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SINGER Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine come out to clarify on pseudo buzz on joining politics.
The "Specioza" singer has revealed his intention of joining the 10th parliament.
During TV interview with NTV Akawungeezi on Wednesday evening, Bobi Wine said he is joining the race. This comes after court kicked out Kyandondo East MP Apollo Kantinti.
"I am joining parliament as a leader not politician. I am not a politician and I am not herefor politics. I am a leader and I am here for leadership." He said
"As youth we don't like politics because of the inequalities and corruption in it. The more you grow old the more you realize your responsibilities and the mistakes happening. If you don't rise up to fight them then your kids will be the victims." He said.
"I hope to give people hope and power, I have the voice to be their leader and I will be heard. At least if they won't hear me I will sing them an acapella" Bobi Wine said.


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A tactics game where "hard" mode is the easy setting.
"We're really excited about this title," Alan Costa Assistant Producer at NIS America told me as we rode up an elevator at a hotel in San Francisco's Chinatown. "We know that everyone thinks of us as the Prinny guys and we love those titles, but this is different."
When we arrived at the room, I saw two Vitas, both running alpha builds of Natural Doctrine. "We wanted to hook this up to the TV and run it off the PS3 build," Armin Collosi, a Manager from NIS America's marketing team, added sheepishly, "but there's no HDMI port. I mean, we thought 'what hotel would have a television without an HDMI port?'"
The game they were excited to show me was Kadokawa Games Studios' first in-house title, Natural Doctrine. The creators, former developers from Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, set out to create the ultimate tactics game and from what I saw, they've set that bar incredibly high.
"It's kind of like Dark Souls crossed with X-COM," Collosi said, starting a few chapters into the campaign to give me a glimpse of gameplay once the game and the player settles into its rhythm. I asked if by "Dark Souls" he meant the kind of perma-death features that are popular in games like Valkyria Chronicles and the Fire Emblem series.
"If a single member of your squad dies, the game ends," Costa interjected. "This is the Navy Seals of tactics games: You go in together and you don't leave a man behind."
"We'll see if I can do this without dying," Collosi said, referring to the game's intense difficulty, despite demoing the game on its easiest setting. "Last night I practiced the level and had it down perfect, but this morning…"
It's easy to see why NIS America is excited about Natural Doctrine. As the level started, I was immediately reminded of the best tactical gameplay I'd seen in the last console generation, with all the innovation put together in one place. It started with what looked like a fairly standard tactical overhead map.
The level started as an escort mission where the squad had to protect a magic user approaching an exposed cobblestone bridge, about to be ambushed. Collosi moved his men into position, into areas delineated by blue boxes that showed where the characters could move. Where Doctrine stood out was in how that movement could be extended with the use of its linking system.
By moving characters into close-enough proximity, you could reactivate a prior character's spent actions, allowing the whole squad to move up as long as you moved them together. It's a key feature in Natural Doctrine that helps facilitate the squad-based gameplay. Collosi turtled the squad toward the man they were supposed to protect.
When they reached line-of-sight with the enemy, Collosi put his ranged attacker in position but switched the game into a first-person mode so he could establish line-of-sight. Costa explained that it was possible for ranged members to miss because a wall might be between them and the enemy or even to hit your own units with friendly fire.
After his turn ended, all hell broke loose, the enemy's riflemen quickly made short work of the magic user and Collosi hadn't gotten his squad into the correct position to adequately defend him. He laughed as the rank screen came up, giving him an "E-" rating, and restarted the level, this time being more careful about his squad placement.
He did much better the second time. His squad moved to attack as the enemy moved in and his ranged attacker added support fire as part of the game's counter system, which has linked characters automatically supporting each other. Once they'd taken out all the enemies in an adjacent square, his squad immediately moved to occupy it automatically, adding a tactical element to whom you choose to target as part of the battle.
As the encounter wound down, Collosi gained control of the magical unit he had been escorting, but the map didn't end. He told me at this point, when they were ending the demo, something unexpected would soon show up that would make the encounter that much more intense and these turning points were a regular part of gameplay. Boss encounters were supposed to be incredibly difficult.
"The feeling of accomplishment when you finally beat some of these maps is amazing," Costa said. Colossi added that a member of their team had played through the game twice and estimated its length at about 70 hours, not including the head-to-head multiplayer. Crazier still, the original Japanese version of the game had no saves. If you died, you had to go back to the beginning of the game. Luckily, NIS America has gracefully added a save function to this version.
"It's different from the other stuff we've published," Costa said. "In Disgaea, you can grind—you're supposed to grind—but this game isn't designed for that. Yeah, you can replay some earlier levels and grind a little, but eventually it's like 'Okay, you have to go.'"
It was easy to see what Costa meant. The game clearly placed the value on tactical ability rather than power. Then he and Collosi began playing an ad-hoc session of the multiplayer, something they told me they hadn't shown at E3. He explained how the game was chess-like in multiplayer, since you had the ability to see where your opponent was moving his pieces while it was his turn.
Multiplayer uses a CCG model. The game starts the player off with a beginner's deck of characters and expands with defeating enemies in single-player. Armin laughed as he told me that the Japanese players were brutal and would match up with lower ranked players with low level decks, then suddenly change their decks to high level immediately before combat started. Unlike the single-player, the multiplayer didn't end with just one character death.
"Now you can see how much of a bonus I can get with the linking system," Costa said, directing my attention to the link-line between two of his characters that also displayed some percentage data. "And you would think my bonuses would be higher the closer my guys are together, but it's actually higher the farther they are while apart and still linked." He moved his ranged attacker as far as he could from his melee fighter while remaining in the same square for the optimal effect, but his ranged attacker ended up firing into a stone wall because he hadn't checked his line of sight. Whoops.
Natural Doctrine's story is set in the fortress city of Feste, in which the main character hopes to buy citizenship by mining the magical material called Pluton. The main character doesn't even start out as a miner, but as someone who's just trying to get a job helping a miner. The game features four different races, each with special abilities and skills: the Lizardmen are the primary magic users, but using magic expends Pluton at a heavy rate.
The game looked fantastic on PS Vita, and Costa told me it would have graphical enhancements for the PS4 version. Moving between the overhead and first-person view reminded me of Valkyria Chronicles but with a grittier, more realistic look and a kind of high-fantasy setting. It still had a Japanese anime-aesthetic, but much less cartoony than most of what NIS America has published.
After this meeting, Natural Doctrine went from being a game I knew nothing about to the most exciting game I'd seen this year. It invoked everything I loved about the Final Fantasy Tactics series, Vagrant Story, The Last Story, and Valkyria Chronicles, while pushing forward with something excitingly new and invigoratingly difficult. It is expected to release on the PS Vita, PS3, and PS4, with crossplay between the consoles, in the fall.


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Write Your Spooky Story Day 2: Supporting Characters, Setting, Plot Planning
Welcome back. Today is Day 2 of writing your own Spooky story. I've been getting feedback from people that you're looking forward to writing a story with me this week. This totally makes me excited. I do really love helping people bring out their inner muse no matter what your age is. So, if you'd like to leave comments with questions or what your trying this week, I'll be happy to respond.
Today, we'll be working on creating sidekicks and villians. In every story, there needs to be conflict. These supporting characters help create that. First, let's get some definitions. Sidekick: This is a supporting character for the main character. They can be their confidant and even go along with them as a wingman or helper to face oppositional conflicts. Villian: is also known as the antagonist. This is the character that causes opposition to the protagonist, also known as the hero or main character. They are not necessarily considered the "Bad" guy, or at least, they don't consider themselves to be the bad guy or gal. They are simple the opposite of the hero.
They can be created similar to the main character, but you need to keep in mind what their motivation or interest in the main character might be. They should have a function relating to the hero or heroine.
All your characters should have these four elements:***
Their Goal=What
Their Motivation=Why
Their Conflict=Why Not
Setting Choice: Choosing a spooky setting will add to your horror fiction. Most spooky stories are set in a haunted house, haunted graveyard, haunted (Fill in the blank). You can get creative with this. Just keep in mind this is an important story element to make your story spooky. You're characters can even move from a normal setting into the spooky setting later in your story. Just keep in mind, your description in your rough draft will make this spooky setting come alive.
Once you've got these basics mapped out for your characters, you'll be ready for the next step, creating a plot or conflict. This is known as the problem. Give your characters a problem that will motivate them to reach their goal. Then, give them 3 tries to solve it. The first three tries should fail. The last try should be the solution. Once you've solved their problem, wrap up the ending conflict with a happily ever after or you could end with a cliffhanger if you want to write a sequel. A cliffhanger is leaving a problem or questions still not finished or answered.
For today's assignment, you can use the character webbing graphic from yesterday to create your sidekick and villain. Then, use the graphic below to create a basic plot outline or plan. You need to create a problem, 3 attempts to solve the problem in the middle, with the last attempt being the solution. I usually number my attempts 1, 2, 3.
That will give your story a beginning, middle and end. Once you have all of this outlined or mapped, you're prewriting will be done and you'll be ready to start your rough draft.
So get busy. Tomorrow is the big day to start the official first draft, the most creative part of the writing process. Happy writing! -Tiffany Turner (Mrs. Turner)
***Information cited from Advanced Fiction Writing by Steve Alcorn.
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Jennifer L. Tomasik along with Susan B. Hassmiller of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Cheryl Hoying and Fred Ryckman of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, present: Catalyzing Promising Practices to Improve Interprofessional Collaboration for the American College of Healthcare Executives National Congress.
Collaboration between and among physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinical and administrative professionals will play an important role in the future of healthcare delivery. Based on findings from a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project, this presentation will explore practices that promote interprofessional collaboration, describe what makes it possible for them to thrive, and explore how they improve patient-centered care. It will focus on Cincinnati Children's Hospital's experience building effective interprofessional practice across their organization, including the challenges they have overcome and the benefits they have received.


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Living things are information systems that are highly organized by a variety of genes. In this project, we have studied how replication systems of some bacterial plasmids diverged during the course of evolution. The basic replicons of bacterial plasmids consist of two sets of genetic systems, the replication-structural system and the replication control system. Comparison of nucleotide sequences suggested that plasmids P307 (IncFI) and pMU2200 (IncZ) were generated by reciprocal recombination between ancestors of R100 (IncFII) and ColIb-P9 (IncIalpha) , or vice versa. The plasmids of each pair, P307/pMU2200 and R100/ColIb-P9, are structurally unrelated to each other. Based on this information, we constructed in vitro and analyzed P307-like chimeric replicons from ColIb-P9 and R100. When the replication-structural region of ColIb-P9 was combined with the whole replication control region of R100, the resultant replicon replicated stably as R100 did. These results revealed that the basic replicons of the plasmids diverged by exchanging their replication control systems. Thus, we propose that the replication control systems of plasmids, in some cases, evolved independently of their structural systems, although these two systems work together for maintaining the replication functions. We also studied that the reciprocal recombination was specified by the unique secondary structures of RNA involved in the control of expression of the genes encoding the replication initiator proteins.
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I finally got to spend some quality time with my sewing machine this weekend!
This is what I made :3. It's a corduroy playsuit. I made it without a pattern as well by kinda sorta draping large squares of material over my mannequin and going to town with my washable sewing marker/pins. (you should see the inside. It's a bit of a mess :s oh well. Looks fab on the outside) This is actually the most complicated thing I have ever sewn!
Coat: cotton on, shirt: ally, playsuit: home made, belt: Alannah Hill stockings: eBay socks: eBay shoes: I ❤ billy
Here's a closer photo of the playsuit so you can see all the details.
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BREAKING STATEMENT BY RAJINI: ''IF I ENTER POLITICS...''Home > Tamil Movies > Tamil News Stories
By Arvind Sundaram | May 15, 2017
Superstar Rajinikanth met his fans this morning at his Raghavendra Mandapam, Chennai for a photo session and an interaction. During his speech at the fans meet, Rajinikanth hinted that if there is a need to enter politics, he might.
He said, "Due to situations, I supported a political party a few years back, and that party won the elections. Ever since that accident, I have always been asked about by many people about my entry into politics. Even many of my fans request me to join.
I want to make things clear. Many of the politicians here, want to make money, as now they have made politics into a business. I want to keep my body healthy and fit, and my heart with full of positivity. God only takes my life forward. He wanted me to be an entertainer and hence now I am entertaining people as an actor. More than money or anything else, I want to entertain them and make them happy.
So, for those people who are interested in seeing me in politics, you might be disappointed if I don't enter. But, in future, if God wants me to be in politics, I might enter, but all those negative minded people, who just want to make money through politics, please stay away. I will definitely not allow you or entertain you to make money. Stay away."
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When I set up this blog I said it was to be about writing and the life that conspired to get in the way of it, well unfortunately last week it was death that got in the way of it. My uncle passed away peacefully the day after I returned from Moniack so my final blog about our weekend away didn't happen, so here it is now.
Evening 3
Started our reading session much earlier tonight which meant that we were all a bit more sober and had time for all those who hadn't read the night before to perform. We began with a rather surreal experience of acting out a murder scene from one of our group's novel. Set in the Highlands in the snow I have to admit I was a bit unsettled being in the Highlands in the snow and having a knife held to my throat (albeit a butter knife). Help P work out some logistics and she managed to persuade someone else to read for her ( a cunning trick). Then we had a very wide range of readings – some very poetic (building on images we had seen over the weekend), others thoughtful and then the funny ones. It's one style of writing that I've never really tried and I think it has to be tackled soon. I'm very jealous of people who can do it. I can make people laugh when I'm telling tales out loud but can't even begin to think how I would commit them to paper.
Day 4
Home time. Quick hour of work after a long breakfast that included lots of orange juice and coffee (which I would later regret – 4 hour journey home – very full bladder). Then it was time to pack up the laptop and the jumpers and head south again. It was lovely on the way home to actually see some scenery as we had driven up in such heavy rain that we didn't even see the Cairngorms at the roadside. Coming home was great – I'd really missed my family – but sad as well as it was time for writing to be go from top/only priority to something that has to get fit around other things. Mind you I'm not sure how well I would cope if I shut myself away. I'm all for a balance and for getting it right.
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TBD Highway 82 , Carbondale
Location: Carbondale
Type: Farm/Ranch
Acres: 84
$24,071.43 per square foot
SOLD at $1,650,000.00
ROARING FORK RIVER! WATER RIGHTS! BEST MT. SOPRIS VIEW!84+/- acres terraces down to the RFR, across from Aspen Glen; there are a choice of really great building sites where you can build your dream home. 40 acres in hay and pasture land and the rest of the land is interspersed with sagebrush, river bottom and conserved land. The Property has been used for hay and cattle pasture and has 75.5 shares of senior water rights in the Thompson Glen Ditch, which runs from April through October - over 900 Acre Feet of water per year! Rural Zoning is ideal for a fishing retreat, horse property or small ranch. This remarkable property is a jewel and you really needs to get your boots on the ground to appreciate it.
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By Antonia Oprita
Mario Draghi did it again. The European Central Bank President announced a raft of measures to ease monetary policy, initially greeted with cheers by the markets.
Some of the measures, at a closer look, weren't all that great. For one, the cuts in the central bank's policy rates were smaller than many had expected.
Richard Barwell of RBS calls the 10 basis points cut in the refi rate, the deposit rate taken to a negative 0.10% and the 35 basis points cut in the marginal lending facility to 0.4% "baby" rate cuts.
"Much will be made of the historic nature of negative rates, but in the cold light of day the Council just cut rates by a little less than half the normal amount," he said in a note immediately after the ECB's news conference.
Looking at the euro, it seems that this opinion is shared by many in the markets. After weakening by as much as 0.8% to the dollar following the ECB's rate cuts and Draghi's press conference, the single European currency is now back up again, 0.2% stronger on the day.
But eurozone bond yields – where the curve has steepened – and eurozone stock markets – with Germany's DAX index closing at 9947.83 – show that investors are beginning to get Draghi's real message.
And that message is pretty simple, although it may not please the diehard inflation fighters: the ECB has more than one needle in its compass.
At the beginning of the eurozone debt crisis, when Jean-Claude Trichet was president of the ECB, he insisted that the central bank looks at inflation only, with price stability the only needle in its compass.
For a while, Draghi sang the same tune. Price stability was the central bank's only mandate, and that was that.
But for a long time he has been orchestrating a gradual and subtle change, and in the news conference on June 5 he made it very clear that the ECB has added growth to its agenda.
The word "growth" cropped up several times in his news conference, and it was mostly closely linked to that of the central bank's mandate.
When asked whether he was bothered by the euro's strength, he answered: "the exchange rate is not a policy target but it's very important for price stability and growth."
Normally, if the ECB's mandate was price stability only, he should have stopped there, without feeling the need to add growth. This is a strong signal that the ECB's mandate is now dual, closer to that of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England.
The latter, although nominally embracing an inflation-targeting regime, made it pretty clear when it did not act as inflation rose to above 4% that it cares at least equally about growth.
Asked about eurozone governments' fiscal austerity programmes, Draghi said: "the message that the ECB has sent has always been, you have to consolidate your budget but in a growth-friendly way."
He also said about the package of measures announced by the ECB on June 5 that it was "meant to promote growth."
But perhaps the strongest signal that the dual mandate is now a reality was his response to a question about the plight of savers, especially in Germany, because of the fall in interest rates: "interest rates will go up when growth will come back."
In other words, dear Germans, go out and spend to kick-start that stalled growth already. And if the ECB measures aren't enough to persuade you, here's another "whatever it takes"-type quote for you from Mario Draghi:
"We think it's a significant package. Are we finished? The answer is no. Within our mandate, we aren't finished here."
You have been warned.


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Designer faceplates are not the only thing that can add a persona to your cellphone. You can also change the logo, add screen savers and ring tones. Of course, all the fun is restricted by the type of cellphone handset and service provider you have
Logos and screensavers
You don't have to carry the logo of your cellular operator; you can change to something livelier.Websites offer logos and screensavers for download, and some even let you create your own over the Net. Many cellular service providers also give this feature at their website, and some have tied up with third parties to provide this service. One such is Yahoo India
(http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/ol), which has tied up with six cellular operators, namely Orange, Hutch, Celforce, Handygo.com, Command and Escotel. The website lets you send everything from ring tones, picture messages, jokes to
stock quotes and currency exchange rates.
Besides the service providers, there's also a lot of software that let's you create logos, screensavers, etc. Logo Express for Nokia is one such software, which can import numerous image formats for editing and can upload it to your Nokia handset using a data cable. If you have a WAP connection, you can go to sites like
http://wap.iguanamobile.com/index.asp, and download animated screensavers.
Ring Tones
Cellphone ring tones are in RTTTL (Ringing Tone Text Transfer Language) format. This is a string of numbers, alphabets and symbols. You can either use many of the popular websites to send ring tones to your handset or use software tools to convert MIDI files to RTTTL format. One such free software called RingTone Converter is available from websites like
www.download.com. It converts midi files to ring-tone format. You'll need your cellphone's data cable to be able to upload the ring tone from your PC. After uploading it to your cellphone, you can also SMS these ring tones to others. Another method creates ring tones in binary format. The Nokia melody composer on various handsets uses this format, and you can also find it on certain websites.
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The band program at Elberta consists of students from grades 6 – 11. Students who attend Elberta Elementary School in the 6thgrade are welcome to join the beginning band in order to learn the basics of reading music and performing on a selected woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument. Students in 7th and 8th grade who attend Elberta Middle School are eligible to be in the middle school band, which is a continuation of where they left off from their 6th grade year. Students who are in 8thgrade and above are eligible to be a part of Elberta High School's Band of Warriors Marching Band and the Elberta High School Concert Band. Practices for the marching band begin in July, and concert band begins as soon as football/marching season concludes. Students who are in the 9th grade and above are also eligible to join the EHS jazz band and try out for the Band of Warriors' Color Guard. Guard auditions take place during the spring semester prior to the upcoming year.
For students who are interested in joining and who need an instrument, the best avenue of obtaining one is through a music retailer (Art's Music from Montgomery, Schmidt's Music from Pensacola, Andy's Music from Mobile, etc).


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Hey and happy Friday! I hope you guys had a great week. We've been busy this week, catching up with life and get ready for back-to-school for both Mal and Quinn. We are looking forward to a mostly low-key weekend with family and friends.
In this week's edition of the Friday 5, there's a mix of food, fashion, and random finds, like donut seasoning, say what?! I hope you have a lovely weekend!
1. Kid Walkie Talkies – Quinn's been having so much fun with these camo green walkie talkies. It's amazing how something so simple as a walkie talkie can keep kids occupied for a chunk of time. For less than $25 on Amazon, they're a great option to take on camping trips and they also make a great kid gift!
2. Tokyo Tote Bag – I'm loving this bag so much, it deserves another mention! 🙂 It's the perfect summer bag for carrying all the essentials like beach towels, sunscreen, sandals, you name it! I love this fun red color that Mal picked out. It's been my go-to tote for all of our summer adventures, and I will definitely be using it well into the fall and beyond!
3. Fanmaps on Instagram – I love following this account on Instagram. Mal introduced me to it awhile back, and its maps are always so interesting. Definitely give them a follow if you're on Instagram!
4. Chocolate Donut Seasoning – I shared this favorite a few months ago, but now I'm officially obsessed. This week, I tried it on a caramel rice cake with peanut butter and… OMGGGG! I also like it with sliced banana heated in the microwave with a few chocolate chips. Mmm! If you're interested in trying it yourself, use code TINA6E9REJRH to save 10%!
5. Vemvan Long Sleeve Color Block Striped Top ($19) – I'm really into stripes + color block lately, so I love that this long sleeve top was so affordable on Amazon. The quality is really good, and I see myself wearing it a lot with jeans or leggings!
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Page 1 Auto and Shop Information Study Guide for the ASVAB
The Auto and Shop Information section of the ASVAB test measures your knowledge of vehicles and their parts, as well as the basic tools and practices used in automotive shops. This section is more in depth as it requires students to know about the different components of vehicle engines and operating systems, as well as the proper protocols used in shops. When studying for this section of the test, pay close attention to the different components involved in a functioning vehicle, the common practices followed in automotive shops, and the different types of equipment being used. With a total of 25 questions, Auto and Shop Information section must be answered in a maximum of 11 minutes.
Study the basic engine components and how they function—including how different parts of the car interact with the engine, how fuel enters and supports the engine, and how the electrical components of the vehicle impact the overall function of the engine. Know how the engine would react to malfunctioning equipment, such as a fuel injector or thermostat. You should also be familiar with the different engine types and sizes, as well as their maintenance and fix.
Operating Systems
The operating system of a vehicle covers all aspects of a vehicle apart from the engine. This includes the transmission, electrical system, brakes, steering, and ignition. To prepare for this, you should know the basics of these systems. Learn how to identify problems with any given system and its different components and functions. You must know the purpose of a transmission, the importance of accurate steering and brakes in a vehicle, and the potential dangers present in the electrical systems of vehicles.
In addition to the basic functions of different vehicle systems, students must also understand how computers come into play in the overall operation of vehicles. This includes knowing different codes displayed by vehicle computer systems and how to respond to these codes. Though older vehicles may not have computer-based reactions, all new vehicles come equipped with computers able to connect all aspects of a single vehicle.
Automotive Shop Tools and Procedures
Automotive shops contain numerous tools and types of equipment that must be accurately identified and used by all workers. When studying for this portion of the test, work to identify basic types of tools, as well as more specific or specialized tools including extractors, veining bits, and counter gauges. Familiarize yourself with the larger tools and equipment used in automotive shops. This may be as common as lifts used to suspend cars during work, or as small as a heavy-duty drill designed to remove high-pressure bolts. Apart from tools, you must be able to identify the proper procedures used in automotive garages—such as safety tips and tricks or the operation of heavy machinery. Also study different machines used in conjunction with vehicles, including how they are used, what purpose they serve, and the proper safety procedures to follow during use. As with all tests, be sure to focus first on the questions familiar to you. This is particularly important for this test, as you are only allotted 11 minutes to answer 25 questions. Complete all simple or familiar questions before coming back around to more difficult questions. If you do not know the answer, make an educated guess and move on. Implementing both these tricks and adequate study should result in a desirable score.


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Price from USD 112,00 per night in Hotel Piet Hein in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The Hotel Piet Hein has trendy accommodations in 3 traditional town houses overlooking Vondelpark in Amsterdam, only 197 m from the center of the city and museums. This hotel includes private grounds terrace and free Wi-Fi.
The 1-3 persons clean rooms are beautifully decorated with modern furnishings and warm colors. Each room has a full-equipped bathroom, a work desk, cable/pay-per-view TV, and safe. During the summer, a breakfast buffet is served on the outside terrace. The hotel also features a stylish bar, ideal for enjoying refreshing drinks in a relaxed atmosphere. Guests can use high speed Internet connection with a computer in the lobby. The friendly staff can arrange for airport shuttle transportation or offer tips on what to do and see during your stay. Pets are not allowed. No parking available.
Hotel Piet Hein is only 293 m from the famous P.C. Hooftstraat shopping street. Museum Square is less than a 10-minute walk away and includes the Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum and Van Gogh Museum. Leidseplein is just under half a kilometer of the hotel.The Concert Hall and the Amsterdam Casino are within walking distance. Facilities: bar, baggage storage, dry cleaning, laundry, business center, airport shuttle, air conditioning, safe, elevator, honeymoon suite, VIP Room Facilities and newspapers.


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text: At EXPO REAL 2018 you will find more than 100 presentations and discussion panels. Conference Program | EXPO REAL TopicsMake your choice! 10. September 2018 Andreas Schiller General Manager Schiller Publishing HouseWith its conference program, Expo Real offers veritable fireworks: more than 100 events take place in seven forums during the three days of the trade fair. It is difficult to maintain an overview and then make an appropriate choice, but help is available. Here is some initial information. The classic choice is the Expo Real Forum in Hall A2, which deals with topics that are both current and of fundamental importance. The Expo Real Forum is also the venue for the opening event on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m.: "The Future of the Real-Estate Industry: How radical is digital?" In the afternoon at 3:00 p.m., the Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community, Horst Seehofer, will participate in a discussion with Michael Schick of the IVD (German real-estate association), Andreas Mattner of the ZIA (German Property Federation) and Franz-Georg Rips of the Deutscher Mieterbund (German National Tenants' Association). The minister and the representatives of these associations will endeavor to pin down where current building policy is "Between regulation and new departures". The Real Estate Innovation Network (REIN) that was introduced last year will be devoted exclusively to topics relating to changes in the digital world, but this year it will for the first time take place not only on the exhibition area, but also in the neighboring Real Estate Innovation Network Forum in Hall A1. Participants who are already acquainted with Expo Real will recall that this was the location of the Investment Locations Forum until last year. America and Asia-Pacific The Investment Locations Forum has not been discontinued, but moved. This year, it will for the first time be held in conference room B11, over Hall B1. This room will be the venue for a variety of events on Monday, including the American Afternoon of many years' standing. On Tuesday, the subject will be Asia-Pacific, but from a variety of perspectives, as the theme will be: "The Asian Century: Real Estate Capital Cross-Flows Asia-Pacific / Europe". Capital flows in both directions will also be the focus of the afternoon events "Pivot to Asia – the new safe haven?" at 2:00 p.m. and "Europe: Offering higher yields and diversification or overregulation and geopolitical risk?" at 3:00 p.m. At the Grand Plaza in Hall C2, the focus will be on retail and its properties. The long-standing Hospitality Industry Dialogue, the Urban Innovation seminars and the discussions relating to social and nursing properties, on the other hand, will take place at the Planning & Partnerships Forum in Hall A2. Logistics properties will be a topic in a variety of forums, but will be the main theme on Tuesday afternoon at the Intelligent Urbanization Forum in Hall C1. That will, of course, also be the venue for any number of other events relating to cities and urbanization. Then there is the Discussion & Networking Forum in Hall A1, which will also be used by exhibitors. The program offerings there are correspondingly multi-faceted. Exhibitors will also offer any number of events in the conference rooms over the halls. How are things going in and with Europe? Where will I go? Anyone who knows me also knows that I am especially interested in events relating to central eastern Europe (CEE) and southeastern Europe (SEE). There is such an event starting at 10 a.m. on Monday at the Investment Locations Forum in conference room B11, but the event that I find especially exciting will occur at the same venue on Tuesday and has the title "Europe Capital Outlook: Broad slowdown a fact! Will it persist?" Because in the concluding event at 4:30 p.m., Real Capital Analytics will present surveys that document the significant declines in turnover in the investment market. Events at the Expo Real Forum will get exciting again at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, when Marcel Fratzscher, Professor of Economy at Humboldt University in Berlin, examines the questions: "Europe — whither will you? How sustainable is the EU?" That is one event to which I will definitely go. The entire conference program will be updated continually and made available at www.program.exporeal.net and, if you want, also on your smartphone or tablet. All you need to do in order to get it is to download the app from our homepage www.exporeal.net.Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


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Step-By-Step Guide for Easy, Homemade Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These Are Some of My Favorite Cookies Ever
These chocolate crinkle cookies have become a part of our repertoire of favorite cookie recipes. They have been baked for a number of years now as a part of an assortment when filling cookie tins for Christmas gift-giving purposes. They are delicious as well as pretty and obviously can be baked at any time of year.
Any chocolate lover is certain to like these. The pattern that the powdered sugar makes when these are baked makes them distinctive when mixed with other cookies.
I no longer remember who discovered this recipe, whether it was my mother or myself. It may have been from a newspaper article or elsewhere. All I know is that when we first baked them and saw how pretty they turned out and how delightful they tasted, they were added to my typed list of sheets in my cookie file. They have been utilized countless times with success and with rave reviews from our gift recipients.
If you have a cookie monster in your home who especially loves anything chocolate you might wish to give these a try.
Step One: Gather the Cookie Ingredients
Assemble the ingredients for these chocolate crinkles as listed below.
- 1/2 cup shortening (I use butter flavored Crisco)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/3 cup milk (We use 1% milk and it works fine in this recipe)
- Sifted confectioners sugar
I doubled this recipe so my photos will be reflective of that.
Step Two
The first thing to do after measuring is to thoroughly cream the shortening, sugar and vanilla together. Beat until well blended.
Step Three
The recipe calls for melting the chocolate.
The easiest method that I have found is to put the unsweetened chocolate squares into a Pyrex measuring cup and microwaving the chocolate until it melts. I generally set the microwave timer for about 30 seconds to start and then check and add small amounts of time as needed until the chocolate becomes liquefied.
Do this a little ahead of time in order that the chocolate has a bit of time to cool slightly before being added to the cookie batter.
Step Four
The next thing to do is to beat in the eggs.
Step Five
When the chocolate is melted and not boiling hot, blend that into the cookie batter and beat well incorporating the ingredients together.
I always use a spatula to get all the melted chocolatey goodness out of the Pyrex cup and into the cookie batter.
As the photo below shows this is where the cookie batter takes a decided turn becoming brown in color after the addition of the melted chocolate.
Looking good!
Step Six
Sift the dry ingredients (flour, salt, granulated sugar and baking powder) together.
Step Seven
Have your measured out milk ready.
Step Eight
Blend the sifted dry ingredients in alternating fashion with the milk.
Step Nine
Finally add the chopped nuts into the batter.
Note: Here is where you can take some time off and put up your feet, sing songs, read chapters of a book, go out and pull some weeds in your garden, or even solve some of life's greatest mysteries if you are so inclined.
Why? The batter needs to chill for a minimum of 3 hours.
I have sometimes fixed it up to this point and continued baking the cookies the next day.
Step Ten: Proceeding After the Batter is Chilled
When the batter is well chilled and you wish to proceed, what one needs to do next is to form the chocolate crinkle cookie batter into somewhat of a ball shape and roll it in powdered sugar before putting them onto a greased cookie sheet.
At first, the chilled batter actually allows one to roll an amount between one's hands and create nice round walnut-sized balls. But this soft batter (almost the consistency of a thick cake frosting) quickly warms and I have found that merely dropping a good rounded teaspoon full of the batter into the dish full of powdered sugar still allows one to form it into a ball shape once in the powdered sugar. The second photo above shows this.
After being baked the batter spreads out and whether the balls are perfectly rounded or not it does not ultimately matter when viewing much less tasting the final product.
Step Eleven
Put the sugared cookie balls onto a greased baking sheet (I use the spray product Pam) placing them about two to three inches apart.
Step Twelve
Bake in a moderate oven ( 350 degrees Fahrenheit ) about 15 minutes.
If using a convection oven a couple of minutes can be shaved off of that time. With our convection oven it only takes an average of 12 minutes and I am able to bake several cookie sheets of cookies at one time.
Aren't these chocolate crinkle cookies pretty?
Step Thirteen
Cool slightly on the cookie sheets before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling completely before packaging them up in containers.
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Note: A single recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies.
This is another cookie recipe that freezes well. I put waxed paper between the layers of these cookies when I store them.
I hope that you enjoyed the photos and step by step instructions of how to make these homemade chocolate crinkles. They are easy to make cookies, and once tried, I am sure that if you or those you know who like chocolate try these, they will also become favorites in your household.
Health Benefits of Consuming Chocolate
Please be advised...this information is in no way intended to take the place of medical advice from your health professional.
Many studies continue to be done regarding the effects of consuming chocolate and there are some promising results. Most all of the studies relate to European chocolates or dark chocolates which contain more of the beneficial cocoa solids. Milk chocolate and white chocolate have little of these same health benefits.
The table below categorizes some of the general findings. Chocolates stimulate the "feel good" endorphins in one's body and may actually have cardiovascular effects just like low dose aspirin. It is just not as long-lasting. Obviously the calories have to be taken into account as one ounce contains 151 calories.
So if you enjoy an occasional chocolate try to make it some dark chocolate and eat it in good health!
Some health benefits attributed to consuming dark chocolate
Contains antioxidants
Protects against damaging free radicals
Anti-aging effect
Contains flavonoids
Relaxes blood vessels
Can help reduce high blood pressure
Contains serotonin
Anti-depressant effect
Makes one feel better
Makes blood platelets less sticky
Promotes better blood flow
May help prevent risk of stroke & heart attacks
Contains oleic acid
Same good fat as in olive oil
May help raise the HDL (good cholesterol)
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These are unusual thanks Peggy. I have made cookies or as we often call them in the U.K. biscuits but not for quite a while. These would be good for Christmas time.
I especially like this in your Hub
"Note: Here is where you can take some time off and put up your feet, sing songs, read chapters of a book, go out a pull some weeds in your garden or even solve some of life's greatest mysteries if you are so inclined"
Made me giggle thanks
Glad to come across these again. Nice updates. They really are pretty, giving nice contrast to a cookie platter, something I'll be working on next week. That they are chocolate is just icing on the cake. :)
I wish I lived in your neighborhood and could get a box of cookies at Christmas. Those chocolate crinkle cookies look so good. I will keep these in mind. The photos make me long for the holidays!
These cookies are great any time a person needs a chocolate fix. ;) Add a bit of ice cream this time of year. We had 100 degrees again today (101 yesterday). Going to share this recipe again because these cookies are so yummy and if anyone has to take something to a picnic or a family reunion these cookies would be perfect. Also pinned to my 'Cookies' board.
oh you really are good at baking cookies. Have you tried selling them?
These cookies would make a great addition to any cookie plate for Chocolate is the magic word! :) They are so inviting and I'm sure my cow's milk substitutions would work well. I'll try to let you know how well before Christmas…
I was sure I had commented on this recipe a long time ago, but at least now I can post it on Pinterest.
Your recipes are always so thorough, clear and easy to follow! Voted up and useful! :)
Came back to add your Chocolate Crinkles to my cookie board on Pinterest.
Shared this one, peggy. They are my favorite!! You're so lucky you can bake.
5 stars and a share for chocolate crinkle cookies! They are pretty little cookies and I'm always happy to be reminded about the benefits of eating chocolate. : ) I always enjoy the way you write out your recipes, in this case in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format with plenty of instructional photos. Thanks!
These cookies look so good! I love chocolate cookies and these would be perfect for Valentine's Day for a chocolate lover too!
Voted up, BAUI, and will share! Gave you another star too!
Thanks again so much for letting me know about the duplication in my hub!
I use to make these cookies but haven't in a long time. Will have to make them again. Nice hub voted up.
Yummy recipe! I would love to try these.
I wish I was near to taste one. Just the way the hub is written makes it all the while more temtting. Even more delicious. Great work Peggy.
I wish I was near to taste one. Just the way the hub is written makes it all the while more temtting. Even more delicious. Great work Peggy.
Hi Peggy, These certainly look tempting. I probably wouldn't be able to eat many as I'm diabetic. However there may be ways of substituting Splenda for some of the sugar. voted up, useful and interesting.sharing with followers.
Hi, Peggy. When I saw this recipe in the feed, I though it looked familiar. Sure enough it is in my bookmarks! I knew I wanted to save it cause it looks so good!
These look delicious... I would love a package of these for Christmas ;) I actually saw the picture and thought that this was a recipe that my mom used to make. Sadly, I can't find that recipe anywhere, but it was the softest chocolate chocolate cookies ever tasted. They were delicious! These look just as tasty! :)
Wow, put out any recipes with chocolate and I'm there. These sound delicious, and judging from your photos, you like to bake dozens at a time. Perhaps you need a taste tester such as myself? Voting this Up and Useful.
As much as I adore chocolate, I've never made chocolate cookies before. I guess I'm going to have to change that now... these look delicious!
I love to bake! Am always looking for new and different recipes. Thanks. I've bookmarked this one for sure.
What wonderful pictures, I am ashamed to admit I have never made chocolate cookies, this will be rectified at the weekend!
thank you for sharing the recipe and voting up.
Yummy, you can't go wrong with chocolate! Thanks for the recipe. I might make these for Thanksgiving.
Dear Peggy,
So not fair to put "chocolate" in your title... you drew me right in! This is a winner to me and puts me in the mood for lots of Christmas cookies!
Will be bookmarking, amazing detail and beautiful (yummy) photography. Voted UP & UABI, mar.
Another great hub. I am a huge fan of delicious chocolate crinkle cookies. I am thankful we were introduced to this wonderful treat a few years ago. I agree the chocolate crinkle cookies are fantastic. Great photos and instructions on making these wonderful and delightful cookies.
I love anything that contains chocolate, and these cookies look absolutely delicious, Peggy. The name of the cookies sounds fun too! Thanks for the recipe - I'll bookmark it and add it to my collection of Christmas cookie recipes.
Great recipe, thanks so much for sharing. I emailed it to my daughter who loves to cook and bake.
Great hub, its so well illustrated with great pics and well documented instructions. Cookies look fantastic and with your steps noted, I;ll bet even I could make them. But I'll pass this along to my better half... Thanks for sharing! Voted UP!
Super hub. We don't have this recipe this side of the pond, so I am determined to import it, and make Chocolate Crinkle Biscuits!
Yes, they do look beautiful! And I know they taste great, too. We tried chocolate crinkle cookies for the first time ever in Seattle about a month ago, and they were delicious! (We bought them from a tiny bakery stall in Pike Place Market) I had honestly forgotten the name of them, so I am especially glad you published this Hub!
Chocolate has always fascinated me. There are so many things said about it, from helping your sex life to prolonging your physical life. I really enjoyed the making of cookies that you gave us. However, I would also love for you to give us some serious information on chocolate. (I know that I should be able to get that information myself, but you always do such a great job at whatever you research). Tell Bruce that I said hello.
These look so good that I might have to make them for my weekend company! Your beautiful pictures reminded me how good these cookies are. Isn't there something so satisfying about seeing racks of cooling cookies on the kitchen counter? :)
Many years ago I had a friend who used to make chocolate crinkles all the time, but I never got the recipe. Now you've inspired me to make some chocolate crinkle cookies soon!
I love baking...baking is my passion, but since I'm working away from home, I don't have the chance to bake..I remember chocolate crinkle cookies were the give away gifts during my friends wedding, and it was perfect.. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I make these...yummm! Nice photos to boot!


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DETROIT (WWJ) — Lena Epstein has announced she's ending her U.S. Senate campaign and is in the running for the 11th district congressional seat.
Epstein says she was having incredible success in her Senate race and that it was a tough decision to run for Congress instead. She explained to WWJ Newsradio 950 that when incumbent Congressman Dave Trotter announced he wouldn't seek re-election that she was ready to make that change in her campaign.
"Since Congressman Trotter announced last week that he is not seeking re-election we were inundated by calls from supporters (and) the business community urging me to run for the seat and keep it in the Republican control," Epstein said.
Epstein, who is a third-generation co-owner of Southfield-based Vesco Oil Corporation, added that she is not a career politician and her business background is what voters want in Washington. Her top priority will be secure jobs and affordable health care if she is elected to the 11th district seat.
Some may remember Epstein for her YouTube video she released in July, calling out Kid Rock in the U.S. Senate race. Epstein was quoted in the ad saying she "might have to kick (Kid Rock's) butt in a primary first," but also suggested the two team up against incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
"While we are on the trail together, let's shoot some guns," Epstein said in the video. "You'll have a beer or two. I'm pregnant so I'll have sweet tea. The more people that know how important it is to defeat Debbie Stabenow the better."
It's still up in the air of whether Kid Rock is actually running for the Michigan seat in the U.S. Senate. Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, announced his campaign in July but recently hasn't said much about it.
It also appears to others that he might not actually run after all. Earlier today Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said on a radio show that she doesn't believe he'll run for Senate.
"I don't see him running for Senate," McDaniel told WMAL's "Mornings on the Mall" hosts. "I think I'd be one of the people he'd reach out to, he hasn't done that. I like that he's talking about it."


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By Amy Walen and Cassandra Sage
Kirkland has placed Proposition 1, a community safety sales tax measure on the November ballot. We would like to share with you how approving it will keep our students safer.
Numerous school shootings in our nation galvanized youth and adults across the country to demand that governments at all levels reduce gun violence in schools. Throughout the spring, parents and students marched to Kirkland City Hall and the Lake Washington School District and implored the city council and the school board to take action. The city and the district also hosted a joint Town Hall to hear how we could work together to keep our students safer. We listened and we acted.
On March 19, the school board unanimously passed a proclamation committing to comprehensive and concrete actions to ensure safety at all schools in the district. Placing a school resource officer in each middle school is an example. As outlined on the LWSD website, "These officers not only protect our schools, they connect with our students. As they get to know students and gain their trust, the school SRO is often the person who students will confide in about possible safety concerns."
On May 1, the city council unanimously adopted resolution R-5312, launching extensive community engagement to identify specific actions to reduce gun violence and improve community safety. We received hundreds of comments from experts, parents and children, and from stakeholders on all sides of the gun safety conversation. We found extraordinary common ground in the comments. Our community seeks a comprehensive approach to reduce gun violence, especially mass shootings, suicides and homicides. Our residents want to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, children and those with mental illness or suicidal thoughts. They want effective mental health services, student counseling services, after school programs for at-risk youth, and suicide and domestic violence prevention programs. They encouraged us to help homeless families and children, and keep our schools safe and secure. Residents and businesses also asked that we improve community safety by stopping mail theft, car prowls, burglaries and shoplifting.
Kirkland's Prop. 1 contains funding to provide all of these programs by adding just one penny on a $10 purchase through a 0.01 percent sales tax increase. Prop. 1 will generate $1.8 million per year that will be invested in new proactive police positions to focus on property crimes. Prop. 1 will fund a new neighborhood resource officer, paired with a mental health professional to help those struggling with mental illness. Prop. 1 provides hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for human services, mental health services, youth counseling and assistance to homeless families and students. The measure also pays for gun safety education and gun safes and gun locks to prevent firearms from being lost or stolen.
Finally, Prop. 1 will match school district funding to provide SROs in Kamiakin Middle School, Finn Hill Middle School, Kirkland Middle School and the International Community School. These SROs are intended to keep students physically, socially and emotionally safe and to build positive relationships between students and police. Our SROs follow best practices, are selected by the Kirkland Police Department and complete extensive training in crisis de-escalation and working with students before they are assigned to a school. SROs do not enforce school discipline. They teach classes, provide counseling, create connections and divert kids from the criminal justice system. SROs in middle schools would be new to Kirkland. Both the school board and the city council are committed to engage the community to ensure the new SROs provide positive support to students of regardless of race, religion, ability, immigration status or income level. Working together, we can make our middle school SRO program one of the best in the nation.
Prop. 1 will make our schools and our community safer. That is why Prop. 1 has been endorsed by every member of the school board, every city councilmember, the Kirkland Police Guild, Kirkland Chamber of Commerce, Houghton Community Council, neighborhood leaders, church leaders and many more.
Please join us. Vote yes on Prop. 1!
Amy Walen is the mayor of Kirkland and Cassandra Sage is a Kirkland resident and Lake Washington School District school board member.
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Inflammation, we all experience from time to time. Sports injuries, pregnancy, even tripping in the house while cleaning can lead to inflammation. Greatist.com describes inflammation and chronic inflammation in their article "What You Don't Realize Inflammation Is Doing to Your Body":
"The painful swelling is the body's acute inflammatory response, when additional white blood cells, plasma proteins, and other specialized helpers rush to repair the damage, says Refaat Hegazi, M.D., Ph.D., medical director at Abbott, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company. It's your immune system's way of remedying any problem, from sprains to infections. (Phew!)
Chronic Inflammation
The inflammation usually dies down in three to five days, when you can get on with your life like that clumsy fall never happened. But in some cases, the off switch for inflammation never gets flipped, and that's when you start to encounter chronic inflammation, says James Marion, M.D., a gastroenterologist specializing in inflammatory bowel disease at Mount Sinai Hospital. When that happens, some trigger—and often it's hard to identify—sends distress signals even when there's no problem to fix, so the immune system still dispatches microscopic helpers to your body's tissues.
As they hang out there over time, they can cause damage to nearby organs, says Veena Taneja, Ph.D., an associate professor of immunology at the Mayo Clinic. Since this is all happening internally, you don't tend to feel symptoms of chronic inflammation until it turns into something bigger.
In particular, chronic inflammation been linked to a number of autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and multiple sclerosis. More research needs to be done to determine the role that inflammation plays in these diseases (e.g. is it causation or merely correlation?), but the prevailing scientific thought is that we should try and decrease chronic inflammation. The question is, how?
Your Action Plan
Some people have genes that predispose them to inflammatory responses, which we have little control over, Taneja says. Luckily, researchers are starting to uncover ways that we can limit chronic inflammation.
1. Food
Anti-inflammatory diets are all the rage today. "Foods with anti-inflammatory properties include those that are naturally fatty, naturally leafy, contain protein, and contain fiber," Hegazi says. A number of small studies have found that foods often associated with the Mediterranean diet (tomatoes, leafy greens, nuts, fish, olive oil) reduced chronic inflammation in test subjects. But Peter Bloomfield, a neuroscience researcher at Imperial College London, and Marion both caution that these findings are only preliminary and cannot be thought of as cure-alls at the moment.
2. Supplements
Reach for a bottle of turmeric, mangosteen, or cat's claw, and you'll find they all tout their anti-inflammatory properties. These supplements are common parts of treatment regimens prescribed by integrative medicine practitioners like Douglas Lord, M.D., the medical director at Nava Health and Vitality Center. Lord says he's found success using these supplements with patients, and an initial batch of studies backs up these claims. But Taneja and Bloomfield again note that research needs to be more substantial before drawing a direct connection between supplements and lowered inflammation.
3. Vices
If you need another reason to ditch cigarettes, put chronic inflammation at the top of your list. Most smokers experience background inflammation for years after they quit, Taneja says. On the other hand, moderately intense exercise can help decrease inflammation—so now you have another motivation to get your sweat on.
4. Future Treatments
Just a few years ago, science had a huge breakthrough in the study of inflammation: Turns out, it might come from our gut. More specifically, Taneja says, from our gut microbiome—the combination of bacteria in our digestive tract. Taneja hasconducted research that found one type of bacteria prevented or halted rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis in mice. Next step: Test it on humans.
The Takeaway
While new findings about inflammation and the gut are exciting, we have more questions than answers at this point. But if you suspect you are dealing with chronic inflammation or one of the possibly related diseases, it's worth consulting with your doctor."
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New Delhi: Noida-based HCL Technologies Ltd on Thursday reported a 6.6% sequential drop in net profit and 6.1% rise year-on-year (y-o-y) at Rs2,171 crore in the quarter ending June. Revenue for the quarter rose 0.8% quarter-on-quarter to Rs12,149 crore, and was 7.2% higher on y-o-y basis, the company said. Revenue in constant currency terms was up by 2.6% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) and 12.2% y-o-y.
"We continue to propel forward on our Mode 1–2–3 growth strategy, delivering a revenue growth of 2.6% QoQ and 12.2% YoY in constant currency terms in Q1'FY18. This quarter, we also expanded our EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) margins from 20% to 20.1%, through continued superior execution in our core business, integration and assimilation of the acquired entities, as well as our IP investments" said C.Vijayakumar, president and chief executive officer, HCL Technologies Ltd.
The last 12 months saw broad-based growth across all revenue segments. The Americas, Europe and rest of the world grew by 15.8%, 10.6% and 11.7%, respectively.
The growth across verticals was driven by financial services at 9.3%, manufacturing at 18.2%, lifesciences and healthcare at 11.8%, public services at 22.5%, retail and consumer goods at 16.0%, and telecommunications, media, publishing and entertainment at 3.4%, in constant currency. The company also reported strong client addition (on y-o-y basis).
This quarter, HCL extended its IP partnership agreement with IBM, marking its expansion into business solutions in the marketing automation area, which complements HCL's digital and analytics offerings. HCL has invested around $140 million in the extended partnership during this quarter.
The software company also successfully concluded its buyback programme within the quarter. The buyback entailed 3.5 crore equity shares at the price of Rs1,000 per share, the company said. This mirrors a trend followed by other large IT services companies.
The IT major expects FY18 revenues to grow between 10.5% and 12.5% in constant currency terms. This constant currency guidance translates to 11.3-13.3% in dollar terms based on 30 June rates.
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"Overall, we are happy with our first quarter FY'18 performance. Accompanied with US dollar revenue growth at 3.7%, we have demonstrated effective margin performance reporting EBIT at 20.1%, within the guidance range. Cash flow generation continues to be robust with net income to operating cash flow conversion at 104% on LTM (last 12 months) basis. The share buyback of Rs3,500 crore was successfully concluded during the quarter, which together with the dividend per share of Rs2 this quarter, is demonstrative of our balanced capital allocation focus," said Anil Chanana, CFO, HCL Technologies
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How do you make the decision to divorce? There is no hard-and-fast rule, no bright line to show a couple whether it is better to split or to try again to work it out. However, divorce mediation can be a time and place in which the parties consciously examine their options and test out various hypotheses before settling on a course of action. This pattern of "decide/analyze/implement" can lead to better, more informed decisions.
In divorce mediation, the strategic decisions often unfold in a non-linear fashion. Frequently, after brainstorming some possible options, the couple chooses one, and tries it on for size. That is, they make an interim or temporary decision, gather more data to confirm that it fits their circumstances, and then either confirm commitment to their choice, or investigate another option. They repeat the pattern of decision, analysis, and searching for other options until they find one option that they can settle on as suitable for parties.
It is not uncommon for there to be a mis-match between the spouses concerning just about everything, including whether the marriage should end. Even if both parties admit that the marriage isn't working, perhaps there is at least one good reason to stay married, such as providing insurance for a diabetic spouse. In such cases, mediation is usually the best process to use because it allows the parties the flexibility to consider various options and then choose the option that works best for them.
What does this decision look like? Let's take a hypothetical couple, Pete and Mary. These are composites of clients; resemblance to living individuals is accidental. Pete is in the information technology industry. When he works, he makes a lot of money, but he is not presently working and is getting discouraged. As part of his depressed mood, he eats too much and that means his diabetes is not well-controlled. Mary is a middle-manager in a small city. She has a relatively modest salary but decent health benefits and a defined-benefit pension. She thinks her job is safe for now, but next year, if budget cuts continue, her job could be in jeopardy. They refinanced their home to pay for college tuition for their two children, so that their home is now "under water" – they owe more than it is worth. Friction between Pete and Mary has been building for a couple of years. They both acknowledge that something needs to change. But divorce? To Mary, it is unthinkable. Their first decision is to decide if mediation makes sense for them.
Decision #1 – Should Pete and Mary mediate or choose another option?
Pete and Mary contact a mediator for a free consultation, in which they learn more about how mediation could help them to sort things out. Their mediator also provides an overview of other options such as doing everything themselves, using lawyers for a collaborative process, or retaining lawyers for scorched-earth litigation. They go home, discuss it, maybe call some lawyers to get information on legal fees, and quickly decide to commit to mediation. In other words, they make a tentative decision, gather and analyze more information, and then implement their decision.
Decision #2 – Should Pete and Mary choose a legal separation or a divorce?
At this point, neither Pete nor Mary is interested in re-marriage, so they are both open to the idea of a legal separation as well as a divorce. One advantage of a separation might be that Pete could stay on Mary's insurance policy if they are separated rather than divorced. One disadvantage of a separation is that if either of them meets someone else, they will have re-file their separation as a dissolution of marriage, and pay another filing fee. Also, some insurance policies no longer cover spouses who are legally separated. Once the judgment of separation is final, Mary's insurance through her employment may not cover Pete. Different companies have different policies on insuring separated spouses, and changes in federal law may come into play as well. On the other hand, Mary really wants to help Pete keep health insurance as long as possible. Before making a final decision, Pete and Mary need to get more information about how long Pete can be covered through Mary's employment.