, of course I hadn't, because most weight loss programs are developed by men, for men. In addition, male test subjects are much more common than females (this is true even of lab rats), meaning most clinical results that are interpreted as an effect on people should actually be interpreted as an effect on men.
Apparently, leptin doesn't just control the release of body fat; it also plays an integral role in maintaining your metabolism, responding to food input and exercise output, etc. Now, because women have a higher healthy body fat percentage than men, we also naturally have almost twice as much leptin in our bodies. Based on this simple fact, the author (who, yes, is a man, but one who understands and cares about women's wellbeing!) notes that, since leptin plays a crucial role in both diet and exercise, a diet and exercise program for women should be tailored toward our extra leptin. It sounds so simple, and yet I'd never heard anything like this before.
As I kept reading, I was shocked by how accurately John Barban describes my experiences with attempted low-calorie, high-exercise diets—that after a few days, my body would "crash" and I couldn't keep it up anymore; I'd eat one piece of "bad" food and give up on my diet for the rest of the day, etc. Because we women a) have more leptin in our bodies naturally, and b) are insensitive to leptin as compared to men, our metabolisms seesaw all over the place on calorie-restricted diets (leading to the aforementioned crashes), while men's bodies are able to maintain a more or less steady metabolism since their naturally low leptin levels tend not to vary as much as ours do.
But what does this mean—that women can't lose weight?
A resounding NO from the author; we women just have to take our leptin levels into consideration in order to prevent metabolism crashes, hunger, and cravings. How? By increasing our sensitivity to leptin—mainly through a strategic nutrition and exercise plan. Instead of maintaining a calorie-restricted diet constantly, "eat-up days" (very different than the "cheat days" accompanying most diet plans!) once or twice a week allow our leptin levels to settle rather than crash.
Also, the Venus Virtual Nutritionist analyzes your individual measurements and lifestyle to determine roughly how many calories you need to maintain your current weight, and how many calories you need to eat to lose weight safely. As you lose weight and gain muscle, your calories actually increase because you're losing fat stores from which to pull energy. In addition, by the time you've reached your goal, you've also reached a caloric number that's not restrictive, that fits into your lifestyle, and that will maintain your goal Venus weight indefinitely.
I won't go into the specifics of the weekly plans; they're cleverly crafted, though, to
a) let you eat whatever you want (as long as you do so in moderation, within your calorie range),
b) to combat leptin crashes with periodic "eat-up" days (where you eat the number of calories needed to maintain your current weight), and
c) intersperse higher fat, carb, and protein days to teach your body to more effectively use each particular macronutrient.
In addition, calories are counted by the week rather than by the day, meaning that if you "slip up" one day, it's not the end of the world; in fact, you haven't ruined your diet at all (as long as that slip-up doesn't slide you back into old habits). Moreover, this means that you're free to go out to restaurants with friends as long as you take this into your weekly calculation. There are some sample meal plans included in the guide. As a vegetarian, I can't follow most of them, but it doesn't matter: Venus allows you to eat what's right for you, and the included meal plans help to show how delicious and varied a restricted-calorie diet can be.
Ok, enough about calories. There's a lot more to talk about, obviously, but I'm running out of time! On to Part 2, muscle shaping and toning.
Muscle Shaping and Toning
The VF workout program focuses on weight lifting rather than cardio—a huge relief for me personally as I'm not allowed to run anymore! Even better, you can start out with at-home exercises that use your own body weight as resistance (this is what I'm doing to start, anyway!). There are videos and instructions to ensure that you maintain the proper form and understand what each exercise is doing for each muscle.
Honestly, the one part of the 12-Week Fat Loss System Manual that disappointed me at first was all the talk about ideal shapes and golden ratios toward the end. At first, I thought the author was pushing all women to look the same; to develop the shape that is, on average, most attractive to men. I realized, though, that he allows for a great range of variation. Moreover, the target goals you're given are merely numbers to work toward: as you approach them, you can individually decide if your arms need more toning, if you want a more muscular butt, if you're happy with your shape as is, etc. Thinking about body shapes in this way is actually freeing: instead of being told that what we have is what we've got forever thanks to the genetic lottery, we women are given the tools we need to change our body shapes—just through smart, carefully designed weight-training programs!
The Amazing Community and the Venus Index
This is where my very favorite part of the VF system comes in: its massive, supportive, friendly, helpful, and beautiful community. After reading the manual cover to cover, I actually spent hours reading and listening to strangers' stories through their blogs and podcasts; I watched them go from where I am—uncomfortable in their bodies, nervous and simultaneously excited about the journey to come—to strong, confident, beautiful Venuses. I want that, I thought—not just their bodies but also their lives and their enthusiastic approach toward living. Wait a minute, I thought, I can have that!
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It wasn't picture perfect for Oshkosh North wrestling coach Mike Meunier.
But it was a victory. And that's what matters most.
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On 1 January 2007 the new university law took effect in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia - NRW. It implies a series of changes for the FernUniversität. According to the new 'rectorate constitution' (Grundordnung), the governing boards of the FernUniversität are:
The board consists of five members of the university (internal) and of five external members. They advise the rectorate in concerns of strategy and supervise the management of the university.
The internal members are:
Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt (German and European History)
Dr. Jürgen Ewert (Economics, esp. Finance)
Prof. Dr. Hermann Gehring (Business Informatics)
Prof. Dr. Bernd Krämer (Data processing)
Prof. Dr. Katharina Gräfin von Schlieffen (Public Law, Judicial Rhetoric and Philosophy of Law)
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Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörn Kreke (Chairman of the board of directors of the Douglas Corporation)
Dr. Manfred Krüper (former member of the board of directors of the E.ON Corporation)
Prof. Diana Laurillard PhD (University of London, Learning with Digital Technologies)
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Sundance: The love-hate relationship in Park City
Can I quote you on this? "Yeah, my name is John Fucking Doe." A local resident of Park City, had some mixed feelings about the Sundance Film Festival being held in his city. This got me thinking about how the locals REALLY feel about the festival and all its brought or taken away from the city. Over the past few days I have been asking some local residents, other than John Fucking Doe, what they thought were the pro's ands con's of the festival.
Besides the "general annoyance," of John Fucking Doe, I got minimal negative feedback from other locals I talked to. Across the board, the one thing on the top of everyone's list was that parking lots and garages that used to be free were not anymore. So now, not only do they have to get up earlier for work to find parking, they have to get up early and pay to go to work! Another con was how crowded the favorite local spots were during the festival. The locals cant get into their favorite bars and restaurants because of how packed and sometimes how tight security is.
Luckily, the advantages and positive feelings far outweighed some of the negative opinions. From the local's perspective, the biggest pro was by far the open slopes. Because of the festival, everyone is going to the events and movies instead of skiing or snowboarding. This leaves the slopes fairly empty and the locals get to enjoy them all for themselves for a week. Because of the huge influx of people, housing prices rise, which is great for Park City homeowners who want to rent out their places during Sundance. Restaurants, bars, and nightclubs also profit off of this flood of people. They can increase their food, drink, and entry prices and people in the service industry get more tips. I think one of the greater advantages for park city is that, not only does the money that comes into the city helps provide free year-round public transportation, but Sundance gets together with the local high school to repave their parking lot every year.
Although there are mixed feelings, I am grateful to Park City and the locals for allowing all of us to come "take over" for a great week of laughter, music, delicious food, and inspiring films.


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Pekka Rinne said he felt no need to test the free-agent market.
He also said that whatever his teammates Ryan Suter and Shea Weber choose to do this summer has no bearing on what he does.
And so the 29-year-old Rinne, the runner-up in the Vezina Trophy balloting in 2010-11, elected to re-sign with the Nashville Predators in the form of a seven-year contract worth $49 million, the largest deal awarded by the franchise since it entered the NHL in 1998.
The 6-foot-5 Finn said that his first choice was to be in Nashville, where he helped to backstop the Predators to their first playoff round victory last spring, and that he wanted to get his deal done "the sooner the better."
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Both Suter and Weber can become free agents July 1.
Last season Rinne finished second in the League in save percentage at .930, third in goals-against average (2.12) and tied for sixth in shutouts with six. He also placed fourth in the Hart Trophy voting.
Rinne, Suter and Weber are unquestionably the three players who form Nashville's core.
Nashville's formula essentially is to have Rinne on the ice for the entire game and one of the League's top defense pairs on the ice for almost half of it in the form of Suter and Weber to give them he best chance to win -- no matter the opponent.
Suter was the team's leader in time-on-ice and plus/minus last season and Weber was a 2011 Norris Trophy finalist who scored 16 goals last season.
Although Suter and Weber were selected in the same draft class, Suter is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent after this season since his first NHL season was 2005-06 while Weber played only 28 games that season, delaying his free agency by a year. Weber will be a restricted free agent, but since the Predators opted to go with team-elected arbitration this past summer to get him under contract, they cannot do so again in July 2012, making Weber vulnerable to an offer sheet by another team.
Many of the questions in Rinne's conference call with reporters Thursday centered around what Suter and Weber might choose to do. Predators general manager David Poile said when he told both players this morning prior to their game on Thursday in Phoenix that they were "ecstatic for Pekka."
Poile said he has had a "consistent rapport" with the agents for Suter and Weber, who cannot officially re-sign until Jan. 1, according to League rules. Poile said that as long as the Predators have those three players, he believes they have a window of opportunity to win the Stanley Cup. He said Rinne's signing would not be "anything other than a positive" for re-signing Weber and Suter.
"I think we have to treat these all individually," Poile said of the contracts. "I don't think everybody's going to be all the same. Whatever information I have, I'm going to keep it to myself. They all have different motives, different goals."
The signing was significant enough that
"I hope it makes the statement how committed we are to winning and not to just being a respectable franchise but over the long term to being an elite franchise that competes for the Cup every year."
-- Predators Chairman Thomas Cigarran
"I hope it makes the statement how committed we are to winning and not to just being a respectable franchise but over the long term to being an elite franchise that competes for the Cup every year," he said.
He praised the organization's hockey operations department for its ability to develop talent and identified Weber, Suter and Rinne as players the organization wants to keep for the long term.
"We have every intent of signing both Shea and Ryan and we're going to do everything we can to make that happen," Cigarran said.
Entering Thursday's match at Phoenix, Nashville is 5-4-2 for 11 points, tied for ninth in the Western Conference and one point out of a playoff spot. Rinne has been one of the stabilizing factors, as he helped to pull the team out of a recent tailspin with two shutouts in a span of four games.
The Predators have the League's youngest team and Poile has asked for patience, saying he thinks the Preds will be better in the second half and that they will be better next season than in this one.
For Rinne, the contract has brought him a long ways from his days in Finland, when he served as back-up to Nicklas Backstrom, now with the Minnesota Wild. Poile said Rinne played so rarely for Karpat Oulu that the team's scouts identified Rinne in part by watching him during warm-ups and so used the No. 258 selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft on him.
Rinne said he knew coming to North America would get him more playing time and he spent three seasons in the AHL before landing a spot in Nashville full time -- what Poile called the perfect development plan.
"Back then, there's no question, I always dreamed about playing in the NHL," Rinne said of his time in Finland. "To me, that was a long journey and it's been a long journey. Actually, I think that was a good time for me. I learned a lot form Nick. He was and he is one of the better goalies. He's a great guy.
"Yeah, for sure, I wanted to play more. When I had a chance to come over here, it was an easy decision, even though I didn't know what to expect, I knew I had a good chance to play more games and get better."


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U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth
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These are the latest in a series of editorial board endorsements.
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth has served Louisville's 3rd Congressional District with dedication and extraordinary skill for the past six years. He deserves election to another two-year term.
In a climate in Washington and Kentucky made toxic by partisan extremism, Mr. Yarmuth, 64, a Democrat, has remained true to his liberal, progressive values, emerging as knowledgeable and convincing on issues such as education, the environment, gun control and health care reform.
He was the only member of Kentucky's congressional delegation with the courage to vote for the Affordable Care Act in 2010 - which promises huge benefits to the hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians who lack access to health care. And he is the only member of the delegation to boast an "F'' rating with the National Rifle Association for his refusal to bow to their extreme views on unfettered access to guns.
Mr. Yarmuth's growth in the job has been impressive since he was first elected in 2006 after defeating Republican incumbent Anne Northup.
His mastery of the Affordable Care Act is unparalleled even as many dismiss it as "Obamacare" without knowing or caring what it will do for so many people in Kentucky and the nation. That became painfully clear in a series of recent debates where Mr. Yarmuth deftly dismantled misguided claims about health care reform by his Republican challenger, Brooks Wicker.
Nor was Mr. Yarmuth reluctant to take on his Kentucky colleague, Sen. Mitch McConnell - as Senate minority leader, one of the country's most powerful Republicans - over "misinformation" Mr. McConnell had offered as criticisms of the law. Mr. Yarmuth reponded with a detailed letter in this newspaper settting the record straight on health care reform.
Mr. Yarmuth's grasp of the issue was especially apparent in the recent, one-hour debate on WFPL, the Lousville public radio station, where Mr. Wicker, 54, a Louisville accountant and businessman, threw out a number of inaccurate claims about health care which Mr. Yarmuth repeatedly corrected.
"Mr. Wicker is dead wrong,'' he said finally.
Mr. Wicker, a tea party enthusiast, has little to offer when it comes to improving access to health care other than a vague desire for more choice and "transparency." In other areas, his public comments and campaign material offer tea party generalities about smaller government, lower taxes and "free-market" solutions to the nation's problems.
Independent candidate Bob Devore, 57, of Louisville, offers even less in the 3rd District race. In the recent KET debate, his lack of knowledge about basic public issues was cringe-worthy.
In this race, the choice is easy. We endorse Mr. Yarmuth.
Voters in two other Kentucky Congressional districts should take note and consider the effect of the last round of elections in 2010 that resulted in so many tea party sympathizers and rigid idealogues flocking to Washington.
The result has been stupifying partisan gridlock. The country can't afford more, and this state deserves better.
In the 6th District, Democrat incumbent Ben Chandler is facing a challenge from Republican Andy Barr, a Lexington lawyer. Mr. Chandler, a former state attorney general, narrowly beat Mr. Barr two years ago in a contest for the Bluegrass region seat.
While Mr. Chandler has been timid on some politically charged issues such as health reform, we believe he best represents the interests of Kentuckians and deserves re-election.
In Northern Kentucky's 4th District, tea party Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Bill Adkins are vying for the seat Republican Geoff Davis vacated earlier this year. Mr. Adkins is a Grant County lawyer; Mr. Massie is an engineer and Lewis County judge executive.
Washington doesn't need any more tea party freshmen. We endorse Mr. Adkins.
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|Plasma homocysteine thiolactone adducts associated with risk of coronary heart disease.
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|PMID: 16111668 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Homocysteine thiolactone adducts have been proposed as the culprit of homocysteine related cardiovascular diseases. We studied the association of these adducts in plasma, and the gene polymorphism of paraoxonase-2 with coronary heart disease. METHODS: 254 patients and 308 controls were recruited for the study. Homocysteine thiolactone adducts were determined with ELISA. The codon 311 polymorphism of paraoxonase-2 gene was genotyped by using polymerase chain reaction and restrictive digestion. RESULTS: The plasma level of homocysteine thiolactone adducts were significantly higher in patients than in controls (40.65 +/- 10.87 u/ml vs. 30.58 +/- 10.20 u/ml, P <0.01), with odds ratio of 7.34 (95% confidence interval 4.020-13.406, P <0.01), and increased according to the number of atherosclerotic coronary arteries: 35.59 +/- 10.34 units/ml (n = 76); 41.88 +/- 8.83 (n = 70) and 43.13 +/- 11.47 (n = 108) in subjects with 1, 2 and 3 affected arteries, respectively (r =0.174, P < 0.01). The frequency of CC genotype was significantly higher in patients with coronary heart disease (7.48%) than in controls (1.62%, P < 0.01), with adjusted odds ratio of 4.367 (95% confidence interval: 1.178 to 16.191, P < 0.01), so was the C allele (23.2% vs. 14.9%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: High plasma homocysteine thiolactone adducts and the CC 311 genotype of paraoxonase-2 gene may be the emerging risk factor for coronary heart disease.
|Xu Yang; Yan Gao; Jin Zhou; Yisong Zhen; Yuejin Yang; Jizheng Wang; Li Song; Yuqing Liu; Haiyan Xu; Zaijia Chen; Rutai Hui
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|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2005-08-18
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|Title: Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry Volume: 364 ISSN: 0009-8981 ISO Abbreviation: Clin. Chim. Acta Publication Date: 2006 Feb
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|Created Date: 2006-01-23 Completed Date: 2006-04-19 Revised Date: 2006-11-15
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|Nlm Unique ID: 1302422 Medline TA: Clin Chim Acta Country: Netherlands
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|Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, PR China.
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Aryldialkylphosphatase / genetics
Coronary Disease / blood*, enzymology, genetics
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Gene Frequency
Homocysteine / analogs & derivatives*, blood
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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|10593-85-8/homocysteine thiolactone; 454-28-4/Homocysteine; EC 18.104.22.168/Aryldialkylphosphatase
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Marvel's The Avengers 3D
Release Date: May 04, 2012
Genre: Action/AdventureSciFi/Fantasy
Rating: (PG-13)
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Great movie. Full of energy and adventure. This movie is one of the best of the year. Not a dull moment and the shots are fantastic. Great movie. Its a 20 on a scale of 1-10.
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This was an awesome film and i think that it is worth seeing in the theaters. I saw the film in 3D and highly suggest seeing it that way because it looks amazing and it definitely adds to the whole experience. I love comic books but i have never seen a truly good adaptation in a very very long time, this film definitely surprised me and impressed me. The film had a great story which was executed very well, it had great characters and it was funny and had heart, basically it was perfect. Overall, I highly recommend seeing this film in the theaters.
I could not believe how much I liked this film, i was really surprised and impressed. My boyfriend dragged me to see it and I was prepared to be bored out of my mind but I really enjoyed it. We saw it in 3D and I think it is totally worth the extra cash because the film looked amazing in 3D. The film is very well made and extremely entertaining. I also liked the story and the characters and I don't even like comic books. I loved Robert Downey Jr. in this film, he was so charming and believable in this role. Overall, I had a great time watching this film and so will you.
great movie.
"Marvel's The Avengers"-the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.
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