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Excellence Secrets, Diet Chart Routine, Favorite Skin Care and Make Products of Kareena Kapoor Revealed
Kareena Kapoor, or our darling Bebo or Begum, is the uncrowned princess of tinsel town. Naturally introduced to a renowned family, and wedded to a similarly distinguished Nawab Saif Ali Khan, she vacillates numerous hearts and contemplations with her immaculate excellence and hour glass figure. Bebo has been honored with incredible looks. Her mom, Babita, was a yesteryear performer of bollywood, and her dad, Randhir Kapoor, hails from the Kapoor offspring of Bollywood. Her folks typify each standard of Indian beauty– greatly reasonable shining skin, spotless, delicate supple appearance, etched elements and eminent physical traits. So it bodes well for us to go somewhat more profound into what precisely is the excellence mystery behind Kareena Kapoor's great looks. I stalked her like insane and discovered a portion of the weightloss tips, her eating routine outline, most loved items in her cosmetics sack that Kareena swears by.
She is tall and expansive, on account of her Punjabi qualities. This straightforwardly implies Kareena can steal away the greater part of the outfits with elegance and élan. A wonderful skin is an awesome resource for anybody having a place with showbiz. To Kareena, this works out easily. Being excellent is not a compliment; it is an announcement that characterizes her reality.
Most loved Beauty Products of Kareena Kapoor Revealed
In a meeting, Kareena disclosed to her fans about the items she uses to improve her look. They are:
Confront wash from Lancome
Sisley-Hydra Global Intense Anti Aging Moisturizer
Clarins Sunscreen
These are the healthy skin items utilized by Ms. Kapoor on a regular premise which are the insider facts behind her excellent appearance. She likewise soaks up these practices:
Shining Skin Tips
Kareena tries to remain without cosmetics when she is not shooting.
She has stopped meat quite a while back, which, thusly, helps her to remain sound and gluten free.
Kareena likewise drinks eight to ten glasses of bubbled water each day to flush out poisons from her body.
These tips are, basic and simple to take after. Leaving these aside, Ms. Kareena Kapoor Khan likewise shared her cosmetics mysteries.
Excellence Tips by Kareena Kapoor
At the point when met by Vogue magazine, Kareena gave us a look a boo on her cosmetics pack and items. I will share some awesome exhortation by her:
Kareena said that she invests a push to remain sound and is to a great degree watchful about what she eats. She likewise centered around eight glasses a day bubbled water mantra.
Kareena does not favor circulated air through beverages.
She enjoys her drink, just with some restraint however.
Ms. Khan said that she keeps her face without cosmetics for a large portion of the circumstances. Around evening time, she wants to emphasize her eyes with mascara and kajal/kohl.
Kareena additionally said that she rubs her scalp with a blend of castor, coconut, olive and almond oil at whatever point she has time.
Kareena Kapoor is not a major enthusiast of facials however. She denied going for facials totally.
Green verdant vegetables, dal, curd, chapatti and dark colored rice go with her for supper.
Presently these are some kareena kapoor khan magnificence mysteries we as a whole needed to know. I am a vegan myself. So these eating routine tips and nourishment decisions make me somewhat one-sided towards her. Be that as it may, marvels, confide in me, eating meat does not by any stretch of the imagination seem well all over. Aside from the way that a few poisons can't flush out, it additionally makes the face look exceptionally cumbersome and got dried out. Bear in mind that creatures are infused with hormones to develop soon and prepare to be eaten. Similar steroids, after entering our frameworks, quicken the maturing procedure.
Obviously, the other perspective is that I can't manage the cost of Lancome consistently, however can join her proposals. So to get your Kareena look, keep these beauty care products handy, dependably:
What's in Kareena Kapoor's Makeup Bag:
Light unbiased lipstick, she has specified she adores MAC Cherish lipstick
Kajal, likely the Chanel dark kohl she is partial to
Establishment amid winters
Minimized amid summers
Presently going to her wellness administration, Ms. Khan dependably keeps up that she puts in a great deal of exertion. She is an immense fanatic of Ashtanga Yoga and Power Yoga, and does Surya Namaskar religiously. She likewise works out each day for 60 minutes to remain fit as a fiddle. Investigate her Yoga administration:
Yoga Asanas Kareena Kapoor Loves:
She begins with a warm up
Surya Namskar-fifty redundancies
Naukasan – abs
Bhujangasana – back
Parvatsana – arms
Virabhadra – legs
Measure ZERO is not a No brainer
Kareena Kapoor advanced the idea of size zero figure. She did as such not by cutting on nourishment admission, but rather by eating the correct sustenance. She took after tips from Dietitian Rujuta Diwekar and was to a great degree effective in shedding pounds the regular way.
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Eat less Secrets of Kareena Kapoor Revealed
Bebo chose to surrender paranthas for a sound way of life. Kareena calls chana as her most loved nibble. She consistently eats spinach and yogurt.
Occasionally, Kapoor can glut upon pizza which happens to be her solace sustenance. When she is in Kerala, she incorporates idli and appam in her eating routine.
No pasta, desserts and kheer for Khan all the time.
Make up for lost time with that excellence rest. Rest soundly and rest tight.
Style Secrets of Kareena Kapoor:
She additionally guarantees that her garments and cosmetics supplement each other. So if the garments are uproarious, settle on least cosmetics. On the off chance that the garments and plain and exhausting, go for an incredible cosmetics. This Kapoor young lady additionally said that pick garments which conceal your downsides. Try not to parade your shortcomings. It is dependably something to be thankful for to be minimal safe with regards to sprucing up. Begum is exceptionally partial to Manish Malhotra's manifestations. So in the event that you get the chance to purchase this brand, don't delay.
Hair Care Tips
With regards to hair, Ms. Khan is typically not seen in expand hair dos. She keeps her hair straightforward. So while voyaging, it is normally a bun or a twist. She likes to keep her hair open on events.
Reward Beauty Tip
I likewise made sense of something. No cosmetics, no incredible haircut, simply believe your nail finish. A dull, or splendid nail veneer will do the trap. Aside from making your nails feel exquisite, it will likewise improve the glitz remainder.
Kareena Kapoor and Facials
Kareena says no facials. When she was as of late pushed about her facial administration, she plainly expressed that she avoids facials as the chemicals utilized are bad for the skin. Presently here, I sort of oppose this idea. You know, facials clean the skin, shed it, and then hold the sparkle. So how is it that our first rate performers in Bollywood don't go for facials? Likely they don't need everybody to think about their best kept excellence privileged insights.
Additionally, their skin administration is to a great degree hard. It is quite great as a facial. Come to consider it, you clean your face and detox it consistently, and apply some face cover a short time later, would it say it isn't tantamount to a facial?
In any case, one thing we as a whole need to concur as one. Kareena is in reality extremely expected and legit about her magnificence administration. She talked to many people, and was sufficiently generous to impart her tips to every one of us. I think she is an impeccable case of a woman. The vast majority of the performers never discuss practice routine and say that they are honored and don't put on weight. Kareena dependably concedes that she cherishes to eat, takes her drink and yet works out persistently to shed off every one of those pieces.
She has dependably been known for being strong and consistent with herself. Kareena has never concealed her feelings from anybody. She colorful, legit and consistent with her senses. I truly feel that legit individuals dependably look more brilliant and loaded with life. So be consistent with yourself, be cautious about your eating routine and love the delightful you! May your tribe increment Kareena!
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"We thought that of course there's a lot of activity going on on an iPad, when there's so many things you can be doing — between email, Netflix, playing games, reading magazines — but they're actually bouncing around a lot more than we thought," said Megan Miller, research and development program director at Bonnier, which publishes titles including Popular Science, Field & Stream, Parenting and Ski.
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by Kimberley Cummins
Three young men have an objective to infuse the entertainment scene with a more meaningful concept.
Banka Boiz and Cav!ar Entertainment over the years have been known for their hyped fetes, parties and cruises, but as responsibility hit the group they realised that there was more to life than just partying.
Omar Drakes and Jamel Richards are now fathers while Damian Griffith is a godfather.
Drakes told Barbados TODAY that as they became fathers it hit them that doing the whole party thing was good now they were young, however, there was more to their organisations than just partying. As a result, the three sat together, thought it over and came up with the concept of giving back and it birthed Family Affair: Fun, Fair and Expo.
Family Affair will be held on Saturday October 20 at Kensington Oval and it was expected to be a fun-filled day suitable for the entire family. The HIV Commission will be on hand to give information on AIDS, there will be diabetic education and testing, a financial centre, McEnearney Quality Inc., Electronics on Edge, jumping tents, a rock wall, mechanical bull, Segway rides, scaletric racing, a games room, martial arts demonstrations and much more.
The main aspect of the fair is to push their 360? vision- Give Back. which entails donating all of the funds raised from the estimated 13 jumping tents and rides to selected primary schools.
"Growing up, there was just me and my mum and there were a lot of things that I would have wanted or would like to have but I couldn't have. When we were going to schools, looking around at the children I would remember when I was younger and that stuff and it really hit me that the fact that we decided to do it, but then to see it and see the children it was touching to me because that is how I came up. I always told myself when I get to be a man I want to be able to give back to people; I want people to have things that they don't normally have.
"When you get to a stage where you could look back and see where you would have come from and when other people are going through things, yes it is a different thing and a different era but you still want to help because you know where you came from; you know what it is to actually feel that and go through that. Anywhere that you could possibly help it is always important," Drakes said.
Richards said they approached 12 or 13 primary schools with the idea, all they wanted from them was to have three or four people volunteer on the day of the fair to help man the rides and other activities however the response from some schools was not forthcoming.
"Out of the schools, we have about four or five who have gotten on board. The problem we found was that persons said they will speak to the teachers and the PTA and get back to you but they don't get back to us. We call them again, we understand that because it is a school they are pretty busy but it seems like we are chasing persons to give them assistance so we will settle with the schools we have, and in any case it will be more beneficial to them. While we may not get to touch as many as we would have liked to initially it will be more beneficial to them financially because of course the pie is being cut into bigger pieces and there is always next year," Richards said.
"We also approached the Child Care Board about this event and we invited children from the homes. We invited all 96 children believed to be in the homes and delivered tickets for them, the staff and chaperones there.
"We have decided to do the event every year but we can't do everything in one year, so maybe next year we will donate funds to them also. Now we are in a position where we can help we said 'let's help,' however, this is a work in progress. The whole idea was not only to do a fair for the kids but we came together to put on a family event which would capture the essence of family itself," Griffith added.
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The more you object to TV watching, the more they protest and the more attractive the TV becomes. You are about to throw it out or capitulate!
Sheryl Cohen, an educational psychologist takes a closer look at Children and TV: what are the effects, how much is too much and what is your role as parents in setting appropriate limits.
It is naïve to think that TV has no impact on our children and our families. Our children are fast becoming part of a TV culture, which includes computers and cell-phones and other technology. A more realistic question, therefore is what kind of impact does television have?
A study in America (by Tomlinson-Keasey), showed that physical aggression occurs between 10 and 20 times per hour on prime-time weekend viewing. They conclude that by the time the average child graduates from high school, he or she will have witnessed 13 000 violent deaths on TV. There is also evidence, which shows that when children watch aggression on TV they are more likely to behave aggressively. And this has been shown to be more apparent in pre-school children.
Studies show that the more TV children watch, the less communication there is between family members. An American Study (from the University of Missouri) showed that on average, fathers spend 8 minutes talking to their children each day, working mothers spend on average 11 minutes and stay at home mothers spend less than 30 minutes communicating with their children each day.
But one does not know whether poor communication causes children to watch TV or whether TV causes poor communication. The significant point is, however, that children spend more time watching TV than communicating with their parents.
I have often watched children watching TV. They seem to be in a trance-like state, an altered state of consciousness. What becomes apparent is that they are in a state of deep relaxation. What is worrying is that they lose the capacity to filter out what is real and what is not, what is right and what is not. They loose the capacity to think. In this sense, therefore they become suggestible to whatever is being presented and this might not be in their best interests. Maybe being a good mother has more to it than buying a specific type of food or washing powder for your family.
1. Parents need to be both sensors and mediators!
This means that you have to sensor what is appropriate to watch on TV and what is not. You have to decide this for yourself and for your children. But this is not your only role. To mediate what children see is also important. This means that you can talk to your children about what they see. So if you are watching the cricket with your son and a streaker flies across the screen, this is not to say that you sensor all sport. This is an opportunity to learn from the experience. It's an opportunity to talk to your children about the world.
2. Videos are far more appropriate for children.
Then parents can be sure about what children are watching.
3. Because TV is passive.
Balance it with active play.
4. Allow children to develop their auditory skills apart form their visual skills.
Listening to stories is a wonderful way for children to build their listening skills and their imagination. Have you ever read a book and then seen the movie? Sometimes the movie is so disappointing because you built the characters in your mind – and they are much more rich and exciting than the movie's version. TV can diminish children's capacity to imagine.
5. TV and videos can be used to stimulate play.
When Liam watches cricket he likes to go outside to play cricket. This is healthy, but a balance must be encouraged.
6. TV promotes instant gratification
Even wildlife videos do not reflect the reality of time. A baby calf is born and grows old in the same half-hour show. Balance it with slower activities such as planting a seed. Children need to know that there is a process to life, which unfolds, and that not all experiences are instantaneous.
As much time as they watch is about the same amount of time children need to be read to. So if you can read to them for 4 hours then let them watch for 4 hours. Balance reading, playing and TV or computers so that children are getting what they need in a day. Clocks and timers can be used to help children monitor their own viewing. One family decided to let their son watch 30 minutes of TV a day, and that he could choose when to use his time. When this child turned on the TV he had to decide whether it was worth using his 30 minutes or not. He was using his discretion. This is an important life skill.
Do you think your kids watch too much TV? So how much do they watch per day and how old are they? What do they watch? Send your comments to email@example.com and we may publish it.
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On 3d April we had organized a parents meeting with a following agendas:
Importance of respect and maintain the dignity of child.
Importance of the parents participation in development of the child goal.
Identify the skill in your child and how to utilize the existing energy for a purposeful activity.
Sharing the experience and changes seen by parents on his /her child.
Child and family project for winter vacation.
The meeting was organized at Rewa centre, it was begin at 11 am and 17 parents were participated.
As we observed the parents attitude towards the Rewa has tremendously changed as compare to earlier, they have a positive energy towards Rewa and they have a willing to contribute, they really like our new approach and activities, we have also share our new strategy for the children's ,we said that we will not only focus on the child physical development and therapy we will also focused on the child intellectual development and education.
Some of the parents were tearing when we explain and share our vision for the children's with disability.
They said we will contribute what we have, parents have made a committee with committee leaders who will always contribute and support in any activities initiate by Rewa society, they will also involve in fund raising activities in future. Last year we have given a home work for the kids; it was for a family project actually, the idea beyond the project was to show importance and caring to their child. Generally children with disability during the winter vacation their parents are not giving importance to their disable children, they just focused on their normal child. The children with disabilities were emotionally hart and this will always discourage them and the children with disability stay demotivated. To overcome from this challenges and barrier it was our first steps and it was successful. We have taken the parents and make a tour inside the Rewa and explained each and every facility we have. We have explain the eternal environment .
This year we have a plan for gardening but it was not only for flowers and looks but we are giving more importance the gardening in therapy purpose. we have designed a material for the kids for gardening which will use during the gardening to improve the functional activities of the kids and so on.
We are doing our best to implement what we have learned in Germany during our winter training, kids were distribute in groups like lotus group, Sunflower group etc. each group has a group leader, there will be a competition among the groups and so on.
Parents committee leader were given a thanks by giving a khatags.
We have also decided to celebrate the 15 years completion this year in the month of September.
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PARIS — Global stocks fell and oil rose above $100 a barrel on Wednesday, as concern about the political crises in Egypt and Portugal added to traders' growing grab-bag of anxieties.
Egypt was at the center of geopolitical concern after President Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday night defied an army ultimatum that he resign, raising the risk that the country would descend into bloodshed and chaos.
"Egypt's not a major oil producer compared with Libya next door," said Damian Kennaby, director of research for oil market services at IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates in London. "But there's a whole lot of 'what if' going on right now, and that's being built into the oil price." Egypt produced 728,000 barrels of oil a day on average last year, while Libya produced about 1.5 million, according to figures from BP.
In afternoon trading, American crude oil for August delivery was trading at $100.93 a barrel in Europe, up 1.3 percent, its first time above $100 in nine months.
The Euro Stoxx 50 of euro zone blue chips was down 1.8 percent. In London, the FTSE 100 index fell 1.6 percent. On Wall Street, the Standard Poor's 500-stock index was down 0.3 percent at the start of trading.
In a worrying reminder that the euro zone crisis is not over, Portuguese stocks slumped 5 percent, and the price of Portuguese 10-year government bonds also fell, pushing the yield past 8 percent, its first time at that level since last November, before easing.
In Lisbon, Prime Minister Passos Coelho was struggling to overcome the turmoil in his government that has led both his finance minister and foreign minister to resign within a matter of days amid opposition to crushing austerity policies.
Portugal's tottering coalition government could collapse amid calls for new elections, potentially ushering in a long period of uncertainty about economic policy in a country that is still under the tutelage of the International Monetary Fund and European Union following its bailout in 2011.
"The situation in Portugal is worrying," Reuters quoted Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister and leader of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, as saying Wednesday. "I assume the political situation in Portugal will stabilize and that Portugal will stay committed to the undertakings that are part of its program."
European banking stocks fell after Standard Poor's cut credit ratings on some of the biggest lenders in the sector. Barclays, which was cut to A from A+, fell 2.9 percent. Deutsche Bank, also cut to A from A+, fell 2.8 percent. Credit Suisse, cut to A- from A, fell 3.8 percent.
Market volatility has returned after a period of calm amid signs of slowing in the Chinese economy, an engine of global growth. A government survey of purchasing managers Wednesday showed activity in the services sector slipping to a 53.9 in June from 54.3 in May, the lowest in nine months. A separate report from Markit Economics and HSBC showed activity firming slightly in June at 51.3, up from 51.2 in May.
Indications from the Federal Reserve in Washington that it might soon begin tapering down its quantitative easing policy has also unsettled investors, setting off a rout in bonds that has erased tens of billions of dollars of value.
Earlier on Wednesday, Asian stock markets closed down moderately.
Stanley Reed contributed reporting from London.
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Cathy Morton and Lyn Black (Eastwood) played Alyson McGinnigle (Cowglen) and Carol McNally (Williamwood/Pollok) on a rather surprising dry and reasonably mild day for January.
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The third Friday in September is National POW/MIA Day. On this day we nationally recognize those who are Prisoners of War or who have been missing in action. This year, we highlight the stories of three U.S. POWs-
On August 5th, 1964 Naval aviator Everett Alvarez was shot down and captured in North Vietnam. He was held as a prisoner of war at the Hoa La prison camp, until 1973 when he was brought back to U.S. soil. Imprisoned for over 8 years, Alvarez was the second-longest held U.S. POW. During this time, he endured routine beatings and torture from his captors. Alvarez was esteemed by his fellow prisoners as the first and only aviator at the prison camp for almost a year. Alvarez's sincere hope gained him notoriety and was critical to his survival. Despite brutal torture and abuse Alvarez "was one of those optimists who always thought (he) would get out the next day." After his release, Alvarez continued his career in the Navy, rising to the rank of Commander before retiring in 1980. He went on to serve in multiple government positions, including Deputy Director of the Peace Corps and Deputy Administrator of the Veteran's Administration. In 2012, he was awarded the Lone Star Sailor Award, given to sea service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective civilian careers while exemplifying the U.S. Navy's stated core values of honor, courage and commitment.
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On September 9, 1965, Naval commander and aviator James Bond Stockdale ejected from his A-4 Skyhawk after being shot down over North Vietnam. Landing in a village and captured by the North Vietnamese, this began his 7 years of captivity as a prisoner of war at the Hoa Lo prison camp, nicknamed by prisoners the Hanoi Hilton. As the senior Naval officer at the prison, Stockdale became a leader among the other prisoners, and organized a code of conduct among the prisoners and resistance against their captures. As a result, he suffered regular beatings and torture from his captors. Eventually, Stockdale was one of several prisoners placed in solitary confinement due to his resistance efforts. Stockdale was finally released in 1973 as part of Operation Homecoming. While he was in captivity, his wife Sybil had organized the League of American Families of POWs and MIAs, which worked to bring attention to the mistreatment of American POWs and support efforts for their release. In 1976, Stockdale was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of efforts during the war and in captivity. What makes his story of survival even more incredible is his life following his captivity. Stockdale's 7 years behind enemy lines did not define him; he rose to the rank of Naval Vice Admiral by the time he retired from the Navy in 1979. He went on to serve as President of the Naval War College, and following his retirement President of The Citadel. Stockdale's public service did not stop there; in 1992 he ran for Vice President of the United States on the Independent ticket alongside presidential candidate Ross Perot. James Stockdale was a true patriot, hero, and example of not allowing your past to define your future.
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On this day we remember men and women who survived unspeakable circumstances and were confronted with incomprehensible choices. Some are still here among us today; others have given the ultimate sacrifice. These men and women did not take incredible action for themselves but for their fellow Americans and for what this country represents to us and the world.
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With numerous African countries on high alert from terror threats, Gary Noakes takes a look at the effect this is having on tourist numbers and airlift across the vast continent.
A brief glance at some figures reveals how much catching up Africa has to do with the rest of the world when it comes to tourism. This vast continent accounts for just 5% of global tourist arrivals – around 58 million – with two countries, Morocco (AF300) and South Africa (AF250), accounting for approximately a third of this total.
Such concentration means that events in just one part of the continent can have a huge impact, with Egypt (AF500) and Tunisia (AF575), two of Africa's top five destinations, suffering big setbacks in the past few years. The 58 million total, as verified by the UNWTO, represents an industry share that is falling and out of line with the global trend.
The African Development Bank will publish its latest Africa Tourism Monitor in December, but its 2015 league table of countries with the most international arrivals shows some familiar trends.
Two countries, Morocco and South Africa, are vying for the top spot. Morocco has since 2013 attracted more than 10 million international visitors, fuelled by Marrakech and Agadir, which have 60% of the market. Marrakech in particular has been a magnet for low-cost flights from all over Europe.
Latest Moroccan government figures for 2016 give an arrivals figure for the country of 10.3 million, up 1.5% on 2015. However, UK visitors fell 6% and foreign tourist arrivals as a whole fell 0.9%, indicating nervousness about North Africa in general.
Likely to grab top place in 2017 is South Africa, which attracted a record 10 million international tourists last year, a 12.8% increase on 2015. Growth here is fuelled by visitors from central and South America, Middle East and Asia, all of which have increased by more than 30% (albeit from small base) while other regions recorded double-digit increases.
The weak rand is a big part of the reason for South Africa's popularity, but also its strategy to ensure it is no longer just perceived as a safari destination but one that offers gastronomy, wine, heritage and scenic trails. South Africa is also seen as largely free from the threat of Islamic terrorism, unlike North Africa.
One nation that knows this only too well is Tunisia, which next year should return as a mainstream European beach destination following the terrorist attacks of 2015. Visitor numbers are already up 14% this year and Thomas Cook is set to return with a tentative UK programme in spring 2018. Its clients from continental Europe have continued to visit during the two years of UK restrictions after the massacre of 38 mainly Tui clients at Sousse in 2015.
Tui is already sending clients there from Belgium and Germany, but understandably has still to decide when to offer a programme from the UK, whose Foreign Office gave the all-clear to return to the country's key tourism regions in July. Tui's reluctance means Tunisair may step forward to provide airlift from the UK, with soundings being taken by the airline at WTM London for summer 2018. There is ground to make up, with 2016 arrivals of 5.7 million, down 6.8% and a 20% fall since 2014.
Egypt's troubles continue, with only 5.3 million international visitors in 2016, compared with more than 9 million a year earlier, when a Russian airliner was downed with a suspected bomb at Sharm el Sheikh, and 14 million in 2010. Conflicting messages mean a general reluctance to travel there. In August, for example, Canada warned against all non-essential travel to Egypt, but this did not apply to the Red Sea resorts or upper Nile. In the same month, the UK did not advise against travel to Cairo, Alexandria, the Nile and Red Sea area, but warned not to use Sharm el Sheikh airport, meaning no UK flights there.
Last place in the league of Africa's top five countries for international arrivals is usually something of a wildcard, with Algeria holding this position in 2011-2014. It has now been ousted by Zimbabwe (AF370), which in 2015 attracted 2.06 million international tourists, 42% of these from neighbouring South Africa. Zimbabwe is expected to reach 2.2 million this year but 2018's fortunes may be hampered by it being an election year.
Africa as a whole is proving popular due to favourable exchange rates, according to Vanessa Dean, Africa product manager for specialist UK operator Carrier Travel.
"The main challenge we face for Africa is availability for peak travel dates. Many of the key lodges we feature are small boutique properties with not many rooms and therefore they do book out very quickly," she said. "The noticeable trend is that 2018 bookings are flying and travel for next year is particularly strong across the board."
Carrier expects Uganda (AF100) to reap the benefits of a $57 million investment in tourism and for Namibia (AF200) to be in demand, while Kenya (AF200) safaris, if not beach holidays, are making a comeback.
Dean said Zimbabwe was also "getting back on track", aided by a new Kenya Airways (AF200) flight between Cape Town and Nairobi via Livingstone. "It means travellers can take in the Great Migration in Kenya, Victoria Falls and a stay in Cape Town all in one trip."
Intra-African air access is a big issue. It can be easier to fly via Europe to get from one side of the continent to the other and it will be many years before the hub and spoke model of Africa's four major airlines is matched by a comparable number of direct intra-African routes. Ethiopian Airlines (AF150), Kenya Airways, Egyptair (AF500) and South African Airways (SAA) (AF250) have strong networks, but the Middle East carriers have impeded their intercontinental expansion in recent years.
This, coupled with a variety of legacy airline issues, has meant things have not been easy for Africa's airlines. Kenya Airways lost $500 million in its past two financial years, although a turnaround programme saw half-year losses to the end of September 2016 cut by 60%.
SAA has its own problems, coming close to liquidation in mid-2017 having already made a public appeal for funds of $1 billion a year earlier. SAA is hampered by having old aircraft and an inefficient route network and these factors, combined with South Africa's geographical position, mean SAA has run an operational loss for years.
Egyptair, meanwhile, is hampered by the perceived terrorist risk in the country, and has lost more than $10 billion since the 2011 uprisings. It is expected to suffer another £650 million loss this year.
Of the big four carriers, it is left to profitable, expanding Ethiopian to continue its stated ambition to serve almost the entire continent from its Addis Ababa hub. Ethiopian, which made a £202 million profit in the year to June 2016, has launched seven new routes this year, including Victoria Falls, the Madagascar capital Antananarivo, and, further afield, Chengdu and Singapore.
Africa can count only one airline attempting to break the hub and spoke model, fastjet, which is based in Tanzania (AF140) and Zimbabwe (AF370) and has only three aircraft. Reliance almost entirely on intra-African business means it has yet to make headway, losing $48 million last year and reining in expansion.
One issue for fastjet and all other carriers is visas. The African Development Bank says the continent is hampered by the need for Africans themselves to obtain visas to visit 55% of other African countries and because Africans can get visas on arrival in only a quarter of these countries. This will change, following the unveiling last year of the first biometric common African passport, but it will be a slow process and another factor that hampers tourism development.
One African state with a determined niche tourism strategy is Rwanda (AF120).
The landlocked country, the size of the US state of Maryland, is developing its own upmarket tourism product aided by investment in its flag carrier, Rwandair (AF120).
Rwanda is one of only three countries where rare mountain gorillas can be viewed in their natural habitat and it has allowed the construction of a range of high-end accommodation to match a trekking permit fee that was doubled to $1,500 a day in May. Additionally, some of the 55 miles of shoreline of the country's other big asset, Lake Kivu, is to be developed as an alternative attraction to gorilla viewing.
"We feel that we are almost at capacity with activities around the national parks," said Yamina Karitanyi, Rwanda's High Commissioner to the UK, who adds that tourism is already the country's biggest foreign exchange earner. Latest figures, for 2015, show that Rwanda achieved 1.3 million tourist visits, a figure expected to increase by 4% in 2016.
Better air access is helping; Rwanda already has direct flight access from Belgium, Amsterdam and Doha, but government backing has seen it bring long-haul aircraft into the Rwandair fleet that are now serving Brussels and the UK. A link to New York is due to start in July 2018.


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Finding A Caregiver You Can Trust
Choosing to leave your child with a caregiver is one of the most important decisions you will make. When hiring a caregiver or nanny for your child, there are several important steps you need to take to minimize potential risks of hiring someone who will not be a good fit for your child and family.
When interviewing your caregiver, remember you're interviewing them for one of the most important jobs in your world ? caring for your child. Taking care of children is not easy ? you want to select a caregiver with a positive, nurturing attitude who will efficiently take care of your child and provide stimulating learning opportunities along the way. Wow ? that's a lot to ask for, especially considering current caregiver salaries.
Here is our guide for interviewing caregivers and nannies:
List lifestyle and personal qualities important to you. Are there particular religious or cultural beliefs that are important to your family and that you want your caretaker to also have. This could include things like religion, cultural background, discipline beliefs and lifestyle.
Treat the interviews as if you were a corporation hiring a Vice President for your team. Ask her position on the topic and explain its importance and role in the upbringing of your child. If there are any concerns about work schedules or beliefs, you want to discuss it now before making a hiring decision. Using your list as a guide, ask questions about their personality, how they approach childcare and explore their commitment to the job.
Interview the candidate several times. You should meet with the prospective caregiver at least twice and have a spouse or friend meet with them for a second unbiased opinion. Prepare a list of questions in advance to make sure you get the important ones answered so you can make an informed decision.
Some key questions to ask when hiring a nanny or childcare provider:
Always do a background check. The International Nanny Association reports that at least 5% of nanny applicants have a criminal record. They also explain that these candidates may gravitate towards answering newspaper ads or working with agencies who do not require a background check.
Ask for references. A good quality nanny candidate will have at least one or two people who can vouch for their character and past childcare experience. Ask the references why the nanny left their employment, if they would re-hire her and if they would recommend her.
Training in early childhood development. You should find out if the candidate has had education or training in early childhood development and why she is interested in working with young children. You want a caregiver who will stimulate your child with activities and experiences in music, art and play. A nanny with some knowledge of early childhood development will know what activities are appropriate for your child's age and developmental stage.
Go with your gut. If your instinct gives you the feeling that something is not quite right, you're probably unconsciously picking up on body language, attitude or just an odd feeling that makes you uncomfortable. Listen to your intuition, pass on the candidate and move along. It's better to recognize your discomfort level now than constantly wonder whether you made the right decision.
Introduce the candidate to your child. When you've narrowed down the field, introduce your two final caregiver candidates to your child. Observe the interaction between the two. It may be hard depending on your child and how well they accept new faces, but a good nanny will know how to draw children out. If your child is old enough, ask them what they thought about each candidate.
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Hollande Embarks on Coalition-Building Tour
French President François Hollande and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting kicks off a week of frenetic diplomacy for Mr. Hollande who will head to Moscow and Washington as he attempts to build a coalition to combat Islamic State. Photo: AP
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November 2015 | Volume 73 | Number 3
Doing Data Right
Pages 16-21
Caitlin C. Farrell, Julie A. Marsh and Melanie Bertrand
From "data chats" to "Data Fridays," teachers are involving their students in looking at data. Does your approach increase student motivation—or decrease it?
On one "Data Friday," Ms. Mendoza tries to encourage healthy competition by displaying her 7th period's performance on the most recent interim assessment compared with that of her other classes. Down the hall, Mr. Williams passes out individual results on the assessment and asks students to take out their data binders to graph their own progress, reflect on their data, and determine action steps.
Like Ms. Mendoza and Mr. Williams, practitioners and policymakers around the country have expressed considerable enthusiasm for engaging students with data. Some see it as a way to encourage students to exert extra effort; others believe that students who look at their own data gain a better understanding of their strengths, their weaknesses, and how to improve.
How do teachers commonly examine data with their students? And what does research tell us about how these practices are likely to affect student motivation?
Motivation research identifies classroom practices and activities that shape students' orientation toward goals (Dweck, 2010; Pintrich, 2003).
A performance orientation directs students' attention to grades and achievement and encourages them to compare themselves with others (Ames, 1992; Pope, 2010). Performance-oriented goals are generally associated with negative student outcomes (Meece, Anderman, & Anderman, 2006). Although some students may be motivated by a performance orientation, others may balk at difficult tasks and give up when faced with difficulty (Pintrich, 2003).
Teachers promote a performance orientation when they make most decisions for students, reward achievement relative to others, use rewards to control behavior, provide boring or repetitive tasks, and divert attention from tasks and learning to achievement (Ames, 1992; Epstein, 1988).
In contrast, a mastery orientation, in which students focus on developing new skills and improving their competence, is associated with self-regulation, increased effort, autonomy, and the belief that effort will lead to academic success (Ames, 1992; Pintrich, 2003; Seifert, 2004). Teachers foster a mastery orientation when they focus on individual improvement, recognize and reward effort, evaluate students privately, involve students in decision making, foster students' sense of responsibility and independence, provide meaningful and interesting learning activities, and encourage students to set short-term, self-referenced goals (Ames, 1992; Epstein, 1988).
To understand how teachers use data with their students, we conducted in-depth fieldwork in six middle schools in four districts in 2011–12, including interviews, focus groups, and observations with teachers, coaches, and school and district administrators (Marsh, Farrell, & Bertrand, 2014).
The teachers in our study, like most educators in the United States, faced increasing demands from school and district administrators to engage in data-driven practices. Their schools had data walls and regularly scheduled data chats focused on standardized test results. They received new technology to obtain quick results from assessments, generate color-coded displays, and assist with analyses. Teachers also had data coaches, instructional coaches, and professional learning communities to support this work. It was only a matter of time before the demand for data use extended to students.
We met many teachers who believed that having students analyze data would motivate them to learn, and we identified 50 instances where teachers engaged students with their data. Overall, we found that many teachers set up performance-oriented classrooms that may actually have been demotivating for students.
Mrs. Landen, a 7th grade language arts teacher, frequently posted graphs of test results on her data wall following each common grade assessment or district benchmark assessment. These bar graphs compared the results across her classes, which were homogeneously leveled by students' performance on the prior year's state test. Mrs. Landen felt that students were motivated by competition:
Yes, it's to motivate, to encourage my "basic" kids that they're "this close" to honors, and then it's to motivate my honors kids. I even lie to my honors kids and tell them, "You know, on this test our neighbor teacher's honors class scored a certain percentage."
The graphs themselves emphasized not only the state's performance levels (with an emphasis on a proficiency goal), but also the direct comparison to others. Students were not involved in analyzing their data, and there was very little guidance on how they could improve or reengage with material to fill in gaps in their knowledge.
Mrs. Landen's data use typified the performance orientation we saw in one-third of all instances in our study. These teachers
Ms. Santos, a veteran 8th grade language arts teacher, began the school year worried about the low performance of one of her classes. She worked closely with the school's literacy coach to design routines to engage students in analyzing assessment data and setting goals. She provided students with copies of their multiple-choice answer sheets, and together they corrected the results. Students then privately analyzed how well they had mastered each standard, and they chose how they could close their own gaps in learning.
In one instance, Ms. Santos designed state standardized test "clinics" where student choice was central:
I have five different groups by strand, and I have a different activity for them to do. They chose which strand was their weakest and which one they wanted to work on for six weeks. … They bought into that since they were able to see their own strengths and weaknesses.
In small-group settings, Ms. Santos provided students with specific feedback based on each student's needs. She repeated the cycle at each benchmark assessment, emphasizing students' individual growth and effort as the key to improvement.
Ms. Santos's practices, which were likely to promote a mastery orientation, were typical of one-third of the observations in the study. Teachers who used these practices
Finally, one-third of the instances of data-use practices we observed were mixed—that is, a hybrid of mastery and performance practices. For instance, in one school, classrooms were equipped with a "scan-cam," a tool students used to immediately learn their individual scores on multiple-choice questions. A 7th grade teacher, Mr. Wilson, implemented this tool in such a way that students were actively involved in analyzing and identifying gaps. However, identifying a response to the results was teacher-driven, and it rested largely on test-taking skills rather than on helping students reengage with the content.
The environments in which teachers worked—characterized by school-level polices, routines, type of leadership, district-level expectations, and the broader accountability context—greatly shaped how they used data with students. In some cases, these factors pressed teachers to focus on performance; in others, they created opportunities for teachers to focus on mastery.
First, school-level policies and routines like data talks and data walls appeared to define acceptable student data-use practice for teachers. In one school with a high proportion of teachers who had a performance-oriented approach, a schoolwide policy required teachers to post comparative class data with a focus on proficiency goals to encourage competition between teachers and classes. Classroom structures then tended to replicate the components of the data-wall policy, such as attention to status and class comparisons.
Messages from school leaders—administrators, coaches, and teacher leaders—also framed the discourse around data use. In one school with the highest proportion of mastery-oriented observations, the assistant principal communicated mastery-focused messages to teachers:
I've tried to be really consistent in my message about how important goal setting is for kids, to teach them how to set goals, how to monitor their goals, how to assess their goal achievement and then recalibrate their goals based on how they've accessed them.
Several teachers at this school mentioned how the assistant principal's vision helped them think about their own practices.
District policies and norms also shaped data-use practices. The literacy curriculum one district adopted fostered mastery-oriented practices with learning-focused, formative assessments, such as readers' notebooks and conference logs. In contrast, the culture and norms in another district promoted competition among schools. During monthly meetings with principals, district administrators regularly reported and compared schools' scores on the district benchmark assessments.
Finally, the broader national and state accountability environment in the United States promotes a performance-based orientation. Federal accountability policy (embodied in No Child Left Behind) has long emphasized status measures of student achievement and assumed that public reporting of information on performance, coupled with consequences, will motivate individuals to work harder to improve performance. It's not surprising that many educators replicate the orientations promoted by the broader structures within which they operate.
Educators are unlikely to have control over the broader state and federal accountability messages that shape data-use practices. But with an eye for what's realistic and possible, we offer some questions that educators who want to engage students with data should ask themselves:
For teachers: What is your purpose in engaging your students with data, and how do you structure your classroom practices to meet these goals? What elements of your data-use practice are inadvertently emphasizing performance? How could you reorganize or refine your data-use practices to reflect a mastery orientation?
For school and district administrators: How are school or district policies and routines framing messages around data for your teachers that might translate to a mastery or performance orientation within classrooms? Do school or district policies and programs emphasize the values of performance, status, and extrinsic rewards; or do these policies recognize effort and growth?
As we work toward the laudable goal of involving students in data use, we want to make sure that our data-use practices support and motivate students, rather than deflate or demotivate them.
Authors' note: Teachers' names are pseudonyms.
Ames, C. (1992). Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84(3), 261–271.
Dweck, C. S. (2010). Even geniuses work hard. Educational Leadership, 68(1), 16–20.
Epstein, J. L. (1988). Effective schools or effective students: Dealing with diversity. In R. Haskins and D. MacRae (Eds.), Policies for America's public schools: Teachers, equity, and indicators (pp. 89–126). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Marsh, J. A., Farrell, C. C., & Bertrand, M. (2014). Trickle-down accountability: How middle school teachers engage students in data use. Educational Policy, 1–38.
Meece, J. L., Anderman, E. M., & Anderman, L. H. (2006). Classroom goal structure, student motivation, and academic achievement. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 487–503.
Pintrich, P. R. (2003). A motivational science perspective on the role of student motivation in learning and teaching contexts. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(4), 667–686.
Pope, D. (2010). Beyond "doing school": From "stressed-out" to "engaged in learning." Education Canada, 50(1), 4–8.
Seifert, T. (2004). Understanding student motivation. Educational Research, 46(2), 137–149.
Caitlin C. Farrell is the director of the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Julie A. Marsh is an associate professor at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. Melanie Bertrand is an assistant professor in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University.
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The headlines seem almost too good to be true. As of April, the United States' unemployment rate reached a multi-year low of 3.9%. There's got to be a catch or an anomaly, right?
Nope. As crazy as the number sounds, it's legit. That's not to say there aren't some curiosities worth noting and watching going forward though. But, in step with falling unemployment, wages are rising, fewer people are reporting they're searching for a job, and more people are reportedly working a job. The biggie of those three is wage growth, which surged last month, indicating employers are now getting much more serious about getting workers, competing with other employers.
First things first – the unemployment rate and job growth. Unemployment fell to 3.9% of the work force, as the economy created 164,000 new jobs. That's actually less than the 193,000 economists had predicted, but those guesses mean little at this time. It's not so much a lack of jobs holding the job-growth figure back. It's the lack of available workers.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in wage growth.
Unfortunately, the image below doesn't show hourly wages through April. The plots only go through March. We do have the figures though. Hourly wages were up 2.6% year-over-year, following through on March's nicely pronounced improvement… when the fight for employees went into high gear.
And for the record, workers didn't lose hours worked to fund higher hourly earnings. The average workweek has held steady at 34.5 hours for the past few months.
As was also noted, the big improvement in April's unemployment rate wasn't just some lucky math. The number of people with jobs edged higher, from 155,178,000 to 155,181,000. The number of people without jobs but want one fell from 6,585,000 to 6,346,000… another multi-year low. The number of people without jobs but want one – and aren't being counted as 'unemployed' actually moved a little higher, from 5,096,000 to 5,115,000, but that's still very near multi-year lows.
There is one confounding detail in April's jobs report the pessimists will surely latch onto – the sheer number of people who are in the labor pool (working or not) and the numbers of people who are actually employed, both relative to the population. Both slumped last month, quelling budding uptrends before they even have a chance to get started in earnest.
Under different circumstances, this would be a concern. When (literally) everything else is showing more demand for workers than the supply of them, however, we can only conclude there simply aren't as many people as there have been, historically, interested in a job. The biggest chunk of this crowd is arguably the baby boomers, who are alive and well, but enjoying retirement rather than clocking in.
Bottom line? The headlines on Friday were encouraging, and rightfully so. This bodes well for U.S. stocks, as we're primarily a consumer-driven economy. Most consumers have been waiting a long while for a healthier job market to really open their wallets wide. That's starting to happen… in a big way.


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The Orange County Board of Supervisors is set to decide Tuesday who gets the new food service contract at John Wayne Airport.
So far the debate has centered almost exclusively on how much money the county will earn under a new concessionaire and whether the contract should go to the company with the most OC-based vendors, or the one with more traditional food chains.
The Orange County Register reported last week that one of the two bidders upped its offer by $10 million to make it more competitive. Whichever concessionaire wins — Delaware North or HMS Host — the county is expected to take in $34 million to $39 million.
But left out of the discussion is which prospective concession would offer the healthiest food to the more than 8 million travelers who pass through each year.
John Wayne Airport Director Alan Murphy said healthy eating options were not included when the county staff designed the request for proposals on airport eating options.
And county Chief Executive Tom Mauk said they shouldn't be.
"It hasn't been a criteria in the past," Mauk said. "Health is an individual choice. As long as the airport provides a wide spectrum of choices and variety, people can choose."
Other airports do things differently.
In Atlanta, where Hartsfield-Jackson International claims the title of world's busiest airport, serving 88 million passengers a year, its 114 food and beverage concessions include some that serve only healthy food, like fresh salads, fruit, light sandwiches and vegetables.
"It's not really a recent trend," said airport spokesman Al Snedeker.
"We try to meet our passenger needs," he said, "particularly now with the airlines not providing food as they once did, providing food in the terminal and concourses is even more important."
And, Snedeker said, offering healthy eating options is considered a passenger need.
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Celebrity Sweat salutes the Wounded Warrior Project
We are so excited to be able to donate the net proceeds from our silent auction and a portion of ticket sales to the Wounded Warrior Project. Our events in Phoenix made this donation possible, and we at Celebrity Sweat honor, recognize and salute the tremendous efforts of the Wounded Warrior Project in helping returning Vets, wounded in service to our Country, through their many programs and services. We are thrilled to be able to team up with the our Vets and their families, and assist their efforts with many of our annual events.


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Based on traditional teachings, made with succulent and delicious Ribatejo's tomatoes.
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precious salt from Rio Maior
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strong and tasty. whisky flavored with bay leaf
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Dangote - September 2017
A bidding war for PPC is underway after Dangote Cement submitted a takeover deal of cash and shares to the company last week. The offer comes after PPC received a joint offer from its domestic rival AfriSam Group and Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings. Dangote has said that it has two banks willing to support its offer but declined to name the lenders.


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This 6'' turner is an excellent addition to any chef's kitchen. These turners have been beautifully designed and carefully crafted to give long dependable service. Constructed from high quality 18/8 stainless steel, the handles are formed from 16 gauge for extra strength and the blades from 24 gauge for preferred flexibility. Made in USA.


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Sarah was in pain. If you've ever experienced back pain, you're aware of LITERALLY how it can ruin you life.
It makes you miserable. Terrible to be around. You lose your temper at the smallest thing. And no one around you really understands how it feels.
She'd tried yoga before, and it an helped…a bit. But she wasn't pain free. What's worse, is that her job required her to be bent over all day.
But in just 90 days, she transformed from being tight, weak and miserable to strong, healthy and ready to take on the world again.
She was able to feel strong, for the first time ever! Her outlook had improved, her confidence boomed and as an added bonus, she fit back into her old skinny jeans again!
Here is what she said about her transformation.
"I first came to Reece because I had back pain as a result of work + looking after the baby.
I had a window of 3 Months before I go back to work and I just wanted to strengthen my back and core in that time.
I'm so glad I found Reece, in the 3 Months I trained with him I'm eating better, much stronger than I was previously and I have learned the tools I need to continue to strengthen my back on my own.
When I first started I couldn't even do a single squat correctly, and now I can squat 25KG and dead lift 55 KG.
I have also lost a lot of fat and gained muscle in the process and I feel much leaner and energetic!"
Here is Sarah performing her first set of deadlifts, an exercise that would have been completely impossible for her just 90 days ago.
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TURN THE SOUND ON Sarah started her health and fitness journey 6 weeks ago. Today she did her first deadlifts! Super proud of her. She's lost a ton of fat and is getting super strong. IMO when you first start a training program, the objective should be to get you onto these multi joint movements as quick as possible, if you want the quickest results. #TheRMFgym #Gym #Fitness #FitFam #Fitspo #Health #Heathy #EatClean #CleanEating #InstaFit #Bodybuilding #Abs #WeightLoss #Diet #Food #Nutrition #Protein
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The brain accounts for only 2% of total body weight and yet consumes 20% of the calories we ingest. It's a gas guzzling truck which, when put in neural, has a higher energy consumption.
When not focused on a task, the brain 'rests' in a neural state which is, in fact, more active when compared to performing a chore or activity. From fMRI studies, neurologists have found that a large area of the brain becomes active when seemingly at rest and when we focus on a task the vast majority of this "Default Network" shuts down.
At first the default network was thought to be associated with daydreaming but it's more than that.
A large component of the default network is the coordination between the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus, the former is known to be associated with a self-centred, egotistical evaluation of information (i.e. how am I going to be affected by this? How can I benefit? and so forth), whilst the latter is associated with memory recall. In other words, the default network seems to be a semi-conscious and underlying process of active assessment of information from past experiences and relating it to how we will personally be impacted.
Volunteers with a highly active default network are found to have a hard job focusing and are plagued with wandering thoughts and thus, less resilience and higher degree of stress.
Further studies show that default network activity is found to be significantly higher in non-meditators when compared to those who regularly meditate. In other words, regular mediation seems to provide the ability to prevent mental distraction from daydreaming and wandering thoughts via reduced activity throughout the default network.
This is now thought to be one of the reason why mediation helps enhance and maintain cognitive function through repair and growth because it allows the mind to truly rest. It's also thought to be associated with reduced stress because meditators have an increased ability to control their default network and reduce mental distractions allowing increased clarity of thought and focus.


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683 Club Wiley Road, Jackson, Alabama 36545$249,000
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Property Description
Are you in the market for a home with acreage that has all the feeling of being in the seclusion of the woods, yet you're just minutes from everything in town? If you are, then this is the home for you! This beautiful property is located on Club Wiley Road and sits on 11.9 acres. It was built in 1971 and it offers 2262 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large living area with wood burning fireplace and built in bookcases and cabinets, an updated kitchen with split brick flooring, and a beautiful front porch that is perfect for entertaining with all the ambiance of being in the mountains. There is a large area near the back of the property that is perfect for a feed plot or garden area for the outdoorsman in your life.
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August 30, 2012
- High-resolution large screen picture and high-quality powerful sound deliver an immersive experience, offering new ways for customers to enjoy television -
August 30, 2012, Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that it will begin the phased launch of its latest BRAVIA LCD television in all global regions from the end of the year. The new BRAVIA boasts a 4K (3840 x 2160) LCD panel, in the industry's largest 84-inch class*1 and incorporates Sony's "4K X-Reality PRO" super-resolution high picture quality engine. This formidable combination seamlessly delivers high-resolution large-screen picture with high-quality powerful sound to provide viewers with immersive experiences, unlike anything offered by existing televisions.
This new 4K TV comes equipped with a 4K LCD panel comprising approximately 8.29 megapixels, which is 4 times the resolution of Full HD standard, and incorporates "4K X-Reality PRO", Sony's super-resolution high picture quality engine optimized for 4K TV. This engine is capable of reproducing a variety of content with different resolutions, such as HD digital broadcasts or Blu-ray discs content, into stunningly crisp, high-quality images with 4K resolution. Viewers will not be bothered by the pixels and notice images are breathtakingly realistic and beautifully clear with the wide 60-degree viewing angle, even if they sit as much as half the distance*2 to the screen, as compared to when viewing Full HD (for which distance equal to 3 times the screen height is recommended).
In addition, the combination of "10 Unit Live Speaker" side speaker system, which is optimized for this large-size screen, with Sony's unique high-quality sound signal-processing technology achieves powerful three-dimensional sound that envelops the viewer in position-orienting tones, from deep bass to high notes.
With its beautiful, large high-resolution screen and high-quality powerful sound provided, viewers can enjoy immersive experiences unlike anything offered by existing televisions, as if they were at a live entertainment venue or in a movie theater. Viewers can also enjoy high-resolution digital photographs on the large screen, by blowing up scenic pictures into large poster sizes, or enlarging photos of children into life-sized pictures for the whole family to see. Furthermore, "PlayMemories Studio"*3, a special PlayStation®3 software, enables users to organize and playback high-resolution photographs with ease and comfort on the 4K television. Going forwards, Sony aims to offer new television viewing styles by continuing to provide these kinds of new consumer experiences.
Sony has been involved in building the 4K content viewing and creating environment in the professional field, from rolling out its 4K digital cinema projectors to movie theaters throughout the world, to preparing a range of production equipment, including the flagship CineAlta "F65" camera capable of shooting 4K content. In the consumer electronic field, Sony has released the "VPL-VW1000ES" home theater projector for family use which has been favorably received.
Sony will strive to strengthen its "BRAVIA" products, with the release of the this kind of high-resolution, large-screen 4K TV, which maximizes its technical 4K prowess in the field of 4K, and offers new ways to enjoy television.
Powerful, high-resolution large-screen picture
(1) 4K LCD panel in the Industry's largest 84-inch class*1
The 4K (3840 x 2160) LCD panel boasts four times the pixels of Full HD resolution, achieving 52ppi (pixels per inch) even on a large 84-inch high-resolution screen. Viewers will not be bothered by the pixels and notice images are breathtakingly realistic and beautifully clear with the wide 60-degree viewing angle, even if they sit as much as half the distance*2 to the screen, as compared to when viewing Full HD (for which distance equal to 3 times the screen height is recommended).
(2) "4K X-Reality PRO" super-resolution high picture quality engine
Sony has optimized the algorithm for "X-Reality PRO," the database-type multi-frame analysis super-resolution high picture quality engine, by adding a database for 4K LCD televisions, and also added a 4K upscale feature. This feature takes footage ranging from low-resolution Internet videos to HD resolution digital broadcasts to Blu-ray disc content, and upscales it to 4K resolution while also reproducing it as beautiful, vibrant 4K images.
(3) Large-screen 3D images reminiscent of a movie theater
The 84-inch 4K panel and "4K X-Reality PRO" super-resolution processing enables the viewer to enjoy 3D footage in high picture quality that exceeds Full HD resolution. The 4K TV upscales 'Blu-ray 3D' Full-HD resolution 3D images to 4K (3840 x 2160) images and displays them on the polarizing sheet on the screen in 3840 pixels x 1080 pixels for the left and right eyes, respectively. The accompanying 3D glasses are a light and comfortable passive design, and require no batteries. Viewers can now enjoy 3D footage on an impressive large screen just like being in a movie theater.
(4) "PlayMemories Studio"
"PlayMemories Studio," a special PlayStation®3 software, makes organizing, editing and viewing videos and photos as easy and intuitive as playing a game. A feature enabling "PlayMemories Studio" to output 4K resolution images will be added so users can enjoy images taken with digital cameras on the 4K TV. 4K-enabled version will be available during current fiscal year ending March 2013.
This new 4K TV is packed with Sony's own technologies, from its signal processing through to its speakers, and its 'Signal to Sound Architecture' delivers powerful sound quality.
(1) '10 Unit Live Speaker' System
This three-way 10-speaker system (total output 50W) is installed along the sides of the 4K TV towards the viewer, and is optimized for large-screen TVs. It realizes powerful sound with position-orienting tones, from deep bass to medium and high range notes. (Note that the speakers can be removed to enhance the system with an audio set.)
(2) Advanced signal-processing technology
The 4K TV incorporates Sony's original "Clear Phase technology" to realize the reproduction of natural sound with high resemblance to the original sound as well as clear sound localization. 'S-Force Front Surround 3D' creates the virtual 5.1ch surround sound field by only using the front speakers, and enables the viewer to feel enveloped in a three-dimensional sound field.
Sony will offer a variety of network services through "Sony Entertainment Network (SEN)". With a single push of the 'SEN' button on the remote control, users can easily access services from the '"Sony Entertainment Network" Portal,' a new portal for "BRAVIA" TVs equipped with Internet functionality. Users can quickly and easily enjoy any services they like by simply registering their preferred applications in the "Favorites" list.