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Make your goals measurable: Sure you could walk the mall for hours, but see how far you can walk or run in a specific amount of time. |
With a solid set of goals in place, your foray into fitness will be a lot less frustrating and a lot more enjoyable! |
DURBAN - Master chocolatiers and candy-makers the world-over have been hard at work for months experimenting with new flavours and textures, trying to outdo one another in an effort to capture the lion’s share of the sales this Easter. |
New flavours that are sure to excite chocoholics this season include florals, like lavender, healthy spices such as ginger, turmeric and chai. There is also a big move among chocolatiers to include superfoods, such as spirulina, goji berries, reishi mushrooms, and our humble Rooibos in this delicious treat. |
Adele du Toit, spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council said it’s a real coup that the $103-billion chocolate industry has taken notice of Rooibos, which is a proudly South African product. |
"As consumers’ taste profiles change and new consumers enter the confection market, new opportunities arise. Today, teens and young adults are using social media to interact with and document everyday life, providing opportunities for chocolate and sweet brands to incorporate multisensory confectionery options that use... |
She added, "Equally, health-conscious consumers that are concerned about wellness (and their waistline) are looking for healthier chocolate options, and the chocolate industry has responded by turning to ‘functional foods’ such as Rooibos as a solution. Rooibos is rich in health-promoting antioxidants, which help to pr... |
Swiss master chocolatier, Daniel Waldis, founder and owner of SA’s popular chocolate franchise, Le Chocolatier, affirms the growing demand for healthier chocolate products and says he has been experimenting with Rooibos for some time. |
With more than 12 years of experience in chocolate-making in Switzerland and SA combined, he has a deep understanding of the principles that create great flavour combinations with chocolate. |
He said that Rooibos and chocolate share many similar characteristics – from the fruity, floral and nutty aromas to the slight levels of astringency, making it an ideal match. |
Waldis said Rooibos tea pairs particularly well with white chocolate as its citrusy undertone cuts through the richness of the chocolate, while the smokiness of Rooibos also compliments the nuttiness of hazelnut milk chocolate. |
"One of our big sellers is our Rooibos praline, where we combine white and milk chocolate along with a concentrated Rooibos tea ganache, which both locals and tourists love. Globally, more chocolatiers are starting to use Rooibos in chocolate bars, drinking chocolate and in sugar-free and vegan chocolate alternatives. ... |
For those wanting to experiment with Rooibos in chocolate at home this Easter, Waldis recommends using the tea in its purist form and to not infuse it with a flavoured Rooibos tea. |
The decision to impose President’s rule, the controversial provision in the Constitution that B R Ambedkar believed would remain a "dead letter", in Delhi is the 121st such incident in the history of independent India and the first for 2014. |
The previous one was the invocation of the controversial Article 356 in Jharkhand on January 18 last year, when the JMM withdrew support to the BJP-led government in the state. In a striking similarity to the Delhi situation, erstwhile chief minister Arjun Munda resigned and sought dissolution of the state Assembly. |
Article 356, which experts say is based on Section 93 of the India Act of 1935, is a much abused and debated provision of the Constitution and was hotly debated in the Constituent Assembly. |
While members like H N Kunzru, P S Deshmukh, Shibban Lal Saxena and H V Kamath voiced concern over the provision, leaders like K Santhanam, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer and Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava supported it. |
Summing up the debate in the Constituent Assembly, Ambedkar said he expected that such articles will never be called into operation. |
“If at all they are brought into operation, I hope the President, who is endowed with these powers, will take proper precaution before actually suspending the administration of the province," he said. |
The first Indian province to witness President's Rule was Vindhya Pradesh on April 8, 1949, under the India Act as the Constitution was not adopted. The section was invoked as the chief minister resigned and the President's Rule was revoked after the first general elections in March 1952. |
The first state to be put under the President's Rule after adoption of the Constitution was Punjab, in June 20, 1951. According to political historians, the state was kept under suspended animation for almost 10 months to help the Congress to get its act together. |
Among the states, Manipur was put under President's Rule for the maximum of 10 years, followed by Uttar Pradesh (9), Punjab, Bihar (8 each), Karnataka, Odisha and Puducherry (6 each). |
According to an analysis by Bhagwan D Dua in his book “Presidential Rule: A Study in Crisis Politics”, imposition of the President's Rule was the highest during the 1966-77 period, when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister. Her government invoked the provision 39 times while it was nine during Morarji Desai’s prime min... |
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Armed men tried to commandeer a cargo vessel off the waters of Zamboanga del Norte on Tuesday morning, police said. |
Chief Superintendent Billy Beltran, regional police chief for Western Mindanao, said armed men on two motorized pumpboats fired at M/V Doña Anabelle while it was sailing the seas of Santa Maria village in Siocon town. |
Beltran said four men tried to board the vessel but later left after seeing an approaching Philippine Navy boat. |
Beltran said no one from the crew of M/V Dona Anabelle was hurt. |
The boat is now heading to the port of Zamboanga City. |
He said the Philippine Air Force, the Philippine Coast Guard and elements of the 6th Special Forces Battalion quickly responded to the distress call made by boat officials. |
SEOUL — The government will inspect massage parlors and adult entertainment establishments throughout South Korea to root out the hiring of foreign nationals who live and work here illegally. |
The investigation, announced Sunday by the National Policy Agency and the Ministry of Justice, will be carried out from Feb. 18 to March 31. |
The agencies said they would take countermeasures against the businesses because they corrupt public morals and encourage people to stay in the country illegally. |
If police find any foreign nationals working in the industries illegally, the Ministry of Justice will impose strong penalties against the foreign workers. The ministry will also contact the governments of the brokers’ countries and disclose their names in an effort to prevent any recurrence. |
The police agency and the ministry carried out a similar investigation for 10 days in December and uncovered 464 foreign nationals working illegally in massage parlors and entertainment places for 127 employers. |
The ministry also caught four brokers and 10 foreign nationals working illegally in the adult entertainment industry. |
“Both the police agency and the ministry are taking measures to root out crime by foreigners and reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the country, as the number has been rapidly increasing these days,” the Ministry of Justice said. |
Children aged 12 and under could be the next rapt audience for everyone’s favourite social network. Last week the US Patent Office published an application filed by Facebook in 2012 outlining a parent-controlled system which would maintain strict privacy controls. |
Currently Facebook screens for underage accounts and removes them, but Consumer Reports estimates there are 5.6 million existing for under 13’s, many encouraged by parents. Is this “pester power” at work? It must be hard to continue to refuse your children access to a site you spend so much time on each day. |
While Facebook claims it’s not actively working to build this new system at present, this news does raise some important questions around online safety for kids, cyber bullying and the appropriateness of encouraging them to share their lives online at such an early age. More Bieber? Really? |
Thankfully, the beauty of Facebook’s social reciprocity means an influx of tween angst to the site wouldn’t necessarily have a negative impact on other peoples’ enjoyment of it, and it sounds like serious steps are being taken to ensure online safety for youngsters before the patent has a chance of being pushed through... |
In "Fishing Henry's Fork of Island Park," an article published by "Angler Guide" in 2006, Ben Arellano writes, "Fly Fishing the rivers and lakes around Island Park is an experience that an angler seldom forgets." Near Island Park, river anglers commonly wade or float the region's many streams, rivers and tributaries. T... |
The summer boating season in Island Park is short. Henry's Lake is a mountain lake at an altitude of 6,470 feet, about 15 miles west of Yellowstone National Park. The adjacent Henry's Lake State Park opens late in spring and closes in fall. High in the Rocky Mountains, snowstorms can occur at any time of year. Island P... |
The 585-acre Henry's Lake State Park has a boat ramp with a fish-cleaning station nearby. Anglers fish for brook, cutthroat and a hybrid trout known as rainbow-cutthroat. The state park offers 44 camping sites and three rental camping cabins that put campers on the shoreline. Nearby lodges and outfitters in Island Park... |
According to Idaho Parks and Recreation Department, anglers on Henry's Lake may catch cutthroat trout that average 3 to 5 lbs. The hybrid cutthroat-rainbow trout may reach a weight of 12 lbs. Brook trout also abound in the lake, weighing in at up to 3 lbs. That means family boaters with children aboard may experience l... |
The following Island Park, Idaho guest lodging accommodations are listed in Historic Idaho's 100 Things in Idaho for History Travelers: Aspen Lodge, Harriman State Park, Henrys Lake State Park, Henry's Fork Lodge, Sawtelle Mountain Resort and Jared's Wild Rose Ranch. |
Invasive marine species have threatened the delicate ecological balance of the lake. Boats registered in Idaho may not be required to carry a separate invasive species sticker, but on watercraft of any kind registered in any other state, invasive stickers have been mandatory. Out-of-state boats, whether motor-powered o... |
A., Mary. "Boating in Island Park, Idaho." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/boating-island-park-idaho-34673.html. Accessed 26 April 2019. |
One of many meadows in Island Park that reveals the flat bottom of caldera floor. This meadow is near Mesa Falls. The peaks in background are the Grand Tetons. |
Henrys Lake from the south side of the lake. |
It's said to be the first impact flash ever seen during the lunar event. |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers managed to capture the moment of an impact during this week’s eclipsed moon. |
Spanish astrophysicist Jose Maria Madiedo of the University of Huelva said Wednesday that it seems a rock from a comet slammed into the moon during the total lunar eclipse late Sunday and early Monday. The strike was seen by telescopes in Spain and elsewhere as a bright flash. |
Madiedo said it’s the first impact flash ever seen during a lunar eclipse, although such crater-forming impacts are common. The object hit at an estimated 10 miles per second, and was 22 pounds and 12 inches across, he said. |
Madiedo said lunar impact monitoring generally is conducted five days before and after a new moon, when flashes can be easily observed. To take advantage of the three-plus-hour eclipse, he set up four extra telescopes in addition to the four he operates at the observatory in Seville. “I did not want to miss any potenti... |
“I jumped out of the chair I was sitting on. I am really happy, because I think that the effort was rewarded,” he said. |
Moon monitoring can help scientists better predict the rate of impacts, not just at the moon but on Earth, Madiedo noted. He helps run the Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System, or MIDAS , in Spain. |
Carson High School students will return to campus this week and see street improvements on Saliman Road from Highway 50 East to Fairview Drive. |
The pavement has been improved and the crosswalk between Carson High School and Mills Park enhanced so students have added safety, said Patrick Pittenger, the city’s transportation manager. |
“The group wanted to come up with a midstreet safe haven,” said Larry Werner, the city’s development services director. |
A group of community members sought a way to make crossing Saliman safer because students at the high school make a beeline between the two locations. |
This is why an island now rests in the center of Saliman between the school and park that requires pedestrians to face oncoming traffic through its design. Young people have a tendency to dash across streets without looking. |
Called a “Danish Offset,” the island creates a path with a 90-degree angle that forces people walking across it to be pointed toward any cars coming in their direction. |
RICHLAND -- The first of two 125-ton melter assemblies arrived at the Hanford vitrification plant Friday after an 800-mile, four-state journey. |
The melter assembly was carried on a 190-foot-long, heavy-haul transporter that could travel a maximum of 45 mph. The journey took four days and included a delay in Oregon on Thursday for a flat tire. |
"The melters are central to the vitrification process and receiving them is a huge milestone toward treating Hanford's radioactive tank waste," Dale Knutson, the vitrification plant's federal project director, said in a written statement. "This receipt brings us one step closer to achieving operations in 2019." |
The transporter now is expected to return to manufacturer Petersen Inc. in Ogden, Utah, to pick up the second melter assembly. |
Defector says government orchestrating deadly bombings as a ploy to make opposition appear violent. |
The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) has rejected responsibility for a recent wave of deadly blasts in Syria. |
The group says the government has orchestrated the bombings as a ploy to make the country's protest movement appear violent. |
Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra spoke to Ammar Wawi, an FSA officer who defected from the regular army, about the progress of the uprising. |
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Earlier in the month we spoke about how the next Alan Wake game will not be version two, and recent news seems to suggest just that. Maybe there will be an Alan Wake Flash game announcement during E3. This could be heading for Xbox LIVE only and might be called Night Springs if a new website is anything to go by. |
Gematsu explains how the new website could be used as a Flash game to show it to the world next week. We only have one week to go, so sure you will be able to wait until then. We do hope that you are not Apple fans, as you would have already had to take in the keynote during WWDC 2011 the day before? |
Not much more is known at this time, but it was obvious that a second version would not make it this year. However, we are sure that fans of the first game will take whatever is on offer. Many gamers say that Alan Wake is underrated, and does not get the attention that it deserves, and they certainly have point. |
Alan Wake did not set any sales records, as figures were very low. The reason for this was due to the fact that it never had the kind of budget that some of the other big games get. However, it is now seen as a cult game, and for that reason will have a decent size following — just perfect for XBLA. |
I am a priest in Tuna, Lower Kemet. With my brother Benjamin, I ate a poisonous serpent, which died after eating the Eucharist host. The Coptic rite built a church on our death. A memorial feast on 25 June is held. |
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says the Jamaica Rum Festival will broaden the country’s market by adding value to the Gastronomy Tourism product offerings. |
The Festival, which will take place at place at Hope Gardens on March 9 and 10, is being presented by J. Wray & Nephew Limited’s Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum brand in partnership with the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). It aims to promote brand Jamaica, boost tourism in Kingston and s... |
According to the organizers, patrons will be exposed to the rum-making process, learn about the unique provenance of Jamaican rums and sample a variety of blends. They will also learn about ideal rum & food pairings, while enjoying entertainment from some of Jamaica’s finest musicians. |
TEF’s Executive Director, Dr. Carey Wallace, shared that approximately $10 million has been invested in the Jamaica Rum Festival to assist with marketing and the build out of Artisan Villages, which will be a key feature of the event. The artisan villages will allow patrons to purchase authentic and personalised Jamaic... |
Patrons will also be encouraged to explore the Jamaican competitive spirits through their participation in rum-based culinary and mixology competitions, domino contests and other games. |
“Gastronomy is an important part of tourism and our exceptional culinary delights such as our coffee and rum are among the top-three reasons why persons visit Jamaica. Every day, many tourists are driven to travel to Jamaica to taste our rich cultural dishes. This is the primary reason we have invested in building out ... |
The Jamaica Rum Festival will take place a week after the Blue Mountain Coffee Festival – a major food festival being organized by the Tourism Linkages Network, a division of the Tourism enhancement Fund. It will feature Blue Mountain coffee and coffee related products, food stalls, entertainment, cultural presentation... |
“This rum festival is a product that will join the coffee festival and the cocoa festival which is coming and we are going to be looking at other commodities of which Jamaica has some level of comparative in terms of the quality of our product and to use those to leverage the experiential tourism that we are marketing,... |
Levi Watkins, the pioneering cardiac surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, remembers the date — January 15 — because it was the anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., and because what happened that night still makes him ache. |
It was 1979, and Watkins, the first black chief resident in cardiac surgery at Hopkins, had just left his office after conferring with a senior medical student named Alan Trimakas. They had agreed on the subject of a research project — cardiac neoplasms, tumors of the heart or heart valves. "We were both excited about ... |
Arriving at his apartment in Mount Vernon, he received a phone call to return to the hospital. A Hopkins student had been shot. "The residents ran the emergency room in those days," Watkins says. "When I got there, they had already prepped [the victim] for surgery in the ER. But I could see right away, he was in deep t... |
Then Watkins lifted the surgical sheet to see the face of the young man he was about to pronounce dead. It was Alan Trimakas. "Oh, my Lord," Watkins said. "Lord have mercy ..." Nothing had so shocked him before, nothing since. |
A promising medical student had been shot as he tried to flee from teenagers who accosted him near one of the greatest hospitals in the world. The crime rocked the Hopkins community and forced the hospital administration to respond to an outcry for more security around the Broadway campus. |
Watkins, a native of Alabama who had been a champion of racial equality, was concerned about how Trimakas' death would affect the fragile and sometimes fraught relationship between the hospital and the mostly black, mostly low-income neighborhoods around it. "Part of my whole thing in life has been about harmony," he s... |
Watkins, one of Hopkins' eminent surgeons, was among several people who contacted me after my column of July 6 about the Trimakas killing, a dark memory brought back to light because of a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling. Known as the "Unger ruling," it has forced the judicial review of dozens of old cases the state's ... |
A hearing on the case is set for Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court. Featherstone, now 51, could be granted a new trial or released from prison. |
The fatal shooting of Alan Trimakas was just one of close to 9,300 homicides during the last 35 years in Baltimore, most of the victims remembered over time only by surviving friends and kin. |
But there's a particularly haunting aspect to this case — the wasted life of someone who wanted to save lives, an infuriatingly senseless shooting that stands out from a four-decade pile-up of some of the worst urban violence in America. |
And there's that other side, harder to see and to feel and to care about — the wasted life of the Featherstone youth, now a middle-aged man, who committed the crime. |
"The two awful realities," says Michael Millemann, the University of Maryland law professor who has worked on Unger cases, are "the loss of human life and the intergenerational effects of murder, on the one hand, and, on the other, the civil deaths of lifers, especially those incarcerated as teenagers, who have grown u... |
Making the case for Featherstone in 2014, Millemann says, does not require minimizing the death of Trimakas in 1979. The point is, Featherstone and other Unger-ruling defendants did not get fair trials. |
Trimakas family members — his elderly parents in Ohio, his scattered siblings — have been notified of Tuesday's hearing by the Baltimore state's attorney's office and will have some say in this. |
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