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Watch: MONSTA X Serenades Fans In "White Sugar" Video
MONSTA X has gifted fans with a special clip for their track "White Sugar"!
Just before midnight on July 10, MONSTA X shared a clip of the group singing along to their track "White Sugar." The song is off the group's third mini album, entitled "The Clan Part 1. Lost." It was co-written by members Jooheon and IM along with Boyfriend's Jeongmin, and co-composed by Jooheon and Jeongmin.
In the video, the guys sit in a garden as they rap and sing to a girl who's "like white sugar," and ask her to love them. Watch it below!
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Retail index points to slack holiday sales
luxury cosmetic players but early reports from retailers and market
experts indicate that sales have been slack in the Euro Zone.
According to the Bloomberg Purchase Managers Index accelerating inflation coupled with high interest rates and fears over borrowing in the Euro Zone has helped to dull consumer spending. The index, which questioned 1,000 executives in 13 countries that have the euro as common currency, showed that spending is continuing to decline, registering an overall index of 46. Any figure below the 50 mark on the index is considered to represent a decline in consumer spend. This figure follows on from a weak November when it registered 45.9. NTC Economics, which compiles the PMI for Bloomberg, said that retailers in Europe's biggest economy, Germany, reported the slowest sales, with an index of 44 for December, while Italy registered 44.7. The Euro Zone's other leading economy, France, reported the best figure, with a PMI of 49.1, a figure that had rebounded after the national transport strikes that slowed the economy during November. Financial experts point to the fact that oil prices, which yesterday went beyond the $100 dollar a barrel mark, are continuing to edge up inflation, which in turn is forcing households to tighten budgets. Despite record employment figures in the Euro Zone, the region is facing up to low consumer spend caused by inflationary pressures, a factor that comes at a particularly crucial time for the personal care industry. Increased prices were particularly hard on foods, which make up a considerable part of the Christmas spend. Analysts believe that this will translate into lower spend on non-essential personal care items, particularly luxury products. The holiday season is traditionally a time when consumers increase their spend on personal care products, splashing out more both on gifts and on themselves. This effect is even more pronounced for luxury beauty providers, as products such as expensive fragrances, anti-aging creams and make-up are often bought in gift sets as presents. Indeed some fragrance makers claim that half of their yearly sales are achieved in the build up to Christmas, helping to cap off a global industry currently valued at €21bn.

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EMBEDDED LINUX: EMBEDDED LINUX SUBMITTED BY: CHAITANYA KHER Roll No.:7110955 (8 TH Sem .) Final yr . PowerPoint Presentation: EMBEDDED SYSTEM CHAITANYA KHER 2 INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION CHAITANYA KHER 3 PCB DESIGN: PCB DESIGN LAYOUT DESIGN PRINTING ETCHING FINISHING DRILLING COMPONENT MOUNTING CHAITANYA KHER 4 Microprocessor V/s Microcontroller:: Microprocessor V/s Microcontroller: CHAITANYA KHER 5 PowerPoint Presentation: LINUX CHAITANYA KHER 6 PowerPoint Presentation: WHAT IS LINUX? LINUX IS AN OPERATING SYSTEM JUST LIKE WINDOWS AND MAC OS X. LINUX DERIVES MANY THINGS FROM UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM. LINUX IS OPEN SOURCE AND FREE. CHAITANYA KHER 7 PowerPoint Presentation: WHY CHOOSE LINUX Linux is Open Source . Additions to functionality are made easier. Large support network for developers. Ability the fix code without help from outside organizations. CHAITANYA KHER 8 PowerPoint Presentation: Disadvantages of Linux Real Time Performance is provided through Kernel Modules A code error can crash the entire OS CHAITANYA KHER 9 PowerPoint Presentation: The Linux Architecture Same as 'normal' Linux Architecture Contains six layers of abstraction CHAITANYA KHER 10 PowerPoint Presentation: Linux is operating system (OS). Linux system is described as kernel & shell . Kernel is a main program of Linux System . It controls hard wares, CPU, memory , hard disk, network card etc. Shell is an interface between user and kernel . Shell interprets your input as commands and pass them to kernel. Kernel & Shell CHAITANYA KHER 11 PowerPoint Presentation: Basic Commands ls show files in current position cd change directory cp copy file or directory mv move file or directory rm remove file or directory pwd show current position mkdir create directory rmdir remove directory cat display file contents less display file contents page wise man display online manual CHAITANYA KHER 12 PowerPoint Presentation: USAGE SHARE CHAITANYA KHER 13 PowerPoint Presentation: PROGRAMMING IN LINUX VARIOUS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES LIKE C, C++, JAVA, FORTRAN, ETC CAN BE USED TO MAKE AAPLICATIONS FOR LINUX. CHAITANYA KHER 14 PowerPoint Presentation: APPLICATIONS MANY LINUX DISTRIBUTIO HAVE THEIR OWN APP. STORE FROM WHERE USERS CAN DOWNLOAD APPLICATIONS. APPLICATIONS CAN BE INSTALLED FROM INTERNET TOO. EXECUTABLE FILE OF EVERY LINUX DISTRIBUTION IS DIFFERENT.(e.g. Ubuntu's executable file is . deb ) MANY APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE INSTALLED USING TERMINAL. CHAITANYA KHER 15 PowerPoint Presentation: EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEM CHAITANYA KHER 16 PowerPoint Presentation: Embedded Linux Any small system running Linux "Headless " (no display – wireless router, set-top box, e.g.) User-interactive (cellphone , etc.) More than just kernel! Applications provide system-specific functionality Shared libraries support applications Kernel manages running applications, hardware drivers Think of as stripped-down desktop system Unneeded features removed Embedded-specific features added CHAITANYA KHER 17 PowerPoint Presentation: Linux Software System Components CHAITANYA KHER 18 PowerPoint Presentation: Kernel Current Linux kernel : 2.6 series Fully supports ARM processors (including ARM926) Complete networking, filesystem , other support Configurable Build in only those features needed Multiple possible execution modes Execute-in-place (XIP) Compressed/loadable CHAITANYA KHER 19 PowerPoint Presentation: Drivers Manage hardware resources (peripherals) Exist for many standard peripherals Built-in to kernel or loadable at run-time Well-documented process for creating custom CHAITANYA KHER 20 PowerPoint Presentation: Root File System Directory tree containing needed libraries, scripts, applications Organization usually follows standard Unix filesystem conventions (/bin, / sbin , / etc , etc.) Stored as standard Linux filesystem type Typically cramfs or jffs2 compressed filesystem when in Flash Ext2/3 for disk CHAITANYA KHER 21 PowerPoint Presentation: Libraries C library Standard utility functions, interface to kernel functionality Several variants: ¬ Glibc : big and full-featured ¬ uClibc : small, configurable, targeted for embedded systems (usual choice) Others as needed Pthreads GUI support CHAITANYA KHER 22 PowerPoint Presentation: Applications Created as standard Posix /Unix applications Stored in filesystem , loaded to RAM for execution Standard applications Busybox ¬ Standard Unix utilities in single package ¬ Configurable feature support Custom applications GUI applications Anything system-specific ( background network applications, etc.) CHAITANYA KHER 23 PowerPoint Presentation: Scripts Used to initalize /shut down system Others for access control, configuration Stored in / etc directory of root filesystem CHAITANYA KHER 24 PowerPoint Presentation: GUI Provide desktop environment Window environment for GUI application creation and management Many standard apps available (productivity, multimedia, etc.) Qtopia Phone Edition Commercial , royalty-based Complete suite of applications Used in existing handset designs ¬ Motorola A760, A780 ¬ Philips Nexperia Cellular System Solution 9000 reference platform CHAITANYA KHER 25 PowerPoint Presentation: Device and Driver Model Goal : separate mechanism (driver) from config info (device) Device specification Provided in platform-specific code (vx115_vep.c) Device hierarchy (parents) Registration Device and driver matching and configuration registering devices and drivers causes match to occur ¬ driver's probe function called to configure driver with handle to device data often text-based match (ex. platform devices) CHAITANYA KHER 26 PowerPoint Presentation: Kernel Space v/s User Space Each user application uses same virtual address space ( usually 0-based ) MMU maps each app's virtual addresses to its personal physical pages; map changes on context switch if give kernel pointer to userspace buffer and get context switch , what happens to buffer reference? copy_from_user , copy_to_user transfer between user process buffer and kernel buffer make sure pages aren't swapped out (not an issue in most embedded systems) map a kernel buffer so it can be directly accessed from user application mmap function provided as part of driver interface CHAITANYA KHER 27 PowerPoint Presentation: Kernel Memory Allocation kmalloc , kfree : allocate and free memory in kernel space allocates virtually and physically contiguous buffer, returns virtual address flag specifies whether can sleep or not during allocation vmalloc allocates virtually contiguous buffer , returns virtual addresses can allocate larger buffers, but less efficient CHAITANYA KHER 28 PowerPoint Presentation: Debugging JTAG best for kernel code and built-in drivers not so useful for loadable modules or app code Usual method of kernel and driver debugging: print messages to system log and console procfs Can read out driver statistics/state objdump Inspecting binaries (symbol info, disassembly , etc .) CHAITANYA KHER 29 PowerPoint Presentation: Embedded Linux Hardware ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) Customers find their own manufacturer which allows for greater customization Busses and Interfaces Linux also supports a wide variety IO devices Printers Mice Sound Storage Display Devices CHAITANYA KHER 30 Development Tools and Environments: Development Tools and Environments GNU cross-platform development tool chain Kernel Setup Software Binary File Manipulation Utilities C Library (Can be replaced with others) Full C Compiler Available IDE's Anjuta Eclipse Glimmer KDevelop SourceNavigator CHAITANYA KHER 31 Root File System: Root File System bin boot dev etc root sbin tmp usr var home lib mnt opt proc CHAITANYA KHER 32 Networking Services: Networking Services Linux Networking Features SNMP - Remote Administration Network Login through Telnet SSH HTTP DHCP CHAITANYA KHER 33 How is This Possible?: How is This Possible? A fully featured Linux kernel requires about 1 MB of memory The Linux micro-kernel actually consumes only 100 K With the networking stack and basic utilities, a complete Linux system runs quite nicely in 500 K of memory on an Intel 386 microprocessor, with an 8-bit bus A Linux system can actually be adapted to work with as little as 256 KB ROM and 512 KB RAM CHAITANYA KHER 34 PowerPoint Presentation: Web Resources: http://lxr.linux.no/ Linux Device Drivers, 3rd edition, Alessandro Rubini , O'Reilly online version at http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3 / 2nd edition : http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ ARM Linux website: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ Arm- linux -kernel mailing list CELF Wiki: http://tree.celinuxforum.org/pubwiki/moin.cgi CELF Embedded Linux Conference: http://www.celinux.org/elc2007/index.html Linux Journal : http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Linux Magazine: http://www.linux-mag.com/ CHAITANYA KHER 35 PowerPoint Presentation: CHAITANYA KHER 36 QUESTIONS Are Welcome ! Thank you…


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CDI-Type II Proposal: VHub: Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure for Volcano Eruption and Hazards Modeling and Simulation
Greg Valentine Principal Investigator
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SUNY at Buffalo, in collaboration with the University of South Florida and Michigan Technological University, will develop VHub: Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure for Volcano Eruption and Hazards Modeling and Simulation, a virtual organization that will enable the integration of multidisciplinary computational thinking into volcanology research and applications. The VHub cyberinfrastructure will provide a mechanism for globally collaborative research and development of computational models of volcanic processes and their integration with complex geospatial, observational, and experimental data. VHub will promote seamless accessibility of appropriate models and data to organizations around the world charged with assessing and reducing risk, reaching across resource levels and cultural boundaries. The cyberinfrastructure challenges in this effort arise from solving difficult research problems involving multi-scale physics and complex datasets, and developing the structures needed to ensure accessibility to civil protection workers for real-world decision making.

Vhub will enable the advancement of understanding of volcanic processes by accelerating the broad adaptation of computation within volcanology and driving our modeling capabilities toward fewer simplifications, and enabling important collaborations with other disciplines that focus on similar flow phenomena. VHub will provide a venue for developing benchmarking of complex models, and for model comparison and multi-model analysis. VHub will be structured to promote the integration of cutting-edge science with global hazard mitigation, including in developing countries where risk is large but economic and/or cultural barriers have prevented organizations from using cutting-edge capabilities.

Educational materials designed and implemented through VHub will serve to recruit new students into the geosciences and computational sciences who will learn to conduct quantitative volcanological research within a framework that views fundamental research and societal applications as an integrated whole.


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Hospital trust's volunteers are vital to making patients' experiences 'best they can be'
PUBLISHED: 07:21 06 August 2018 | UPDATED: 07:24 06 August 2018
"Our volunteers are the workforce of tomorrow and play a major role in making patients' experiences the best it can be".
This is the view of head of patient experience Victoria Wallen who oversees volunteers that dedicate time to helping people at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT).
With around 520 volunteers working across the trust's hospitals, around 200 more than 18 months ago, the importance of recruiting a little extra help has become clear.
"There is so much pressure that's being put not only on the NHS but local government and the public sector so the need for volunteers is going to grow even more prominent," Victoria said.
"Our staff has to be able to deliver safe, efficient and effective services and volunteers can do a lot to help make sure this happens and make the experiences of our patients better.
"While staff do what they can on the medical side of things, volunteers ensure the whole process is more humanistic."
Jeff Marks, 71, from Hornchurch, has been volunteering at various hospitals for the past 20 years, keeping patients company, helping them eat and even shaving men's beards when they are unable to.
Thanks to his experience, he has also become a volunteering champion, giving guidance to other volunteers who may need help.
He said: "All of the volunteers do such a great job so it's lovely to be recognised.
"It's very rewarding to cheer them up and when we encourage patients to eat their food when they don't feel like it.
"I feel like what we do is really appreciated."
Students who want to find out more about what it's like working at a hospital can go through their college to apply for a volunteering position for at least six months.
Kieran Goodwin, 20, from Hornchurch, who was a volunteer at Queen's Hospital has now been a full-time healthcare assistant since the beginning of the year.
"I have always been interested in doing something within healthcare and for a while wanted to be a paramedic.
"Volunteering gave me a chance to have a glimpse into what the job actually entails before applying.
"It's given me a real insight and even though sometimes it's hard, it's a really worthwhile job."
Volunteering is not just about ways you can help patients but also how they can help improve care.
Patient partners ask patients for their views on what changes can be made at the trust – these are then fed back to the hospital's board.
After Karen O'Mahony's mum was in and out of hospital for three years, she decided she wanted to get involved and was later appointed the position of patient partner for the elderly.
She said: "I love working with older people and whereas before it was something I was interested in it's now become my passion.
"There's the hospital, the patients and then there's me in the middle to make sure that everyone is being listened to so the trust can provide the best treatment."
BHRUT is looking for even more volunteers to join its team, including activity co-ordinators who would help to keep patients occupied during long hospital stays.
Using the new reminiscence screens which are known as Rita – reminiscence interactive therapy activity – patients can play games, watch old movies and listen to music.
These are currently at King George Hospital, Goodmayes, but £5,000 worth of funding has also been secured by the King George and Queen's Hospitals Charity so they can be supplied at Queen's Hospital, Romford as well.
Drivers are also needed as a new buggy system for those with mobility problems will be operating at the Goodmayes hospital.
Victoria said: "We're all going to grow old one day or get sick at some point and we will need this service, so we want patients to have their say and be as happy as they can be while they are under our care."
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I'm going to go over the line briefly – swatches and comparisons will be at the end of the post.
Neutrogena Shine Control Liquid Makeup SPF 20 ($12.99)
Neutrogena Shine Control Makeup helps provide 8 hour shine control in a lightweight, breathable formula. Shine Control Makeup blends perfectly for natural-looking coverage with a soft, matte finish. Broad-spectrum SPF 20 helps protect against sun damage.
- 8 hour shine control
- Lightweight, breathable formula
- Won't over dry skin
- Broad spectrum SPF 20
Available in eight (8) shades: Classic Ivory, Natural Ivory, Buff, Nude, Soft Beige, Natural Beige, Fresh Beige, Warm Beige.
Neutrogena Shine Control Powder ($11.99)
Neutrogena Shine Control Powder helps skin stay shine-free and fresh-looking all day. The lightweight powder with patent-pending rice protein technology acts like a sponge to absorb excess oil and instantly eliminates shine for a fresh look that lasts for 8 hours. Layers invisibly over makeup with a matte finish.
- Blends invisibly into skin for a flawless look that's never overdone
- Perfect for on-the-go touch ups
- Won't over dry skin or clog pores
Neutrogena Shine Control Primer ($12.99)
Neutrogena Shine Control Primer helps makeup apply more smoothly and last longer, while optical modifiers help minimize the look of pores. Can be worn alone or under foundation. This lightweight, non-greasy formula with patent-pending rice protein technology acts like a sponge to absorb excess oil so skin stays shine-free and fresh looking all day.
- 8 hour shine control with or without makeup
- Extends the wear of makeup
- Matte finish
- Won't over dry skin or clog pores
*Prices may vary based on location.
The liquid makeup has same shades as Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup, but Healthy Skin has 12 shades in total, and Neutrogena Shine Control Makeup has 8 shades in total. It's still very new though, so time will tell if additional shades will be added to the line in the near future when the product fully launches.
The sample provided #10 Classic Ivory, #30 Buff and #60 Natural Beige. I actually own Classic Ivory and Natural Beige in Healthy Skin, so I swatched them below to compare.
Swatches from left to right: Neutrogena Shine Control Classic Ivory, Neutrogena Healthy Skin Classic Ivory, Neutrogena Shine Control Buff, Neutrogena Shine Control Natural Beige, Neutrogena Healthy Skin Natural Beige, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC30.
It appears the colors seem to be almost exact matches as Healthy Skin, so whatever color you use in Healthy Skin should work in the Shine Control line. I notice that the Shine Control shades are a touch more yellow.
I did only grab one sample (I don't want to be greedy!) so I can't comment much on the foundation itself, as I really only had enough to swatch the colors.
This foundation is best suited for oily skin. It's silicone based, so for those who do well with silicone based foundations (For example: Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hr Foundation, Physican's Fomula Youthful Wear Foundation, Mousse Foundations, etc.) may like this foundation.


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Colossal Xbox One Arrives in Toronto
Today, the colossal Xbox One appeared for a third time, this time at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto. The larger-than-life console – part of the project known as One Source – brings together the Canadian Xbox Live community to celebrate the launch of Xbox One.
By pledging with their gamertags, fans can unlock one-of-a-kind experiences and rewards like the Dead Rising 3-inspired zombie uprising in Vancouver and the Forza Motorsport 5 speed drives at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve chin Montreal. Every gamertag pledged will contribute to unlocking these experiences.
Canadian Xbox fans can pledge with their gamertag to One Source in three ways: either in person at the console, through the Xbox Live Dashboard, or online at www.xbox.ca/onesource. Fans that take part early will have more chances to win prizes, and as community support grows, fans will continue to unlock unique, immersive experiences.
Xbox One arrives in stores on November 22nd for $499.99.


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Two teenagers were hurt when the dirt bikes they were riding collided in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Saturday afternoon, state police at Swiftwater said.
Aldin Dizdarevic, 16, of East Stroudsburg, was flown by helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for treatment following the crash, which happened at about 3:30 p.m. on Flagstone Lane near Coolbaugh Road, police said. Bryan Caro, 19, of Stroudsburg, was taken by ambulance to Pocono Medical Center.
Their injuries were described as "moderate."
Investigators say the two were doing wheelies together when Dizdarevic stopped and was struck by dirt bike driven by Caro.


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We are so excited to be recording a new album! We have begun the process of creating this new collection of inspiring songs and doing what we love, which is making new music for you to enjoy.
YOU can be a big part of our vision by pre-ordering CD's! Our goal is to have 1,000 pre-sold albums before our release date in November. It is going very well so far and we will be giving you sneak peeks and snippets along the way.
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Full WSJ Analysis of February Jobs Picture
February's unemployment rate comes in at 5.5% down from January's 5.7%. WSJ's Josh Zumbrun and Spencer Jakab join Simon Constable on the News Hub with analysis of the jobs report. Photo: Getty
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I was very interesting is the way that markets react in the last few years we've we've been obsessed with ... the so-called dot plots what the ... different of members voting in non voting of the FOMC use at rates ... have seen about the economy unemployment ... and when they see the appropriate date for the first first rate increase ... I think ... 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City Center Market
City Center Market is a full-service natural foods grocery store, committed to bringing great food, a friendly atmosphere, and a better way of life to the Cambridge community. We understand the goodness and health benefits that organic produce and natural foods can offer. We always bring you the freshest, most wholesome foods in our area.
Established in 1979, City Center Market is a cooperative owned by its members and open to the public—everyone can shop and anyone can join!
Produce. Our organic produce department offers a wide selection of fresh fruits and vegetables, local whenever possible.
Bulk foods. Save money and eliminate excess packaging by buying grains, flours, nuts, cereal, spices and other bulk foods from our large and varied bulk department.
Wellness. You'll find high-quality supplements, herbs, and homeopathic products here, and we work with local practitioners to make available the products they recommend. We also have natural body care products without the questionable ingredients and never tested on animals.
Local. As a co-op, we are committed to a strong local economy, and are constantly seeking out products made or grown in Minnesota to make available to you. We offer local beef, chicken, pork, honey, maple syrup, milk, eggs, cheeses, fruits and vegetables, and more.
Special diets. We have a broad selection of food choices for those who follow alternative diets – including gluten-free, lactose-free, sugar-free, vegetarian and vegan.
City Center Café. Right next door to City Center Market, our Café offers coffee and coffee drinks, tea, smoothies, cocoa and more – made to your specifications! Have a toasted bagel with your coffee, or pick up a fresh hot muffin (while they last), a cinnamon roll, fruit pastry, or other bakery treat. And, there's always cheesecake to go with your Deli lunch, an afternoon snack, or to take home for later!
All of our coffee drinks are made with Peace Coffee—certified organic, fair trade, shade-grown, and roasted with love right here in Minnesota.
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April 26 is the deadline for full disclosure of all of the government's JFK files, according to this written order of President Trump. Or maybe it isn't. Read more
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Will new CIA director Gina Haspel take a tougher line on JFK files?
Ed asks: "What do you foresee as a result of Mike Pompeo being replaced by Gina Haspel as CIA Director?"
JFK's differences with the CIA were profound. Trump's, not yet.
From the fever swamp of InfoWars, Jerome Corsi reports that "JFK researchers" are saying that President Donald Trump is at risk for assassination because of his differences with the Central Intelligence Agency.
I have been a JFK researcher for 35 years, and Corsi has distorted what most of us think to serve a fear-mongering political agenda.
"JFK researchers: Trump at risk for assassination" is a lousy piece of journalism, less of a story than a conspiratorial meme but it is revealing about Trump and the CIA.
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- At the same time, toast the burger buns (if your toaster has extra-wide slots), or place the buns under a hot grill to brown.
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The cozy coffeehouse tucked in the strip mall along Trinity Boulevard exudes the kind of karma you can't always order at your neighborhood Starbucks. Walk in, sip an espresso and kick back to Diana Krall crooningS'Wonderful. Paint some pottery, while you're at it, too: a coffee mug or chip bowl, or, soon, very soon, a ceramic powder room sink.
"We want it to be a very homey kind of place," says co-owner Linda Sessa.
Home is what it's all about at Paint UR Pieces, the coffeehouse and paint-your-own pottery business launched in January by Sessa and business partner Lindsey Seddon, two Pasco residential real-estate appraisers with a big dream:
"We want to open four of these," says Sessa, with a laugh.
And she's only half kidding.
Last summer, when a teenage relative of Sessa's came for a visit, a trip to a pottery painting cafe in South Tampa's trendy Old Hyde Park Village sparked the idea.
"People were talking, parents were listening to their children, friends were chatting about silly stuff," recalls Sessa, who along with Seddon owns S & S Real Estate Service, a business they launched in the early '90s.
"We thought this is where we'd like to be with our business someday. We don't want to get rich; we just want to make a living."
The two are just as serious about coffee as they are about pottery: their beans are from Jaguar Coffee Co. in Spring Hill, which also designed their house blend.
Seddon, 59, and Sessa, 47, still work as full-time appraisers, a job that takes them from Trinity - where their business is based - all the way down the Gulf Coast to Manatee and Sarasota counties. The pottery cafe is their second life, the place they spend most of their time away from work.
Was it scary launching a business in a shaky economy?
"We're nuts!" says Sessa, a former professional singer from Brooklyn who once signed a record deal with Casablanca Records (the sudden death of a band member marked the end of her singing career).
"We dumped everything into this in the middle of a recession," she says. "My philosophy is: 'You can literally either lie down and die or keep on going. Do you just wait for the other shoe to drop, or do you put another shoe on?' "
The back wall of the 1,200-square-foot shop is scribbled with graffiti from friends, well-wishers at their kickoff New Year's Eve gathering. A sign tucked in a corner says: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
That, says Sessa, "wraps it up in a nutshell, what this place really is."
So far, the shop at 9945 Trinity Blvd., the first pottery/coffee cafe in west Pasco, has been attracting a lot of business: moms, dads, Boy Scouts, teenagers, groups of friends looking for a way to spend a quiet evening. Sessa and Seddon say Trinity is booming, a far cry from the rural, almost desolate Pasco County they remember from the early 1980s.
"There was nothing north of 52 except Weeki Wachee," Sessa recalls. "I used to go into Clearwater Beach all the time."
Jokes Seddon: "Back in 1983, I still had my machete!"
Seddon and Sessa met while working at a local bank, the former Community Savings on Ridge Road. Seddon, who moved to Pasco County from England, was working as a processor. Sessa, a mortgage banker, left to join a real-estate appraisal firm and later launched her own.
She soon brought Seddon on board because "she was an excellent typist, a great spokeswoman, and - with her (British) accent - really classed the place up."
When the two work the counter at the coffee shop, they're usually accompanied by Maggie, an affable bichon frise, and Tinka, a miniature dachshund. They say they get to know a lot of their customers well, like friends, while whipping up coffee drinks like their famous "Pup-a-ccino" - a coffee blend with vanilla, hazelnut, Irish cream, Kahlua and caramel flavors.
They're also hoping to be able to pour a little wine for customers someday soon: They've applied for a license from Pasco County. For now, though, visitors are content to relax with a cup of French roast, a paintbrush and something cool to paint. The store stocks a big selection of trivets, pet bowls, wine coolers, plates, mugs and magnets. For the more ambitious, the powder room sinks are on the way.
One woman even took a plate home and imprinted it with her baby granddaughter's footprint and handprint.
On a cool Monday morning in February, Michael Capozzoli, a jeweler and artisan whose shop, Trinity Jewelers, shares space in the same strip mall, painted his own yellow-and-blue espresso cup - fired by Sessa and Seddon in their new 1,800-degree electric kiln in back.
"I come over every morning for my espresso and every night to say good night," he says. "It's so relaxing in here."
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Paint UR Pieces
Where: in the Trinity Oaks plaza at 9945 Trinity Blvd.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Cost: Adult painting fees are $10 plus the cost of pottery, which ranges from under $2 to about $30. Children's painting fees are $8, plus pottery costs.
The menu: Owners Linda Sessa and Lindsey Seddon, longtime Pasco real estate appraisers, also serve a wide array of coffees in the shop, which doubles as a coffee bar. They are applying for a beer and wine license.
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As Web-based apps gain greater and greater acceptance, especially for casual use, many of the applications we previously considered "must haves†for new computers may just become specialized tools for those with specialized needs.
One important area where expensive, downloadable software is losing ground, especially among users with limited needs, is in image editing. Though the power of Photoshop is still undeniable, casual users without specific needs have long since been taking up free alternatives such as Paint.net.
But now bloggers have another alternative. Web apps have been increasing in power, speed and usability, making them a more and more appealing alternative to downloadable software.
If you're eager to try your hand at online image editing, here are five sites to consider as you look to get your next image editing project under way.
With a clean interface, powerful filters, brushes, the ability to edit layers and a slew of adjustment options, Pixlr has all of the features one might expect from a more advanced photo editing package in a free, online tool with no registration required.
Sumo Paint
Similar to Pixlr both in features and in interface, Sumo Paint has filters, brushes, layers and more in a snappy Web app that can be loaded without registration. However, registering with Sumo Paint gives you the benefit of saving files to the cloud. Also, a pro version is offered for about $25 that allows offline access to the app.
Aviary Phoenix
Though not quite as powerful as Plxlr or Sumo Paint and using some confusing terminology, Phoenix still has most of the features one would need and, perhaps most importantly, is part of a much larger app suite that includes screen capture, audio editing, vector editing, markup and much more.
Registration is not required though registering will let you save, publish and embed images from the Web. May be a compelling alternative for those seeking more than just a Photoshop replacement.
Though Picnik may not overwhelm with its feature set, its simplicity makes it approachable by almost anyone. Picnik isn't for robust image editing, but rather for touching up photos. Picnik makes it easy to do things such as balance a photo, remove red eye and crop.
Picnik doesn't require registration to use it, but a free account makes it possible to save photos to the Web. Also, paid accounts offer additional filters and features for a few dollars per month.
Photoshop Express
Finally, no Photo editor discussion would be complete without looking at Adobe's offering, Photoshop Express. Registration is not required, though highly encouraged, and PE is primarily a photo editor much like Picnik, meant to be used for making basic adjustments. However, the interface is easily one of the most attractive and snappiest available.
As great as these five services are, there are literally dozens out there to choose from as countless developers have risen up to try and create Web-based photo editors that are both practical and convenient.
If you are only a casual user of photo editing software, you may want to look at these options and others to see if they can fill your need. You may find it faster, more convenient and more useful than any downloadable option.
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The average person produces about 4 pounds of trash per day. The average person in Bryan-College Station produces about 10 pounds of trash per day, more than double the national average! Take that 10 pounds and multiply it by the 160,000 people roughly in the area and you get 1,600,000 pounds of trash per day! Now that's a lot of stuff! So where does it all go? Most people stop thinking about their garbage as soon as it's plopped at the end of the driveway. From there, the trash is picked up and thrown into the local landfill. When a landfill is created, that land can never be used again for anything else. College Station's current landfill is full and a new location has been decided on, which ultimately costs taxpayers.
College Station's recycling program can help eliminate the millions of pounds of waste being thrown into the new landfill every day, all it requires is a small effort on your part. Almost everything that you throw away can be recycled into a new product. Just think of how many pounds of products never have to see a landfill because they are constantly being recycled and used for something new. Now that's sustainable living! All you have to do is visit College Station's recycling website to find out how to get started. It's easy, convenient, and there are some great benefits to participating!


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Complete, Hands-On Guide to Building Advanced Distributed Applications with Ruby
Distributed programming techniques make applications easier to scale, develop, and deploy—especially in emerging cloud computing environments. Now, one of the Ruby community's leading experts has written the first definitive guide to distributed programming with Ruby.
Mark Bates begins with a simple distributed application, and then walks through an increasingly complex series of examples, demonstrating solutions to the most common distributed programming problems.
Bates presents the industry's most useful coverage of Ruby's standard distributed programming libraries, DRb and Rinda. Next, he introduces powerful third-party tools, frameworks, and libraries designed to simplify Ruby distributed programming, including his own Distribunaut.
If you're an experienced Ruby programmer or architect, this hands-on tutorial and practical reference will help you meet any distributed programming challenge, no matter how complex.
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A former U.S. District judge was appointed Thursday by the National Football League to hear an appeal filed by Ray Rice, a former Baltimore Ravens running back suspended indefinitely for knocking out his future wife.
The NFL has been heavily criticized over its handling of the Rice episode and other domestic abuse cases involving its players.
Former Judge Barbara Jones, who served in the Southern District of New York from 1996 to 2013, has agreed to hear the appeal, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.
"We are grateful to Judge Jones for taking on this role," Goodell said. "She will have our full cooperation as she hears and decides this appeal."
Jones is currently a partner in the law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder. The NFL and NFL Players Association collaborated on the selection, both sides said.
Rice was originally suspended for two games for punching his then-fiancee during an argument at a New Jersey casino in February. But when a video emerged showing the knockout punch last month, the Ravens released Rice and Goodell suspended him indefinitely.
The union claims that Rice, 29, a six-year veteran of the NFL, is being sentenced twice for the same offence. Goodell's statement did not say when the appeal would be heard.
Goodell's original two-game suspension was widely seen as too light for the crime, and the league has since strengthened its penalties for domestic abuse.
Several other players, including former Most Valuable Player Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and Pro Bowl defensive end Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers, have been linked to domestic violence since the Rice incident came to light.
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Edward Watkinson was, according to Bernice Summerfield, "one of the century's most noted archaeologists", and "a bit of a hero".
His name was attached to the Chair of Archaeology which Summerfield once held at St Oscar's University. His appetite for knowledge was voracious. Summerfield claimed that he'd published more than 10,000 papers in his lifetime, though about half those were written collaboratively. Nevertheless, he performed wholly original research into subjects as diverse as ethnomycology, folsom points and Lvan glass megaliths. Summerfield once wryly noted to her students that the fact he had four arms made her "suspect he could type two papers simultaneously", thus aiding his prolificacy.
He once spent a couple of years investigating the origins of human civilisation and became convinced that humans used grain initially to make beer not bread — a view expounded in Beer Before Bread? A Theory Revisited, a paper that was a set part of Summerfield's syllabi. Summerfield's academic output sometimes dealt with Watkinson's theories. Repetitive Poems of the Early Ikkaban Period, for instance, referenced Watkinson's earlier idea that the Ikkaba had immolated themselves because they expected reincarnation. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon)
Aside from Beer Before Bread, Watkinson was also known to have written Introduction to Quantum Esotericism with Gustous R Thripsted, (PROSE: Unnatural History) Cosmo, Ninshubur, K'tiansolnerilii: the Role of the Hero's Best Friend in the Literature of the Milky Way in 2537, (PROSE: Walking to Babylon) Glory Under the Mud in 2524 (PROSE: Walking to Babylon) Translate This, You Invading Bastard: Intersections Between Language and Archaeology in 2503 (PROSE: Walking to Babylon) and a "post-post-doctoral" thesis on the supposed importance of silence in Tidlangadlanga culture - though in fact he was simply unable to hear the pitch at which they spoke. (PROSE: Don't Do Something, Just Sit There)
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Technically, Unnatural History does not reveal that the "Watkinson" in question is Edward. However, as both books were at least partially written by Kate Orman, and Orman goes out of her way in Babylon to explain that Watkinson wrote many of his papers collaboratively, the reference is unlikely to indicate anyone else.


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The police should be handling allegations of homophobia, intimidation, death threats and criminal damage that have been made against Labour Party members in Wallasey, according to the constituency party's vice-chair.
In a public statement, Paul Davies said it was "regrettable" that a confidential report to Labour's National Executive Committee was leaked to the press "with misleading spin" which has given a "false impression" of Wallasey Labour Party and its members.
He said allegations of criminal acts should be handled by the police – not Labour HQ – while internal party issues raised in the report all pre-dated the election of the current officers, who had proposed new guidelines for the conduct of future meetings that should address these problems.
He added that a man convicted of making the death threat to MP Angela Eagle was not a member of the Labour Party or a resident of Wallasey.
The local party had also raised the question of factual errors in the report with the central Labour Party.
Wallasey Labour Party had begun to crowdfund a legal challenge to its treatment by the NEC, but this has been suspended while attempts are made to reach an amicable resolution.
The newly elected officers of the Party, including myself, first heard about the allegations of Homophobic behaviour and intimidation via TV and press reports.
We immediately got advice from the Police and proposed that the matter be referred to them for a professional investigation because Homophobic Acts are a criminal offence This proposal was circulated to all our 1500 members on 20th July and copied to the Labour Party.
The Report includes reference to criminal acts completely outside the control of Labour Party members.
The death threat to the office of Angela Eagle, the abusive e mails and smashed window are unreservedly condemned but are also Police matters.
There has been a welcome conviction over the death threat and it should be noted that this individual was not a member of the Labour Party or a resident of Wallasey.
Factual errors in the Report , important omissions and points that require clarification have been referred to the Labour Party and will hopefully be dealt with in the proper manner using the internal machinery of the Party.
I look forward to the allegations of Homophobia being dealt with by the Police and our recommendations for the better running of Wallasey CLP being adopted.
Hopefully then our 1500 members can once again engage in open political debate on how to improve our Society in these times of Tory Austerity and begin to organise campaigns on behalf of the good people of Wallasey.
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QuteeTeam posted a comment on ?NASA 1 year, 9 months ago
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RedZombieWolf posted a comment on ?Nuclear Iran 2 years, 5 months ago
Without the deal, there is no reason for them not to make nuclear weaponry. As it stands, they have stuck to the deal and not tried to overstep themselves, the deal has even helped their country a lot. If the deal goes under, they will create nuclear weapons right after.
Andrew Coop posted a reply to Cpt. Kirk on ?Nuclear Iran 2 years, 5 months ago
The Iranians had a sweet deal, but they issue is their own internal competing factions. Most of the country is educated and no fan of the Republican Guard to Mullahs nor their power play in Saudi , Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Trump is also getting pressure from Israel and the Saudis to hit Iran hard in the pocket.
Cpt. Kirk posted a comment on ?Nuclear Iran 2 years, 5 months ago
The EU won't be able to stick with it's promise to continue the deal even if the US backs out. Here's why: The reinstatement of US sanctions will limit any European company from US markets if said companies continue free trade with Iran. The business perspective of intentionally opting out of such a huge market simply won't hold up.
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Nearly every US ally agrees the nuclear deal should stay, but Trump is leaning towards Israel's prejudice of it.
QuteeTeam posted a comment on ?Nuclear Iran 2 years, 5 months ago
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Always been very well looked after by the staff at this hospital.
Just heard that the redevelopment scheme could be set back by 10 years though which is not good news. This hospital is in bad need of an overhaul.
Abigail Futch posted a comment on ?NASA 3 years, 1 month ago
Not sure it will work, but I trust what NASA decides to back…and honestly, what else are we going to do to try and prevent what we scientifically know is bound to happen?
Rick Butterworth posted a comment on ?NASA 3 years, 5 months ago
About time really, long over due
Sunshine In Florida posted a reply to dpeukert on ?NASA 3 years, 7 months ago
The moment we stop learning and growing, we start deteriorating.
Kramer31 posted a comment on ?NASA 3 years, 7 months ago
I still think the whole Mars obsession is ridiculous. We should be spending the money on better near earth object detection and mining the moon.
Crandall posted a reply to Kramer31 on ?Barack Obama 3 years, 7 months ago
Trump is fulfilling that prediction…
Kramer31 posted a reply to JeffLondonNYC on ?Barack Obama 3 years, 7 months ago
You predicted the future there.
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I hope so, but i think not


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33 Do you have cable TV?
Yes, we do. The local cable service is not available in our area. The service that we have is via satellite through a monthly subscription with Direct TV. This is connected to the television in the family room. If you have
If you have Direct TV in the US, you know that it is often affected by weather. This is the same in Jamaica. As a result, some channels are not available or may freeze during viewing. We have no control over this. Refunds or rate adjustments based on services such as these, which are beyond our control will not be considered. Our guests typically do not use this very much and, as a result, we are discussing whether or not we will be keeping the service.
We do have DVDs and a DVD player. You should feel free to bring your own videos if you so choose, especially if you have your heart set on watching a particular movie.


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God how I wish you had your powers in this sectionjets i thought id tell you that you are positively the worst troll / flamer / idek what you are that i have ever seen. stop spamming up this thread with the useless **** spewing from your brain.
sorry if this came off harsh (i'm actually not sorry at all LOL), but i'm tired of your crap.
also aggrons are too tuff to not overcome such a tragedy as skynet leaving us. we will still triumph and become pokemon masters.
EDIT: I stand corrected. You do have your powers here


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As a fruit fly larva digs through a rotten fruit, it usually goes head first, blocking the rudimentary eye structures (Bolwig organs) on its head from sensing anything that's not directly ahead. This can be a problem. A larva generally wants to avoid exposing its body to potential predators; it would much rather be covered by the decaying plant that it's wiggling through. In a recent issue of Nature, scientists report that a larva can avoid being out in the open even with its "eyes" covered, as it has a network of photoreceptors covering its body that can alert it of exposure to light.
Yang Xian, the lead author, and his colleagues compared the behavior of Drosophila larvae that have had their primitive eyes removed with wild-type larvae under lights of different wavelengths and intensities. They found that both types of larvae moved away from light with intensities of 0.57 mW mm-2 or higher. At intensities lower than that, the larvae lacking Bolwig organs weren't as good at avoiding the light as the wild-type animals. (As a frame of reference, a perfectly clear, sunny day in San Francisco gets about 1 mW mm-2 of sunlight.) In addition, both types of larvae were highly sensitive to short wavelength light (blue and violet); they responded very little to green or red light.
The researchers found that a type of neuron, the class IV dendritic arborization neurons, is responsible for the larvae's light sensitivity. These neurons create a complete, non-overlapping field that covers the animal's body and specifically respond to light. Other factors like temperature, concentration of reactive oxygen species, or touch are not involved in the process. These neurons are responsive to light on their own, after they've been isolated from the animal.
The authors conclude that, in faint light, the Bolwig organs are the primary sensors. While the array of class IV neurons can detect dim lighting, it responds best to bright light, which indicates that the larva is out in the open and vulnerable to potential danger. The molecular mechanism that enables these neurons to respond to light is still unknown and requires further experimentation. More research is also necessary to determine if other animals have a similar net of photoreceptors over their bodies.
Nature, 2010. DOI: 10.1038/nature09576


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Rising Cameroonian rapper Dinamic Wanyi popularly known as Deenah released her debut single "Deenah is served" under BGC Melody on June 1, 2018. The release of the Adah Akenji Directed Music video which was produced by the talented Edi LeDrae, was scheduled to be released in the nearest future. Turns out, that future has come rather too fast as she recently dropped the long-anticipated official video.
Read also: 237Music: Deenah – Deenah is served (Lyric video)
Her music career started in 2016 when she joined WestBoy Record (a music group) and released her first single titled, "Give."
She later left WestBoy Record to TrackZone Records. After a period of 2 years with TrackZone Records, she left and started working at 44Pictures. Two months after she started work at 44Pictures, the popular BGC Melody, signed her into its label, a record label she calls home till this day.
With fans waiting eagerly for several months, she, however, brings you her first official video, "Deenah is served!" Watch and enjoy…


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This time, the founder of "Secrets of Nature", Eriona Xhaferaj, tells her story how she got into contact with the products of "Oneva", well-known internationally for their high quality.
"As I was preparing products with 0 chemicals, I wanted to keep them in proper conditions. After many efforts, I failed to find the much-needed glass equipment's, so I made my way to Turkey. Before I left, I searched on the Internet a lot. "Oneva" was one of the things I came across. The first time I browsed "Oneva" webpage, it was for me like falling in love at first sight with the "quality of its products." My conviction was reconfirmed after checking with other brands trading oils. But "Oneva" made a difference in every aspect.
The quality of products starts from the professional and wonderful staff of "Oneva."
"We do not send our products in whatever place." – These were the words of "Oneva" Manager showing once again how much importance this company puts in every details from the collection of seeds to the consumers. "Oneva" does not receive the grapes' seeds from the wineries but from the companies producing grapes 'juice in order to have seeds free from any possible chemical impact.
This element but many others as well made me feel safe about the oils of "Oneva" brand. My visit in their factory was another moment which convinced me about the fully modern technology on Cold Pressed, applied by "Oneva".
With a full conviction, it can be stated that the "Oneva" oils have the highest quality of oils on the Albanian market because:
- They are produced by a contemporary technology of Cold Pressed by maintaining all the values of the seeds ;
- They are 100% Pure , without being diluted with other oils
- They are standardized by the highest world food standard of ISO 22000
- Lastly, they are certified by GMP
All these elements guarantee a product to be totally qualitative and certified. These are elements which everyone should check in an herbal oil product before buying it.
The coconut oil remains one of the most preferred ones in the summer. It contains a lot of SPF and helps in getting an evenly sun- tanned skin. It feeds, maintains, hydrates and protects the skin from various diseases. It can be used as a body cream which not only nurtures but gives to it the exotic small of coconut. It is heavily used from the infants by adding it to their milk formula to the elderly as a way to fight the chronic diseases.
It also heavily helps in avoiding the vomits which is mostly come across during the summer.
Surely all the other oils such as that of black seeds, grapes, pomegranates, figs, nuts, hazelnuts, plums, apricots, sun flowers, olives etc are fantastic. "Oneva" Oils are the first secret of success in my cosmetic products. Without a qualitative raw material, you cannot have a qualitative product.
I feel very happy that God made it possible for me to meet "Oneva" and its excellent people in the right time and in the right moment."
Ziya BOSTANOGLU, International Marketing Agent for Oneva products:
"I have worked with Oneva since November 2012. I have experienced that Oneva is one of the leading cold pressed oil mills in the world scale with its quality products and innovative aspects. They sell what they produce. They don't make trading of oils produced by other vendors.
In nutritional oil business there are plenty of producers. But quality is always a question mark. Because there is a though competition in the market. This leads producers to manipulate quality of the products produced. There are nut and seed oils even in European markets with prices cheaper than of that particular nut or seed itself. Therefore, the consumers shall be very careful when buying these kinds of oils. On the other hand, it is a must to consume only unrefined extra virgin nutritional oils for supporting and preserving our health.
What is extra virgin? It means that the seed is pressed only once and process temperature shall never exceed 40OC. This is costly for the producer. Because the yield is lower. There is still an oil residue in the meal. But the quality of this oil residue is not as high as oil quality derived in the first run. It is very interesting that there is no analysis to differentiate this fully from pure extra virgin oil if mixed with it. You shall trust the producer only.
Refining is another subject to be avoided. It enables producers to use a wide variety of seeds for production even much lower quality. But due to high temperatures in the refining process the nutritional essential fatty acids in oil lose their values. Therefore, Oneva is very sensitive about extra virginity of its oils. In addition, Oneva never uses any additives to prolong shelf life of its products.
On the other hand, Oneva is an innovation company. Oneva has launched fig seed oil in last year. Fig seed oil has been produced for the first time. It is the highest Vitamin E containing oil ever known. It has been awarded as one of the most innovative products in Anuga 2015 in Cologne (Taste15) among thousands of competitors. Similarly, Oneva has recently launched fold packs for one time use which is a very new and innovative product. Each fold pack contains 7 ml oil. So, consumers can use it for their daily nutritional oil intake. These packs will be also used for drizzling oils onto our fresh salads. It also help to preserve oil always fresh in comparison bigger packs like bottles. Because each fold pack is for one time use.
Scientists call Oneva's oils as "precious oils". The term "Precious oil" is a terminology in nutritional oil world for describing smartly produced oils with full native characteristics. Oneva always try to produce oils with untouched nature. "Untouched nature" is like a motto for Oneva.
Let me share a personal experience about Oneva grape seed oil. If one spoon of Oneva grape seed oil is consumed , it is equal to consuming approximately 165 g of grape seeds. Therefore, if you consume it when you feel getting cold, it supports you within two- three hours time. I have experienced this. How this happens? Because oil has all nutritional fatty acids of the grape seed without any damage of the nature of them. When you look Oneva's grape seed oil, it has higher viscosity and a native smell in it when compared with similar products. In fact, Oneva's oils can also be called as "superfoods" with these distinguished characteristics. These kind of oils shall be taken regularly each day in small quantities to preserve the health.
I personally believe high quality nutritional oils are the most important component of "well food" concept. Because what we eat composes of approximately 30-35 % of oils as per WHO. When our oils are replaced with healthy oils, it means that a long way is driven through easily."


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The Cardinals are sick of Edward Mujica not playing way over his head like the rest of their entire team. "You see Joe Kelly? He sucks and he's pitching well. You see Seacrest?" "You mean Siegrist?" "Yeah, him. He's dynamite! Pitch better than you've ever pitched in your life or you're out." Mujica couldn't find the intestinal fortitude (maybe he didn't eat enough Thai food) and was replaced from the closing role for a few days. The Cards bullpen is solid behind him, which makes it difficult to pinpoint who exactly is his replacement. It could be John Axford, Trevor Rosenthal or Kevin Siegrist. I'd own any of them, but more because of how solid they've been. For saves, I'd rank them Rosenthal, Axford then Siegrist. Then there's Mark Melancon. Like a guy who never flushes his toilet, the crap has caught up to him and the Pirates are now going 'one day at a time' for who their closer is, which I believe was Clint Hurdle's nod to the late-great Bonnie Franklin. Bonnie, we miss you every day and we love your son, Nick, for the man you made him. I'd absolutely own Jason Grilli if I were chasing saves, but I wouldn't drop Melancon either. Unless you don't need saves and no one can catch you because you're more bomb dot com and less bomb dot org. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jeff Locke – 1 IP, 5 ER. This raises the question. Who sells their soul to pitch well for only four-fifths of a season?
Neil Walker – 2-for-2 and his 13th homer. As the Pirates try to make it seem like they should not be in the playoffs (or maybe they're playing possum; you know who is actually really bad at playing possum? Actual possums. They're idiot savants.), Walker has been hot. Three homers in the last four games. If he's out there in your league, I could see grabbing him.
Russell Martin – Left yesterday's game with sore knees. Coincidentally, his ex, Alyssa Milano, has sore knees too.
Allen Craig – Unlikely to return before the end of the season. Too bad, so sad. Matt Adams got moobs and power for days!
James Shields – 8 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 2 Ks. Someone dropped him in my league the other day because they had maxed their starts, so I grabbed him for this start, but benched him. I had no intention of starting him. I don't need the start and I just didn't want Rudy to have the start. I see no problem with this sorta play. So if you're maxed on starts or just don't need them and battling for first, look to see if you can block others from getting decent streams.
Alexei Ogando – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks. Complicated start for his next one. He's home for the Angels and the Rangers playoff chances are still very much in play right now. The Angels offense in Arlington is scary, and I'd be careful with Ogando. The good news is he would get pulled quickly if things start to get out of hand. The bad news is the same. At the first sign of trouble, he could be pulled, even if he's not completely terrible.
Colby Rasmus – Shut down for the season. He'll return next year as a post-post-post-post-post-POST-post-hype sleeper.
R.A. Dickey – 8 IP, 5 ER, 7 baserunners, 11 Ks. "Whatever, we won the division like two weeks ago! Right? Seriously, I've been in a coma." — Comatose Blue Jays Fan.
Zack Wheeler – Shut down for the season. The Mets said, "We'll pick up next year trying to ruin his arm."
Wilfredo Tovar – 2-for-4, 1 RBI and his 1st steal in his first major league game. His minor league stats look about as good as the almost-eponymous sitcom about a giant talking dog.
Alex Cobb – 8 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 12 Ks. His xFIP this year is 2.97, which would put him in the top ten if he didn't get hit off the ol' melon. Now, the only thing to wonder about is if he's in the top 15 for all starters next year or the top 20. I can't imagine an argument to put him outside the top 20, though I'm sure ESPN will find one.
Desmond Jennings – 2-for-3 but left the game with a strained hamstring and could miss a few games. Wake me up when I care…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. Shoot, I told you to wake me up. C'mon, I drooled all over my keyboard.
David DeJesus – 1-for-3 and his 7th homer and went 4-for-8 in the marathon game the other night. DeJesus is the hottest Christian idol since Zobrist's wife and Jimmy Christ were on tour.
Jacoby Ellsbury – Could return on Wednesday. John Farrell (whoever that is) said Ellsbury could see a couple of at-bats, and he probably won't run. Sounds awesome. Maybe Carlos Gonzalez can come in as his defensive replacement.
Jackie Bradley Jr. – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. And he can walk three times in a game like a BOSS! said a'la Stevie from Eastbound and Down. On the for really, Bradley is hitting near .375 in the last week. He's about the only Red Sock I'd be excited about in the final week because he's trying to prove his worth while the rest are in sleepwalk to the playoffs mode.
David Ortiz – 2-for-4 and his 29th homer. What I just said about JBJ goes for Papi. Good chance he rests a few times this week, especially if he hits his 30th homer early in the week.
Ryan Zimmerman – 3-for-9, 3 RBIs and his 26th homer. Such a jockstuffer. He reminds me of this guy.
Giancarlo Stanton – 3-for-7, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 24th homer. I picture Giancarlo singing Bruno Mars's "Treasure" to me and crying. Do others have dreams like this?
Christian Yelich – 3-for-9, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Elias Sports Bureau said that Yelich's fourth homer was the most by anyone with a paper route.
Erik Johnson – 6 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 1 K, lowering his ERA to 2.82. This comes after having a 1.57 ERA in Triple-A and a 2.23 ERA in Double-A. Johnson will have the privilege of being a guy I tell people to draft next year that everyone will ignore. He gets the Royals next and I could see streaming him there in some deeper leagues, even if the Stream-o-Nator doesn't like it.
Avisail Garcia – 3-for-5, 1 run, 2 RBIs and hitting near .375 in the last week with a homer and a steal. Kinda wish he'd take a dive in the final week so not to alert anyone for next year, but he looks like he's swinging a hot bat. Would definitely grab him for five category help.
Miguel Cabrera – Day-to-day with groin soreness. That's what his fantasy owners have been dealing with all year.
Matt Davidson – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer and 2nd day in a row with a homer. His numbers are slightly inflated due to playing in the PCL– Oh, wait, this game was in Coors. Same diff. He doesn't play every day, but if you're dying for power in a deep league, I could see giving him a whirl.
A.J. Pollock – 3-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI. How many Diamondbacks does it take to screw the Rockies? One Pollock. Adam Eaton also went 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs, and Gerardo Parra went 3-for-5 with 2 runs, 2 RBIs and everyone basically hit yesterday for Arizona, but they were in Coors, so take it with a grain of salt, unless you have high blood pressure.
Mark Reynolds – 1-for-4 with his 20th homer. He's been hapless as ever recently. He swings at pitches that make it seem like he's been wearing The Opti-Grab, but he's the kind of guy that could get five homers in a week if you can stomach a few 0-for-5's.
Yusmeiro Petit – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks. I'm not rushing out to add him anywhere after watching him in his start vs. the Mess where he looked like a peg boy. With that said (here comes the reversal), he gets the Padres in his last start of the year. Padres don't scare anyone over the age of thirteen.
Corey Kluber – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks. The Indians' playoff hopes might go to the last day of the season, which is a great place to have a starter. Then you throw in Kluber will be getting the Twins next and you have one of the best matchups you can find later this week.
Michael Brantley – 3-for-4, 1 run and hitting near .350 in the last week. I think you have to discount anyone that just hit against the Astros pitching for four (stutterer!) straight days. What I said about Kluber goes for hitters too; I like anyone that is playing for something in this final week.
Felix Hernandez – 4 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks. Seems odd the Mariners started him for a meaningless game since he has an ailing back, until you realize the Mariners have played nothing but meaningless games for the last twelve years.
Justin Smoak – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer. In the same boat as Mini Donkey, Smoak's hot garbage that has been sitting out in the Tunisian sun, but if you're desperately in need of homers, I could see going with him.
Sonny Gray – 5 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks vs. the Twins. Burp. I've seen better. He gets the Mariners next time out, and I'm not sure how the A's will play it. They could conserve his innings, and he might only go four to five innings, but if he's cruising like a gay man in West Hollywood, he could go six. To carry the analogy, it would be like sex.
Coco Crisp – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and the slam (22) and legs (20). Coco Crisp must be high in fiber because each time I see another good day from him I think to myself, "You gotta be sh*tting me."
Daric Barton – 3-for-3, 3 runs and his 3rd homer. He's the star of the Coen Brothers' AL-Only team that is in dead last and named, Barton Stink.
Oswaldo Arcia – 3-for-4, 6 RBIs and his 14th homer and his 2nd homer since Thursday and third in the last ten games. Has done little else, but if you grab him, maybe you can get some pop. For those reading in Minnesota, he can't give you soda.
Yonder Alonso – Not that you care, but Alonso won't bat again this year. That's also the answer to, "Whatever happened to that great Reds prospect once he landed in the graveyard for hitters, Petco?"
Andrew Cashner – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks. If you're hoping to draft him next year, you better hope that he gets roughed up in his last start vs. the Giants. If you own him and want him next year, then that would be bittersweet…More bitter than sweet…More sweet than bitter…Bitter than sweet.
Charlie Blackmon – 3-for-6, 1 run, 1 RBI, hitting near .500 in the last week and is the hottest schmotato in all the land. If you're wondering if you should pick him up, then you're not even paying attention, which makes me wonder why you're wondering if you should pick him up. Help, I'm trapped in a logic circle!
Andrelton Simmons – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 16th and 17th homer. Andrelton, you are outta this world!
Freddie Freeman – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 23rd homer. Good luck drafting him next year. Not saying I don't like him, but he's going to be so overpriced. Let him win the World Series MVP to really inflate his price.
Julio Teheran – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks. Gets the Phils next, which seems good on the surface, but wouldn't be surprised to see him pulled after 5 innings because the Braves have nothing to play for. BTW, I was at Brooks Brothers yesterday, looking at tuxedos to buy for my wedding. I'm a baller, kid! Any the hoo! The saleswoman was from Iran and she said she never heard of The Iron Shiek. So I tried to jog her memory with a little, "Ptooey!" fake spitting on her and she still didn't get it. Oh, well, will have to try someone else in Teherangeles.
Todd Frazier – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer. Damn, he's pulling on my sleeper strings again.
Billy Hamilton – 3-for-6, 2 runs, 2 steals. If you haven't had a chance to watch Hamilton, you really should make time. He's not an elite talent with the bat, but he nearly beats out grounders to shortstop, which rushes throws from otherwise top fielders and gets himself on. Slow rollers to any position and there's no chance he'll be thrown out. I bet he could get 75 infield hits in a year with 600 ABs. Then once he's on base, there's nothing they can do to stop him. I've seen twice where he's stolen the bag on pitchouts and every single steal has been while everyone knows he's running. This is with him having no knowledge of pitchers' moves to first. With 600 ABs, I'd be shocked if he didn't steal 85 bases. Swoon.
Shin-Soo Choo – Expected back today after hurting his thumb on a headfirst slide into first. I always tell players they shouldn't slide headfirst into first. <–That is the number one line said by every single announcer for every single team. If an announcer doesn't say that line after a player slides headfirst into first, they're immediately removed from the broadcast booth by Milton Bradley.