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Since childhood a lover of animals, Rev. Eliza Blanchard first felt called to help their caregivers while still at Harvard Divinity School. A settled minister in Massachusetts, she helping congregants and their families with the loss of animal companions reminded her of this deep need. As well as serving as a spiritual counselor for humans and their animals, she offers spiritual direction. This need grew out of working with those seeking meaning of the death of beloveds.
She also offers interfaith All Creatures worship services, unique services during which all species come together to share music, reflection, stories, fellowship, and prayer. And open to all and free, she offers Pet Loss Circles, gatherings supportive for those grieving their animal companions.
"To listen with heart and mind is one of the most healing acts we offer one another," Rev. Blanchard writes. "And caregivers often need healing as much as their patients and clients do."
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People living in Victoria Road, New Barnet and the surrounding area, who are fed up with speeding traffic posing a safety threat to their communities, have won a victory as new 20 mph restrictions have finally been agreed after a two-year battle.
The Chipping Barnet Area Committee approved a £100,000 package of changes at its meeting on 21 October which will make it harder for motorists to use the road as a rat-run from the busy East Barnet Road, and improve visibility at hotspot junctions where there have been dangerous collisions and near misses.
Cate Fairbanks and Hanna Blond, representing Victoria Road residents, have been pushing for these changes, backed by East Barnet Labour councillors Philip Cohen and Laurie Williams, and the New Barnet Community Association. The residents started with a petition then organised a public meeting, attended by Chipping Barnet MP Theresa Villiers who gave her support, and they persuaded the Council to revise previous proposals which were not liked by all local people.
The plans, which will now go out to formal consultation, involve:
- A 7.5T Weight Limit Order and 'Unsuitable for large vehicles' signs on East Barnet Road to stop heavy lorries;
- A 20 mph limit on Victoria Road and parts of Margaret Road and Park Road;
- New vehicle activated signs with slow down messages;
- Extra double yellow lines at one section and new bollards to prevent cars mounting the pavements and threatening pedestrians.
Cllr Philip Cohen said: "The long-suffering residents of Victoria Road have shown amazing persistence to shrug off setbacks during their campaign. The street has very narrow sloping pavements used by hundreds of vulnerable pedestrians on a daily basis. I hope these changes will give them some measure of relief from the threat posed by cars and lorries."
Cate Fairbanks and Hanna Blond said: "This is an important first step towards improving safety for all users of the road. With traffic only set to increase in the area we will continue campaigning for a safe place to cross and other physical measures."
They will be pushing for a pedestrian crossing at the north end of Victoria Road, which is vital to meet the needs of the many schoolchildren who gather there. Although this has Section 106 funding in place, it is being held back to coincide with the ASDA Gas Works housing development due to be built soon.
Below is the Chipping Barnet Area Committee agenda for 21 October with the paper approved for Victoria Road:
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Department for Curriculum and Quality Enhancement
Personal Tutor Handbook - Tutorial Support - Pastoral Care
The University chaplains offer all students, regardless of their values or beliefs, an opportunity to consider the challenges of their academic programme in the context of the rest of their life experiences. Chaplains are available to consult personally and in confidence about whatever a student wants to explore and will bring particular pastoral skills that can help with establishing values, meaning and purpose for living. Life can be full of surprises that often challenge our ability to cope alone. These emergencies may include sudden changes in circumstance, a loss of some kind or decisions to be faced and can be worked through with support from a chaplain – sometimes combined with other support services.
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Welcome to Year 3
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Learning Commitments
Learning Commitments are really important. They are based on the key parts of the curriculum. By learning these, the children will make good progress.
Moss Bury values
In year 3 we shall be exploring the value of hard work, kindness, honesty and a love of learning this term. The children will be asked to consider how the adoption of these values can improve the overall value of all their experiences, not only their work at school.
Our topic
This half term in year 3 our topic is 'A Healthy Me'!
At the beginning of this topic, the children will learn how important it is to have a healthy and balanced diet. They will learn about the food groups, then design and make a sandwich based on this knowledge.
They will go on to learn about our skeleton and muscles, carrying out a range of scientific investigations and enquiries, focusing on fair testing and controlling variables.
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The children will use everything they have learnt to write an explanation text about the human body.
Homework will be given out on a Friday and it is due in the following week.
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From a long time, we've been hearing about Microsoft to move Edge to the Windows Store. If Microsoft move Edge to Windows Store then they can easily roll out an update for it but right now if they want to update Edge they have to roll out an update for the Windows 10 OS. However company was never planning to move edge to Windows Store.
And now we have confirmation about it. Along with the next major update of Windows 10 and other announcements at the Build 2017 event Microsoft announced that they have no plans to bring Edge to Windows Store by stating "But never say never".
No offence Microsoft Edge is getting better and better day by day. Recently company announced so many APIs are coming to Edge.But here take a note that maybe company could change the plan after the official roll out of Windows 10 Redstone 3 aka the Fall Creators Update which is scheduled for September 2017.
There are possibilities that in future maybe in future company could unbound Edge from the Windows 10 OS. And bring it to the Windows Store. We will keep an eye on the development of this thing and keep you updated as soon as we hear anything new about it. Till that stay tune to Insiders Arena for more updates.


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Higher Diploma in International Trade
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English Comprehension Reading, English-Chinese Translation
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Introduction to Computer, E-Commence
♦ Global Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Responsibility and Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship
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Occupational Ethics and Law, International Commercial Law
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Principles of Accounting
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Theory & Operation of International Trade, International Settlement
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International Services Marketing
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Declaration Skills, Foreign Trade Skills
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EDI[TA]BLE* is a kind of "graphic game", and it consists of creating
a series of (imaginary) movie posters related to (real) movies in which the food appears as protagonist or common thread.
The posters are completely different from the original ones: the aim is to re-process them, by highlighting the food item inside the film through an iconic essential and evocative representation, even through the use of colors and typographical fonts closely related to the atmosphere of the film itself.
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A section 1035 Exchange refers to the replacement of an annuity or life insurance policy for a new one without incurring any tax consequence for the exchange. The IRS allwos holders of these types of contracts to do this in order to replace outdated contracts with new contracts with improved benefits, lower fees and different investment options.
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Growing Organs and Helping Wounds Heal
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Protein pattern: This computer rendering shows ripples on fabric made from protein. Such fabrics could be used as scaffolds for growing organs.
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A strong, stretchy material could provide a scaffold for growing organs or making wounds heal faster.
MIT Technology Review, August 9, 2010, by Nidhi Subbaraman — A stretchy new fabric made by linking together the proteins found in muscle tissue could provide a scaffold for growing new organs. It could also be used as a coating for bandages to help wounds heal quickly and with less scarring. The fabric was made in the laboratory of Kevin Kit Parker, a professor at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
When the body grows new tissue, cells secrete fibronectin–a strong, stretchy type of protein that acts as a supportive scaffold. The shape and structure that fibronectin adopts directs the subsequent growth of new cells, giving the resulting tissue the correct form.
Parker's team creates the fabric by depositing fibronectin molecules on top of a water-repelling polymer surface. This causes the proteins, which are normally bundled up, to unravel. Next, the protein layer is stamped onto a dissolvable, water-attracting polymer sheet on top of a piece of glass. Adding water and warming the mixture to room temperature makes the proteins link together to form the fabric. It also dissolves the polymer so that the fabric can be peeled away and collected.
The team made swatches of material 10 nanometers thick and about 2.5 centimeters wide. The researchers can control the architecture and mechanical characteristics of the fabric by using different proteins, or changing the way they are aligned.
Different research groups are developing ways to grow replacement tissue in the lab, but a big challenge is providing the right direction for the growth of new cells. Researchers have previously made cellular scaffolds by flushing the living cells from harvested livers and hearts, and by creating cellular skeletons made from polymers.
By building the new scaffold from the protein up, Parker's team can program direction cues into the architecture of the scaffold, and thus direct the growth of cells in the desired direction. Using natural proteins rather than synthetic polymers or decellularized organs reduces the likelihood that the new tissue will be rejected once it's implanted.
In one experiment, the research team grew heart muscle cells on top of a piece of finished fabric. The fabric caused the muscle cells to link together to form a tissue that "beat," when stimulated electrically, for one week.
"It's a very clever approach," says Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor and director of the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University. "The control of the architecture of the scaffold is really, really novel. And the scalability– you can use it to make bigger patterns."
Other than building three-dimensional scaffolds for organ reconstruction, the new fabric could be embedded in bandages, accelerating wound healing and minimizing scar formation.
The material could also find other novel uses. An appealing feature is its unusual elasticity. The fibronectin protein, which forms the base thread of the fabric, is part of the molecular machinery that allows muscles to contract and relax.
"[Fibronectin] is compressed like a spring when you're contracting your muscle, and when you relax, it pushes it back," says Parker. This structure gives the fabric its elasticity, and allows it to be stretched up to 18 times its original length. "When you pull on the fabric, you unfold the proteins," providing additional strength, says Parker.
Parker's team is exploring the mechanical properties of the new fabric, examining its strength and stretchiness. The new stamping method could let them make larger, more complex fabrics. "The base technology is down," says Parker. "Now we need to facilitate the spinout applications."
Glaxo Antibiotic Finding Looms Large in Drug Market of Few New Products
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Bloomberg.com, August 9, 2010, by Ellen Gibson — GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the U.K.'s biggest drugmaker, said it has come up with an antibiotic designed to circumvent the drug resistance that makes many hospital-acquired infections difficult to treat.
The drug works by blocking an old target, an enzyme that enables bacteria to reproduce, in a new way, according to the paper published in the journal Nature. Medicines such as Bayer AG's Cipro, called quinolones, have been used to control the enzyme since 1962. Now bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to that class of drugs, the report said.
Glaxo's finding, still years from being commercialized, is significant at a time few pharmaceutical companies are producing new medicines to combat rising rates of drug-resistant infections in hospitals. Just three antibiotics have been cleared for sale by U.S. regulators in the past five years, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
"The bugs are getting worse and the drugs are not anywhere near keeping up," said Helen Boucher, a staff physician at Tufts Medical Center in Boston who directs a fellowship program in infectious diseases. "We saw the exodus of Big Pharma and now we're seeing biotech getting out because their investors feel the risk is too high."
Companies are leery of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to develop antibiotics, products typically prescribed for fewer than 10 days, because there is no way to guarantee a reasonable return, said Brad Spellberg, associate professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
More Inventive
Glaxo's new compound latches onto topoisomerase, which helps bacteria produce proteins and replicate. It connects at a different location on the enzyme from existing drugs, the researchers confirmed using a form of imaging technology known as x-ray crystallography.
"We already knew that targeting this enzyme was clinically proven to stop bacteria in their tracks, we just needed to be a bit more inventive in how we attacked it," Michael Gwynn, a researcher for London-based Glaxo, said in the statement.
The compound, called GSK-299423, works against antibiotic- resistant bugs including strains of Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative microbes such as E. coli, the statement said. While future sales for an early-stage molecule are difficult to predict, two of the top-selling branded antibiotics, New York- based Pfizer Inc.'s Zyvox and Cubicin, from Lexington, Massachusetts-based Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., generated $1.1 billion and $538 million in sales last year, respectively.
One in 20 people entering a U.S. hospital ends up with an infection, said Deverick Anderson, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Staph infections alone now kill more people than AIDS in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
When Anderson spent a year tracking contagions at 28 hospitals in the U.S. southeast, he found that infected patients spend on average 23 extra days as in-patients, generating $60,000 in added expenses. About 2 million drug-resistant infections in the U.S. each year cost the health system up to $34 billion, according to the Arlington, Virginia-based Infectious Disease Society.
Financial Toll
Laura Mastrogiovanni, a New York City middle-school principal, knows the financial toll. Last fall her doctor diagnosed a creeping pain in her hip as arthritis, but the Celebrex and cortisone shots he prescribed didn't help.
It turned out the otherwise healthy 52-year-old had severe joint degeneration caused by an advanced staph infection. Specialists at New York University Langone Medical Center eventually cleared it with a combination of potent, stomach- churning antibiotics, but the damage was already done. She needed a complete hip replacement.
Mastrogiovanni has been out of work since December, and her illness has cost her about $30,000 in supplemental income from a part-time teaching job at Hunter College. Out-of-pocket expenses for items such as home nursing and co-payments tallied to $2,500, requiring her to take out a loan.
In one sense, Mastrogiovanni was lucky: Her infection responded to vancomycin, which only works on some strains.
"What's amazing about staph is that it's learned to become resistant to every antibiotic we've cooked up," said Robert Daum, director of a research program on drug-resistant staph at the University of Chicago Medical Center. That creates a need for a steady stream of effective new treatments, he said.
Dwindling Arsenal
Instead, the arsenal doctors can use to fight infections has dwindled, according to the Infectious Disease Society. From 1983 to 1987, 16 antibiotics were approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. In the five-year period ending in 2009, there were just three: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Tygacil in 2005, Johnson & Johnson's Doribax in 2007, and Astellas Pharma Inc.'s telavancin last year.
The next antibacterial likely to go before U.S. regulators, ceftaroline, from New York-based Forest Laboratories Inc. and London-based AstraZeneca Plc, belongs to a class of drugs known as cephalosporins that use a mechanism pioneered in the 1960s.
"There is a lot to be said for small improvements over time," said Aaron Gal, a Sanford C Bernstein & Co. analyst in New York. The main risk to approval is the FDA's changing guidelines on antibiotic trials, he said.
Big Pharma
Major drug companies led by New York-based Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Abbott Labs of Abbott Park, Illinois, and Roche Holding AG, based in Basel, Switzerland, said they have no antibiotics in testing. Eli Lilly & Co., the pioneer behind vancomycin, Keflex, and several top-sellers, changed its research focus after bringing its last antibiotic to market in 1991, said Christine Drury Van Marter, a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis-based drugmaker.
While Novartis AG has kept the vestiges of an antibiotics research team in place, it faces an uphill struggle. "There is a current argument against doing R&D in this space, and it's something I have to deal with," said Steve Projan, global head of infectious disease research for the Basel, Switzerland-based company.
For one thing, the older drugs are cheap and familiar, so it takes a long time to increase sales of new drugs, Projan said.
"It's not like an iPhone," he said. "If someone has been using a drug like doxycycline since 1967, there is a comfort margin. He knows how patients will respond."
'Wasting Asset'
Barry Eisenstein, senior vice president of scientific affairs at Cubist, refers to each antibiotic as a "wasting asset," meaning that it is profitable and effective only for a limited time as microbes evolve and develop resistance.
Last year Cubist derived 96 percent of its revenue from the antibiotic Cubicin. Now the company is trying to diversify, Eisenstein said.
Cubicin and several drugs today work against a pernicious bug known as methicillin-resistant staph aureus, or MRSA. The bigger threat may come from a class of bugs known as gram- negative bacteria, said Kevin Judice, chief executive officer of South San Francisco-based Achaogen Inc., which is developing weapons against them.
Gram-negative microbes such as acinetobacter and klebsiella are infiltrating U.S. hospitals and some strains are proving nearly impossible to treat. Before 2000, less than 6 percent of acinetobacters were resistant to commonly used antimicrobials, according to the CDC. The most recent rate, published in 2008, was 34 percent.
"Those organisms are the harbingers of tomorrow's pan- resistant infections," said Spellberg.
Until Achaogen or Glaxo can deliver a new medicine, doctors will fall back on Colistin, a 50-year-old drug known to cause kidney damage.
If these bugs ever defeat Colistin, "you're back to the era when there were no drugs, a position we haven't been in as a society in a long time," Judice said.
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FORBES.com, August 9, 2010 – CHICAGO — The government is advising doctors and patients about problems with implanted medical filters designed to trap deadly blood clots.
The Food and Drug Administration's advisory Monday says these filters can move or break, especially when they're left in too long. The FDA has received more than 900 reports about problems with the filters since 2005.
The advisory coincides with the release of a study about life-threatening problems in patients at a Pennsylvania hospital.
About 30,000 filters are implanted each year.
The filters are inserted inside a large abdominal vein, and have spidery metal legs to stop blot clots from traveling to the lungs.
The FDA says doctors should consider removing the filters if patients' clot risks subside.
The Six Super Foods Every Woman Needs
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The foods you really need to stay healthy and strong
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WebMD.com, August 9, 2010, by Colette Bouchez — From the food pyramid to the Internet to your local bookstore, there is certainly no shortage of advice on nutrition and healthy eating. But with all the media hype surrounding many "health foods," it can be hard for a woman to tell the nutrients from advertising ploys.
"We are sometimes led to believe that a specific food is healthier than it really is," says nutritionist Elizabeth Somer, MS, RD, author of Age-proof Your Body. "Or that you need some exotic or expensive form of certain nutrients to gain benefits — and most of the time that's not true."
Moreover — as happened in the '90s when low fat cookies made everyone temporarily forget about calories — Somer says some of today's advertising sways us toward one healthy aspect of a food to keep us from noticing other, less healthy attributes. "A product may advertise itself as 'no cholesterol'" she says, "but it still can be loaded with bad fats or tons of calories. You have to look at the total food to know for sure."
NYU nutritionist Tara Miller, MS, RD, agrees. "You have to read the whole label, look at all the ingredients and the portion sizes, before you know for sure just how healthy a food is."
Or you can let us do the work for you! To help you zero in on the healthiest foods that women can eat, we asked a panel of experts for their advice.
What follows is a description of the six super foods they say every woman needs. While these foods won't cover all your nutrient bases, incorporating them into your diet as often as possible can help give you a wide range of protection.
Super Food # 1: Low-fat yogurt
Goal: 3 to 5 servings a week
What it does: As a health food, yogurt is almost as old as, well, good health itself. But experts say evidence continues to accumulate that reveals its benefits in many new and exciting ways. And not just yogurt. Somer tells WebMD that any fermented dairy product — including kefir — contains healthy "probiotics" — bacteria with the power to protect you in myriad ways.
"There is a suggestion [that yogurt] may decrease the risk of breast cancer," Somer says. "And there's very strong evidence it can reduce problems associated with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory digestive tract disorders — both conditions that impact women more than men." Additionally, she says, yogurt can help reduce the risk of stomach ulcers and vaginal infections.
Enjoy a cup of yogurt at breakfast, lunch, or snack to help meet the U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommendation for three servings of low fat dairy each day. "It's loaded with bone-healthy calcium — something every woman needs more of at every age," Somer says. One cup of yogurt has about 448 mg of calcium, compared to just 300 for eight ounces of skim milk.
The key, according to Somer, is to choose a low fat yogurt with live cultures — like Lactobacillus acidophilus. And do check the label, Somer advises. Some store brands may not have the level of cultures found in more established brands.
Also important: Skip the fruit-on-the-bottom or other flavored varieties. "Too much sugar," says Somer, who also reminds us that, no, those two blueberries on the bottom of the container do not constitute a serving of fruit!
Super Food # 2: Fatty fish — like salmon, sardines, and mackerel
Goal: 2 to 3 servings every week
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What it does: The healthy factor in fish is omega-3 fatty acids, and specifically two types known as DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid).
"Fatty fish not only plays a vital role in the health of the membrane of every cell in our body, it also helps protect us from a number of key health threats," says Laurie Tansman, MS, RD, CDN, a nutritionist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Some of those threats include heart disease, stroke, hypertension, depression, joint pain, and a number of illnesses linked to inflammation, including lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Somer says fish may even offer some protection against Alzheimer's disease.
While many foods — such as walnuts, flaxseed oil, and some mayonnaise brands — claim the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, Somer cautions that only the DHA or EPA forms of omega-3 can be directly used by the body.
"What you get in foods like walnuts and flaxseed oil is an omega-3 acid known as ALA — alpha-linoleic acid," says Somer. "And while it's certainly good for you, it requires a process in the body to convert it to DHA. And that conversion process can be influenced by a variety of individual factors."
The good news: You are likely to see a wheelbarrow full of new products supplemented with DHA slowly making their way to market in the coming year. Currently, Kellogg is reportedly developing a cereal fortified with DHA, while a company called Nutri-Kids has already launched a DHA fortified ready-to-drink milk product. You can also find eggs fortified with DHA and, says Somer, certain brands of soymilk.
Super Food # 3: Beans
Goal: 3 to 4 servings every week
What it does: Low in fat, beans are a good source of protein and fiber and may have protective effects against heart disease and breast cancer. Beans may also play a role in stabilizing female hormones, says nutritionist Susan Krause, MS, RD.
"Beans have been around so long that most people don't view them as a fancy new health food," Krause says. "But in fact, they are among one of the healthiest things a woman can eat."
In studies published in the International Journal of Cancer, researchers found that beans in general, and lentils in particular, may have some protective effects against breast cancer. In research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, doctors found a relationship between a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and a higher intake of legumes. Well known legumes include peas, beans, lentils, and peanuts.
As a source of both soluble and insoluble fiber, Krause says, beans can help lower cholesterol, while their level of a nutrient known as isoflavone can help in the regulation of hormones and may aid with PMS, perimenopause, or menopause symptoms. Although soybeans have among the highest levels of isoflavones, other sources include red clover, kudzu, mung beans, alfalfa sprouts, black cohosh, and chickpeas.
"Beans also contain something called protease inhibitors, which may help protect against breast cancer," says Krause. Protease inhibitors help slow the division of cancer cells and in this way may prevent tumor formation.
Last but not least, if you are in your reproductive years, beans can give you a steady supply of folic acid — essential if you should become pregnant.
Super Food # 4: Tomatoes (or watermelon, red grapefruit, red navel oranges)
Goal: 3 to 5 servings each week
What it does: The powerhouse nutrient in all these fruits is lycopene. And, according to Miller, while the headlines touted its protective effects against prostate cancer, more quiet research has shown it has tremendous health benefits for women as well.
"Research is starting to show that lycopene may protect against breast cancer," Miller says. "And it's also a powerful antioxidant that can help a woman fight heart disease."
The very latest research shows it may also help keep you looking younger longer by protecting against UV damage from the sun.
Super Food # 5: Vitamin D fortified low fat milk or orange juice
Goal: At least 400 IUs of vitamin D daily
What it does: "Essential to helping the bones absorb calcium from the gut," says Somer, "vitamin D helps reduce the risk of osteoporosis and may be vital in reducing the risk of diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and tumors of the breast, colon, and ovary."
Indeed, recent studies from the University of California San Diego suggest that vitamin D has the potential to prevent up to one–half of all breast, colon, and ovarian cancer in the United States.
Somer tells WebMD that a growing body of research indicates many women may be vitamin D deficient. "A combination of staying out of the sun (which the body uses to manufacture vitamin D) and using sunscreen, which blocks the synthesis of vitamin D, has resulted in many women hitting a dangerously low level of this nutrient," says Somer.
While Vitamin D is found in salmon, mackerel, tuna, and sardines, experts say fortified foods, such as milk, are the best source.
Super Food # 6: Berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries)
Goal: 3 to 4 servings every week
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What It Does: In a way similar to wine, these fruits may protect your body with powerful anti-cancer nutrients known as anthocyans, which are believed to play a role in cell repair. Krause says research shows anthocyans may decrease the risk of several cancers, including those in the breast and gastrointestinal tract.
"These berries," says Krause, "are also high in vitamin C and folic acid, which is essential for all women in their childbearing years. And they offer powerful anti-oxidant protection, which not only protects the heart but also may protect against skin aging, from the inside out." Moreover, she tells WebMD that cranberries may help reduce the risk of urinary tract infections in women, while the nutrient, lutein found in all the berries, can help protect vision.
Atkins Diet Used in a Study That Found Low-Carb Diets Improved Heart Health as Reported in Annals of Internal Medicine
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DENVER, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Atkins(TM) Nutritionals, Inc. ("Atkins") applauds the study conducted by Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the August 3, 2010, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The study concludes that a low-carbohydrate diet is associated with favorable changes in weight loss and cardiovascular disease risk factors. The Temple University researchers used the 2002 version of the Atkins Diet(TM) described in "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" as the model for the low-carbohydrate diet used in the study.
"We are very excited about this study, which is the latest of many that demonstrate the positive effects of the Atkins Diet," said Monty Sharma, CEO of Atkins Nutritionals. "I'm confident that the results would have been even more profound had the study participants followed the latest version of the Atkins Diet introduced in 'The New Atkins for a New You.'"
"The New Atkins for a New You" was published in March 2010 (Fireside) and authored by Dr. Eric C. Westman (Duke University), Dr. Stephen D. Phinney (University of California at Davis) and Dr. Jeff S. Volek (University of Connecticut). The book spent 18 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers List (paperback/advice) after its debut.
The two-year, federally funded Temple University study focused on 307 adults, of whom two-thirds were women. Half of the participants followed the Induction phase of the Atkins Diet for three months before increasing their carbohydrate intake by five grams a week until they reached a stable weight. The other participants followed a low-fat diet, consisting of 1,200-1,800 daily calories of which less than 30 percent was fat.
Results showed that while both the low-fat and low-carb diets promote successful weight loss, the Atkins Diet increased the body's levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol by 23 percent — nearly twice as much as a low-fat diet, which increased HDL levels by only 12 percent. Many other studies of up to one year's duration have reported similar beneficial results, but this is the second two-year study.
"The New Atkins for a New You" provides a detailed roadmap for moving through the four phases of the diet, enabling followers to find their individual tolerance for carbohydrates, a concept that was introduced in this book for the first time and was not available to Temple University at the time of the study.
"Had participants in the Temple University study known how to find their own carbohydrate threshold — instead of continuing to add carbohydrates until weight loss ceased — they would have almost certainly lost more weight and shown even higher HDL cholesterol levels," said Dr. Eric C. Westman, a coauthor of "The New Atkins for a New You."
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Hydrocarbon hotshot: Peter Meinhold is director of research at Gevo, a company that can turn plant stalks and wood chips into a high-energy hydrocarbon found in gasoline and jet fuel. Credit: Gevo
A way to get a high-energy fuel out of an abundant and renewable resource.
MIT Technology Review, August 9, 2010, by Nidhi Subbaraman — Researchers at a startup in Colorado have turned plant scraps into jet fuel, an important demonstration that high-energy fuels can be made efficiently from renewable and abundant biomass.
The company, Gevo, has engineered a yeast that helps transform the cellulose found in wood chips and plant stalks into butanol, an ingredient of gasoline. The researchers can then modify the butanol into jet fuel.
Butanol has 30 percent more energy than an equal amount of a conventional biofuel such as ethanol. Because of that appeal, such companies as Cobalt Biofuels, Gevo, and DuPont have been developing ways to cheaply and efficiently produce butanol from renewable sources. One method starts with the sugars in the starch of corn and sugarcane. Another way to do it is with the cellulose found in plant stalks and wood chips. It has been easier to design yeasts and bacteria to ferment starch-based sugars into butanol, but the abundance of natural cellulose makes it a better raw material for biofuel production, says Mike Cleary, director of the National Bioenergy Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
"Cellulose is the biggest source of sugars on the planet," Cleary says. "The difficulty is, it's harder to get at that cellulose and get at those sugars than it is to get the sugars from corn kernels."
To make a biofuel, bacteria or yeast digest plant starch into sugars, which are then fermented. In 2005, when Gevo launched, it announced that it had created a highly efficient method of converting corn-based sugars into butanol by rewiring the enzyme pathways in yeast. Now the researchers have inserted their butanol fermentation pathway into a yeast that has been customized to go to work on a mixed sugar slurry formed from cellulose in plant stalks.
Because it packs more energy than first-generation biofuels like ethanol, butanol burns more efficiently–in other words, it could deliver more miles per gallon. Another advantage: while ethanol can be blended into gasoline in limited amounts, there is no corresponding limit for butanol, as it is already a key part of gasoline. The molecular structure of butanol allows it to be readily converted into chemical products that refineries make from petroleum fuels. And butanol could be easier to use and transport than ethanol–it does not absorb water like ethanol does, making it easier to carry in pipelines.
"We wanted to fundamentally change the way biofuels were made and the sort of biofuels we could make," says Peter Meinhold, cofounder and director of research at Gevo. "We wanted to develop a drop-in biofuel–something that you could use directly without having to change the gasoline supply and the gasoline infrastructure."
Gevo has also developed a unique separation technology to increase the efficiency of its production process, which makes a variant of butanol known as isobutanol. It's a challenge to extract the biofuel from the fermentation slurry of sugars and microbes before it is toxic to the organisms. Gevo's technology quickly collects the isobutanol as it is produced, enabling it to be made in large quantities.
But Gevo's technology has yet to be demonstrated at commercial scale. That means it remains to be seen whether Gevo's product can make it into the market at a cost that is competitive with ethanol and gasoline.
Founded by Caltech professor Frances Arnold, Meinhold, and others, Gevo is supported by such investors as Khosla Ventures. While commercializing its technology, Gevo will have to compete with such companies as LS9, which is developing a way to produce diesel from cellulose in a single-step process. Also, DuPont and BP have partnered to develop their own organisms to produce butanol from various sugar sources.


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Sourav Ganguly: A born fighter (Profile)October 7th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Sourav Ganguly has said farewell to cricket after 12 glorious years and at times controversial seasons in the highest level of the game. But for cricket, it's not merely the loss of an icon, rather of a born fighter, who led his country with passion and shrewdness and would go down as one of the best captains in the annals of cricketing history.After staging glorious comebacks time and again to prove wrong the cricketing pundits who frequently penned the obituary of his journey, the talismanic left hander finally announced to the world himself that he has reached the end of his glittering international career.
While history will speculate and debate - till the principal protagonists make some revelation at some point of time in the future - on whether any voluntary retirement scheme was forced on Ganguly by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), there can be no second opinion that the game would miss a colourful cricketer and a gutsy genius.
And he should have little regrets. Very few sporting heroes have enjoyed such public support in his home turf, as Ganguly did in India, particularly in his state West Bengal. This is borne by the scenes of public outrage that followed the Prince of Calcutta's exclusion from the national team in December, 2005, with fans blocked roads and railway tracks, and burning effigies of then chief selector Kiran More and coach Greg Chappell.
The tag of India's most successful skipper sits firmly on Ganguly's head, with statistics showing an enviable 21-13 win-loss record in Tests, besides having led the country to the World Cup final in 2003.
In ODIs, he has led India in 147 games, and is in the exalted company of Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar as one of the only three cricketers to complete the treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches.
But the greatness of Ganguly as a captain lay more in his approach to the game than mere statistical analysis. A killer instinct that endeared him to the nation not famed for the quality; a combative style, raw passion and an ability to pick and foster young talents and blend them into a well-knit unit are the attributes that distinguished him as a cut above others in the hot seat.
His 'eye-for-an-eye' approach and the ability to play the mental game to perfection was amply demonstrated when he kept Australian skipper Steve Waugh waiting for him for the toss during the epic 2001 home series, that India won 2-1 to end the Kangaroos' world record run of Test wins.
The impact that Ganguly in the series as a strong no-nonsense leader, despite a pedestrian performance with the willow, rattled the Aussies, who rained invectives and lost no opportunity to belittle him. But their very behaviour was an ode to the Prince of Kolkata's greatness.
Ganguly led India, known for its vulnerability on fast and bouncy away turfs, to rare Test and One-Day series wins in Pakistan, besides finishing at par with Australia in the 2003 series Down Under.
The Natwest Trophy final win in 2002 against England after heroic performances by Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif brought out the spontaneous passion ingrained in the man, who celebrated by taking off his shirt and fluffing it in the air from the Lords balcony. Ganguly was criticized by the English, but he retorted saying he was only returning the same act performed by English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff during a series in India.
As a batsman, Ganguly combined grace with an aggressive approach and could murder any bowling on his day.
The abiding image of Ganguly's batsmanship was his ability to step out by yards and disdainfully dispatch the most formidable of bowlers for straight sixes. Despite having to face much criticism for what many called his weakness against the short-pitched staff, Ganguly's mastery of the off-side was universally acknowledged. Rahul Dravid's famous comment calling Ganguly the "god of the off-side" is only too well known.
In all, Ganguly has scored so far 18,144 runs in both forms of the game, 6,888 of them came from 109 Tests at an innings average of 41.74, while another 11,363 came from 311 limited-over internationals where he averaged 41.02.
Along with the little master Tendulkar, he formed perhaps the best opening combination in limited over internationals.
The pair produced 6609 runs at an awesome average of nearly 50 per partnership in 136 innings.
Coming from the state of West Bengal, not known for its cricketing prowess, Ganguly made his Test debut in 1996 with a hundred at Lords, and reached his zenith during a tremendous run as Indian skipper from 2000-2005 before becoming an in-and-out member of the national team till the Australia series that begins two days from now.
As a bowler, Ganguly's slow medium place was more than useful in ODIs, and a 100-wicket haul bears ample testimony to that.
Last but not the least, Ganguly's ability to make amazing comebacks after being written off on several occasions showed his grit and perseverance. But the constant scrutiny at times proved too much even for a strong man like him.
"I am always under the scanner, man," he shot back at a young journalist before the Indian Premier League on being questioned about being repeatedly under trial during the later stages of his international career.
- Ganguly has done more for Indian cricket as captain (Profile) - Nov 10, 2008
- Golden debuts in 1996 gave India teeth to fight overseas - Jul 18, 2011
- Laxman, India's crisis man (Profile) - Aug 18, 2012
- Laxman always found Eden 'very very special' - Aug 18, 2012
- Rahul Dravid, a gentleman-cricketer to the core (Profile) - Mar 09, 2012
- Dhoni not interested in Test cricket: Ganguly - Jan 13, 2012
- Tag of 'poor tourists' may haunt India again, fears Ganguly - Jan 11, 2012
- I am still hungry for success: Chanderpaul - Jul 07, 2011
- Cricketing world pays rich tributes to Dravid - Mar 09, 2012
- Ganguly criticises India for being under-prepared - Aug 02, 2011
- Eden Garderns set for Dada-SRK grudge match (Preview) - May 04, 2012
- Open to coaching India: Ganguly - Sep 06, 2012
- History beckons India, Sri Lanka at Wankhede (Preview) - Apr 01, 2011
- Ganguly has made a great contribution to Indian cricket: Azhar - Apr 19, 2011
- India will come back strongly in Sydney: Ganguly - Dec 30, 2011
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El Golfo Tour Guide
Our latest trip to El Golfo Mexico and the project this trip is to move the outhouse to a new View location. Spending New Years at the Mexico beach with friends and family is a great alternative to parties and driving the streets after drinking!
Warm breezy days, cool evenings by the fire, and mixed punch drinks called "Gilligans Island" to keep us warm just before bed. We made soup and listened to the "ball drop at Times Square" on the satellite radio.
We always have a project at the "place" in El Golfo Santa Clara Mexico... this year it was the OUTHOUSE. A new Christmas gift was bestowed on this room by way of a new "seat", reading material and air freshener. That is all it took to get the ball rolling. The group had been talking about relocating the "throne" to a new view lot and giving it a "Dutch door" for entertainment.
Checking out the structure before moving...required much talk and consideration. ( this was done in our "jammies")
Measuring for the new block base. This outhouse will be elevated on a block base, this will create a "cleanout" for those that are involved in that duty...author excluded.
Some measurements are best left to the professionals!
How far up the hill will be the best view spot for those in the "Go Spot"!
Some things just have to be decided by an expert.
The block base is set and the outhouse is moved. This must be the spot!
Double Dutch Door : The Outhouse at Sunset!
El Golfo Beach View from the Throne at Sunset!
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is Jackie DeShannon. She is of course the heartthrob who brought the quintessential Hal David-Burt Bacharach composition "What the World Needs Now" to unforgettable life in 1965. But DeShannon is more than a one-hit wonder. She is herself a talented songwriter. In the '60s her songs were covered by Brenda Lee, Irma Thomas, and the Byrds, among others. Her biggest composing success was "Bette Davis Eyes," the 1981 Kim Carnes smash hit, and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" must run a close second.
DeShannon was and is a riveting performer in her own right. Her recordings of "Needles and Pins" and "When You Walk in the Room" were copped and turned into hits by the Searchers. She opened for the Beatles on their first American tour in 1964 just before "What the World Needs Now" broke. In 1972, Jerry Wexler, the legendary founder of Atlantic Records with Arif Mardin, signed DeShannon to Atlantic and turned her loose in American Sound Studios in Memphis, the studio that had revived the recording career of Elvis Presley in the late '60s and early '70s. The resulting album — "Jackie" — showcased DeShannon with material and arrangements that put her multifarious strengths on display in what should have been a crowning achievement. The album, however, never found an audience.
Rhino Records has now remastered "Jackie" and released it on compact disc under the auspices of its "Handmade" specialty division (available only via the Internet). In addition to the "Jackie" album, the disc includes twelve bonus tracks, ten of which are previously unissued Atlantic recordings including four terrific songs Van Morrison wrote and produced for DeShannon in April 1973. The disc closes on a high note, with a gorgeous gospel song performed magnificently, "Through the Gates of Gold."
I can report to you that the disc is a knockout, perhaps the best pop release of 2003. Click here for a look at the Rhino page devoted to "Jackie." The page includes audio samples of all the songs on the disc. Click here for DeShannon's own Web site, with what looks like a recently recorded Flash video.
HINDROCKET adds: Trunk, your knowledge of popular music puts us all in the shade. I can only add that "Needles and Pins," a terrific song as performed by the Searchers, was written by the great Sonny Bono. Whom the Trunk memorably introduced to a gathering in Minnesota not long before his tragic death a few years ago.
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The curious case of Bank Negara versus MyCC
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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Competition Commission's (MyCC) proposed decision against General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM) is a curious case to say the least, not only because of its whopping RM213.45 million in proposed penalties, but also because of the ensuing sharp response from the likes of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) which has always been rather measured in its responses via the media.
It raises the question of what led to the rather public admonishment of MyCC's findings.
Essentially, both regulators are fighting the same battle – safeguarding public interests. And yet here we have BNM calling the MyCC out on its proposed decision, one not yet cast in stone.
Is this a case of communication breakdown?
BNM and MyCC after all signed a very public memorandum of understanding in 2014 to avert the very situation they find themselves in today.
On June 5, 2014 in acknowledgement of the very real possibility of either regulator usurping the other's role, the two agreed to the setting-up of an ad-hoc working committee to mutually iron out any infringement detected in a prompt manner.
"The principles of competition and the implications on financial stability will be taken into account in deciding on the appropriate course of action," MyCC had said in a statement issued after the signing ceremony then.
Such engagements, after all, have worked. In the case of school bus operators making an unanimous arrangement to increase fares by 30% in 2014, despite a warning issued against such collusion by MyCC, records show that no further action was taken.
It is understood that the matter was resolved when the Land Transport Public Commission was consulted on the matter.
On the matter at hand, MyCC CEO Datuk Abu Samah issued a statement on its investigation into general insurers as early as October 2016.
BNM in its statement on Wednesday said the arrangement in 2011 was necessary to reflect reasonable costs of repairs in an environment where motor insurance premiums are regulated by a tariff, and had worked to halve complaints on high repair costs, which numbered more than 500 in 2011.
So did BNM not ask? Or did MyCC not tell?
Either way, is it right to now question the authority of the country's custodian of free and fair competition for the benefit of consumer welfare? Is due process not to be followed?
MyCC's proposed decision sets out the facts on which MyCC made its assessment and has been shared with the aggrieved parties for the purpose of their representations, which is to be done in 30 days. Then only is a final decision to be made.
That too is not fixed. As we saw in the case of Malaysian Airline System Bhd and AirAsia Bhd, MyCC's final decision was overturned by a five-member appeal tribunal.
And while the issue at hand may be more complicated than what meets the eye, a country still struggling to claim adherence to free and fair competition has little room for second guessing its role.


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In line with its 30th anniversary celebrations, the Grants arm of Idox has announced the launch of the new Idox Innovation Awards.
The Awards initiative has been established to recognise, reward and raise the profile those projects that have demonstrated a creative and forward-thinking approach to improving the life of communities in one or more UK locations.
One organisation in each of five award categories will be selected to receive an Idox Innovation Award of £3,000 in recognition of their project's achievement, together with promotional and publicity opportunities. The award categories are:
1. Category 1: Innovation in supporting local economic development
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As Director of Grants UK, Rebecca Erskine comments:
"Our 30th anniversary as providers of funding information seemed a timely opportunity to launch an awards scheme of our own. Through our work in helping organisations to identify and secure grants, we very often come across exciting and innovative approaches which we think deserve some additional recognition.
"By drawing attention to what we consider to be groundbreaking and inventive approaches to local economic development, community engagement, healthy living, supporting young people and environmental sustainability, we hope to engage others in adapting similar inventive approaches in their local areas."
Award criteria and the official entry form are now available to download from www.idoxgroup.com/awards
The deadline for entries is 1 September 2015 (5pm).
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Desmond Tutu
Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal . His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School .
After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa . After three years as a high school teacher he began to study theology, being ordained as a priest in 1960. Following further theological studies in London , Tutu held several positions in teaching and theological work in South and southern Africa . Then, in 1978, he was persuaded to leave his job as Bishop of Lesotho to become the new General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC).
In this position, which he held until 1985, Tutu became a national and international figure. The SACC is committed to fulfilling the social responsibility of the Church, and as its chairperson, Tutu has led a formidable crusade in support of justice and racial conciliation in South Africa . In this position Tutu encouraged non-violent resistance to the apartheid regime, and advocated an economic boycott of the country. Following a short stint as the Bishop of Johannesburg, Tutu was elected Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986, an office he held until his retirement in 1996.
In 1984, Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, "not only as a gesture of support to him and to the South African Council of Churches of which he is leader, but also to all individuals and groups in South Africa who, with their concern for human dignity, fraternity and democracy, incite the admiration of the world."
International economic pressure and internal dissent forced the South African government to reform. In 1990, Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress was released after almost 27 years in prison. The following year the government began the repeal of racially discriminatory laws.
After the fall of apartheid, Tutu became a key mediator in the difficult transition toward democracy. In 1996, he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the body set up to probe gross human rights violations during apartheid. As always, the Archbishop counselled forgiveness and cooperation, rather than revenge for past injustice. In 1996 he retired as Archbishop of Cape Town and was named Archbishop Emeritus.
Published collections of his speeches, sermons and other writings include Crying in the Wilderness, Hope and Suffering, and The Rainbow People of God.
On July 18, 2007 in Johannesburg , South Africa , Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu convened a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems. Nelson Mandela announced the formation of this new group, The Elders, in a speech he delivered on the occasion of his 89th birthday.
Archbishop Tutu serves as the Chair of The Elders. The founding members of this group also include Graça Machel, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Li Zhaoxing, Mary Robinson and Muhammad Yunus.
"This group can speak freely and boldly, working both publicly and behind the scenes on whatever actions need to be taken," Mandela commented. "Together we will work to support courage where there is fear, foster agreement where there is conflict, and inspire hope where there is despair."
He has set up a private office in Cape Town , near his home. Tutu is an honorary doctor of a number of leading universities in the USA , Britain and Germany.


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Introducing Sally Morrison
Before coming into real estate Sally was in the hospitality industry for 25 years and knows the need for communication with her clients. As a owner operator Sally is used to working hard long hours she has a wonderful ability to listen and work through any concern without difficulty.
In her 11 years in real estate with Ray White in Howick Sally has achieved more than most. Being capable, honest and always giving 100% commitment, she has had a lot of repeat business and referrals Sally is well respected by her purchasers and vendors and many of clients who have become friends. Sally has the reputation of going that extra mile.
Sally appreciates that high profile marketing is the key to a successful campaign and therefore chose Ray White to start her real estate career because of the high standard that the Company has for marketing and work ethics.
Sally grew up in Howick, she has 2 grown-up children who attended Macleans College, her father has been the Pakuranga and Howick councillor for over 17 years. Sally knows the area well and has vast knowledge of the eastern suburbs, enjoys the arts, painting and gardening when time allows.
Don't hesitate to put your faith in Sally Morrison, you will not be disappointed.
Sally Morrison managed a property I rented for 5 years and over that time I found her to be very honest and a caring Property Manager. She listens to what you have to say and actions it straight away, resulting in a great outcome for tenant and landlord. I would highly recomment Sally to any future landlord or tenant.
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I have used Sally's services for the last four or five rentals. The first time she listened carefully to what my requirements were for a tenant and since then I have not had to repeate these. Each time she has evaluated the property, accurately screened the applicants to suit us and the relevant property, without having to come back to us continuously, and has come up with an extremely high standard of tenant. She is our Number One "go to" agent. I could not recommend her more highly.
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Some years ago I was requiring tenants for a rental property & Sally was recommended to me. How lucky was I! Sally found excellent tenants and for all the years following I have had a happy relationship with Ray White Howick & Sally Morrison. Apart from securing excellent tenants I also used Sally's services when I wanted to sell 2 units. On both occasions the units sold under the hammer at Auction. I believe the reason these properties sold with no difficulties was because of the effort that Sally put in to the Open Homes & the advice she gave me on having the properties prepared ready for sale. Sally is warm and friendly and very professional, she was enormous help to me and I recommend her without hesitation to anyone requiring her services. Judith Houison.
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Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law professor emeritus and noted defender of Israel, has reacted to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's comments on Breitbart News Saturday. "This president's foreign policy is the most feckless in American history. It is so naive that he would trust the Iranians. By doing so, he will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven," Huckabee said.
"There will be no ovens this time, as long as Israel has the right and might to defend its citizens from those who deny the Holocaust while calling for another one," Dershowitz told Breitbart News on Sunday.
Dershowitz, a liberal Democrat and supporter of President Barack Obama, has been very critical of the Iran deal, and of Obama's position on Iran from the earliest days of his administration.
Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has called on Huckabee to apologize: "This rhetoric, while commonplace in today's Republican presidential primary, has no place in American politics," she said.